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    Swedbank grants largest retail refinancing in Baltics

    2010-05-20T00:00:00Z

    CEE real estate developer Hauser-Oberschneider and its joint venture partner Satnam Europe have reached an agreement with Swedbank for a new EUR 50 mln facility for its Estonian property portfolio. It is the largest retail refinancing in the Baltic region to date.

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    Great Portland expands City holdings

    2010-05-20T00:00:00Z

    London-listed Great Portland Estates has expanded its holdings in the City of London business district through two transactions totalling £111 mln (EUR 128 mln).

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    Qatari Diar in major European developments

    2010-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company plans to invest around CHF 300 mln (EUR 211.5 mln) by 2014 in the development of a luxury resort on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.

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    Land Securities re-opens London pipeline

    2010-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities, the largest UK REIT, has re-activated its development pipeline to cater for the impending upturn in demand for prime office space in Central London. British Land and Great Portland Estates, two other REITS, have also unveiled development projects for the UK capital.

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    Acciona's Splau! mall opens its doors in Barcelona

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Acciona Inmobiliaria, the real estate arm of energy group Acciona, has announced the opening of its Splau! shopping centre in the Spanish city of Barcelona. The mall, which provides 54,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of gross retail space over 165 shops, represents an investment of around EUR 200 mln.

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    IPD Conference debates best strategies

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Real estate professionals are gathering in Amsterdam for the Investment Property Databank European Conference this week to debate the actions that businesses must take to ensure success in today's challenging environment.

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    Bouwfonds Parking Fund buys in Liverpool

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Bouwfonds REIM's European Real Estate Parking Fund is to acquire a car park in Liverpool for about EUR 8 mln. The firm announced last week that it has entered into an agreement with Merepark and joint venture partner Ballymore to forward purchase a multi-storey car park, let to Q Park, ...

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    Panattoni to build facility for Neuca in Poland

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    US logistics specialist Panattoni Europe will develop a new 20,100 m[sup]2[/sup] built-to-suit facility for pharmaceutical group Neuca in Ozarow, Poland. The project, whose construction started at the end of April, will mark the third and final phase of Panattoni Park Ozarow.

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    Prime retail rental stabilise: CBRE

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Prime retail rents in the world's leading shopping destinations stabilised in the majority of markets, and grew in a number of major cities, in the first quarter of 2010, according to the latest CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) Global MarketView report.

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    Citycon lauches Martinlaakso mall development

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Finnish listed property company Citycon has announced the start of construction for a Martinlaakso shopping centre in Vantaa, Finland. Located in the vicinity of the railway and bus stations, the new complex will have a leasable space of 7,300 m[sup]2[/sup] and will represent an investment of over EUR 26 mln.

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    King Cross's Leopolis mall opens in Lviv

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    King Cross Leopolis, the first shopping & entertainment centre in Lviv, western Ukraine has been officially opened. The 50,000-m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre offers 230 shop units and 2,400 parking spaces.

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    Bank of Albania buys Dajti hotel for EUR 30m

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The Albanian government has sold the landmark Dajti Hotel in the capital Tirana to the country's central bank for around EUR 30 mln. The property was designed by an Italian architect during the occupation of Albania by Italy's fascist regime in the early 1940s.

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    Activum SG buys MediaMarkt site from Orco

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Activum SG, a European real estate investor and manager, has acquired a 5,500-m[sup]2[/sup] retail site leased to MediaMarkt in Cologne from troubled property group Orco.

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    State Street appointed administrator for Norway's property drive

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Norway's Central bank has appointed State Street to provide fund administration services for the real estate portion of the country's pension fund.

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    GTC agrees sale of two prime offices in Warsaw

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has signed a letter of intent with an international investor for the sale of its two flagship office buildings in Warsaw. The transaction price of EUR 88 mln reflects a yield of 7-7.2%.

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    German proposals cast cloud over CEE investment: CBRE

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Central Europe may be in for a tough ride if the German federal government's proposed changes to the country's investment law get the green light in June, according to Pavel Schanka, head of CEE Capital Markets at CBRE.

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    Fashion House Development completes Moscow deal

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Outlet centre specialist Fashion House Development (FHD) has expanded its activities in Russia with the acquisition of a site in Moscow and the completion of its second site in St Petersburg.

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    Credit Suisse suspends withdrawals from Euroreal

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Credit Suisse has suspended withdrawals from its CS Euroreal fund for three months after proposed changes to the way German open-ended funds are regulated threw the market back into chaos, prompting a run on funds.

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    Fabege sells residential hotel in Solna

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Listed real estate firm Fabege has divested its Hallen 6 residential hotel in Solna, Sweden to Chinax Group for SEK 110 mln (EUR 11 mln). 'The divestment is a further step towards the streamlining of our portfolio,' said Christian Hermelin, CEO of Fabege.

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    Sonae Sierra to manage Pradera's Militari mall

    2010-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Sonae Sierra has concluded an agreement with Pradera to become the property manager for the 3,600-m[sup]2[/sup] Carrefour Militari commercial gallery in Bucharest. The Portuguese shopping centre specialist will provide full management services to the shopping gallery from July 2010.