All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1790

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    UK tops investment league in Europe: Savills

    2011-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Savills has ranked the UK, which accounted for some 42% of total European investment volume in 2010, as the top investment market in Europe, followed by Germany, France, Sweden and the Netherlands. In terms of top cities, the international real estate adviser rates London, Paris, Stockholm, Berlin and Hamburg as ...

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    Recovery underway in logistics market: King Sturge

    2011-03-08T00:00:00Z

    King Sturge's new European Logistics and Industrial Markets research highlights the recovery is underway across Europe's major logistics and industrial markets. The report provides an assessment of relevant macro economic trends and logistics and supply chain management dynamics, and includes commentary and analysis of 13 country markets namely: Belgium, Bulgaria, ...

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    Soric puts Portuguese luxury resort up for sale

    2011-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Specialist hotel real estate broker Soric International said it has been appointed to handle the sale of the privately-owned Quinta Splendida on the Portuguese Island of Madeira. The 166-room resort has recently undergone major investment, including the addition of a 1,400-m[sup]2[/sup] luxury Wellness Spa. Hotel group Steigenberger is the preferred ...

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    Carlyle to pump EUR 1bn into German property

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    The Carlyle Group is to invest EUR 1 bn in German real estate over next 15 months, a spokesman has told PropertyEU. 'In Germany, we focus on offices in the 'Big 6' (which includes Frankfurt and Hamburg),' he said.

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    BNP Paribas RE's turnover soars 17% in 2010

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    French real estate services group BNP Paribas Real Estate saw turnover rise by 17% to EUR 618 mln in 2010 compared to the previous year, with international activities accounting for 37% of the group's total business. Operating profit increased by 51% year-on-year to EUR 141 mln in the course of ...

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    European real estate debt market to remain tight in 2011: CBRE

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    The European real estate debt market will continue to tighten over 2011 as lenders exercise caution and become even more selective in who they lend to, driven by a combination of both long- and short-term factors, according to CB Richard Ellis' (CBRE) latest European Capital Markets report.

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    JLL identifies key retail investment trends of 2011

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has released a new report entitled 'Outperforming in European Retail Capital Markets' which identifies six key trends that will shape the European retail investment market during 2011. The first trend highlighted is multi-speed market acceleration: as the polarisation in pricing between institutional and non-institutional retail ...

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    Hannover Leasing acquires Rotterdam office property for EUR 52m

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Hannover Leasing has purchased the Blaak8 office development project in the heart of Rotterdam from developer Kroonenberg Groep for EUR 52 mln.

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    Aerium buys German high street project for EUR 71m

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    European real estate fund manager Aerium has completed the purchase of a landmark high street retail development project in the city centre of Kiel, northern Germany for EUR 71 mln. It has also formed a joint venture with Matrix AG to undertake the development of the project.

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    APG: 'Mezzanine debt flavour of the year'

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Investor interest in mezzanine debt has more than doubled in the past year, according to the latest Investor Intentions survey published by the European Association of Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles INREV.

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    MAGAZINE: Property profs put career before pay

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Chartered surveyors between the ages of 25 and 30 working in the UK fund management, property asset management or property finance sectors are likely to be the best rewarded across Europe, according to the 2011 European RICS and Macdonald & Company Property Remuneration Survey published at MIPIM.

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    Dutch cities reveal winning formula at MIPIM

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Aldermen from the cities of Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht as well as the director of Amsterdam's Zuidas business district will give a presentation at MIPIM on Wednesday 9 March on the theme 'Winning Cities - The Next Generation'. The event is being organised by PropertyEU and City Leaders, a ...

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    RICS hosts MIPIM conference on dense cities

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is co-hosting a conference at MIPIM on Tuesday entitled 'Dense Cities: For better or for worse? How can risks be minimised and benefits maximised?'. With just over half the world's population living in urban areas and that percentage expected to rise to 70% ...

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    Dutch companies set tone for post-crisis shakeout

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    After a period of strong international expansion during the boom years, Dutch real estate companies are now playing a dominant role in the reshaping of the European property industry. That is the key message of PropertyEU editor in chief Judi Seebus' presentation at MIPIM on Tuesday during Gateway Netherlands in ...

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    Corporates shift from cost concerns to smart growth: JLL/Thomson Reuters

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    As the corporate operating environment around the globe hardened over the last 36 months, companies have moved from a focus on cost control to a higher demand for maximum productivity and smart growth, according to the inaugural Jones Lang LaSalle and Thomson Reuters' Corporate Real Estate Global Survey. According to ...

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    MAGAZINE: Torsten Knapmeyer of Deka Immobilien

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    For Torsten Knapmeyer, managing director of fund management and product development at Deka Immobilien and its sister investment company WestInvest, the year has got off to a good start. With a EUR 250 mln acquisition already under its belt, Deka Immobilien is fast cementing its reputation as one of the ...

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    Swedish property delivers double-digit total returns: IPD

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Sweden's real estate market returned to double-digit annual total returns (10.4%) in 2010, driven by a comeback of capital appreciation after a -11.4% two-year fall in values, according to the IPD Sweden Annual Property Index.

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    Sonae Sierra to manage Plaza Éboli and El Rosal malls

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra has signed an agreement with Doughty Hanson & Co Real Estate, the new owner of Plaza Éboli in Pinto, Madrid and El Rosal in Ponferrada, León to manage the two shopping centres for the next four years with the objective of increasing the value of ...

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    Zorlu Property promotes projects at MIPIM

    2011-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Turkish group Zorlu Property is promoting its Zorlu Center and Zorlu Levent projects at the MIPIM real estate fair in Cannes this week. In addition the Zorlu Center project, for which 'adding value' to Istanbul as a priority, takes centre stage at the opening gala of MIPIM 2011 on Tuesday, ...

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    Resolution launches EUR 1b acquisition drive

    2011-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Resolution Property is to launch a EUR 1 bn investment programme focused on providing equity to unlock added-value investment opportunities and developments in the UK and Continental Europe that have stalled due to the constrained supply of bank finance.