All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1729

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    Heitman fund makes entry into Russian market

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    Heitman´s fourth value-added fund, Heitman European Property Partners IV (HEPP IV), has made its first investment in the Russian property market with the purchase of an office building in Moscow’s Voykovsky district from developer Capital Partners. Financial details were not disclosed.

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    Investor trio snaps up River Ouest scheme

    2011-07-26T00:00:00Z

    French institutional investors Caisse des Dépôts, Crédit Agricole´s Predica and Société Commerciale de Réassurance (Scor) have joined forces to acquire the 64,300-m[sup]2[/sup] River Ouest office complex in Bezons, a north-western suburb of Paris.

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    CLS unveils 18,000-m[sup]2[/sup] development plans for Vauxhall

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    London-listed office investor CLS Holdings said it intends to submit a planning application in the autumn for an 18,100-m[sup]2[/sup] mixed-use development, adjacent to Spring Gardens in Vauxhall, south London. The project will cost around £46 mln (EUR 52 mln) to develop.

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    UBS RE offloads Oslo property for EUR 108m

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    UBS Real Estate has announced the sale of an office building in central Oslo to Norwegian financial services group Storebrand. The sales price of NOK 845 mln (EUR 108 mln) reflects a 14% profit on the amount the asset was acquired for three years ago, UBS said in a statement.

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    Real I.S. to launch EUR 250m German fund

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Real I.S. is transferring its Hamburger Meile shopping and office complex on the Hamburger Straße to the new Bayernfonds Deutschland 23 closed-end fund which will be marketed to investors in the third quarter.

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    LaSalle sells Hyde Park Hayes offices for EUR 34m

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    European fund manager LaSalle Investment Management (LaSalle) has closed the sale of the Hyde Park Hayes business park for just over £30 mln (EUR 34 mln), reflecting a net initial yield of 8.2%. The buyer is the Melford Special Situations LP fund, which is managed by UK real estate investor ...

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    Deka invests EUR 37m in Italian logistics centre

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    German fund management group Deka Immobilien has purchased a logistics property near Piacenza, northern Italy, from local logistics operator Vailog for EUR 37 mln. The asset is earmarked for the Deka Immobilien Europa open-ended fund.

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    MGAM buys land plot for Essen mall development

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Metro Group Asset Management (MGAM) has announced the purchase of a 6.3 hectare plot of land in Essen, Germany, for a new 24,000-m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre. The vendor is the German industrial conglomerate ThyssenKrupp. Financial details were not disclosed and the project is conditional on approval by the supervisory board of ...

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    Immofinanz inks Russian refinancing deal with Rosbank

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    Austrian property group Immofinanz has agreed a deal to restructure debt backed by its Shushary logistics facility in St Petersburg, Russia with Rosbank, the Russian subsidiary of French financial group Société Generale. Financial details were not disclosed.

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    Dev Secs links up with S Harrison in UK mall project

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    UK listed property investment and development company Development Securities has entered into a 50/50 partnership with local builder S Harrison Developments to develop the Friarsgate shopping centre in Lichfield.

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    PropertyEU expands sales team

    2011-07-25T00:00:00Z

    PropertyEU has expanded its sales team with the appointment of Michiel Foekens as Sales Manager effective 15 August. Foekens, 31, will join the team led by Sales Director Arno van Grondelle and Sales Coordinator Gillian Brown. Foekens was previously employed at Real Estate Publishers in The Hague, publisher of Europe ...

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    European investment volumes up 14% in Q2: DTZ

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Investment in commercial real estate across Europe in the second quarter of 2011 reached EUR 25.4 bn, a 14% increase from EUR 22.4 bn in Q1, according to DTZ Research in its latest ‘Investment Market Update’ report. Investment volumes averaged EUR 27.1bn over the past four quarters compared with EUR ...

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    UK prime rent and yields remain steady in Q2: CBRE

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Prime rental growth for UK commercial property remained steady in the second quarter of 2011, according to CB Richard Ellis' latest Q2 Prime Rent and Yield Monitor. There was only a marginal decrease of 0.1% in the headline index, a slight deterioration on last quarter's modest growth.

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    RREEF buys office in Lyon for EUR 46m

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Global real estate investment manager RREEF has bought the 'Docksite' office property in Lyon, France for EUR 46.5 mln. The transaction was conducted by RREEF on behalf of one of its German special funds (Spezialfonds).

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    MPC invests EUR 63m in first German student housing fund

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    German listed fund manager MPC Capital plans to launch several closed-end vehicles for student housing by end-2013. To obtain the assets MPC has formed a joint venture with Youniq, the Frankfurt-listed student accommodation specialist. The partnership has already carried out its first transaction, with the sale of four student residential ...

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    AXA Real Estate bags European hotel portfolio

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has acquired a portfolio of six hotels from Foncière des Murs (FdM) for EUR 132.9 mln in cash on behalf of a joint venture between an investment vehicle of an AXA Group insurance company, Caisse des Dépôts and Sogecap. The transaction, which was sourced off-market ...

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    Hotel investment picks up in Germany: Colliers

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Investment in the German hotel market heated up in the second quarter of 2011 and generated a total volume of EUR 325 mln for the period, according to data from Colliers International. The Q2 volume was higher than the previous two quarters, according to Andreas Trumpp, head of Research at ...

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    Spain's Coolway debuts on London's Oxford Street

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Coolway, the Spanish shoe and accessories brand, has acquired a 4,500 square foot (418 m2) flagship store on Oxford Street, marking the retailer’s entry into the UK with further plans to expand across London. The price was not disclosed.

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    HDG seeks to grow by M&A

    2011-07-22T00:00:00Z

    International real estate investment manager HDG is seeking to grow its fund and asset management business through a merger or acquisition in Europe, HDG founder Harold Garrison told PropertyEU. Most of the M&A conversations over the last nine months have been with European companies, he said.

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    Yields in Moscow fall across the board in Q2: CBRE

    2011-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Moscow saw the biggest decline in yields across all real estate sectors in the second quarter of 2011, according to new research released by CB Richard Ellis (CBRE). Elsewhere in Europe, prime rents and yields saw little movement, with the pace of recovery generally remaining slow, CBRE said.