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    APF International buys office property in Zwolle

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    APF International has acquired a 9,970-m[sup]2[/sup] office building in the Dutch city of Zwolle on behalf of Fotex Netherlands, the Dutch subsidiary of Hungarian-listed holding company Fotex. The 'La Grande Vitesse' property, which includes 126 parking places, was sold by ING Dutch Office Fund. The financial details were not ...

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    Riabokobylko to chair ULI Russia

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Sergey Riabokobylko FRICS, senior executive director and partner of Cushman & Wakefield, is the new chairman of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Russia. In this voluntary role, Riabokobylko is replacing Arnaud Dubois, managing director and partner- IMAGIM who served as district council chairman for two years.

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    Food giant gets a taste for Poland

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The Warsaw office of international property consultant King Sturge advised in a transaction in which Associated British Foods (AB Foods) has taken over 26,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of production and warehouse space near Poznan in west-central Poland.

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    Karstadt sale delayed until 9 June

    2010-05-30T00:00:00Z

    The sale of insolvent German department store chain Karstadt has been delayed until 9 June with three bids on the table. Administrator Klaus Hubert Goerg said in a statement that the bidders include the Highstreet consortium - which owns the majority of Karstadt’s stores, German-Swedish financial investor Triton and private ...

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    NAI apollo provides 5,000m[sup]2[/sup] in Bad Homburg for Livipur

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Livipur Kinder und Spielversand (children and toy dispatch) expands its existing logistics area. In a logistics object in Bad Homburg the real estate consulting firm NAI apollo acted as a broker for 5,000 square metres of storage area. NAI apollo Frankfurt acted exclusively as consultant on behalf of the landlord.

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    Bulgaria's Mall attracts 1.5 million visitors

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    The Mall - the largest shopping centre in Bulgaria, has attracted 1.5 million visitors within a month of opening in Sofia, according to centre manager Frank Whiting.

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    Norwegian Property extends lease with 14% rental uplift

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian Property has agreed with the Norwegian Labour and Welfare organisation (NAV) to extend the existing lease contract in Ibsenkvartalet for 5 years from 1 October 2011.

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    FdR to raise up to EUR 159m of equity

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    French office-focused Fonciere des Regions (FdR) has said that its board will propose the option to shareholders of being paid the 2009 dividend with new FdR shares at a price of EUR 65 per share. In a statement on Friday, the company said that the initiative is aimed at continuing ...

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    RGI to raise $90m from new shareholder

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    RGI International, the AIM-listed developer of Russian commercial and residential real estate, said this week that it is raising up to $90 mln (EUR 73 mln) of equity from a new shareholder.

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    AEW/Tristan acquires Polish warehouses for EUR 91m

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    European Property Investors Special Opportunities (EPISO), a fund co-advised by AEW Europe and Tristan Capital Partners, has completed the purchase of five core warehouses in Poland from Panattoni Europe and Standard Life Investments for about EUR 91 mln.

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    Accrue Capital makes first acquisition

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Accrue Capital, the real estate private equity house founded by Stephen Webster and John Slade, has made its first acquisition with the purchase of private property company Heathcroft Properties.

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    Allianz RE seals purchase of Le Colisee in Paris

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    German investor Allianz Real Estate has completed the acquisition of 100% of the Le Colisée office building in the Paris business district of La Défense from Icade's Compagnie La Lucette.

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    ECE and Alpha join forces on logistics project

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    ECE Projektmanagement and Alpha Industrial are constructing a new logistics center for the company Cebal Verpackungen in Scheßlitz near Bamberg, Germany. Internationally active logistics provider Kühne + Nagel will operate the centre.

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    Santander postpones sale of Banif assets

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Spain's Banco Santander has postponed the sale of the real estate assets held by its EUR 2.6 bn Banif property fund due to lack of investor demand.

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    BXR takes control of German resi portfolio

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Netherlands-based BXR Real Estate Investment has completed one of the largest residential portfolio transactions in Germany so far this year by acquiring a 59% stake in the listed Danish Tower Group.

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    Shell Netherlands to centralise offices

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Shell Netherlands is in advanced talks to centralise a number of its offices in one location of up to 20,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in the Weena area of Rotterdam, PropertyNL, the sister publication of PropertyEU, has reported.

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    Sveafastigheter sells Swedish hotel and convention centre

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Swedish private equity real estate firm Sveafastigheter has sold a hotel and convention centre in the city centre of Växjö, Sweden. The buyer is the AXA REIM-managed EUR 500 mln Alternative Property Income Venture (APIV) fund. The transaction price amounts to SEK 139 mln (nearly EUR 15 mln).

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    Pirelli RE to change its name to Prelios

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    The board of Pirelli & C. Real Estate propose changing the company's name to Prelios. The name change will be put forward to the next shareholders' meeting and will take effect following the finalisation of the separation of Pirelli RE from the Pirelli & C group.

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    Skanska sees green potential in Czech market

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Swedish construction and development firm Skanska sees a promising future for more green buildings in the Czech market, in particular in Prague and Ostrava, Britta Cesar, managing director Skanska Property Czech Republic, told PropertyEU in an interview.

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    Doughty Hanson, Multi set to develop Valdebebas site

    2010-05-31T00:00:00Z

    A joint venture of UK investor Doughty Hanson, Dutch retail developer Multi and Proactive Asset Management has signed a preliminary agreement with the city of Madrid to carry out the development of the large-scale Valdebebas site in the northern part of the Spanish capital.