All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1658

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    Colliers International expands in Netherlands with Rotterdam office

    2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Colliers International has teamed up with Rotterdam real estate advisor, BRIQ Bedrijfshuisvesting, to expand its coverage in the Netherlands. The merger brings the total number of Colliers International offices in the Netherlands to three; Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Rotterdam. BRIQ has meanwhile been rebranded to Colliers International.

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    Union Investment plans re-investment drive in France

    2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based fund manager Union Investment Real Estate is planning new acquisitions in the French market during 2012 and early 2013 to re-invest the proceeds from EUR 450 mln in net sales there over 2011.

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    INREV expands senior management team

    2012-01-06T00:00:00Z

    INREV, the European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate Vehicles, has expanded its senior management team and split the roles of director public affairs and professional standards into two separate positions. The move reflects the growing scale and importance of these two pivotal areas, INREV said in a press ...

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    Pbb grants EUR 33m loan for UK mall deal

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has granted a £27.4 mln (EUR 32.8 mln) facility to AG Core Plus Realty Fund III and Quidnet Capital Partners for the acquisition of a shopping centre in London.

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    LGP acquires BT Gatwick office for EUR 47m

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Legal & General Property (LGP) has acquired 1 City Place in Gatwick from RREEF for £39 mln (EUR 47.1 mln). After surrendering BT's lease on the property, LGP has also agreed a new 20-year lease with Nestlé UK.

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    Spanish banks face extra haircut of EUR 50b - report

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Spanish banks need to set aside further provisions totalling some EUR 50 bn on property assets hit by the collapse of the housing bubble and the subsequent European economic crisis, according to economy minister Luis de Guindos. In an article in The Financial Times, De Guindos said it was vital ...

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    Aberdeen strengthens multi-manager team

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen Asset Management has appointed Sonja Tilly as an analyst within its multi-manager team. Tilly's responsibilities will include assisting in managing the team's range of pooled funds, specifically focusing on fixed-income funds. She will report to Graham Duce, co-head Multi Manager Funds at Aberdeen.

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    C&W recruits ex-DTZ director to head Italian office agency

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    London-based advisor Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Peter Leyburn as a partner and head of its office agency team in Italy. Leyburn moves to Cushman & Wakefield after nine years at DTZ where he was most recently a senior director and head of DTZ’s CEMEA Office Agency team and member ...

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    Deka buys Leipzig properties from JP Morgan AM

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Germany's open-ended real estate fund manager Deka has acquired Speck’s Hof & HansaHaus in Leipzig from JP Morgan Asset Management. No financial details were disclosed.

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    Hakala appointed MD of Catella Property Finland

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Erkki Hakala has been appointed managing director of Catella Property Finland as of 1 January 2012. Hakala joined Catella in 1999 and was Catella Finland’s deputy managing director.

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    Savills buys London firm Gresham Down Capital Partners

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    London-based advisor property Savills has announced the acquisition of Gresham Down Capital Partners, a specialist in central London investment and asset management. The company provides investment advisory and brokerage advice focusing primarily on the Central London commercial property, as well as asset management services and works with international and domestic ...

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    HB Reavis secures loan for Prague complex

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    Slovak-based CEE developer HB Reavis has secured a EUR 32.9 mln bank loan for its office project River Garden Office in Prague - Karlín.

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    IVG taps into green power

    2012-01-05T00:00:00Z

    German property giant IVG has announced it will supply green power to a first tranche of around 50 properties in its portfolio. The green power consists 100% of hydroelectric and has been certified with the Green Power Label Gold.

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    Dutch office market faces EUR 10bn writedown: DTZ

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    The struggling Dutch office market needs a haircut of up to EUR 10 bn to restore it to health, according to DTZ Zadelhoff. The figure is based on DTZ's annual survey which indicates that the office vacancy rate in the Netherlands currently totals nearly 8 million metres. This is equal ...

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    Deutsche Hypo provides EUR 104m loan to Gecina

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Deutsche Hypo, the real estate finance arm of Nord/LB, has granted a EUR 104 mln credit facility to French real estate investment trust Gecina for the financing of two prime offices in central Paris. The loans have an average maturity of 8.5 years.

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    Union sells Les Renardières in Paris for EUR 148m

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Union Investment has sold Les Renardières office complex located in the commune of Courbevoie, near Paris. The buyer is an OPCI fund managed by real estate investment manager Primonial Reim.

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    JLL sees slow start for UK market but brighter prospects in H2

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle expects the UK market to get off to a slow start in 2012 now that the financial crisis and the ongoing fiscal squeeze have left the domestic economy weaker than previously expected. However, Richard Batten, Executive Chairman UK at Jones Lang LaSalle is hopeful that a strong ...

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    South-African investor buys London's Tower 42 for EUR 340m

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    Kirsh Group, owned by South African property magnate Nathan Kirsh, has closed the purchase of the landmark Tower 42 Estate in the City of London for just over £282 mln (EUR 340 mln). The vendor is The Tower Limited Partnership, representing a joint venture of BlackRock's UK Property Fund, Hermes ...

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    Hahn fund acquires Regensburg retail centre for EUR 40m

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    German retail property investor Hahn Gruppe has acquired the Alex-Center in Regensburg, Eastern Bavaria for EUR 40 mln. The retail property was acquired on behalf of Hahn's EUR 350 mln FCP-FIS-German Retail Fund for institutional investors. The closing took place on 30 December.

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    UK investors purchase Barcelona's Hotel Palace for EUR 68m

    2012-01-04T00:00:00Z

    A group of UK private investors has bought the historic Palace Hotel in Barcelona from Spanish hotel chain Husa for EUR 68 mln. The buyers were represented by the company Aginyo.