All Real Assets articles in Web Issue – Page 881
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Investors in Germany should turn to niches, experts say
Investors interested in German real estate should be looking to less established locations, specialist assets, lower grade developments and even redevelopments, a panel of experts has told the industry.
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Union Investment launches new fund for institutional investors
Hamburg-based Union Investment has announced it is setting up a second open-ended real estate fund to expand its range of products for institutional investors.
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Prologis gears up to recapitalise portfolio
Prologis Europe is gearing up to recapitalise part of its investment property portfolio. Under the plan, the company will seek to recapitalise the former Prologis European Properties (PEPR) portfolio which Prologis now fully owns. The EUR 2.8 bn portfolio includes 210 distribution facilities covering 4.5 million m[sup]2[/sup] across 11 European ...
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St Modwen unveils plans for UK resi-led scheme
UK regeneration specialist St Modwen said on Wednesday that it is preparing plans for a £20 mln (EUR 25 mln) residential-led mixed-use redevelopment of a former Stoke-on-Trent manufacturing facility in Hartshill, east of Birmingham in the UK.
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Prologis signs 93,000 BTS deal with Sainsbury's
Industrial property giant Prologis has signed a major lease at a build-to-suit development project with Sainsbury's Supermarkets in the UK.
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European retail volumes rise 12% in Q3: CBRE
European retail property investment grew to EUR 7.1 bn in the third quarter of 2012 - a 12% increase over Q2 2012, and the highest quarterly total so far this year, according to the latest research by global property advisor CBRE.
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Debt fund allocations to Europe total $3.7b in 2012
The market share of debt funds compared to all private equity real estate funds launched in Europe in terms of target equity rose from 15% in 2011 to 20% in the first three quarters of 2012, according to an analysis by Swisslake Capital. However, the allocation for Europe remains far ...
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Cross-border deals slow as European volumes fall 3% in Q3: DTZ
European commercial real estate investment activity reached EUR 24.6 bn in Q3 2012, a 3% decline from Q2 2012, according to the latest statistics published by property adviser DTZ.
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Pramerica raises $805m for US debt fund
Pramerica Real Estate Investors (PREI) has secured $805 mln (EUR 617 mln) for its Pramerica US Real Estate Debt Fund. The latest equity infusion means Pramerica has raised $1.6 bn so far from investors for its global debt strategy.
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Abu Dhabi bank refinances Paris office
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi has granted a EUR 60 mln refinancing to the French special purpose vehicle which owns the office building located at avenue George V, in the eighth district of Paris.
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Union completes Finnish office acquisition
Union Investment Real Estate has confirmed that what it describes as the high-growth metropolitan region of Helsinki remains the focus of its investment strategy in Scandinavia.
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Morgan Stanley puts Blue Tower on market in Brussels
International real estate advisor Savills and BNP RE have been co-instructed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investment to sell the Blue Tower, a prime office asset in Brussels’ Louise office district.
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CIO Steve Smith to leave British Land
UK REIT British Land has announced that executive director Steve Smith will be standing down from the board at end-March 2013 and will leave the company three months later.
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Hammerson expands retail park portfolio through Junction Fund deal
UK REIT Hammerson has expanded its retail park business in the UK through the acquisition of the Junction Fund. The deal gives Hammerson four retail parks and additional development land for an investment of £254.5 mln (EUR 313 mln).
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Debt funds: Link up or look out
There is no doubt that the European debt market offers an interesting window of opportunity for debt providers in Europe. A significant mismatch looms on the short term as fund managers and other players scramble to put in place new debt vehicles in a bid to provide relief to investors ...
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Concerto to develop 30,000 logistics facility near Paris
Concerto European Developer has signed a nine-year fixed lease with Eurodif, a European group in the home and fashion sectors, on a 24,700 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics platform that will be later extended to 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup].
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IVG raises EUR 120m for logistics fund
Germany's IVG said on Monday that it has raised a total of EUR 120 mln in equity from institutional investors from Germany and Austria for its IVG Garbe Logistik fund, launched in March 2012.
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GOEFs' liquidation creates EUR 20b of opportunities: DTZ
Around EUR 20 bn of commercial real estate assets will come to the market as a result of the German open-ended funds' liquidation process, according to a new research report published by DTZ.
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RREEF buys Warsaw logistics assets for EUR 54m
Deutsche Bank's real estate investment management unit RREEF has announced the purchase of two logistics properties near Warsaw for a total of EUR 54 mln. The acquisition is earmarked for the group's grundbesitz europa open-ended fund.
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Unite completes Camden student housing site acquisition
Unite Group has completed the purchase of a site in Camden, north London for a 563-bed student housing scheme.
