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    JLL launches property management service in CEE

    2009-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle has announced appointment of Roman Skowronski and Virginie de Baere to lead the roll-out of its property management service in Central and Eastern Europe.

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    CMC to develop first factory outlet in Eastern Sicily

    2009-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Ravenna-based CMC Group is to develop a 28,000-m[sup]2[/sup] factory outlet centre in the bay of Taormina, Sicily. The municipality of Calatabiano has also decided to add a 21,000-m[sup]2[/sup] retail park, the largest in Sicily, to the scheme.

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    WGF transfers property management to Koch Immobilien

    2009-11-10T00:00:00Z

    WGF Westfälische Grundbesitz und Finanzverwaltung has transferred the property management for its residential and commercial real estate holdings to Koch Hausverwaltungs in Düsseldorf.

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    Hypo Group posts EUR 574m net loss in Q3

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Hypo Real Estate Group, posted a net loss of EUR 574 mln for in the third quarter of 2009, marking the German real estate lender's fifth consecutive quarterly loss. The performance in the July to September period brings the banking group's net loss for the first nine months of the ...

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    Real I.S. closes equity raising for EUR 300m European fund

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Real I.S. has closed the third consecutive fund within the BGV-series for institutional investors after reaching the target volume of EUR 300 mln in capital recently. In total, 27 institutional investors including insurance companies, pension funds, savings banks and trusts have invested in BGV III. The focus of the fund ...

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    Adif seeks partner for Spanish development

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif), the Spanish state-owned railway and infrastructure management company, is reportedly in negotiations with a number of local and international property developers for the creation of a new 50/50 joint venture company which will construct shopping centres adjacent to some of Spain's largest railway stations.

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    Spanish government aims to boost the crisis-hit real estate market

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have been introduced in Spain. Act 11/2009, which came into effect on 28.10.2009, allows listed real estate investment companies to be set up under the name of Sociedades Cotizadas de Inversión en el Mercado Inmobiliario (SOCIMI). The law applies retrospectively for tax assessment periods from ...

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    Justin Berry appointed senior director at CBRE

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Justin Berry has been appointed senior director in the City Capital Markets team at CB Richard Ellis. Berry will move to London from CBRE’s operations in Moscow, where he is head of capital markets in Russia and a senior member of the international investment group.

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    Great Portland enters development arrangement with Eurohypo

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Central London investor-developer Great Portland Estates has announced the acquisition of two developments in the West End of London and the formation of a profit share and debt structuring arrangement with Eurohypo to develop the properties. GPE has acquired the SPV entities which own Marcol House, 289-295 Regent Street and ...

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    Orion moves back into comfort zone

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Orion Capital Managers has a good nose for timing. After being a significant vendor in the boom period of 2006-07, in May this year it snapped up the Plenilunio shopping centre in Madrid for a total of EUR 235 mln from Banif Immobiliare, the Santander-managed real estate fund.

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    Mature retail markets are back

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The mature markets of Western Europe are back in favour with retail developers and investors, but prime product is thin on the ground, according to research by PropertyEU.

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    Baltic States economies slow to recover from recession: ICSC

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Any significant upturn in retail sales across the Baltic States is unlikely to come until 2011, and in the cases of Latvia and Lithuania, probably not until 2012, making new retail real estate financing almost impossible, according to speakers at the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Baltic States Retail ...

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    LaSalle secures four leases at Chelmsford shopping centre

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management has announced four new leases at High Chelmer Shopping Centre, Chelmsford. Arcadia brand Topshop/ Topman has renewed the lease of its 855-m[sup]2[/sup] Unit 1 for a further 10 years and will complete a major refurbishment of the store in the New Year to include a double-height ...

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    STE completes leasing of Paris' Domino project

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Société de la Tour Eiffel (STE) has leased over 7,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space in its flagship Domino mixed-use project in Paris, increasing the occupancy rate across its development portfolio to over 80%.

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    Frey wins PPP project for redevelopment in Troyes

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    French retail property developer Frey has won the competition for the redevelopment of the commercial district of Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres in Troyes, Central France. The project, located southeast of Paris, is a public private partnership (PPP), Frey said.

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    McArthurGlen develops more than 135,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of new outlet retail

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    McArthurGlen, a leading developer, owner and manager of designer outlet villages in Europe, will open more than 135,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of new retail space across Europe in 2010 and 2011. This total includes three new schemes: La Reggia Designer Outlet near Naples, which will open in February 2010, as well as ...

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    Aker Solutions agrees on option to buy EUR 43m of assets

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian property company Scandinavian Property Development (SPDE) said it has entered into an agreement with Aker Solutions that gives the latter the right to purchase the commercial properties NB2/3 at Hinna Park, Stavanger and the area K2 at Fornebu in Southern Norway .

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    Deka acquires Gemini in largest Czech deal of the year

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Deka Immobilien has completed the acquisition of the Gemini office scheme in Prague from Austria's Sparkassen Immobilien for EUR 110 mln. Property adviser King Sturge, which acted for Deka, said it was the largest investment deal in the Czech Republic so far this year, accounting for 40% of the total ...

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    Prime office yields continue to stabilise across Europe: JLL

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Prime office yields across Europe continued to stabilise during the third quarter of 2009 and the bottom of the investment cycle is in sight, Jones Lang LaSalle has said in its latest Prime European Office Yields Tracker.

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    Kenmore Property Group goes into administration

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    European real estate investment and fund manager Kenmore Property Group (KPG) has gone into administration. The board has appointed Rob Caven and Martin Ellis of the UK office of financial and business adviser Grant Thornton as joint administrators of 21 companies within the group, it was announced on Thursday.