All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 805
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Benson Elliot snaps up distressed German resi portfolio
Benson Elliot Capital Management, the UK-based private equity real estate fund manager, has exchanged contracts with a number of subsidiaries of Speymill Deutsche Immobilien Company (SDIC), to acquire the Tor residential portfolio on behalf of Benson Elliot Real Estate Partners III. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Scarcity of debt is the biggest threat to recovery: CBRE
A shortage of debt finance is seen as the single biggest threat to the recovery of the property market in Europe in 2012, according to the latest research by global property adviser CBRE.
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Bolt Partners expands healthcare property team
Turnaround consultancy and asset management firm Bolt Partners has announced the expansion of its senior team with two new appointments.
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Schroders, LGP prepare Phase II of Bracknell project
The Bracknell Regeneration Partnership (BRP), a 50:50 joint venture between Schroders and Legal & General Property, has appointed London creative agency, Bostock and Pollitt, and independent construction and property consultancy, Gardiner & Theobald, to help pave the way for the next phase of Bracknell Town Centre’s major regeneration.
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European cities lack real estate overview: Deloitte
With a few exceptions, European cities lack a clear overview of their real estate activities and their management of public properties is extremely fragmented. This is hampering their strategic planning processes at a time when many cities are looking to dispose of real estate as a way of cutting costs. ...
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Skanska launches Phase II of Green Horizon in £ódŸ
Swedish construction and property group Skanska has announced the start of the second phase of the Green Horizon office investment in £ódŸ, Poland.
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TAG acquires 25,000 residential units in Germany
Listed German property firm TAG Immobilien is acquiring Deutsche Kreditbank's residential property arm DKB Immobilien in a deal involving EUR 160 mln of equity, the companies said in a statement on Monday.
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German CMBS maturities to almost double to EUR 14b next year
German CMBS maturities are set to almost double to EUR 14 bn next year, up from EUR 8 bn this year, Dirk Richolt, head of real estate finance at CBRE in Germany, told PropertyEU. This is likely to spark an increase in property sales out of CMBS portfolios, he added.
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Immofinanz buys remaining 50% in Golden Babylon
Immofinanz Group has announced it has signed an agreement for the purchase of the remaining 50% stake it does not own in the Golden Babylon Rostokino from the co-owner Patero. The Golden Babylon Rostokino mall in Moscow was developed as a joint venture with Patero, a local firm, and opened ...
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Madison takes 57% stake in Frankfurt's Trianon tower
US real estate investor Madison has confirmed the acquisition of the 56.9% stake held by Morgan Stanley's P2 Value fund in the Trianon office tower in Frankfurt. The sale is part of the liquidation of the P2 Value fund. Morgan Stanley Eurozone Office Fund holds the remaining stake in the ...
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Retail boosts rental income at Immofinanz
Vienna-listed Immofinanz group reported rental income rose 8.5% in the third quarter of the financial year ended 31 January 2012 to EUR 153.6 mln thanks to strong growth in the retail segment. However, net profit fell more than 90% quarter-on-quarter to EUR 4.3 mln due to negative, non-cash effects from ...
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Karmann to head Prologis business in Northern Europe
Industrial property specialist Prologis has announced the appointment of Thomas Karmann as senior vice president, regional director Northern Europe, effective from 1 June 2012. Karmann will be responsible for all operational activities in Germany, Austria, Benelux and Scandinavia and reports to Philip Dunne, Prologis' president Europe.
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Is CEE set for a new gold rush?
Real estate in Central and Eastern Europe will remain high on cross-border investors' shopping lists in 2012, according to CBRE's Investors Intentions report.
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DIC sells part of Opera complex in Hamburg to pension fund
Frankfurt-based real estate group DIC has sold the listed Opera Offices Klassik section of the Opera Offices complex in Hamburg to a Northern German pension fund in a forward-purchase transaction.
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MOOD Stockholm opens to the public
AMF Fastigheter, the property investment and development arm of one of Sweden’s biggest pension funds AMF, has opened MOOD Stockholm, the first new retail development in the Swedish capital in over 20 years.
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AXA signs 113,000m[sup]2[/sup] of leases in Spain
AXA Real Estate signed 68 leases in Spain on behalf of its clients in 2011, representing a total of 113,350 m[sup]2[/sup] of space across its Spanish portfolio. This marks an increase of around 90% on 2010, when 60,855 m[sup]2[/sup] of space was let across 42 leases. Of the 68 lettings ...
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St Modwen, Vinci win EUR 2.4b London redevelopment contract
A joint venture between UK regeneration specialist St Modwen and French property and construction group Vinci has won the GBP 2 bn (EUR 2.4 bn) contract to redevelop London’s New Covent Garden Market. The joint venture, VSM Estates, was named as preferred bidder by the Covent Garden Market Authority, with ...
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Rockspring JV commences EUR 20m office development
London-based fund manager Rockspring Property Investment Managers and its development partner Exton Estates have begun work on the construction of a major new office complex in the southeastern UK town of Staines.
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Paris overtakes London for investment in 2011: CBRE
Paris has overtaken London as Europe’s biggest real estate investment market, according to new figures released by property adviser CBRE on Tuesday. Investment in the French capital reached EUR 7.9 bn in the second half of 2011, up from the EUR 3.6 bn recorded in the first half of the ...
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Investor sentiment shifts to Asia: INREV
Investors in non-listed real estate funds are set to allocate increasing amounts of their resources to Asia at the expense of vehicles based in Europe, according to new research from INREV, the European association for investors in non-listed real estate funds.
