All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 699
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European investment activity stalls in Q2: JLL
Investment volumes in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) stagnated at $34 bn (EUR 24 bn) in the second quarter of 2011 compared with Q1 but were slightly up on the year-earlier level, according to preliminary findings from property adviser Jones Lang LaSalle and not CBRE as incorrectly stated ...
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ICSC annual conference Berlin-bound in 2012
The International Council of Shopped Centers (ICSC) has announced Berlin will be the venue for its 2012 European Conference. The event will take place on 18-20 April at the Intercontinental Hotel in the German capital.
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Mattern takes charge of property transactions at 3i
Reinhard Mattern is taking charge of the real estate transactions and administration division at German fund manager iii-investments. He replaces Jost Wanninger who is retiring at end-August this year.
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FIEEP fund buys Venice retail asset for EUR 30m
Italian real estate fund FIEEP has acquired a retail property in a principal shopping street near the Piazza San Marco in Venice for EUR 30 mln.
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Swiss bank Sarasin and Catella launch EUR 500m green fund
Swiss private bank Sarasin and the fund management arm of Swedish property services firm Catella are setting up their first joint fund for institutional investors that will invest solely in environmentally sustainable buildings in high-growth European cities.
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IRE acquires office in Prague for German pension fund
Invesco Real Estate (IRE) has acquired an office building in the central business district of Prague for the German pension fund Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung. The financial details were not disclosed.
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Capital & Regional appoints non-exec director
UK property group Capital & Regional has appointed Tony Hales as a non-executive director with effect from 1 August 2011. Hales steps down from his role as chairman of UK REIT Workspace this month.
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CBRE beefs up negotiating power in Poland
CB Richard Ellis has appointed two senior property negotiators in Poland who will strengthen the firm's offices in Gdansk and Warsaw respectively.
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Hannover Leasing buys Dutch R&D centre from OVG
German fund management group Hannover Leasing has bought the Danone Innovation Centre in the central Dutch city of Utrecht from developer OVG for an undisclosed sum.
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ECE buys three Karstadt properties
Germany's leading retail developer ECE Projektmanagement has bought three Karstadt department store properties from the Highstreet portfolio for an undisclosed sum.
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Composition Capital commits to Japanese residential
Composition Capital Partners has concluded two Japanese residential investment deals through its Composition Asia Fund II involving a total investment of around $40 mln (EUR 28.6 mln). The investments have different strategic approaches and provide investors with exposure to two distinct subsectors of the Japanese residential market.
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Demján Group to develop cultural centre in St Petersburg
Demján Group, the majority shareholder in Budapest-based CEE developer Trigranit, has started construction of a multifunctional cultural centre in St. Petersburg. The development, costing more than EUR 200 mln, will be financed by Trigranit.
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McCabe JV launches UK opportunity fund for Chinese investors
Veteran property entrepreneur Kevin McCabe is launching a fund to give Chinese investors access to opportunistic real estate investments in the UK market.
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Henderson strengthens French property team
Henderson Global Investors has hired Jasper Gilbey as a fund manager for its EUR 117 mln AUB French Logistics Fund. Gilbey will be based in Henderson's Paris office. He will be in charge of the strategy and the fund management of the AUB French Logistics Fund which was launched in ...
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CatalunyaCaixa to develop EUR 42m tower in Barcelona
CatalunyaCaixa Inmobiliaria, the real estate arm of Spanish savings bank CatalunyaCaixa, is to invest EUR 42 mln in the development of an office tower in Barcelona which will serve as the headquarters for cosmetics and fashion company Puig.
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MGPA has EUR 500m firepower for Europe
MGPA has at least EUR 500 mln of firepower to invest in European real estate and is working on a new fund following two major retail asset deals carried out by its main European opportunistic vehicle in Germany.
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ECE-Rockspring JV acquires Czech mall
German property company ECE has carried out its first acquisition of an existing asset for its new EUR 740 mln European Prime Shopping Center Fund.
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AEW appoints Robert Jewell to head private equity funds
Real estate investment manager AEW Europe has appointed Russell Jewell as managing director and head of its private equity funds division. He will be based in London and will report to AEW Europe’s Chief Investment Officer Rob Wilkinson.
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Commerz Real takes majority stake in RWE's Amprion
German open-ended fund manager Commerz Real is acquiring a majority interest in RWE’s transmission systems operator Amprion for EUR 700 mln together with a group of institutional investors. To this end, an investment fund company of Commerz Real will acquire a 74.9% stake in the company.
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BNP Paribas appoints manager to Next Estate Income Fund
BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Services has named Laurent Boissin as fund manager of the Next Estate Income real estate fund (NEIFER).
