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Texas Employees commits $60m to value-added fund

2010-11-11T12:00:00Z

GLOBAL – The Employees Retirement System of Texas has made a $60m (€43m) commitment to the Madison International Real Estate Liquidity Fund IV.

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Texas Teachers-backed property fund makes first investment

2010-11-08T11:30:00Z

GLOBAL – An office building investment fund backed by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas has completed its first investment.

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UK commercial rally running out of steam, says IPD

2010-11-04T13:00:00Z

UK – Investment Property Databank (IPD) has warned that the rally in the UK commercial real estate market is all but over, with the third quarter seeing the shallowest period of capital growth in 2010.

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Norway's Pension Fund Global Fund makes first foray into real estate

2010-11-04T12:45:00Z

EUROPE – Norges Bank has made its first real estate investment for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global, acquiring a 25% stake in The Crown Estate's Regent Street portfolio in London.

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Irish commercial real estate continues to slide, IPD says

2010-11-01T14:15:00Z

IRELAND – The commercial real estate market in Ireland continued to see declines in capital values in the third quarter, meaning the market has been falling for more than three years, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).

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Lack of European prime stock slows global transactional recovery

2010-10-25T15:30:00Z

GLOBAL – The recovery in global real estate transactions has levelled off, driven by a constrained availability of prime properties in Europe, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).

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OMERS, British Land team up to develop London's Cheesegrater

2010-10-25T13:15:00Z

UK – Oxford Properties, the real estate division of Canadian pension fund OMERS, has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with British Land to develop the Leadenhall Building in the City of London, otherwise known as the Cheesegrater.

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Real estate markets failing to recover in Italy, Japan

2010-10-21T14:15:00Z

GLOBAL – The Italian commercial real estate market has continued its gradual decline in capital values in the first half of 2010, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).

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Pramerica targets Polish warehouse developments with Panattoni

2010-10-18T15:45:00Z

EUROPE – Pramerica Real Estate Investors has entered into a joint venture with Panattoni Europe to develop a portfolio of as much as €100m of logistics warehouses in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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BP Pension Fund's Cubemaker joint venture buys ITV assets

2010-10-18T14:45:00Z

UK – Cubemaker Partnership, the joint venture between the BP Pension Fund and Cube Real Estate, has acquired three commercial real estate assets from television company ITV for £11.3m (€12.9m).

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Los Angeles tenders RFI for separate account manager

2010-10-14T12:45:00Z

GLOBAL – The Los Angeles City Employees Retirement System (LACERS) has approved a request for information (RFI) to hire a real estate manager for a separate account.

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Global investors flocking to German real estate market

2010-10-11T13:30:00Z

GERMANY – The German commercial real estate market has seen in influx of international investors in 2010, accounting for 40% of all transactions in the first half of the year, according to Savills.

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Denmark's ATP returns to real estate market

2010-10-07T12:15:00Z

DENMARK – Denmark's largest pension fund ATP has made its first direct real estate acquisition in two years, acquiring a high-profile office block in central Copenhagen.

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French commercial real estate returns to positive territory, says IPD

2010-09-30T13:45:00Z

FRANCE – Commercial real estate in France has emerged from a two-year slump to record a six-month 1.6% capital appreciation, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).

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AMF makes largest Swedish transaction in over two years

2010-09-30T13:00:00Z

SWEDEN – Swedish pension provider AMF and German open fund manager DEKA Immobilien Investment have executed the largest single real estate deal in the city of Stockholm for more than two years.

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CalPERS continues Brazilian joint venture with Hines

2010-09-23T14:30:00Z

GLOBAL – The $210bn (€158bn) California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) has given its latest endorsement to Hines' Brazilian real estate expertise by committing to the third in a series of joint ventures in the South American market.

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Invesco fund shows German appetite for UK property remains strong

2010-09-09T15:10:00Z

EUROPE – Invesco Real Estate has raised €75m from four German institutional investors, enabling it to make a first closing for its latest UK real estate fund.

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German Spezialfond looks to invest in Belgium, France

2010-09-06T12:48:00Z

GERMANY – HypoVereinsbank's real estate investment subsidy iii-Investment has launched a new Spezialfond, aiming to raise €400m worth of capital.

Magazine

Still playing safe

September 2010 (Magazine)

Opportunities abound in office markets around the world but are some already becoming overpriced? The preference is still for quality as economic uncertainty persists, says Lynn Strongin Dodds

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Nebraska puts $63m into core commingled funds

2010-08-26T11:24:00Z

GLOBAL – The Nebraska Investment Council (NIC) has approved $63m (€49.6m) worth of real estate commitments into core open-ended commingled funds.