All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 513
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AEW, HSBC vie with Amundi for Genepierre's management mandate
AEW Europe and HSBC REIM are vying with Amundi Immobilier, the new EUR 5.2 bn investment management firm created from the merger of CAAM RE and Societe Generale AM, to receive the management mandate for the SCPI investment vehicle, Genepierre. Genepierre has so far been managed by Societe Generale and ...
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Brussels scoops four Mipim Awards
The Marco Polo Tower in Hamburg, Germany is the winner of this year's Mipim Awards for residential developments. Designed by Behnisch Architekten, the tower was developed by DC Residential & Co. and Hochtief Projektentwicklung. The winner In the category hotels & tourism resorts was Kameha Grand Bonn in Bonn, developed ...
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Mann Immobilien becomes new major IVG shareholder
Karlsruhe-based Mann Immobilien-Verwaltung has become IVG Immobilien's new major shareholder after acquiring an 18.4% stake in the German fund manager from Solidas 3, the former partners of bank Sal. Oppenheim. IVG said in a statement on Thursday that the transaction is subject to the approval of Germany's antitrust agency.
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Wichford German subsidiaries get extension of loan standstill
UK-listed real estate investor Wichford has announced that a loan servicer has agreed to extend the standstill agreement on a EUR 67.50 mln German facility for an additional 60 days.
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Schroders re-opens Nordic fund for new investments
UK asset manager Schroders has re-opened its Nordic property fund for new investments in efforts to take advantage from advantageous conditions across the Scandinavian property markets. Ubbe Strihagen, director of Schroders' business in Scandinavia, told PropertyEU in an interview that the re-opening follows requests by existing German investors to increase ...
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Natixis buys two German malls for over EUR 100m
Natixis Capital Partners has purchased two shopping centres in Flensburg and Saarbrücken from German retail giant Metro. The transaction was concluded on a sale-and-leaseback basis with Natixis' Captiva Capital Partners III ELP fund. The transaction price is said to be in the low three-digit million range. Helaba will provide financing ...
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Corio acquires Sardinian mall for EUR 103m in second deal in Italy
European retail property specialist Corio has acquired Le Vele shopping gallery and Millennium Entertainment centre in Cagliari on Sardinia for EUR 103.3 mln. The investment volume reflects a net yield of 7%.
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Beni Stabili to convert to REIT status by end-2010
French property group Foncière des Régions plans to reduce its 68% stake in Beni Stabili to just 52% this year, allowing its Italian property arm to convert to the tax-efficient SIIQ status by the end of 2010, Christophe Kullmann, Chief Executive of Fonciere des Regions, told PropertyEU in an interview.
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Morgan Stanley raises EUR 275m for 'Phoenix' fund-of-funds
Morgan Stanley announced on Monday that its Alternative Investment Partners (AIP) division raised $370 mln (EUR 275 mln) in commitments for a fund dedicated to acquiring secondary interests in opportunistic and value-added private equity real estate funds.
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Invesco launches 4th US property fund in Europe
Invesco Real Estate (IRE) has announced the first closing of its US IV fund, the fourth in a series of tactical funds investing European institutional capital into the US real estate markets.
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BayernLB provides EUR 40m loan for new E.ON office
German regional bank BayernLB said it is providing a loan of around EUR 40 mln to finance the construction of a new office building for energy company E.ON in Regensburg. The funding will be issued to a closed-end fund managed by Real I.S., a subsidiary of BayernLB, which will undertake ...
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BNP Paribas REIM launches EUR 500m OPCI fund
BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management is creating a new OPCI investment vehicle, SPF1, which will seek to invest around EUR 500 mln in the French retail property sector over the next three years. The vehicle has already completed its first acquisition with the purchase last month of a EUR ...
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Schroders acquires Swiss shopping centre
Schroder Property has announced the purchase of the Via XXV Aprile4 shopping mall in Winterthur, Switzerland on behalf of its EUR 800 mln listed property fund Schroders ImmoPlus. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Savills names new head of office agency in Germany
Robert Kellershohn has been appointed head of office agency for Savills Germany with immediate effect. Based in Savills' Dusseldorf office, Kellershohn has been responsible for the office letting activities of Savills in Dusseldorf and the Ruhr area since May 2008. In his new role as head of office agency, he ...
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Law firm leases space at Alte Post in Hamburg
Alstria Office REIT and Quantum Immobilien announced on Friday that international law firm Graf von Westphalen is leasing 3,500 m[sup]2[/sup] at Alte Post in Hamburg.
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Metrovacesa mulls capital increase
Spanish property firm Metrovacesa has said it is considering a capital increase as part of a debt refinancing agreement being negotiated with its creditor banks. 'The company confirms it is in talks with its creditor banks about various options, one of which is a possible capital hike,' the Madrid-based company ...
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Colonial outlines new strategy
Spain's Inmobiliaria Colonial has announced plans to focus on its rental income portfolio after completing its debt restructuring process later this year. The Madrid-listed company, which reached an agreement to restructure EUR 4.9 bn of debt in February, said it intends to proceed with its plan to hive off its ...
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Hatfield Philips introduces quarterly investor meetings
Hatfield Philips International has introduced quarterly investor meetings to supplement the official reporting rounds that only occur once a quarter around interest payment dates,.
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Prologis leases nearly 70,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in Central Europe
Prologis European Properties has signed five new lease agreements in Central Europe, covering a total of 68,800 m[sup]2[/sup]. Three lease agreements were signed in Poland, the first with Viva Manufacturing Poland, a subsidiary of the Viva Group, for 24,400 m[sup]2[/sup] at Prologis Park Teresin. The new five-year lease renewal will ...
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Carpathian disposes of 2 finance-bleeding developments
AIM-listed CEE real estate investment firm Carpathian has entered into agreements to dispose of subsidiaries that own two debt-laden shopping centre development projects in the western Romanian cities of Arad and Cluj.
