All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1697

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    Youniq to expand into new student housing markets

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    German student housing developer Youniq is expanding into new student housing markets, with developments in Austria, the Nordic region and Benelux countries on the cards, Rainer Nonnengässer, CEO of Youniq, told PropertyEU at Expo Real.

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    Youniq to expand into new student housing markets

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    German student housing developer Youniq is expanding into new student housing markets, with developments in Austria, the Nordic region and Benelux countries on the cards, Rainer Nonnengässer, CEO of Youniq, told PropertyEU at Expo Real.

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    Segro: Poland remains a primary focus

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Poland remains a key market for Segro following the signing of two large pre-let agreements at end-September. ‘There is continued interest among occupiers in Poland and the country remains very much a primary country focus for Segro,’ Andrew Gulliford, managing director Continental Europe, told PropertyEU at EXPO REAL .

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    Peakside mulls new opportunity fund

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Peakside, a specialist European real estate private equity firm, plans to launch a new opportunity fund targeting Germany and the surrounding Central and Eastern Europe countries. Peakside partners Boris Schran and Stefan Aumann told PropertyEU at Expo Real that they hoped to raise some EUR 400 mln of equity for ...

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    Schroders prepares new resi, logistics funds

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    International fund manager Schroders Property is working on the launch new property funds, Buddy Roes, head of logistics fund management, told PropertyEU at Expo Real. Roes said that logistics is back on the radar of many institutional investors, given its solid returns and low volatility relative to other property sectors.

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    Prime and secondary yield gap narrows: Savills

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The average yield gap between prime and secondary office properties has converged by some 18 basis points over the past year and now stands at 89.5 basis points, according to new figures released by real estate adviser Savills.

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    SES strengthens position in home markets

    2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

    SES European Shopping Centers aims to expand further in Austria and Slovenia, CEO Marcus Wild told PropertyEU at Expo Real.

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    Fundamentals more robust than in 2008/09, says Prologis Europe chief

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The fundamentals in the real estate industry are significantly more robust now than in 2008/09, according to Philip Dunne, CEO of Prologis Europe. ´There’s a disconnect between the wider macro-economic, financial and fiscal world and what´s happening in our business.’

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    Warburg-Henderson invests EUR 342m in H1

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Anglo-German fund manager Warburg-Henderson carried out acquisitions totalling EUR 342 mln and sales either completed or in negotiation equivalent to EUR 140 mln in the first half of 2011. The period also saw Warburg-Henderson launch three new funds in the Spezialfonds sector.

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    Union Investment aims to invest up to EUR1bn by year-end

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Union Investment is hoping to invest up to EUR 1bn in European real estate by the year-end, its chairman of the board Reinhard Kutscher told PropertyEU.

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    Palmer Capital closes EUR 116m opportunity fund

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Pan-European real estate fund manager Palmer Capital has closed a new development fund spun off from its Palmer Capital Development Fund II (PCDF II).

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    Insurers to take 20% slice of lending market: CBRE

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Insurance companies are forecast to account for as much as 20% of the European lending market in the next three to five years, Natale Giostra, head of CBRE's debt advisory arm told PropertyEU in an interview during the EXPO REAL property fair in Munich.

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    Corpus Sireo prepares EUR 300m healthcare fund

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    German investment and asset manager Corpus Sireo has unveiled plans to launch its second nurshing home fund, Corpus Sireo Health Care Fonds II, the company announced on the first day of the EXPO REAL property fair in Munich. The specialist fund is targeting a volume of EUR 300 mln, including ...

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    UBS to launch EUR 350m logistics fund

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    UBS Global Asset Management is planning the launch of a new EUR 300 to EUR 350 mln property fund targeting German and Austrian logistics real estate, Tilman Hickl, head of UBS Real Estate told PropertyEU in an interview at Expo Real.

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    Savills picked to sell EUR 360m of Paris assets

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    International property broker Savills started marketing this week for the Start Project in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris for a price of around EUR 115 mln. The asset is being sold by a joint venture of French property group Icade and Belgian developer Codic after it reached full occupancy at the end ...

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    Aberdeen gears up to launch four new funds

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen Asset Management is gearing up to launch four new funds, likely before the year-end, Alessandro Bronda, head of global property investor solutions at Aberdeen, told PropertyEU. ‘We will launch three residential funds, one each for Sweden, Denmark and Germany that will invest in a bit of everything because that ...

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    AEW Europe sees German appetite for French investments

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    AEW Europe sees potential to expand its separate account business via institutional investors in Germany and France, CEO Christian Delaire told PropertyEU at Expo Real on Wednesday.

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    Sustainability alliance launches benchmarking report

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    The International Sustainability Alliance (ISA), grouping real estate investors, developers and asset managers, has launched its first benchmarking report at Expo Real in Munich.

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    Atrium appoints new finance chief

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    CEE retail specialist Atrium has appointed David Doyle as its new chief financial officer, replacing Robert Boiler who is leaving Atrium to pursue other business interests.

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    Morgan Stanley close to buying largest mall in St Petersburg

    2011-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing is understood to be buying the Galeria shopping and entertainment centre - the largest retail scheme in St. Petersburg - for a price in the region of $1.1 bn (EUR 0.8 bn), well-informed market sources told PropertyEU.