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    Larger European economies lead property upturn: King Sturge

    2010-06-02T00:00:00Z

    King Sturge has said that its s latest research provides some reassurance that the worst may be over for Europe's property markets even though the turbulence in euro area markets has taken the edge of an improving global outlook in recent weeks.

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    Forever 21 chooses Dublin for first European store

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Property advisor Savills have announced that US fashion giant Forever 21 has chosen to locate its first European store in the Jervis Shopping Centre in Dublin in one of the largest retail leasing deals in Ireland over the past three years.

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    GTC buys 50% of Warsaw mall project

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    CEE commercial property developer Globe Trade Centre (GTC) has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in a shopping centre project in the Wilanow district of Warsaw owned by Polish listed company Polnord.

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    NSI rasies EUR 55m to fund acquisitions

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Listed Dutch real estate firm Nieuwe Steen Investments (NSI) raised EUR 55 mln in a private placement on Thursday to fund the acquisition of several properties.

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    Vasakronan sells EUR 565m housing portfolio

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Sweden's largest property company Vasakronan said it has divested its Dombron residential property unit to one of its four shareholders, the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. The transaction volume amounts to SEK 5.4 bn (EUR 565 mln), making it one of the largest residential portfolio deals ever in Sweden.

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    C&W advises on largest Moscow office leasing in two years

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Russian oil company TNK-BP has signed a lease of 37,700 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space at DS Development's Nordstar Tower business centre in Moscow. Property advisor Cushman & Wakefield described the transaction which it advised on as the largest office letting in the Russian market for two years.

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    Morgan Stanley appointed to sell ING REIM - report

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    ING Bank has reportedly appointed Morgan Stanley to market its EUR 64 bn ING Real Estate Investment Management business. The sales process will start in the next few weeks, according to reports in UK real estate publication Estates Gazette and Private Equity Real Estate (PERE).

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    Catella Property closes Brussels office

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Catella Property Group is closing its loss-making office in Brussels as part of a move to reduce its transaction advisory business in Belgium 'for the time being'.

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    Immofinanz buys Polus Center Constanta from Trigranit

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    The recently merged Austrian group Immofinanz has confirmed the purchase of 85% of the Polus Center Constanta mall project in Romania from Budapest-based developerTrigranit. Although financial details were not disclosed, the property is said to have been sold for a nominal sum of EUR 1 and the assumption of EUR ...

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    L&S to convert to REIT status by September

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    AIM-listed London & Stamford (L&S) is heading closer to its aim of converting to REIT status after posting a nearly 20% rise in its Net Asset Value per share in the year ended 31 March.

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    European listed real estate suffers further declines in May: GPR

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Listed European real estate returned - 6% in May, following a - 2.3%return for the month before, according to GPR 250 Europe index. Switzerland (1.4%) and Sweden (0.3%) were the only European country components in the indices with a positive result.

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    Gregory Van der Elst joins Deloitte RE

    2010-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Gregory Van der Elst has joined the Transaction Advisory and Corporate Finance service line of Deloitte Real Estate. Van der Elst gained an extensive experience in management, finance and real estate first with Cap Gemini, then as property investment surveyor and recently as manager infrastructure and real estate at KPMG.

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    Prologis leases 61,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in Europe

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Global distribution facility specialist Prologis announced it has signed second-quarter lease agreements totalling approximately 61,400 m[sup]2[/sup] with four customers in Europe.

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    Pension fund buys property in Budapest for EUR 14m

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Evgyuruk Pension Fund has purchased category A office building in Budapest for 3.8 bn forints (EUR 13.7 mln). The property at Ulloi ut 48 was sold by BIF.

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    Salans advises Aerium on EUR 186m Turkish refinancing

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    International law firm Salans said it advised Aerium, a European real estate fund manager, on the refinancing of its Turkish retail portfolio, Bainbridge Capital Retail Properties in May. The re-financing was carried out through a $240 mln (EUR 186 mln) debt facility with Akbank, Turkey's largest merchant bank.

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    Stonehage plans to grow property portfolio to EUR 2.4bn

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Stonehage Property Partners (SPP), the specialist property advisory business of the Stonehage Group, said on Friday that it is planning to expand its property portfolio to £2 bn (EUR 2.4 bn) over the next few years, as international wealthy families continue to increase their exposure to property globally.

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    JLL issues part two of Retail 2020

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle issued today part two of the Retail 2020 study Power to the People / Consumer Cut-through. Retail 2020, which was launched on 28 May via a bespoke interactive website, examines the rapidly changing global retail landscape over the next ten years.

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    Magazine: Cap 3000 buy is ABP's first co-investment with Altarea

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The acquisition of the Cap 3000 shopping centre in Nice by a three-way consortium including ABP is the latest example of the Dutch pension fund's strategy to co-invest alongside companies in which it holds a substantial interest. The Cap 3000 purchase was the first alongside Altarea, in which ABP holds ...

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    FBU completes EUR 44m unit buy-back

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Listed Norwegian real estate group FBU announced that it has completed the purchase of units from the unit holders for NOK 348 mln (EUR 44 mln). The transaction is partly financed by loans for a total of NOK 195 mln from two of the group's existing banks, with collateral in ...

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    Ablon opens The Courtyard by Marriott in Budapest

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Ablon Group, a real estate owner and developer in Central and Eastern Europe, has announced the opening of its first hotel development in Budapest. The Courtyard by Marriott Budapest City Center Hotel consists of 235 rooms in a newly built contemporary building that combines modern comfort and traditional refinement. It ...