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    Expo Real 2010 exhibitor numbers up 4%

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The 13th edition of the Expo Real property trade fair which took place in Munich this week drew 1,645 exhibitors, 4% more than 2009, deputy managing director Eugen Egetenmeier of fair organiser Messe Muenchen said at the closing press conference on Wednesday.

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    BNP Paribas REIM to launch EUR 300m retail property fund

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    European fund manager BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management is working on a new retail property investment fund for institutional investors. The vehicle, which will have a volume of EUR 300 mln, will focus on retail box properties across Italy.

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    Economy, debt mountain and regulation are investor headaches: AEW

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Investors are circling European real estate markets again, but the slowing economic recovery, a ‘mountain of debt’ hanging over the sector and the challenge posed by new regulatory requirements should keep the prudent focused on secure income-producing assets, AEW Europe analysts told investors and journalists at a seminar held in ...

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    Altarea to refocus on dominant shopping centres

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    French listed group Altarea is selling a EUR 300 mln portfolio of small city-centre retail assets this year as part of its strategy to re-focus the business on dominant shopping centres.

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    Institutional investors to switch from GOEFs to spezialfonds: CBRE

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    New legislative changes will see institutional capital leave the German open-ended fund (GOEF) sector and be invested instead in dedicated special funds (spezialfonds), according to a still to be published report by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

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    Taipei City targets retailers at EXPO REAL

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Tapei city is represented for the first time ever at this year’s edition of EXPO REAL in a bid to attract international investors to the city, Li Yung-Cheng, deputy commissioner of the Department of Finance of Tapei City Government, told PropertyEU in an interview.

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    Market still divided into prime 'and the rest’

    2010-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The current situation whereby the real estate market is divided into 'prime and then everything else' is not going to change just yet, according to Michael Kröger, general manager of real estate finance at German bank Helaba.

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    PEPR renews leases on 250,000m[sup]2[/sup] in southern Europe

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Euronext-listed Prologis European Properties (PEPR) has completed lease renewals, totalling 250,600 m[sup]2[/sup] of distribution space, in France and Spain.

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    Real I.S. in EUR 150m fundraising for German retail fund

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Real I.S. has unveiled plans for a new EUR 300 mln investment fund focusing on German retail properties. The German fund manager is looking to raise EUR 150 mln of equity from institutional investors for the German Retail Fund. With leverage, the fund will have a spending power of EUR ...

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    Hardstone buys CB16 tower at La Défense

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    The Parlyo II investment fund, managed by Hardstone, has acquired the CB16 tower in the Parisian business district of La Défense. The property was sold by Aberdeen Immobilien KAG, acting on behalf of the frozen Degi Europa open-ended real estate fund.

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    Deutsche Euroshop buys Hamburg mall for EUR 160m

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based shopping centre investor Deutsche Euroshop has announced the purchase of the Billstedt-Center in Hamburg, its second shopping centre in the region. The property was acquired from Prime Commercial Properties. The transaction, expected to be completed on 1 January 2011, represents an investment of EUR 160 mln, and a net ...

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    Aberdeen gloomier on market conditions

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen Asset Management is more pessimistic on the real estate sector than at the beginning of the year. ‘Back then investors had a little more appetite for risk. Then after Easter the debt crisis appeared on the horizon in Greece and sentiment tightened,’ Alessandro Bronda, Head of Investment Strategy at ...

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    SFL appoints Unibail-Rodamco director as CEO

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    French listed real estate group Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise (SFL) has announced the appointment of Bertrand Julien-Laferriere as the company's CEO.

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    Deka office building rated gold by German green building council

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Deka Immobilien has announced that its Kranhaus Sud office building in Cologne has been awarded a gold certificate by the German Green Building Council. Deka bought the building in April this year for EUR 65 mln and added it to its global property fund. The main tenant of the 16,400 ...

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    Greenprint launches first carbon index

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Greenprint Foundation, a worldwide alliance of leading real estate owners, investors, and financial institutions committed to reducing carbon emissions across the global property industry, has launched its first Greenprint Carbon Index.

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    Perella Weinberg closes purchase of Ruhrpark mall

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    US financial services group Perella Weinberg has completed the acquisition of the Ruhrpark shopping centre in Bochum, Germany. The investment volume is believed to be in the region of EUR 300 mln. The property is earmarked for Perella Weinberg Real Estate Fund I, which focuses on European real estate and ...

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    Development resumes at La Défense

    2010-10-07T00:00:00Z

    Around 100,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space has been delivered at La Défense this year, according to Raphael Catonnet, deputy managing director of EPAD, the body overseeing development in the Parisian business district.

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    European property stocks return 6.7% in September: GPR

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    European real estate stocks as represented in the GPR 250 Europe Index registered a strong return of 6.7% in September.

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    FdM buys EUR 85m of B&B hotels, plans capital increase

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Foncière des Murs (FdM) has signed a purchase agreement with the B&B group for a portfolio of hotels, representing 1,980 rooms, for a price of EUR 85 mln, including fees. The portfolio consists of hotels located in France and Germany, in use and under development.

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    Citadel acquires Colt Telecom's French HQ

    2010-10-08T00:00:00Z

    London-listed CLS has announced that its subsidiary, Citadel Holdings, has acquired Colt Telecom’s data centre and French HQ in the southern suburb of Malakoff, Paris. The investment volume comes to EUR 14.33 mln.