All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 717
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Henderson launches EUR 170m German retail fund
UK asset manager Henderson Global Investors has announced the launch of a German Retail Income Fund (HGRIF). The fund recently raised EUR 85 mln of equity from insurance companies and pension funds from Germany and Austria.
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Orco to sell Russian assets for EUR 53m
Orco Property Group has entered into an agreement to sell stakes in its Russian operations to an unnamed local investor for EUR 53 mln.
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Dutch pension funds increase allocations
Dutch pension funds expanded their real estate portfolios in 2010 to EUR 61 bn from EUR 53 bn in 2009 thanks to new allocations and upward revaluations. That is one of the key conclusions of research by PropertyEU's sister publication PropertyNL on the top 101 investors in the Netherlands.
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Canadians buy German healthcare portfolio
Toronto-based healthcare properties group Northwest is buying a portfolio of German healthcare properties in a sale-and-leaseback transaction. The vendor is Carecapital, a developer-investor of UK and German healthcare properties listed on London's junior AIM market.
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Listed property buyers outpaced by unlisted peers
Listed European real estate investors accounted for just 22% of the top 50 deals by number in the first half of this year, according to research by PropertyEU.
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Hot markets centred on CEE: DTZ
European property markets now offer better value to investors than they did in the first quarter of 2011, according to the latest European all-property DTZ Fair Value Index.
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Investment climate driven by wider economic conditions: Union
The real estate investment climate in Germany continues to benefit from the feel-good factor generated by the ongoing recovery, but economic weakness in France and the UK is taking its toll, according to the results of the latest Investment Climate Index released this week by Union Investment.
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Quintain delivers student housing projects in London
UK listed property company Quintain has announced the completion of two new student accommodation buildings in London, which will deliver close to 500 new bed spaces.
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Havas to buy Le Madone tower for EUR 152m
French advertising group Havas has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire the Madone tower in the Parisian suburb of Puteaux, for about EUR 152 mln. The complex is owned by UBS Global Asset Management's Real Estate KAG unit. Completion of the deal is expected for November.
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Hannover Leasing snaps up London trophy asset for EUR 158m
German investment manager Hannover Leasing has bought a 19-storey Crown Plaza office building in the City of London for about £139 mln (EUR 158 mln). The property is earmarked for a closed-end real estate fund to be launched by Hannover Leasing in Q3 2011.
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High-profile hotel and developments set to hit Irish market in H2
Transaction volumes in Ireland slowed during the traditionally quiet months of July and August, but activity in the occupier sectors of the market is holding up well as occupiers are taking advantage of the ability to negotiate favourable deals with landlords, according to the latest bi-monthly report released by CB ...
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Union Investment launches EUR 250m residential fund
Union Investment has announced the launch of a EUR 250 mln real estate fund focusing on residential properties in Berlin. The 'Residential Value' vehicle has made the first acquisition with the purchase of Ortlergärten in Berlin-Steglitz from an unnamed French listed real estate company.
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P3 appoints new head of Germany
PointPark Properties (P3) has appointed Ingo Spangenberg as development director and head of the German office. As of August 1, Ingo is responsible for growing P3's business activities in Germany.
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RREEF bags two UK properties for EUR 49m
RREEF, the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Bank's Asset Management division, has acquired two properties in the UK on behalf of its German spezialfonds for a total of £43 mln (EUR 49 mln). Terms of the transactions were not disclosed.
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Henderson acquires Swedish mall for EUR 61m
Henderson Global Investors is acquiring the Tuna Park shopping centre in Sweden on behalf of its German business Warburg-Henderson for SEK 558 mln (EUR 61 mln). The asset is being contributed to Warburg - Henderson European Core Property Fund No. 1.
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LSH adds to capital markets team
Commercial property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has announced the appointment of Abid Jaffry as a director in its UK Capital Markets division.
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Wietse de Vries joins Almazara as partner
Wietse de Vries has joined Dutch advisory group Almazara per September 1, 2011. Almazara, which advises pension funds, insurers and other institutional investors on their investments in real estate and infrastructure, was recently founded by Bas van den IJssel, a former director of Mn Services and Bouwinvest.
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Befimmo wins 'Most Improved' Award in EPRA/Deloitte Annual Report Survey
Belgian real estate company Befimmo has won the award for 'Most Improved Annual Report' as measured by compliance with the European Public Real Estate Association's Best Practices Recommendations (BPR).
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Hammerson's Atkins appointed EPRA chairman
David Atkins, CEO of UK property company Hammerson, has been appointed as chairman of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA).
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DTZ boosts global research team with four appointments
Global real estate services firm DTZ has strengthened its global research team with four new appointments. Milena Kuljanin has been appointed to the Forecasting and Strategy team in London. Kuljanin, who joins in September, has just completed an MSc in Civil Engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.
