All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1726

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    C&W picked as exclusive agent for 52,500-m[sup]2[/sup] Volgograd scheme

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield (C&W) has been appointed exclusive agent for VolgogradCity, the first Class-A business centre in the Russian industrial city of Volgograd.

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    RBS in EUR 210m Milan deal with Risanamento

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Italian ailing property developer Risanamento has agreed the sale of two commercial properties in Milan to its creditor, Royal Bank Of Scotland (RBS), in a deal valuing the assets at over EUR 210 mln.

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    BA pension fund sells in London at 3% yield

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Savills has sold two retail assets at 138 New Bond Street and 40-41 Old Bond Street in London to private investors, on behalf of British Airways Pension Fund. The total price for the assets was just over £28 mln (EUR 32 mln).

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    Cap&Reg agrees sale of UK retail park for EUR 81m

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    The Junction Fund, managed by Capital & Regional, has exchanged contracts to sell the South Aylesford retail park in Maidstone, UK to The Crown Estate for £71 mln (EUR 81 mln), in line with the June 2011 valuation. Completion of the sale is anticipated to take place on 30 September ...

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    F&C REIT hires asset manager

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    F&C REIT Asset Management, the direct property fund management business of the F&C Group, has appointed Chris O’Connell as an asset manager in the London office.

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    Valad's shareholders back Blackstone takeover

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Valad Property Group's shareholders have approved its takeover by two affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Advisors in a deal that values Valad at roughly A$800 mln (EUR 150 mln). Some 95% of Valad shareholders backed the takeover bid at a shareholders meeting on Monday.

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    BPT Baltic fund completes first purchase in Estonia

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    BPT Asset Management has secured its first real estate asset, the Lincona Office Complex in Tallinn, Estonia, for its Baltic Opportunity Fund launched in January.

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    Tallest office block in Berlin sold to Episo and Caleus

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Property fund Episo and its partner Caleus Capital Investors have bought­­ the landmark Treptowers office building in Berlin from a subsidiary of Allianz Real Estate. Financial details were not disclosed. Berlin-Hannoversche Hypothekenbank provided financing for the transaction.

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    Europa Capital, Immofinanz close Vienna's Gasometer sale

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    A 50/50 joint venture between privately-held fund manager Europa Capital and listed property group Immofinanz has finalised the sale of OCG2, the second and final phase of its Office Campus Gasometer development in Vienna, for around EUR 75 mln. The buyer is Bank Austria Real Invest.

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    Composition expands European deal team

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    Composition Capital Partners is strengthening its European deal team with the appointment of Danish national Julie Helweg to manage existing investments within its Europe Funds I & II and undertake research and due diligence for new investment opportunities for Europe Fund III.

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    European property stocks continue downward slide

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    European property stocks fell 2% in July after shedding 2.1% the previous month, according to figures from GPR. The decline of the GPR 250 Europe Index was led by Spain, which fell by over 17%, followed by Poland (-11.8%), Italy (-10.8%), Austria (-6.2%) and the Netherlands (-6.1%).

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    UBS RE offloads Sebalder Höfe in Nuremberg

    2011-08-02T00:00:00Z

    UBS Real Estate Kapitalanlagegesellschaft, the Munich-based real estate investment unit of Swiss bank UBS' Global Asset Management arm, is selling the Sebalder Höfe mixed-use scheme in Nuremberg, Bavaria, to a unit of Talanx, the third-largest insurance group in Germany. The transaction amounts to over EUR 24 mln.

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    CEE investment activity hits EUR 5.3b in H1: CBRE

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Real estate investment in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) reached EUR 5.3 bn in the first six months of the year, largely fuelled by strong performances in Moscow and Warsaw, according to new research by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). This figure brings the year-to-date investment volume in the region close ...

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    Tishman Speyer secures EUR 124m loan from Barclays

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Barclays Real Estate has provided the Tishman Speyer Core European Fund with a £109 mln (EUR 124 mln) loan to purchase Sanctuary Buildings, a landmark freehold office building in Westminster, London, which is let to the UK Government.

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    Reyal Urbis sells Barcelona hotel for EUR 25m

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Spanish listed property firm Reyal Urbis has sold a building located in downtown Barcelona, near the Paseo de Gracia and Plaza Catalunya, to the H10 hotel group for EUR 25 mln. The operation releases EUR 9 mln in funds, the company said in a statement.

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    Europa Capital, Ediston JV buys EUR 74m UK office portfolio

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Europa Capital's Europa Fund III and Ediston Properties have acquired seven UK office properties for around £65 mln (EUR 74 mln). The vendor was not disclosed.

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    Crown, Norges Bank make first joint purchase

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The 75/25 Regent Street Partnership, comprising The Crown Estate and Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), has announced the purchase of its first two properties, 4 Conduit Street and 1 Maddox Street, for £28 mln (EUR 32 mln).

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    Union snaps up Breisgau Center for new retail fund

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Union Investment Real Estate has made the first acquisition for its newly-launched retail property fund for institutional investors, UII Shopping Nr. 1. The German investor has purchased the Breisgau Center scheme in the Freiburg-Haid business park in Freiburg from a property company operated by Hamburg-based Newport. The companies agreed not ...

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    Orco links up with Unibail Rodamco to build Prague mall

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    CEE listed developer and investor Orco Property Group said on Monday it is joining forces with Franco-Dutch property heavyweight, Unibail Rodamco to develop a major shopping centre on the Bubny plot in downtown Prague.

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    Orion develops second central London residential site

    2011-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Orion Capital Managers has bought a second site in London for a luxury residential development. The London-based fund manager is believed to have paid around £85 mln (EUR 97 mln) for the one acre freehold site located between Glebe Place and Old Church Street in the heart of Chelsea