All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 748

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    Investment property to be excluded from leasing rules overhaul

    2011-11-02T00:00:00Z

    The two main accounting standards bodies globally have made a preliminary decision to exclude all investment property lessors from a proposed major overhaul of rules for how businesses recognise lease transactions, the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) said on Wednesday.

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    Zeppelin mall expansion opens in Finland

    2011-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Helsinki-based listed property company Sponda has announced the inauguration of expanded Zeppelin shopping centre in Kempele, northern Finland.

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    Goodman, Europa Capital to build 30,000-m[sup]2[/sup] facility in Kent

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Global property group Goodman and real estate investment manager Europa Capital have received outline planning consent to develop 325,000 sq ft (30,000 m2) of industrial space at their 16-acre site in New Hythe near Aylesford, Kent, UK.

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    Prime Office extends EUR 100m loan, raises 2011 estimates

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Germany's Prime Office REIT has raised its full-year forecasts after posting a positive net rental income result in Q3 of over EUR 49 mln.

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    JLL reports 28% revenue increase in Q3

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    International property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle has reported a higher-than-expected increase in revenue to $903 mln (EUR 655 mln) in the third quarter, largely driven by the $319 mln acquisition of King Sturge earlier this year. The EMEA region reported the strongest growth, with a 46% rise to $247 ...

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    Sponda secures EUR 375m syndicated facility

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Finnish listed property firm Sponda has been granted a new five-year loan for a total of EUR 375 mln from a syndicate of Nordic banks Nordea, Pohjola, Skandinaviska Enskilda, Danske and Swedbank.

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    Aberdeen's Degi Europa sells Westend Gate in Frankfurt

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen's frozen open-ended property fund Degi Europa has reportedly agreed to sell the Westend Gate tower in Frankfurt's financial district to US investor RFR Holding, according to a news report in German newspaper Financial Times Deutschland.

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    C&W adds to Warsaw industrial team

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Marek Kiwak has joined the industrial department of Cushman & Wakefield in Poland as a build-to-suit manager. Kiwak has seven years of professional experience working for Emmerson, Jones Lang LaSalle and CB Richard Ellis, where he was responsible for leasing industrial properties. In 2010, he joined King Sturge as head ...

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    Henderson buys Plein Air retail gallery in Blanc Mesnil

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Henderson Global Investors has purchased the commercial gallery within the Blanc-Mesnil shopping centre in the new La Molette district of Blanc Mesnil, to the north-east of Paris. Financial details were not disclosed. The vendors are developer Immobilière Frey and SCI Eiffel Molette, which separately owned a 50% share each.

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    Alpha finishes Munich scheme on time despite archaeological find

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Property company Alpha Industrial has completed and handed over a 18,500 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics distribution centre in the Logistikpark München Ost on schedule to packaging wholesaler Ratioform. Construction took just five months even though archaeological finds relating to the Beaker Culture were found during the work. The objects were presented to ...

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    Whitewood Capital fund gets Belgian REIT status

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Whitewood Capital Group has been granted real estate investment trust status from the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority for its intended core-plus commercial offices fund. Whitewood is the first real estate investment manager to be accredited with the status based on the new Belgian Royal Decree on REIT’s which ...

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    Pramerica teams up with Hkm in Böblingen mall development

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Pramerica Real Estate Investors is teaming up with local developer Hkm to build a new shopping centre in Böblingen, to the south of Stuttgart, in Germany.

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    Dutch investor moves in on Ealing Broadway mall

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Dutch listed real estate company Wereldhave is closing in on the acquisition of Ealing Broadway shopping centre in London. The asset is valued at some £153 mln (EUR 177 mln), which is said to reflect a yield of 6.1%.

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    Domestic buyers dominate Spanish market: Savills

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Domestic investors are taking centre stage in Spain's investment market, accounting for 66.2% of transactions in the first nine months of the year, up from 33.3% in the same period in 2010, according to international real estate advisor Savills.

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    Tim Turnbull joins Europa Capital

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Europa Capital has announced that Tim Turnbull, previously chief investment officer at Hermes Real Estate, has joined its management team with responsibility to expand Europa's fund relationships. Turnbull joined Hermes in 2005 and was also a director of two operating businesses, MEPC and Argent, and member of Brockton Capital Fund ...

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    European prime CBD office rents continue to rise: Savills

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Prime CBD office rents across European office markets will continue to rise over the next quarter, with a 3.1% year-on-year increase expected in Q411, property services firm Savills said on Thursday.

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    CBRE launches sustainability checklist

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    CBRE has launched a sustainability checklist aimed at establishing an evidentiary base allowing property valuers to directly correlate the impact of sustainable building attributes to the value of an asset.

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    Patel leaves DTZ to join Henderson's London office funds

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Henderson Global Investors has hired Ilna Patel as assistant portfolio manager for its Central London Office Funds (CLOF I and CLOF II). Working alongside fund managers Clive Castle and Nick Deacon, Patel will be based in Henderson's London office where she will support new business initiatives and investment activity as ...

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    US groups muscle into UK property lending market

    2011-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Six new lenders – including US players GE Capital, AIG and Jefferies International - entered the UK commercial property market in the second half of 2011, according to property adviser Savills.

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    Frozen SEB ImmoInvest fund sells 10 assets for EUR 680m

    2011-11-04T00:00:00Z

    SEB Asset Management has sold 10 properties from its frozen open-ended real estate fund SEB ImmoInvest for a total of EUR 680 mln. The aggregate price was 0.5% above the current market values for the buildings.