All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 219
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New tenants move into Croatia's first international logistics park
Two new tenants have signed up for Zagreb Business Park, Croatia's first international logistics park. As exclusive leasing agent King Sturge has signed up Kuhne & Nagel for 19,000 m[sup]2[/sup] as well as leading fashion retailer Sportina Group, who leased 4,320 m[sup]2[/sup] of warehouse and 1,540 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space. ...
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UK real estate goes cyclical to MIPIM
Among the 28,000 property executives attending MIPIM in Cannes this year will be 140 UK real estate professionals coming from London to Cannes by bicycle. The group is drawn from almost 100 UK property companies and the 1,500-kilometre trip is being used to raise EUR 660,000 for five charity.
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Invesco and Pramerica duo launch new European opportunity fund
Two leading property figures have established a new investment management company to take advantage of the 'exciting and profitable opportunities' in the European real estate market. Internos Real Investors is the brainchild of Andrew Thornton, former chief operating officer of Invesco Real Estate Europe, and Jos Short, who was ...
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Knight Frank forms European partnership
Property consultant Knight Frank has announced the unification of its UK and continental European operations into a single partnership. From 1 May 2008 the company's will align its operations in continental Europe with its UK and Irish offices. From that date Knight Frank will have 100% ownership of its offices ...
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Grainger publishes formal offer for FranconoRheinMain
The German subsidiary of UK property company Grainger has published its tender offer for the acquisition of the shares in FranconoRheinMain AG, a residential property company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Grainger is the largest listed residential property company in the UK.
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Bank leases 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in office building in Riga
Colliers International has brokered a five-year leasing agreement between Latvian developer LNK Grupa and Nordea Bank Latvia under which the Aloja Business Centre will be the bank's headquarters from the latter half of 2009.
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Capital & Regional sells 80% of Fix Trade Park
UK property asset manager Capital & Regional has sold an 80% stake in its £180 mln (EUR 235 mln) Fix trade park fund to a consortium led by Paradigm Real Estate and the Bank of Scotland.
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Capital & Regional sells 80% of trade park fund
UK property asset manager Capital & Regional has sold an 80% stake in its £180 mln (EUR 235 mln) FIX trade park fund to a consortium led by Paradigm Real Estate and the Bank of Scotland. The investors paid close to £55 mln for an 80% stake in FIX, which ...
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Sponda acquires two shopping centres in Moscow
Finnish real estate company Sponda has purchased two shopping centres in Moscow for a total of $109 mln (EUR 71.5 mln) from LR Russia. Built in 2004, the 9,000 m[sup]2[/sup] Sun Paradise I was bought for $66 mln. The shopping centre accommodates food, domestic appliance and cosmetics services retailers.
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Goodman acquires pan-European warehouse portfolio
Goodman's European Logistics Fund (GELF) has agreed to a sale-and-leaseback deal with German logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel for 22 warehouse assets at the cost of EUR 220 mln. The average leaseback period will be five years. In addition to the properties GELF has acquired 18.8 hectares of undeveloped land ...
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Endurance fund acquires office property in Bratislava
Endurance Real Estate Fund - Office Sub-fund, managed by Orco Property Group, has acquired the former Palace Hotel in Bratislava for an investment of EUR 12 mln from VUB Bank. Orco Slovakia plans to reconstruct the building, bringing approximately 3,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space and 800 m[sup]2[/sup] of commercial ...
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C & W Hellas appointed leasing agent for Thessaloniki mall
Property consultant Cushman & Wakefield has been selected by APN/UKA European Retail Property Group to serve as exclusive leasing agent and marketing and PR coordinator for City Gate shopping centre in Thessaloniki. City Gate is one of the largest retail and entertainment schemes in the city, with 35,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of ...
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HBoS eyes former brewery for new Edinburgh office
Halifax Bank of Scotland has entered into exclusive talks with Scottish & Newcastle to acquire a former brewery in Edinburgh for more than £100 mln (EUR 130 mln). A spokesperson for HBoS told PropertyEU that the financial giant plans to develop a new office complex on the site aimed at ...
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Fabege buys in Stockholm
Swedish property company Fabege said on Tuesday it is teaming up with peer Peab to develop a project in Ulriksdal near Stockholm. Under the deal, Fabege will gradually acquire development rights for 50,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space. The financial details were not disclosed.
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Dubai sovereign fund resumes talks with Colonial's shareholders
Spanish property tycoon Luis Portillo and the Nozar group, the two main shareholders in Inmobiliaria Colonial, confirmed on Tuesday that the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD) has resumed talks with them about a potential bid for a controlling interest in the troubled Spanish property company.
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European listed real estate resists global downturn
The FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index fell 4.2% in February, with only European real estate finishing 110 bps in the black. This was the second consecutive month Europe's index finished ahead. Both the Asia-Pacific region and North America started 2008 with significant declines, and recorded negative returns in February ...
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Savills expands Paris office
Global property consultant Savills has brought in Nicolas Chereau and Katie Taylor to expand its Paris office agency and retail investment departments. Previously a director of Keops Paris Agency, Chereau has 10 years of experience in the Paris office market. Taylor joins the office from Savills London. She is ...
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GPT Halverton shops in the Netherlands
GPT Halverton, on behalf of its fund Benelux Industrial Partnership Dutch, has acquired a mixed complex in the Dutch city of Dordrecht for an undisclosed amount. The fully-let property consists of nine assets for a total 6,900 m[sup]2[/sup] of business space and 2,100 m[sup]2[/sup] of offices as well as a ...
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Raven Russia pre-leases 52,000 m[sup]2[/sup] Moscow warehouse
AIM-listed Raven Russia has reached a preliminary agreement to let 52,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in the second phase of a planned 200,000 m[sup]2[/sup] warehouse development at Istra, Moscow. The building is due for completion in April 2008. Raven Russia said global logistics operator DSV Solutions has agreed to lease all of the ...
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Finnish property delivers total return of 11.3% in 2007
The total return on the Finnish property investment market rose by 1.3% to 11.3% in 2007, the highest figure since 1998, according to KTI Property Index.
