All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1760

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    IVG to launch EUR 500m core/value-add fund

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    IVG Immobilien, Germany's largest listed property company, aims to raise up to EUR 250 mln of equity from institutional investors in the second half of 2011 for its first core to value-add investment fund. The move, which reflects investors' growing appetite for risk, comes as attractive yields have become increasingly ...

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    Almacantar seals EUR 92m Marble Arch Tower deal

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Luxembourg-based property company Almacantar has exchanged contracts with Orchard Street Investment Management to purchase Marble Arch Tower for £80 mln (EUR 92 mln).

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    French investors to increase fund allocations

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Institutional investors in France look set to increase their allocations to non-listed real estate funds by 56% over the next three years, rising from EUR 34 bn to EUR 53 bn, according to INREV's Investor Universe France Survey 2011.

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    Orion clinches Puerto Venecia deal

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    UK-based private equity firm Orion Capital Managers has finalised the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Puerto Venecia shopping centre project in Zaragoza, northern Spain, well-informed market sources have told PropertyEU. The price of the 50% stake, acquired from Spanish developer and investor Copcisa Corporaciónis, is believed to be ...

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    Neinver opens Style Outlet in Spain

    2011-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Neinver has opened its new centre Coruña The Style Outlets in Galicia, Spain - the European outlet centre specialist's first The Style Outlets in Spain. The company has five other outlet centres in the country.

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    Bridgepoint links up with Eurazeo on EUR 1b Foncia deal

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    UK-based Bridgepoint has partnered with Paris-listed Eurazeo to acquire European real estate management company Foncia from France's banking giant BPCE in a deal valuing the business at EUR 1 bn.

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    FdR buys 14.6% of FEL from Morgan Stanley

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    French group Fonciere des Regions (FdR) said that it has increased its stake in its logistics arm, Fonciere Europe Logistique (FEL), with the purchase of a 14.6% interest from Morgan Stanley for around EUR 47 mln.

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    Pbb provides EUR 88m to Catalyst for Paris deal

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    German lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has said it is providing just under EUR 88 mln in funding to Catalyst European Property Fund for its acquisition of the landmark Front de Parc office complex Clichy-la-Garenne, northwest of Paris.

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    Transaction activity rises in CEE

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Investor sentiment is improving in Central and Eastern Europe, according to transaction data published over Q1 in the May edition of PropertyEU Magazine.

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    Newsec appoints MD for Estonia

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Nordic and Baltic property adviser Newsec has appointed Roul Tutt as managing director of its operations in Estonia. Newsec said it is the only full-service real estate adviser in Northern Europe operating in the Baltics, and that the appointment of Tutt is part of its strategy to strengthen its position ...

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    Batipart to take control of Eurosic

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Batipart, the holding vehicle of Charles Ruggieri, has entered into 'exclusive discussions' with property company Nexity and BPCE's Banque Palatine to buy their stake in French real estate investment trust Eurosic.

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    Brokers on brink of new M&A wave

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Reports that BNP Paribas is in discussions to acquire DTZ may herald a new round of M&A activity among leading real estate brokers in Europe, according to Paul Wessels, founding editor of PropertyEU, in the May edition of PropertyEU Magazine. Following the last wave of consolidation a decade ago, the ...

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    Pramerica buys office building in New York

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Pramerica has acquired an office building at 28 West 44th Street in New York for $161 mln (EUR 113 mln). The purchase was made on behalf of a US real estate fund managed by the group's TMW Pramerica German property arm.

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    Orion funds resi project in Central London

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Orion Capital Managers has entered the Central London residential development market with one of the first residential schemes to be undertaken by a private equity fund.

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    Topland joins resi mezzanine lending partnership

    2011-05-13T00:00:00Z

    UK private investor Topland has joined Dragonfly Property Finance and residential developer Westcity in a new residential mezzanine lending partnership.

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    Arminius funds take control of EUR 1b Eurocastle portfolio

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Arminius has announced that two of its vehicles have acquired a controlling majority stake in a portfolio of 28 German properties with a market value of about EUR 1 bn belonging to Amsterdam-listed Eurocastle Investment.

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    DIC Asset raises EUR 70m through straight bond

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Frankfurt-based property group DIC Asset AG has raised EUR70mln through a straight bond, beating its minimum target of EUR 60 mln but falling short of the upper target of EUR 100 mln.

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    PEPR management accepts Prologis offer

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    The management company of Prologis European Properties (PEPR) has accepted Prologis' revised offer of EUR 6.20 per ordinary unit, despite maintaining it was 'inadequate from a financial point of view'.

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    Corio appoints former Ahold exec to head Dutch operations

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Listed retail specialist Corio has appointed Jan Willem Weissink as CEO of the company's Dutch operations, bringing the number of people in the management team to four. Besides Weissink, the board will now consist of Dick Bogaards (CFO), Caroline Kievit (COO) and Paul Tankink (CDO).

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    SGP confirms DTZ bid talks

    2011-05-12T00:00:00Z

    French family-run business SGP has confirmed that it is in talks about a potential bid to buy London-listed global real estate advisory firm DTZ. The French company already owns 55% of DTZ.