All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1635

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    Savills adds AIG and Citigroup to lenders list

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Property adviser Savills has added US financial groups AIG and Citigroup to its latest list of bigger ticket lenders to the UK property market. The new list names 21 such lenders compared with 19 at end-October 2011.

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    Owners of B buildings in CEE urged to create sellable portfolios

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Owners of B-class properties in Central and Eastern Europe are being urged to create large portfolios to entice investor interest. Although there is significant demand for prime assets in the region, the market for B-class buildings is in hibernation, according to Andreas Ridder, CBRE's managing director in the region and ...

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    Glitnir Bank buys Swedish portfolio out of bankruptcy

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Glitnir Bank Luxembourg has acquired a 370,000 m[sup]2[/sup] property portfolio in Sweden from bankrupt Danish company Centerplan Nordic in a deal involving some SEK 2.3 bn (EUR 250 mln) of debt and equity. The portfolio, operated under the name Bovista Invest, comprises mainly residential assets in southern Sweden.

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    Unibail-Rodamco names new supervisory board chief

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Unibail-Rodamco, Europe's largest publicly traded property company, has named Robert ter Haar as its new supervisory board chairman, replacing Robert van Oordt.

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    Deka buys hotel in Hamburg from iii-investments

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Deka Immobilien has bought the Suite Novotel in Hamburg from iii-investments on behalf of an institutional investment fund. Financial details were not disclosed.

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    Cordea Savills expands operation in France

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Property investment manager Cordea Savills has strengthened its presence in France with the appointment of Clement Pigott as head of investment for France and the Benelux. He is also president of the newly established French entity, Cordea Savills SAS.

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    Cornerstone gears up to launch 'super core' fund in Sweden

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers is gearing up to launch a 'super core' fund targeting public amenities in Sweden, the company's European head Charles Weeks told PropertyEU at the annual Mipim real estate fair in Cannes on Tuesday.

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    GSW: German resi is not overheating

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    The German residential property market is not overheating despite record transaction volumes in 2011 and several large portfolios on the market, according to listed Berlin apartment owner GSW.

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    JLL Germany revamps organisational structure

    2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle Germany has restructured its organisation into two main areas of responsibility.

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    AEW Europe raises EUR 1.5b in fresh capital

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Pan-European real estate investment manager AEW Europe has raised a total of EUR 1.5 bn in fresh capital commitments in a number of new separate accounts and funds managed by the company, with the majority of mandates signed towards the end of last year.

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    Industrial investment volumes hit EUR 10b in 2011: JLL

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    European industrial investment volumes totalled EUR 9.9 bn in 2011, the third-largest annual transaction figure on record after the boom years of 2006 and 2007, Jones Lang LaSalle said on Monday.

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    Deka Immobilien sells Paris office for EUR 166m

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    German property fund manager Deka Immobilien has sold the Axe France office building in Paris to a pool of French investors advised by DTZ Asset Management for EUR 166 mln. The property was acquired in 2004 for the Deka-ImmobilienGlobal open-ended mutual property fund.

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    Allianz Real Estate invests EUR 2b in 2011

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Allianz Real Estate has confirmed it carried out almost EUR 2 bn of equity and debt investments during 2011. Direct investments accounted for around EUR 1 bn with significant transactions including the acquisition of an 80% stake in the Skyline Plaza shopping centre in Frankfurt and the purchase of Forum ...

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    AXA Real Estate heads European investment ranking in 2011

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Paris-based AXA Real Estate Investment Managers was the leading real estate investor in Europe in 2011, according to PropertyEU’s annual ranking of top-50 investors by acquisition volume. With an acquisition volume of EUR 2.6 bn, including EUR 900 mln committed to development, AXA RE edged ahead of US private equity ...

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    AXA Real Estate boosts 2011 deal volumes to EUR 6b

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    AXA Real Estate Investment Managers saw total transaction volume including completed and signed deals rise to EUR 6.2 bn in 2011. Acquisitions totalled EUR 2.6 bn, including EUR 900 mln of committed development expenditure, compared to disposals of EUR 2.1 bn. An additional EUR 1.5 bn was committed to loans.

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    Prelios sees losses widen to EUR 290m in 2011

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Italian listed property firm Prelios posted a net loss of EUR 290 mln in 2011, mostly reflecting EUR 195 mln in writedowns related to the Baubecon portfolio and EUR 49 mln in restructuring costs.

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    Hotel sector to remain flat in 2012: DLA Piper

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The hospitality market is expected to see little or no growth in the next 12 months as a result of a combination of over-valued assets and difficulty in raising finance, according to DLA Piper's European Hotel Outlook Survey for 2012.

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    PropertyEU Magazine March 2012

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The March edition of PropertyEU Magazine finds that foreign investors are widening their definition of core property in Germany as competition heats up for prime assets. Office assets in secondary cities outside the ‘big seven’ are on the radar of international investors, while low-budget hotels provide another potential growth market.

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    Bank consortium provides EUR 300m for Valad fund

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    A syndicate of banks led by pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Helaba has provided a EUR 300 mln senior debt facility to refinance a logistics portfolio owned by Valad Europe across Germany, France and the Netherlands.

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    Eurosic agrees EUR 508m office sale to JP Morgan fund

    2012-03-05T00:00:00Z

    French real estate investment trust Eurosic has signed a preliminary agreement to divest 54,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space in Paris to a fund advised by JP Morgan Asset Management for a net sales price of EUR 508 mln.