All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 372
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Heitman launches new 380m CEE fund - report
Chicago-based investment group Heitman has set up a new EUR 380 mln fund to invest in Central Eastern European properties. The fund - Heitman European Property Partners IV - is the fourth European investment vehicle lanunched by Heitman and will target commercial real estate properties in CEE, newspaper Sofia Echo ...
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SWFs have waning appetite for West
Some 73% of the world’s EUR 2.3 tln Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWF) sector has exposure to real estate and 51% to infrastructure, according to a new report. While the importance of such funds continues to grow, their appetite among many for Western assets, especially financial institutions, has waned as a ...
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TMW Pramerica buys Portuguese retail centre
German investor TMW Pramerica Property Investment has acquired a retail centre in Portimao, in the Algarve region of Portugal, for its special fund EuRetail. Although the seller was not disclosed, it is understood that the centre was acquired from French developer Bouygues Immobilier. A spokesperson for TMW Pramerica said on ...
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GPT Halverton's HBI fund signs two lease deals in Germany
GPT Halverton has concluded two letting deals in Germany for the multi-let light industrial fund HBI. The pan-European fund and asset management company said a regional logistics company had agreed to take up 5,600 m[sup]2[/sup] of warehouse space at the Louis-Krages-Gelaende property in Bremen. The asset is located 11 km ...
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Invesco names new head of real estate research
Invesco Real Estate has named Mark Roberts as Global Director of Research. As more Invesco Real Estate clients are looking for global expertise, the new position of Global Director of Research is a natural evolution for the firm, the company said. In his new role, Roberts will oversee research ...
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Great Portland's Peskin joins Internos
Internos Real Investors LLP has announced that Richard Peskin is joining the European real estate partnership as a capital partner. Peskin has had a long association with London real estate firm Great Portland Estates. He joined Great Portland in 1967, was appointed to the board in 1968, becoming executive ...
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German government begins taking control of Hypo Real Estate
The German government has taken a 8.7% stake in Hypo Real Estate as an initial step in the process of acquiring full control of the troubled property financier. The government, through the bank stabilisation fund, Soffin, is acquiring 20 million new shares at the minimum price prescribed by law of ...
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JJB Sports sells assets for £83m to keep business afloat
JJB, the UK-based high street sports retailer, has announced the sale of properties as part of a series of measures to address the company's financial difficulties.
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Spanish Cajas get EUR 9bn state injection - report
The Spanish government and the Bank of Spain have unveiled plans to provide up to EUR 9 bn in liquidity to troubled lender Caja Castilla La Mancha in what will become the country's first bank rescue in this financial crisis, the Financial Times has reported. The bank's directors are being ...
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XXI Century hires Renaissance Capital to advise on restructuring
XXI Century Investments has hired Moscow-based investment bank Renaissance Capital to advise it on restructuring alternatives as the turmoil in the financial markets has seriously effected its ability to raise working capital.
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International Real Estate seeks to delist from AIM
Shareholders of European property and development group, International Real Estate (IRE), are to vote on a proposal to de-list the firm from London Stock Exchange's junior market AIM. The resolution to cancel the ordinary shares of 40 pence each will be put to a vote at a general meeting on ...
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Catalyst Capital closes first dedicated European fund
Catalyst Capital, the pan-European investment, asset management and development group, has closed its first dedicated European fund, the Catalyst European Property Fund with a total of EUR 228.5 mln of committed capital.
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Kenmore completes sale of portfolio in Paris
Kenmore European Industrial Fund has sold the Villas Portfolio, comprising six multi-let buildings in the Paris region, to a private investor for a total of EUR 14.5 mln. The transaction volume was just under 5% below the December 2008 fund valuation.
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Lovells expands London real estate disputes team
Lovells has recruited Edward John as a senior associate in its London real estate disputes team. Edward joined the firm on 2 March 2009 from Jones Day. He has particular expertise in insolvency related disputes and in the retail, hotel, leisure and business continuity sectors.
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Segurfondo freezes payouts on liquidity squeeze
Spain's Inverseguros, has become the third fund manager in the country to freeze redemptions from one of its property funds. The Spanish company said in a stock market filling that it plans to delay reimbursing subscribers of its Segurfondo Inversión FII fund for two years due to a lack of ...
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Keen's Galeria Sandomierz opens in Poland
Galeria Sandomierz, a new 10,000 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre scheme, celebrated its grand opening in the southeastern Polish city of Sandomierz last Friday. The mall was developed by a special-purpose vehicle established jointly by Polish developer Terra Casa and venture capital group Artom Development. Keen Property Partners Retail provided development and ...
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Immoeast sells Wipark Garagen
Austrian property group Immoeast has sold Wipark Garagen, an operator of 10,600 parking places in Vienna, Graz and Budapest, to STPM Städtische Parkraummanagement GmbH and Parkraum Wien Management GmbH, two companies belonging to the public utility firm Wiener Stadtwerke. Immoeast said on Friday that the buyer was the best bidder ...
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Raven Russia posts $189m loss in 2008
AIM-listed Raven Russia posted a pre-tax loss of $189 mln in 2008, mostly due to the sharp revaluation of its warehousing property portfolio. Net Asset Value (NAV) per share amounted to $1.47 at the end of the year, down by 37% on 2007's level of $2.32.
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Alstria swings to EUR 56m loss in 2008
Germany's Alstria Office REIT swung to a loss of EUR 56 mln in 2008 from a profit of EUR 52 mln a year before. Net Asset Value (NAV) amounted to EUR 729 mln, down 16% on 2007's levels of EUR 870 mln. The decrease mainly reflected the revaluation of its ...
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Metrovacesa sells stake in Madrid asset for EUR 36m
Spanish property company Metrovacesa has sold a 57% stake in the Aresbank headquarters in Madrid to the Spanish family García Baquero for around EUR 36 mln, newspaper Cinco Dias reported on Tuesday. The property is located on the famous Paseo de la Castellana. Metrovacesa had bought the asset from Rodamco ...
