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AEW widens its logistical holdings
EUROPE - AEW Europe has made a number of logistics investments across Europe for two of its closed-ended funds.
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UK logistics traffic to hit a go-slow
UK 鈥� Demand for UK logistics could reach a record low this year and will remain subdued until at least 2010, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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Property investment slumped 鈧�335bn last year
GLOBAL - Global investment in commercial property plummeted 59% to $435bn (鈧�335bn) in 2008 and is likely to fall further in 2009, according to Cushman & Wakefield鈥檚 Investment Atlas 2009 analysis.
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French property market 'must adapt to survive'
FRANCE 鈥� Property experts have predicted the French real estate industry is set to deteriorate even further in 2009 as a result of the financial crisis and will have to adapt itself to investors鈥� demands in order to recover.
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Goodman and L&G raise equity for ABPP
GLOBAL 鈥� Australia鈥檚 Goodman Group and the UK鈥檚 Legal & General have raised 拢350m (鈧�383m) of equity for real estate fund Arlington Business Park Partnership (ABPP).
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CalSTRS joint venture gains new financing
US 鈥� First Industrial, the North American Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), has arranged a new $110m (鈧�78.6m) debt facility for its ventures with the California State Teachers鈥� Retirement System (CalSTRS).
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Demand for logistics creates investment potential
EUROPE 鈥� Jones Lang LaSalle has identified Europe鈥檚 seaports as logistics hotspots for growth on the back of a significant increase in demand.
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Prologis loses chief and halts new developments
GLOBAL 鈥� ProLogis, the world鈥檚 largest logistics developer, has announced the resignation of chief executive officer Jeffrey Schwartz at a time when the company is halting further developments.
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Ohio PERS grabs opportunity to look beyond the value-add
UNITED STATES - Ohio Public Employees Retirement System will be shifting some of its investment capital in real estate to an opportunistic strategy in a bid to tap the little investment likely to surface over coming months.
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Opt for Reading over Riyadh - fund manager
MIDDLE EAST 鈥� Pension fund real estate investors should steer clear of the Middle East property, use debt if you can get it, and wait for a property market turnaround in the UK, according to asset managers.
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Choose carefully, says SEB, after UK re-entry
UK/GERMANY - Investors are investing cautiously in UK logistics as they wait for the market to fall further, according to SEB, the German fund management arm of the Swedish bank.
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Sponda sticks with Russia despite Finnish optimism
RUSSIA 鈥� Sponda鈥檚 chief executive Kari Inkinen said the Finnish property firm was on course for its planned Russian expansion despite a fall in interim profits from the same period last year.
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European property returns hit by currency pressure
EUROPE 鈥� Unlisted European real estate funds saw a negative return on their investments of 鈥�3.9% in 2007, driven by the very poor performance of the UK property market as well as currency conversion pressures attached to the dollar and euro.
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Sponda goes to the docks
FINLAND - Finnish property firm Sponda has agreed a 鈧�12m deal with the Port of Helsinki to build a harbour service centre at Vuosaari.
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San Diego City expands its international focus
UNITED STATES - San Diego City Employees鈥� Retirement System is growing its international real estate investment program by investing in a commingled fund and moving its domestic REIT program to a global stage.
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Logistics remains strong, except in UK
EUROPE - Logistics is still outperforming other European sectors despite a 12% fall in direct investment last year compared with 2006.
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Spanish spread boosts logistics
SPAIN - Spanish logistics markets are expanding as urban sectoral growth continues at above the national average, according to a Savills report on the country鈥檚 warehousing market.
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UK pension funds look east for storage
UK - UK pension funds see continued traction in Central and Eastern European (CEE) logistics despite concerns over pricing in other segments of those markets.
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MagazineOpportunity by the shed load
With foreign investment continuing to flow into Asia, logistics is emerging as a serious growth opportunity for providers, with Vietnam attracting most attention. Michael Grimes reports
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MagazineMarket view: India 鈥� a competitive advantage
Logistics is increasingly becoming a strategic source of competitive advantage with the increase in the global outsourcing of production, shortening of product life cycles and intensification of global competition.
