All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1656
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RICS revises best practices for due diligence to reduce investor risk
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has released a new best practice and guidance note for technical due diligence aimed at increasing transparency and reducing investor risk.
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UBS bids for full control of French REIT Docks Lyonnais
The wealth management division of Swiss bank UBS has launched a takeover offer for the 6% stake in French REIT Les Docks Lyonnais that it does not already own.
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Union forward funds Boulogne spec office project
Union Investment Real Estate has returned to the French office property market for the first time in over two years with the EUR 128 mln acquisition of a speculative project in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris.
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Deka offloads retail building in Vienna, buys in Nuremberg
Deka Immobilien has sold a retail property on Vienna's main shopping street to Warburg-Henderson KAG's Austian Fund II. The financial details were not disclosed.
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Sweden's Cityhold clinches first London deal
Cityhold Property group, the European property joint venture of the First and Second Swedish National Pension Funds, has acquired an office building in Paddington, London, for £230 mln (EUR 278.3 mln) from a joint venture between Aviva Investors and Union Investment Real Estate. The transaction reflects a net initial yield ...
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Tour Eiffel leases 11,000 m[sup]2[/sup] in Vélizy tower
French REIT Société de la Tour Eiffel has completed the leasing of its latest development project - the Topaz tower in Vélizy, near Paris.
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RREEF completes EUR 1.9b of deals in 2011
RREEF Real Estate, the real estate investment management business of Deutsche Asset Management, announced it completed over EUR 1.9 bn of transactions across the globe in 2011 on behalf of its German clients.
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CEE property investment tops EUR 6b in 2011
Real estate investment activity in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania more than doubled in 2011 to EUR 6.1 bn from EUR 2.9 bn the previous year, according to global property adviser Cushman & Wakefield.
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JLL sees 2012 deal volume matching 2011
International property adviser Jones Lang LaSalle expects global investment into commercial real estate in 2012 will match last year's volume which totalled US$400 bn (EUR 315 bn).
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Beni Stabili fund buys office scheme for EUR 42m
Italian REIT Beni Stabili has announced that its closed-end real estate investment fund Melograno has completed the acquisition of a property in Milan for EUR 42 mln. The vendor was not disclosed.
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Plaza sells 47 US malls to Blackstone JV
Retail property developer Plaza Centers is selling 47 of its 49 shopping malls in the US for US$1.42 bn (EUR 1.12 bn). The buyer is BRE DDR Retail Holdings, a joint venture between a real estate fund managed by US private equity giant Blackstone and Ohio-based shopping centre group DDR ...
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C&W poaches DTZ director to head Italian office agency
Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Peter Leyburn as a partner and head of its Italian office agency.
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Savills expands German business with Cologne office
International real estate adviser Savills has opened a new office in Cologne with a five-strong team recruited from BNP Paribas Real Estate as part of a wider growth strategy in Germany.
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Deutsche Pfandbriefbank finances Spanish retail parks
German lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has provided a EUR 61 mln loan for two Spanish retail and leisure parks owned by subsidiaries of the Pillar Retail Europark Fund (PREF). The fund is managed by BL European Fund Management and is part-owned by UK REIT British Land.
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Auchan buys 49% of EUR 1b Italian retail JV
French hypermarket group Auchan has bought the remaining 49% stake it did not already own in Gallerie Commerciali Italia, a retail property partnership with US retail REIT Simon Property Group.
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UK student property group boosts NAV 6% over 2011
Student accommodation company Unite Group on Tuesday reported the estimated net asset value of its UNITE UK Student Accommodation Fund rose to £0.857 (EUR 1) per unit at the end of last year, reflecting an increase of 1.8% during the fourth quarter and 6.1% over the year.
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European property investment climbs by a third in 2011
European retail real estate investment volumes will reach EUR 28bn in 2011, an increase of around 35% on 2010 despite the continuing economic uncertainty, according to consultancy Jones Lang LaSalle.
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Union AM leases 70% of MainTor Porta
DIC has finalised the lease of around 14,000 m[sup]2[/sup] (or roughly 70% of the entire lettable area) of its MainTor Porta office complex in Frankfurt to Union Asset Management Holding.
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Engel & Völkers books record year
German property adviser Engel & Völkers Group booked record overall commission revenues of over EUR 200 mln last year, the company said on Tuesday.
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WELPUT buys Warner Bros London headquarters
The West End of London Property Unit Trust has acquired the freehold of 98 Theobalds Road, London for £65 mln (EUR 81 mln) from US property firm Crescent Heights. The deal reflects a net initial yield of 5.94%.


