All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 1213
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Lone Star close to acquiring €930m European hotel group - report
US private equity firm Lone Star is reportedly closing in on the acquisition of Jurys Inn, the troubled British hotel operator, in a deal potentially worth £700 mln (€930 mln).
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Ares mulls launch of European real estate debt fund
US alternative investment manager Ares Management is mulling the launch of a European real estate debt fund, Bill Benjamin, senior partner at Ares Real Estate Group, told PropertyEU this week.
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CBRE hires new head of Debt & Structured Finance in CEE
Agent CBRE has hired Petr Svoboda to head up its new debt & structured finance team for Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
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Dutch heavyweights target development as 'new core'
A trio of heavyweight Dutch investors is targeting development projects as a means of obtaining access to core product, it emerged at INREV’s Amsterdam Investor Intentions seminar last week.
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GVA Worldwide teams up with Keops in France
As part of its growth strategy in Europe, Bilfinger's GVA Worldwide has extended its European reach by signing an affiliation agreement with French real estate advisor Keops.
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Blackstone acquires 160,000m2 of German logistics
Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe IV has acquired three assets totalling 160,000 m2 in Germany for its European logistics company, Logicor.
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Prologis Europe reports almost €1b of acquisitions in 2014
Prologis Europe is poised to shift its focus to southern Europe for acquisitions of existing logistics assets after buying almost €1 bn of new assets in 2014, the company’s president Philip Dunne told PropertyEU in an interview.
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Blackstone, senior management sell Valad Europe for €145m
Australia's Cromwell Property Group has acquired Valad Europe from senior management and Blackstone for €145 mln. The purchase price reflects an EBITDA multiple of approximately 6.4 times.
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Prologis Europe boosts occupancy levels and development starts in 2014
Prologis Europe has lifted its occupancy ratio above pre-crisis levels as demand continues to be driven by reconfiguration of the supply chain, trade and e-commerce.
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Inditex founder acquires Madrid base for Primark megastore in €400m deal
Inditex founder Amancio Ortega has paid €400 mln through his investment company Pontegadea to acquire the base for a Primark megastore in Madrid.
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European CRE loan sales hit record €80b
Over a dozen megadeals have helped push Europe’s commercial real estate loan sales to a historic record of over €80.6 bn in 2014, according to figures by agent Cushman & Wakefield. Another €22 bn of debt transactions are in the works.
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INTERVIEW Grosvenor FM adds next brick to Nordic retail platform
The acquisition of one of the largest shopping centres in Sweden is an important step for Grosvenor Fund Management in the creation of a pan-Nordic retail platform, CEO James Raynor tells PropertyEU.
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INTERVIEW 'It's business as usual at Valad Europe after sale'
Stability and certainty characterise the acquisition of Valad Europe by Sydney-listed Cromwell Property Group, David Kirkby, chief investment officer of Valad Europe, tells PropertyEU.
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SWF-backed GMP bags Madrid office tower
GMP, the Madrid-based private office landlord partly owned by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, has sealed the acquisition of the Saint Gobain office tower in the Spanish capital from banking group BBVA.
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RedTree enters France with joint office buy, looks for expansion
RedTree Capital, a private fund manager founded by former Carlyle executives Eric Sasson and Robert Hodges, has joined forces with UK & European Investments to acquire a 232,000 sq ft (21,548 m2) office building near Paris.
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Northwood grows French platform with major office buy
US fund manager Northwood Investors has significantly expanded its French portfolio with the acquisition of the Pointe Métro office building located in Gennevilliers, near Paris from developer-investor Hines.
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Unibail-Rodamco eyes takeover of Westfield - rumours
Listed European property giant Unibail-Rodamco is rumoured to be looking for a new takeover target, with Australian shopping centre giant Westfield cited as the most obvious candidate.
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APG invests €155m in new JV for Australian student housing
Dutch pension fund asset manager APG has entered into a joint venture with a UK developer to build high-end student accommodation in Australia.
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Neinver and Colony target €200m at European logistics
A joint venture between Spanish mall operator Neinver and US private equity group Colony Capital has acquired a portfolio of 16 logistics sites in Spain and Portugal in a sale-and-leaseback transaction.
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European investment at highest level since 2006
Investment in European real estate is at its highest level for eight years, according to the latest research published by CBRE.
