Industrial – Page 152
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Segro deal to realise Berlin airport city
GERMANY - Berlin Airport Authority and Segro have agreed the development of a 38-hectare business and logistics park next to Berlin’s Schönefeld airport after the London-listed property investor acquired the land for €34m.
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CalWest assets reduce to $473m
UNITED STATES - California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) and RREEF are working together at present to manage the real estate assets on the CalWest Industrial Investors LLC, but assets are now substantially lower following an earlier sale of properties.
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Duopoly to define logistics fund market
EUROPE - The European logistics market will diverge into ‘blockbuster’ and ‘niche’ funds, with specialist nous and tenant relationships determining asset managers’ survival in a shaken-out market, claims Peter Davies, fund director of the Goodman European Logistics Fund (GELF).
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SBB sells 9,800m2 to fund pensions
SWITZERLAND - The Swiss federal railways SBB has sold another one of its real estate holdings under its funding promise to the SBB pension fund.
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Pension funds "ready for Russian real estate"
RUSSIA - Pension funds – at least Nordic ones – are ready to invest in Russian real estate, having overcome earlier reluctance concerning the complexity of the market, according to Ole Dall-Hansen, chief executive of Aberdeen Property Investors Eastern Europe.
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Shareholders vote to keep F&C trust open
UK – Investors in the F&C Commercial Property Trust have voted overwhelming for the continuation of the company, despite an earlier drop in its performance.
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Magazine
Safe as Warehouses
A rapidly expanding sector, logistics offers a more secure investment and higher income return than more mainstream sectors. But there are concerns for investors, as Christine Senior reports
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MagazineFurther growth in store
The success of the European logistics sector is driving capital well beyond the continent’s prime locations, as Monika Bukowska reports
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MagazineTake the high road
With greater globalisation no sector is likely to be more affected by the drive to sustainability than logistics. Ljiljana Grubovic and Ali Nassiri report
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CPP acquires Euro logistics
CANADA - The C$120bn (€83.5bn) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested €400m in European distribution via a fund set up by US logistics firm ProLogis.


