All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 160
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Redevco adds to portfolio in Barcelona
Dutch real estate investment company Redevco has purchased the Modelo building in Barcelona for EUR 45 mln. Located in one of the city's prime shopping areas, the landmark retail property at 131 La Rambla, has a surface area of 3,150 m[sup]2[/sup]. The Swedish fashion retailer H&M, a regular tenant of ...
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Segro appoints new COO for Continental Europe
UK REIT Segro announced the appointment this week of Ines Reinmann to the new position of Chief Operating Officer for its business in Continental Europe. Reinmann currently heads the commercial property division of French developer Icade. Until recently, she was also CEO of the Icade subsidiary that owns and manages ...
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Office occupiers prefer leasing to buying
There has been a significant shift in office occupiers' preference to lease space rather than buy since 2005, according to a survey by property advisers Colliers International. The 2007 survey of EMEA office and business parks occupiers also found an increase in Wi Fi use, a decrease in desk occupancy ...
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German retail rents and transaction prices continue to rise
German retail property group Hahn has reported that rental rates and purchase prices for retail properties in Germany will continue to rise. According to the Retail Real Estate Report 2007/2008 published by the company, foreign interest in German retail properties compares well with other European cities and demand is particularly ...
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Jordanian firm sees Messe Munchen as potential partner
Jordanian-based redevelopment company Mawared International has confirmed to PropertyEU that Messe Munchen, the organiser of the EXPO REAL property fair in Munich, would be a potential consultant partner in the establishment of a world-class conference centre in Amman. Mawared's chairman Akram Abu Hamdan said he was very impressed with the ...
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Hotel REITs still long way off
Given the highly debated issue of real estate investment trusts (REITs) in Germany the appearance of a Hotel REIT is unlikely to occur any time soon. This was the consensus among the participants at EXPO REAL's discussion on 'Investment vehicles for hotel real estate: When will we see the first ...
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Mixed reviews for UK REITs
Responding to the British Chancellor's pre-budget report (PRB), the education and awareness campaign for Real estate investment trusts (REITs), Reita, has urged the UK government to move on the issues of Residential REITs and the REITs listing rules.
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RBS set to sell EUR 1.3bn of UK property assets
The Royal Bank of Scotland is set to sell some £900 mln (EUR 1.3 bn) in property assets in the UK to help finance its takeover of Dutch lender ABN Amro Holdings, the Financial Times reported.
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JLL's Irish property index reports 2.9% growth in Q3
Property consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle reported steady growth for overall returns from Irish commercial property in the third quarter, with a 2.9% rise in the three-month period and a 14% rise in the year to end-September.
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Credit crunch to slow Australian advance
The turmoil in the financial markets will likely slow the recent flurry of merger and acquisitions of European property companies by Australian investors, according to Alistair Meadows, head of capital markets in Australia for broker DTZ. Up into a few years ago, the focus of the Australian activity in Europe ...
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ING: bulk of new development in Romania does not fit the bill
Romania is currently witnessing a high level of property development, but many of these new schemes do not match the needs of an investor like ING with a long-term investment prospective, according to Gijs Klomp of ING Real Estate. Commenting on the official opening of ING RE's office in Bucharest ...
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European property sector calls for EU REIT legislative framework
The European property industry has pulled together to seek the creation of a legislative framework for an EU REIT that can provide Europeans with the most efficient, innovative and wealth creating property market in the world.
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Catalyst Capital sees new opportunities in secondary market
With many large institutional investors shifting their strategies to core products in prime markets in the wake of the credit crisis, the benefits of pursuing a secondary market investment strategy in Europe are growing, according to Peter Kasch, managing partner with Catalyst Capital. 'Yields are not only higher, but there ...
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Prologis to develop two new sites in Germany
Prologis is to develop a distribution centre for Van Eupen Logistik, a German logistics company. The announcement follows news earlier last week that Prologis is to build a new industrial warehouse in Hamburg for Jack Wolfskin, the European outdoor retailer.
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Qualified RICS members earn more, European survey shows
Qualified members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyers earn between 8% to 35% more than non-chartered property-professionals, according to the first RICS and Macdonald & Company European Salary & Benefits Survey.
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Retail sees increasing investment volumes
There is no measureable impact from the credit crunch on the retail investment sector in Europe, according to Thomas Beyerle of Degi. Speaking to PropertyEU, Beyerle noted that speakers at a retail session on the second day of the EXPO REAL property fair in Munich spoke about increasing volumes in ...
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Trio invest EUR 231m in new Swedish fund
ABP of the Netherlands, the world's third largest pension fund has teamed up with ATP, the largest pension fund in Denmark, and an affiliate of GIC Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, to commit around SEK 700 mln (EUR 77 mln) each ...
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Evans Randall buys 'Covent Garden' for EUR 272m
London-based private equity investor Evans Randall has acquired the Covent Garden office development in Brussels for EUR 272 mln in what the company says is the biggest single asset transaction in the city so far this year. The 72,000 m[sup]2[/sup] development comprises two buildings linked by a central atrium. ...
