All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 707

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    Terreis buys vacant office in Paris from Redevco

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    French REIT Terreis has acquired a 2,600 m[sup]2[/sup] office property in the 8th arrondissement of Paris from Dutch privately-held group Redevco for over EUR 17 mln.

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    Kulczyk Silverstein Properties buys Warsaw office

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Kulczyk Silverstein Properties (KSP) has announced its first purchase in Europe with the acquisition of the Stratos Office Center located in the central business district of Warsaw, Poland. The fully-let office complex, which was completed in 2000 and has a GLA of around 11,000 m2, was acquired from Pramerica Real ...

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    CS Euroreal sells in Dortmund and Lille

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Credit Suisse's CS Euroreal open-ended real estate fund has sold two properties in Dortmund, Germany and one asset in Lille, France in a bid to increase liquidity and meet investors' redemption demand.

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    Henderson to develop mixed-use scheme in London's Soho

    2011-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Henderson Global Investors has been given planning permission for a prime mixed-use scheme in the heart of Soho, in London, on behalf of its £700 mln (EUR 860 mln) Central London Office Fund I.

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    Investment in German logistics plunges 17% in H1: Colliers

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    German logistics and industrial real estate investments fell by 17% to EUR 587 mln in the first six months of 2011, according to new research by Colliers International. The figure goes against the overall trend, which has seen commercial property transactions rise by 24% year-on-year to a total of EUR ...

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    Sonae Sierra posts EUR 13m profit in H1

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    International shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra said on Thursday it posted net profit of over EUR 13 mln in the first half of 2011, compared to EUR 648,000 in the same period in 2010.

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    Generali closes purchase of further 27% in Citylife

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The real estate arm of Italy's largest insurance group Generali has finalised the purchase of a further 27.2% interest in the flagship CityLife urban regeneration project in Milan for a total of EUR 110 mln. The vendor is insurance group Fondiaria Sai. The closing follows the go-ahead from antitrust authorities ...

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    Capital Group sells $300m portfolio to UFG RE

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Russian real estate developer Capital Group is selling two office properties and a shopping centre to UFG Real Estate and an unnamed business partner. Although the financial details were not disclosed, the deal is said to amount to over $300 mln (EUR 211 mln).

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    VIB Vermögen invests EUR 33m in logistics assets

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Germany's VIB Vermögen is investing EUR 33 mln in four logistics properties in Germany after having raised funds of nearly EUR 30 mln through a rights issue in June.

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    Swiss Life buys 5 care facilities from Hochtief

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Development group Hochtief Projektentwicklung has sold five care facilities with a total of 309 beds in the German cities of Lahnau, Schwalbach, Heusweiler, Burladingen and Altenmünster to the life assurer Swiss Life. The companies agreed not to disclose financial details.

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    CBRE expands UK debt advisory team

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has appointed Adam Wilton as senior director to strengthen its UK Debt Advisory division, which originated nearly EUR 1 bn of new loans across Europe last year.

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    Immofinanz resumes dividend payout as earnings bounce back

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Immofinanz Group has resumed dividend payouts following a sharply improved performance over the 2010/11 financial year ended on 30 April 2011. The company is proposing a dividend of 10 cents per share after a strong surge in fourth-quarter profits lifted full-year net earnings by 60% to EUR 313.5 mln. ...

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    Immofinanz buys mall development site in Lublin

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Austrian listed property group Immofinanz has bought a shopping centre development site in a inner-city location in Lublin, Poland for an undisclosed amount.

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    SCD sells Hungarian lake development to consortium

    2011-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Hungarian property developer SCD is selling its 50% stake in the Lake Balaton development portfolio to a consortium of investors represented by the newly-created Turisztika Hungária vehicle. Financial details were not disclosed.

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    TNK-BP sells Moscow's Alfa Arbat Center for EUR 170m

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has confirmed the sale of the Alfa Arbat Center office complex on Moscow' Arbat Street to Promsvyaznedvizhimost, owned by Russian billionaires, Alex­ey and Dmit­riy Ananyev. The transaction, which was carried out on behalf of Russian oil group TNK-BP, amounts to $238 mln (EUR 167 mln).

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    Immofinanz expects earnings to double by 2013

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Immofinanz Group is on track to lift earnings to around EUR 600 mln by the 2012/2013 fiscal year, CEO Eduard Zehetner told PropertyEU. The company reported this week that full-year net earnings soared 60% to EUR 315.5 mln in the year ended 30 April 2011.

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    AXA Real Estate sells Grosvenor mall for EUR 24m

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has sold the Grosvenor shopping centre in Macclesfield, England, to UK commercial property investor Eskmuir. The property was sold for £21 mln (EUR 24 mln) on behalf of AXA's client, Friends Life Company,

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    IdeaFimit launches EUR 243m Banca Marche fund

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    IdeaFimit has launched Banca Marche first real estate fund after reaching an agreement with the Italian bank in early 2011. The move, which was tipped by PropertyEU in February, involves Banca Marche selling a portfolio of 135 properties, 128 of which are bank branches, to a new investment vehicle called ...

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    Etalon to build St Petersburg's EUR 350m congress project

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    Russian listed property developer Etalon has signed an agreement with ExpoForum to become the general building contractor for the first stage of a major congress and exhibition centre in St Petersburg.

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    Colony Capital buys EUR 370m German NPL portfolio

    2011-08-05T00:00:00Z

    US private equity firm Colony Capital has acquired a portfolio of institutional real estate collateralised non-performing loans (NPL) from four German banks: Eurohypo, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen, Berlin Hyp and Archon Capital Bank.