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    Lisa Neubüser joins Invesco RE

    2010-11-19T00:00:00Z

    Invesco Real Estate (IRE), the global cross-border property investment manager, has announced the appointment of Lisa Neubüser as an associate within its pan-European hotel fund management team.

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    Pension funds buy into Westfield Stratford City for EUR 1bn

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Pension giants APG of the Netherlands and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) have created a joint venture to acquire 50% of the retail component of Westfield Stratford City at the site of the 2012 London Olympics.

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    Prologis leases 11,800m[sup]2[/sup] in Poland

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Prologis Europe, the Denver-based distribution space specialist, has signed a fourth-quarter lease agreement in Poland for 11,800 m[sup]2[/sup]. An existing Prologis customer will occupy the space at Prologis Park Sochaczew Building Three in Sochaczew, Poland. Of the 11,800-m[sup]2[/sup] of space, 9,100 m[sup]2[/sup] was previously unleased. 'We are pleased to announce ...

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    Hahn Group acquires retail park for EUR 20m

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    German real estate fund manager Hahn Group said that it has acquired a retail park in Schweinfurt, in the Lower Franconia region of Germany, for around EUR 20 mln. The purchase was made on behalf of Hahn Fcp-Fis retail property investment fund for institutional investors, which is managed jointly by ...

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    Klepierre's Odysseum wins 2010 Mapic Award

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Odysseum in the French city of Montpellier has been named best shopping centre at the 2010 Mapic Awards last week. The Odysseum scheme is a 50/50 joint venture between Klepierre and Icade and the largest shopping centre opened in France so far this year.

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    Value-added funds to target Italian retail in 2011: C&W

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    The Italian retail market will see more activity next year from value-added investors, claims Stephen Screene, head of Capital Markets Group at Cushman & Wakefield in Milan.

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    Dassault to launch EUR 26m capital increase

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    French SIIC Immobiliere Dassault is to carry out a EUR 26 mln capital increase to fund the acquisition of an office building at 127 avenue des Champs-Elysées in Paris. The company will issue roughly 1.7 million new shares at a price of EUR 15 per share. The subscription period runs ...

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    Fornebu to sell Stavanger project for EUR 35m

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian listed property company Fornebu Utvikling (FBU) has signed a preliminary term agreement for the sale of its Hinna Park project company in Stavanger for NOK 287 mln (EUR 35 mln).

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    Gatehouse acquires IHG global HQ for EUR 37m

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Gatehouse Bank has completed the acquisition of InterContinental Hotels Group´s global headquarters in Denham, Buckinghamshire in the UK for £32.5 mln (EUR 37 mln). The vendor was Tritax Property Fund.

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    Pension scheme acquires Copenhagen office

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Danish pension scheme PKA has acquired a combined office and retail project in central Copenhagen for about EUR 81 mln. The vendor is Sweden's NCC Property Development.

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    Alpha seeks to strengthen TK Maxx partnership

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Cologne-based Alpha Industrial is working on enlarging its partnership with discount retailer TK Maxx through a second major distribution centre project in Continental Europe. In October Alpha handed over a 45,000-m[sup]2[/sup] distribution centre to TK Maxx in Bergheim, Germany.

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    Banimmo to build office property in Ghent

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Belgian listed property company Banimmo has been selected for the construction of an office building for the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) in Ghent.

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    Redevco breaks ground for first project in China

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Redevco Asia, co-owner of Wuhan Tiandi Riverview Plaza, has broken the ground for a new shopping centre in Jiang’an District in Wuhan with its partner Shui On Land. The complex will offer 109,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space spread across more than 250 stores, and will also provide 1,900 parking spaces.

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    London's West End remains most expensive office market: CBRE

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    London's West End continues to be the world's most expensive office market, according to CB Richard Ellis' semi-annual Global Office Rents survey. The CBRE rankings track occupancy costs for prime office space in 175 cities around the globe. Hong Kong's Central Business District (CBD) continued in second place and also ...

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    Premier Inn recruits King Sturge for London expansion

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    The UKs largest budget hotel operator, Premier Inn, has appointed King Sturge as a retained agent for Greater London to assist in their strategy for growth to add to its existing portfolio of 48 hotels within the M25. King Sturge will join existing retained agent Cropper & Co.

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    Reico's fund shops in Prague

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    The real estate investment arm of Czech bank Ceska Sporitelna has bought a mixed-use building on Prague's Wenceslas square for nearly one billion Czech koruna (EUR 41 mln). CS Real Estate Fund, which is managed by the bank's investment arm Reico, has purchased the building from an unnamed US-based private ...

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    Nigel Roberts to leave JLL

    2010-11-22T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle has confirmed that Nigel Roberts, director and chairman of EMEA Research, has decided to leave the firm after a career spanning nearly 30 years. Roberts intends to pursue client-side opportunities.

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    Silic raises EUR 175m through bond issue

    2010-11-23T00:00:00Z

    French business park specialist Silic has raised roughly EUR 175 mln through a six-year convertible bond issue undertaken to improve its financial structure and to help finance its development projects. The bonds, which are convertible in cash or shares, mature on January 1, 2017 and are structured as Ornane bonds, ...

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    Atrium boosts Q3 results

    2010-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Atrium European Real Estate booked a pre-tax profit of EUR 120.3 mln for the nine months to end-September compared with a loss of EUR 374.5 mln in the year-earlier period. The strong improvement reflected a 54.4% increase in net cash from operating activities to EUR 70.3 mln and a revaluation ...

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    Hatfield Philips restructures EUR 481m of loans

    2010-11-23T00:00:00Z

    Hatfield Philips, the independent primary and special servicer, has announced the restructuring of two loans totalling EUR 481 mln that make up part of Titan Europe 2006-2 mortgage-back security. The EUR 273.4 mln Margaux Portfolio Loan is secured on 526,586 m[sup]2[/sup] of predominantly residential properties across Germany; whilst the EUR ...