All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 844
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Skanska invests EUR 33m in Wroclaw project
Swedish construction and property giant Skanska plans to invest about EUR 33 mln in the development of the Green Day office project located in Wroc³aw, Poland.
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Coral Student Fund backs EUR 513m Nido purchase
The Coral Student Portfolio fund said on Monday it has participated in one of the UK's biggest real estate transactions of 2012 by providing a combination of debt and equity for Round Hill's acquisition of the Nido student accommodation portfolio.
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LaSalle acquires Scottish shopping centre from KPMG
LaSalle Investment Management has acquired the Mercat shopping centre in Kirkcaldy, Scotland as well as three retail units on the town’s high street on behalf of a client. The assets were bought from joint administrators Blair Nimmo and Gary Fraser of KPMG for an undisclosed amount.
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JLL appoints new EMEA head of Workplace Solutions
Jones Lang LaSalle has hired Claudia Hamm Bastow to lead its Workplace Solutions service across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
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Metro appoints C&W to sell land portfolio in Poland
German retail giant Metro has hired Cushman & Wakefield to sell a portfolio of land plots totalling 47 hectares in Poland. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Equity investors change dynamics of French property market
Sovereign wealth funds are changing the dynamics of the French real estate investment market, attendees at the PropertyEU Investment Briefing in London heard last week.
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Pbb provides EUR 50m financing to Prologis scheme
German financier pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a £40 mln (around EUR 50 mln) senior facility to finance a UK logistics property for Prologis European Properties Fund II.
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Real IS seeks Breeam cert for Amsterdam's Book
German closed-end property fund manager Real IS has announced it is seeking Breeam NL BBG certification for 'The Book' office building in Amsterdam. The certification is expected to take place before end-2012.
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Deka buys mixed-use asset in Hamburg
German open-ended fund manager Deka Immobilien has acquired a mixed-used property in Hamburg from an investment vehicle run by Arminius Funds Management. The parties agreed not to disclose financial details.
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Sponda sells logistics assets to new fund
Helsinki-listed property company Sponda has sold EUR 32.5 mln worth of logistics assets to its latest fund, Sponda Fund III.
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Netherlands, Luxembourg prepare big presence at Expo Real
The Netherlands and Luxembourg will both have large pavilions at the Expo Real international trade fair taking place in Munich in October.
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Dutch pension giant PGGM invests in China logistics fund
Dutch pension fund PGGM and Redwood Group Asia have announced the first closing of the Redwood China Logistics Fund following PGGM's decision to commit up to EUR 95 mln on behalf of its PGGM Private Real Estate Fund.
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Pbb welcomes competition from French insurers
The growing number of insurers interested in financing real estate in the French market is a welcome development, according to Philippe Duvergne, head of real estate finance in France for German lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank. ‘It is good that there is more competition and that we are seeing more debt ...
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Investors seek security in real estate: JLL
Real estate transaction volumes have been resilient so far in 2012 as investors opt for the perceived security offered by property assets, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's latest capital markets research.
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MGPA targets German retail with three risk/return strategies
Private equity advisory firm MGPA is drawing on three pots of equity with different risk/return profiles in its efforts to build a retail property platform in Germany. The firm is looking at different asset types to feed the three strategies. ‘We are looking at shopping centres, big box retail and ...
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Pramerica holds 1st close of fifth US property fund
Pramerica Real Estate Investors said it raised $315 mln (EUR 256 mln) from German institutional investors at the first close of its fifth US property fund in June.
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Deutsche Annington agrees multi-billion resi refinancing
German housing group Deutsche Annington Immobilien has signed a preliminary agreement to restructure its multi-billion Grand securitisation vehicle through a EUR 504 mln equity injection from UK private equity firm and major shareholder Terra Firma.
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NCC sells Phase II of Alberga business park in Finland
NCC Property Development has sold the second phase of the Alberga business park in Espoo in the Helsinki area of Finland to Union Investment Real Estate.
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JLL announces senior director promotions
Jones Lang LaSalle said on Wednesday that it has promoted Anna Kot and George Lewis to regional director in Poland and the Czech Republic respectively.
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UK balanced funds outperform specialist vehicles: AREF
UK balanced property funds outperformed specialist funds for the third consecutive quarter in the first three months of 2012, according to the Association of Real Estate Funds’ (AREF) Investment Quarterly (IQ) for the period. This pattern follows eight consecutive quarters of specialist funds outperforming balanced funds.
