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    RGI to develop 1.7 million m[sup]2[/sup] of real estate in Moscow

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    RGI, the AIM-listed developer of luxury real estate in Moscow, said on Monday it is investing some $190 mln to acquire a controlling stake in four new development projects in Moscow. The investment is being made through the purchase of a 73% stake in the privately-owned Cypriot holding company Sucreti, ...

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    Fourteen $1 bn single asset deals and counting

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Real estate investors have acquired 14 single real estate assets worldwide for over $ 1 bn each so far this year - the same number as for all of 2006, and almost five times the level of 2005, according Jones Lang LaSalle's International Capital Group. Earlier this week, Quinlan Private's ...

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    Delek Global buy four European portfolios for EUR 202m

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    AIM-listed Delek Global Real Estate (DGRE), part of the Israeli Delek Group, reported this week that they have acquired four major property portfolios in Europe for £ 137 mln (about EUR 202 mln). DGRE has financed most of these acquisitions with fixed-rate long-term debt of around EUR 172 mln, together ...

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    Sjælsø sells office and residential projects for EUR 84m

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Danish real estate company Sjaelso Gruppen is selling office and residential projects with a combined value of approximately EUR 84 mln.

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    GE and Quinlan acquire Bulgarian mall

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    GE Real Estate Central and Eastern Europe has teamed up with a group of investors led and advised by Quinlan Private to purchase the Mall of Plovdiv shopping centre in Bulgaria from developers Ocif and CCI.

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    ING RE acquires prime Munich office

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    ING Real Estate said it has acquired the Altezza office development project from Germany's Hochtief for an undisclosed amount. The building, located in the Westend district of Munich, will be the fourth German property added to the ING European Office Fund, the company said in a statement. The Altezza project ...

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    Kenmore signals Belgian acquisition drive

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    On the heels of the opening of its first German office earlier this year, the UK-based Kenmore Property Group has announced it is to embark on an acquisitions drive in Belgium following the opening of a new office in Antwerp and the appointment of Alexandre Van Haver as investment director. ...

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    Union Investment snaps up UN Studio in Amsterdam

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Union Investment is acquiring the UN Studio office development in Amsterdam's business district Zuidas from a consortium of ING, Fortis and G&S. Although the financial details of this transaction have not been disclosed, market sources suggest a purchase price of around EUR 120 mln. This office tower, due for delivery ...

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    Axa Reim sells the Axa Tower in la Defense

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Axa Reim France, on behalf of the Vendome Croidor fund, is selling the Axa Tower in La Defense business district of Paris to Beacon Capital Partners for an undisclosed amount. Axa Reim said it is joining forces with Beacon for the redevelopment of the building, after which the tower will ...

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    Segro in biggest sale-and-leaseback in Continental Europe

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    UK real estate investment trust Segro (formerly known as Slough Estates) has announced the sale and leaseback from mail order and online retailer Neckermann of a major office and distribution centre in Frankfurt for EUR 197 mln, including all acquisition costs. Neckermann is a member of the Arcandor group, which ...

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    Casino, Whitehall venture set to build malls in Poland

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    French retail company Casino is teaming up with the Whitehall funds, managed by Goldman Sachs, to develop shopping centres in Poland. Casino added that the new venture 'might be extended to other Eastern Europe' countries. Under the agreement, the Whitehall funds will finance 75% of the development costs of the ...

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    Greene King looks for partner to split off its real estate

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    UK pub owner Greene King is planning to launch a property company this year in a move aimed at 'unlocking substantial extra value from its quality property estate'. The pub group added the new real estate company, which will own 35%, or some 872 of its pubs, is currently looking ...

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    Lend Lease, Grosvenor in exclusive talks on UK retail project

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    Lend Lease confirmed in a statement on Tuesday that it is 'in exclusive negotiations' with Grosvenor to enter into a joint venture for the development of the Tithebarn regeneration scheme in Preston, UK. The project is a 1.6 million square feet (150,000 m2) mixed-use scheme to be developed in partnership ...

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    FSA to facilitates rules for REITS

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    The UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has announced plans which will UK and foreign property investment firms greater flexibility. In September, the FSA will introduce a single listing regime for investment firms as well as back rules allowing more flexibility in investment strategies. Last April, the FSA announced it planned ...

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    Gecina purchases French logistics warehouse

    2007-07-03T00:00:00Z

    French property company Gecina has acquired a 24,000 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics warehouse in Chilly&Mazarin, in southern Paris, from an unnamed vendor. The financial details of this transaction have not been disclosed. Gecina said this logistics platform, built in 2003 on a highly attractive sector for distribution functions, is fully leased to ...

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    Puma Brandenburg shops in Germany for EUR 116m

    2007-07-04T00:00:00Z

    AIM-listed Puma Brandenburg said it has bought a mixed portfolio of four assets in Germany for a total of EUR 116 mln. The transaction, reflecting a yield of 6.75%, brings Puma's real estate investments in the country to EUR 600 mln. The company, which invests solely in German residential and ...

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    Dawnay Day Sirius buys two German business parks for EUR 26m

    2007-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Dawnay Day Sirius, the real estate company established by Dawnay Day and Sirius Facilities to acquire large mixed-use commercial real estate in Germany for upgrading to flexible workspaces, announced this week that it has agreed to acquire two freehold business parks for a combined total of EUR 26.15 mln.

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    Blackstone poised to buy Hilton for $26bn

    2007-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Hilton Hotels, one of the biggest hotel chains in the world, has agreed to be taken private by US private equity firm Blackstone in an all-cash deal valued at $26 bn (EUR 19 bn). Blackstone is offering $47.50 per share for the hotel chain, which has more than 2,800 hotel ...

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    Realia sells 5% of SIIC for EUR 34m

    2007-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Spain's real estate company Realia, a joint venture between Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) and Caja Madrid, is selling 5% of its French unit Sociedad SIIC to Spanish investment company Marlolan for about EUR 34 mln. The stake is being sold at EUR 345.7 per share, which compares to ...

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    Fonciere des Regions snaps up Tour Gan for EUR 486m

    2007-07-04T00:00:00Z

    French property group Fonciere des Regions said it has acquired the Gan office tower at Paris' business district La Defense for EUR 486 mln. La Tour Gan is being sold by insurance company Groupama. Built in 1974, the skyscraper is 187 meters high and provides some 64,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of gross ...