All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 810
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Blackstone to invest EUR 2.6b in Europe during 2012
US private equity group Blackstone Real Estate is on an investment roll, with plans to invest around EUR 2.6 bn in European real estate this year. The investment pace for Blackstone has been robust, with the firm deploying over £12 bn (EUR 14.4 bn) globally in the last two years, ...
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Dublin warehouse rents tumble 60-80%: Savills
Warehouse rents in Dublin have fallen by 60-80% as landlords vie for tenants, according to property adviser Savills.
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AFI leases 70% of Palace Ploiesti mall project in Romania
AFI Europe Romania has signed leasing contracts for 70% of the total commercial area of AFI Palace Ploiesti shopping mall, 18 months before the grand opening.
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German funds set to release billions worth of assets in market squeeze
A 'substantial volume' of good-quality assets is set to come up for sale in Germany as some of the beleaguered German open-ended funds liquidate their portfolios. One of the more publicised disposals is the Quartier Potsdamer Platz property portfolio that SEB is marketing in Berlin. SEB is seeking to sell ...
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Vastned expands high street presence in Bordeaux
Amsterdam-listed retail specialist Vastned has expanded its position in France by acquiring two high street retail properties in the heart of Bordeaux for a total amount of EUR 7.5 mln. The properties have been acquired from a private investor.
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CEE property markets won´t see a 'gold rush'
Real estate investment markets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are attracting a growing number of cross-border investors, but there is no 'gold rush', according to Martin Erbe, head of CEE at German lender Helaba.
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CoreNet Global Central Europe names new executive committee
CoreNet Global's Central Europe Chapter has appointed a new executive committee, but Thomas Glatte, responsible for BASF's global corporate real estate management, will continue to serve as president of the Central Europe Chapter.
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Klépierre denies plans to exit office sector completely
Klépierre is not exiting the office sector altogether despite plans to sell EUR 1 bn of assets between this year and next. The Paris-based company said it was not ruling out the option of remaining active in the sector in the future.
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Neinver wins awards for German and Italian outlet centres
Neinver, the Spanish retail property group and outlet centre operator, has won two awards for its Zweibrücken and Vicolungo outlet centres. The awards were presented during the 5th European Conference of the European Factory Outlet Centres Observatory (MAGDUS), held in France.
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Carlyle Group launches student living unit under Pure brand
The Carlyle Group Global has announced the launch of its new London-focused student accommodation brand, Pure Student Living. The alternative investment manager has teamed up with Generation Estates in a joint venture to develop a number of centrally located, high quality, but competitively priced residential halls, in a bid to ...
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European property volumes in Q1 almost halved y-o-y: JLL
Direct commercial property transactions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) tumbled 45% in the first quarter of 2012 to EUR 20 bn, according to preliminary data compiled by Jones Lang LaSalle. A year ago, EMEA accounted for transaction volume of EUR 37 bn in the first three months.
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CEE property volumes for Q1 drop to 2009 level
Commercial property investment volumes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) amounted to EUR 900 mln during the first quarter of 2012 - the lowest volume seen since Q3 2009 - according to the latest data from CBRE.
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AXA RE sees 76% increase in logistic leasing in 2011
AXA Real Estate Investment Managers signed, on behalf of its clients, 19 leases representing a total of 265,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space across its logistics portfolio in 2011. This marks a significant increase of over 76% compared to 2010, when 150,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of space was let across six leases.
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Mall development slows in 2011
The expected upturn in European shopping centre development in 2011 was knocked off course by delays in a number of markets, according to a report from Cushman & Wakefield.
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Beni Stabili agrees EUR 308m refinancing with 7 banks
Italian REIT Beni Stabili has agreed a refinancing in order to make an early repayment on a EUR 308 mln mortgage loan expiring in 2012.
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Tamar sells assets in Sweden, France and Belgium
Tamar European Industrial Fund (TEIF) has sold two assets in Sweden and France and part of a third in Belgium for a total of £6.5 mln (EUR 7.8 mln).
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C&W boosts profit on near record revenues
Cushman & Wakefield, the privately owned international property adviser, has reported revenues of $2 bn (EUR 1.5 bn) for 2011, the second highest in the company's history. The figure was just below the record year of 2007 when revenues peaked at $2.1 bn.
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Lending landscape changes forever
Real estate investment managers are chomping at the bit to enter the senior debt arena. While mezzanine debt players have already become a fixture of the real estate lending landscape in the past two years or so, senior debt funds are still evolving. A sizeable number have made their appearance ...
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Menno Maas steps down at DTZ
Menno Maas has stepped down as CEO CEMEA at real estate adviser DTZ. His resignation, effective from 1 April, follows the restructuring of the company in the wake of DTZ's takeover by Australian property services company UGL at the end of last year.
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E-commerce drives scaling-up process in retail market
The growth of e-commerce will lead to the further scaling-up of shopping centres and retailers, according to Simon Durkin, head of research Europe at RREEF. ‘Some smaller regional shopping centres may still have compelling fundamentals, but on the whole large regional shopping centres will become more dominant at the expense ...
