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    Slowing yield decompression may hint at improving sentiment, says JLL

    2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The weighted average European prime office yield moved out 20 bps from 5.8% at the end of 2008 to 6.0%, a much smaller increase than the 50 basis point movement between Q3 and Q4 2008, according to JLL's Q1 2009 European Office Yields Report. The yield range across Europe continued ...

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    DTZ to sell Van Hoogevest investment portfolio

    2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Dutch adviser DTZ Zadelhoff and Holland Realty Partners have been appointed to value and selll the investment portfolio of failed Dutch developer Van Hoogevest. The 15 investment assets are located throughout the Netherlands.

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    KPP's Galeria Victoria finds new tenants

    2009-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Keen Property Partners Retail (KPP Retail) has announced it has reached new leasing agreements at the Galeria Victoria entertainment and retail centre in Walbrzych, Poland with retailers Douglas, Camaïeu, Oxide&Snazee, Sunset Suits, Subway and Plus GSM. KPP Retail started the construction of Galeria Victoria in February 2009. The grand opening ...

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    ProDelta buys 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics centre

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    ProDelta has bought a 45,000 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics centre in Veenendaal, the Netherlands, from logistics services group TDG for an undisclosed amount. The scheme was leased back to TDG with a long term contract. ProDelta was advised by RembrandtState Vastgoed while DTZ Zadelhoff and Jones Lang LaSalle adcted for the ...

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    Commerzbank required to sell Eurohypo by 2014

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission has instructed Commerzbank, Germany's second-largest bank, to sell its property finance unit, Eurohypo, as a condition for EC approval of the EUR 10 bn in state aid it has received.

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    Aedes names new CEO

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Aedes Immobiliare has appointed Nicola Cinelli to the position of new Chief Executive and Pierino Isoldi as the group's new vice president. The appointments follow the approval last month of a new EUR 150 mln capital raising to be subscribed by the new investors Isoldi (in a range of ...

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    European Commission investigates state aid for Hypo RE

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Frankfurt-listed Hypo Real Estate has expressed confidence that the European Commission (EC) will rubber stamp the German government's multi-billion euro support for the ailing property lender. Hypo Real Estate was reacting to the news that the EC has initiated a formal investigation to ascertain whether the government's 'restructuring support' is ...

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    Tishman Speyer leases all of Seine Etoile project to Capgemini

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Tishman Speyer and Capgemini have signed a lease for the entire 14.750 m[sup]2[/sup] Seine Etoile project located in Suresnes, within the Western Business District of Paris. The lease represents one of the largest leases to be signed in Paris this year.

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    JLL appointed to manage Lisbon's Torres Colombo

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle's Management Department has been appointed to manage the Torre Oriente office scheme in Lisbon by a joint venture of Sonae Sierra, ING Real Estate, Iberdrola Inmobiliaria and savings bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos. Torre Oriene is the first building to be developed as part of the Torres ...

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    Atenor signs hotel management contract in Brussels

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    South City Hotel, a partnership of Atenor (40%), BPI (10%) and Espace Midi (50%) has announced the signing of a management contract with the Rezidor Group for the hotel currently under construction opposite the Gare du Midi railway station in Brussels. The contract, with a duration of 20 years, concerns ...

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    Gezeley delivers Spain's largest green logistics project

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Logistics property developer and operator Gazeley has completed the first phase of a logistics project in Ontigola, south of Madrid, on behalf of Ceva Logistics. The project, with 55,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of total space, represents Spain's largest sustainable development for the logistics property sector in 2008. The scheme consists of two ...

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    DTZ to manage Edinburgh Technopole

    2009-05-08T00:00:00Z

    Property services firm DTZ has secured an instruction to manage Grosvenor's 126-acre world-class science and technology park, Edinburgh Technopole. Edinburgh Technopole is an ongoing development which when fully completed will offer 500,000 sq ft (50,000 m2) research and office space. The park currently consists of three modern buildings offering a ...

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    Dutch property markets hover just above par in Q1

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Annualized total returns for the Dutch real estate market over the 12 months to end of the first quarter 2009 came to 0.5%, down from 2.8% in the previous quarter, according to the ROZ/IPD Netherlands Quarterly Property Index.

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    Sponda to carry out EUR 200m rights issue

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Finnish property company Sponda has unveiled plans to raise EUR 200 mln of equity through a rights issue. The company said on Monday that Solidium, the owner of a 34.3% stake in Sponda, will subscribe to its pro rata share in the rights offering.

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    German open-ended funds to pay out average return of 3.5%

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    German open-ended real estate funds are expected to pay an average return on investment of 3.5% in 2009, according to Feri EuroRating Services. Feri's analysis of 33 German funds suggests the returns are likely to range from 2-5%.

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    FDR on course to achieve EUR 500m in sales

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Foncière des Régions has already arranged EUR 417 mln of sales or sales agreements since the start of 2009. This leaves the French property group within shouting distance of its disposal target of EUR 500 mln for the full year.

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    MGPA pulls out of Broadgate acquisition - report

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Private equity group MGPA is understood to have abandoned plans to purchase Broadgate in the City, the Independent on Sunday newspaper has claimed. The sale reportedly collapsed as MGPA failed to find a partner for the investment. The newspaper said the private equity firm had approached the Abu Dhabi sovereign ...

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    Director of Amsterdam's Zuidas resigns

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The director of Amsterdam's ambitious Zuidas development project is stepping down by 1 August and will seek another position within the city council.

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    CBRE makes senior real estate finance appointment

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis has announced the appointment of Robin Hubbard as executive director of the company's real estate finance business. Hubbard has over 20 years of investment banking experience, most recently as head of the European operations of Probitas Partners, a leading independent global fund placement agent.

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    Eighty retail tenants seek to pay Prupim on monthly basis

    2009-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Just over 80 of Prupim's retail tenants have sought to pay rents on a monthly rather than quarterly basis since the global real estate investment manager offered the temporary concession in January.