Âé¶¹Ó³»­ Americas News – Page 204

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    Ohio School Employees real estate commitment unchanged

    2008-07-17T15:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The School Employees Retirement System of Ohio plans to invest $100m (€62.9m) to $150m in real estate over the next 12 months. This is roughly the same amount that was planned for fiscal year 2008. This allocation is part of the pension fund’s annual investment plan for ...

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    CalPERS invests in ‘master-planned’ residential

    2008-07-17T15:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Newland Communities has made another investment in a residential land for a partnership with the California Public Employees Retirement System.

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    Florida plans up to $1.1bn investment in infrastructure and timber

    2008-07-17T15:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Florida State Board of Administration has approved commitments to infrastructure and timber for as much as $1.1bn (€691.6m).

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    SWFs avoid infrastructure, opt for funds

    2008-07-14T16:15:00Z

    GLOBAL - Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) will shy away from direct investment in global infrastructure to avoid allegations of ‘political’ investment, according to analysts at the McKinsey Global Institute, an economics thinktank.

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    Capri goes international

    2008-07-11T09:50:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Capri Capital Partners has expanded its efforts to international real estate with its plans to develop a $2bn (€1.27bn) mixed-use project in Saudi Arabia.

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    Virginia places capital in real estate debt securities

    2008-07-11T09:45:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Virginia Retirement System has created two new investment entities to investing in real estate debt securities.

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    Pramerica creates investment platform for India

    2008-07-11T09:40:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors has created an investment platform for investing in India.

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    Starwood Land creates $150m JV

    2008-07-11T09:35:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Starwood Land Ventures has setup a $150m (€95.3m) joint venture with Riverway Properties to invest in residential land acquisition and new project development in Houston.

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    Sacramento County works on international REIT manager search

    2008-07-11T09:30:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Sacramento County Employees’ Retirement System is carrying out an international REIT manager search.

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    German fund seeks up to $1bn in US core

    2008-07-03T17:22:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The Deka Global investment fund is looking to invest in United States’ core real estate, to the tune of $500m (€317.4bn) to $1bn.

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    LaSalle raising shows less pensions capital in real estate

    2008-07-03T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES - The recent capital raising by LaSalle Investment Management for its Income & Growth Fund V is further proof that pension funds in the United States are not as keen to move capital into real estate.

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    US pension funds face slow activity

    2008-07-03T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES – Pension funds have found activity in the buying and selling of real estate is slowing considerably in the United States, as a result of the downturn in prices and sentiment in the property markets.

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    Los Angeles City approves non-core commitments

    2008-07-03T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has approved three new commingled fund investments totaling $50m (€31.5m), in a bid to diversify its non-core holding.

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    'Goodnight Europe', as RoW dominates returns ranking

    2008-06-30T16:53:00Z

    GLOBAL - Europe accounted for only one of the world’s top five-returning property markets, according to the IPD Global Index launched last week.

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    RREEF sees three-year path to US market low

    2008-06-26T17:20:00Z

    UNITED STATES – RREEF, the real estate investment giant, is predicting the US residential market still has a substantial way to go before reaching its lowest point.

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    Washington State sinks $1.2bn into real estate and infrastructure

    2008-06-26T17:18:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Washington State Investment Board is putting $1.2bn (€770.7bn) into a combination of real estate and infrastructure investments, and taking advantage of the need for debt liquidity in the market.

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    CalSTRS invests $1bn in real estate in Q1

    2008-06-26T17:16:00Z

    UNITED STATES - California State Teachers Retirement System approved investments totalling just over $1bn (€642.2m) into real estate for the first quarter of 2008, in a mixture of core and tactical investments.

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    Orange County turns away from separate accounts

    2008-06-26T17:14:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Orange County Employees Retirement System has started the process of investing in commingled real estate funds and moving away from separate accounts.

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    New Jersey turns attention to non-core real estate

    2008-06-26T17:08:00Z

    UNITED STATES - New Jersey Division of Investment has approved $250m (€161.4m) worth of commitments to non-core real estate.

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    Pramerica books space at Mexican resort

    2008-06-19T17:33:00Z

    UNITED STATES - Pramerica Real Estate Investors is expecting to invest as much as $800m (€517m) over several years in a joint venture to develop the second phase of a project along the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, known as CostaBaja Resort & Marina.