All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 650
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IntReal prepares five new funds with EUR 1.5b of assets
IntReal - the specialist fund administration unit of Warburg-Henderson - is poised to launch five further funds with an estimated investment volume of EUR 1.5 bn in the near term.
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GSW plans to launch IPO in Q2
Germany's GSW Immobilien said that it plans to go public with a listing of its shares on the Berlin and Frankfurt stock exchanges in the second quarter of the year.
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Warburg-Henderson to invest EUR 700m in 2011
Warburg-Henderson, a joint venture between Henderson Global Investors and German private bank M.M.Warburg & Co, plans to focus on core plus investments in Germany and France this year, with the aim of acquiring around EUR 700 mln worth of assets.
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Grainger buys 50% stake in £285m portfolio
UK quoted residential property company Grainger has acquired Genesis Housing Group's 50% share in Grainger GenInvest Partnerships along with associated loan notes for a total of £15 mln (EUR 17 mln), financed out of existing company resources.
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Aberdeen to manage EUR 300m distressed portfolio
Provinsfastigheter has appointed Aberdeen Asset Management to manage a Danish-owned property portfolio in Sweden valued at EUR 300 mln.
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British Land buys Mayflower retail park for £51m
UK REIT British Land has purchased Mayflower Retail Park on the edge of the Basildon town centre in Essex from Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Scottish Widows) for £51 mln (EUR 59 mln). The purchase price represents a net initial yield of 6.3%, rising to 6.9% upon letting of the park's ...
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Corestate buys EUR 85m distressed German portfolio
Swiss private equity investor Corestate has teamed up with an unnamed investment fund to acquire a portfolio of 153 residential assets located in the Rhine Ruhr region of Germany valued at EUR 85 mln. The purchase of the 2,100 residential units was financed 'on competitive terms' by an unnamed German ...
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BNP Paribas Fortis sells Cluster Chambon in Bruxelles
BNP Paribas Fortis has confirmed the sale of the historic headquarters of savings and pension group CGER (Caisse générale d'épargne et de retraite) in Brussels to Allfin Group in the city's largest real estate redevelopment transaction of the past five years. The companies agreed to keep the financial details confidential.
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GI Partners buys UK specialist care business
Private equity firm GI Partners has announced the £28 mln (EUR 32 mln) acquisition of Advanced Childcare (ACL), a provider of outsourced children's care and education services in the UK, from Bowmark Capital, the mid-market private equity fund.
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OVG, MAB seek buyer for Rotterdam project
Dutch developers OVG and MAB are reportedly seeking to sell the 160,000 m[sup]2[/sup] De Rotterdam mixed-use project on the waterfront in Rotterdam. The office section of the scheme, also known as Vertical City, will cover 72,000 m[sup]2[/sup] and is valued roughly at around EUR 200 mln.
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Punch Taverns in major sell-off
UK pub operator Punch Taverns announced plans on Tuesday to sell off half of its nearly 6,000 leased pubs and split its business in two as part of a major strategic review launched in October last year.
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Demand for Central London office space grows in Q1
Total occupier demand for London office space increased by 6% in the first quarter of the year, reversing the trend in 2010, accordingly to preliminary figures issued by real estate advisory firm Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Almacantar buys London's Centre Point for £120m
Almacantar has exchanged contracts to buy the Centre Point tower in London's West End for around £120 mln (EUR 138 mln), well-informed market sources have told PropertyEU.
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Hammerson invests £277m in UK retail assets
UK REIT Hammerson has acquired a portfolio of six retail assets from St. Martins Property Investments for £208 mln (EUR 240 mln). Hammerson's initial commitment, including transaction costs, is £221 mln.
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Episo links up with Addington to buy 3 UK malls out of administration
European Property Investors Special Opportunities (EPISO), a fund co-advised by AEW Europe and Tristan Capital Partners, has partnered with Addington Capital to complete the purchase of the Sapphire Retail Portfolio in the UK for £145 mln (EUR 167 mln), representing a net initial yield of 7.75%.
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Area buys 30% of X-Leisure fund
New York-based asset manager Area Property Partners has bought 30% of the X- Leisure fund from Britain's largest pension fund, BT Pension Scheme and Hermes Real Estate for a price said to be around £65 mln (EUR 75 mln). X-Leisure was created by Capital & Regional and Hermes RE in ...
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Barclays sells $586m loan portfolio
UK bank Barclays has agreed to sell a portfolio of real estate loans to property investment trust CreXus for $586 mln (EUR 414 mln), as part of the bank's plans to divest non-core property assets. The acquisition is expected to close during mid-April 2011.
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Etalon goes public to fund acquisitions
Russian real estate developer Etalon Group has announced plans to launch an Initial Public Offering on the Main Market of the London stock exchange in an effort to fund new acquisitions and to finance existing projects.
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C&W adds three new partners to retail team
Cushman & Wakefield has recruited three new partners for its Southern UK retail agency team. Tony Edwards, Simon Wild and Chris Parfitt have joined C&W's UK offices to help consolidate the broker's position in the retail sector.
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Savills doubles Paris office agency team
International real estate advisor Savills has strengthened its French office agency department with the appointments of Serge Vayer, Christophe de Cambourg and Grégoire Lembo. The appointments are part of an ongoing department expansion strategy which has seen the team double over the past 12 months, and includes the recruitment of ...
