All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1799

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    Orion buys 50% of Foruminvest's Mongolfiera mall

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Foruminvest has sold a 50% stake in its Mongolfiera Molfetta shopping centre near Bari, southern Italy to a vehicle managed by Orion Capital Managers. The companies agreed not to disclose financial details, but the transaction price is believed to be in the vicinity of EUR 60 mln. The total scheme ...

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    Stock market regulator to buy Madrid HQ for EUR 71m

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Spain's stock market regulator, Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV) has announced that it is buying the Edison office building in Madrid from insurance group Mutua Madrileña for around EUR 71 mln.

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    Sant'Albano appointed as new C&W chairman

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield has announced that Carlo Sant'Albano will be named chairman of the board. The appointment will become effective following the next Cushman & Wakefield board meeting in early March. He will be based in London.

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    Morgan Stanley sells Hilton hotel in Barcelona

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    US investment bank Morgan Stanley has sold the five-star Hilton hotel in Barcelona to Westmont Hospitality for around EUR 40 mln. The property was bought by Morgan Stanley in July 2007 together with seven other hotels for EUR 556 mln.

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    Experts: wind-down of Hypo Real Estate is best option

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    UPDATED 14 FEBRUARY 2011 - Hypo Real Estate’s days could be numbered. According to a report commissioned by Germany’s federal government, a wind-down of the troubled bank should be ‘seriously considered’.

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    NSI-Vastned O/I merger talks collapse

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Amsterdam-listed real estate companies Nieuwe Steen Investments (NSI) and Vastned Offices/Industrial (VNOI) have announced that their merger talks have broken down, with both sides blaming the other for the failure.

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    JLL markets rest of Goldman Sachs' European HQ

    2011-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle has confirmed that it is marketing part of Goldman Sachs' European headquarters in London on behalf of joint LPA Receivers, Richard Stanley and Nigel Wheeler of JLL. Peterborough Court & Daniel House, 133-140 Fleet Street, London EC4, was put into receivership last year after owner Jesta Capital ...

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    Composition Capital Partners joins ANREV as 100th member

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Amsterdam-based Composition Capital Partners has joined ANREV, the Asian Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles, as its 100th member. The addition of the boutique fund of funds manager jmarks a milestone in the Association’s development, the Hong Kong-based association said in a press statement. In the past year, ...

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    Unibail-Rodamco to sell up to EUR 3b of non-core assets by 2013

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Unibail-Rodamco plans to sell EUR 2.5 bn to EUR 3 bn of non-core retail and office assets between now and 2013. European's largest listed real estate company divested more than EUR 1.5 bn of assets at an average yield of 5.5% during 2010.

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    Cap & Reg buys Waterside mall at 7.68% yield

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Capital & Regional has unconditionally exchanged contracts to purchase the Waterside Shopping Centre in the cathedral city of Lincoln for £24.8 mln (EUR 29 mln), reflecting 7.68% net initial yield. It was the first property acquisition by Capital & Regional since its successful capital raising in 2009.

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    IVG raises EUR 87m through share placement

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    German listed property company, IVG Immobilien, has generated some EUR 87 mln from the placement of 12.6 million ordinary bearer shares with investors as part of an accelerated bookbuilding process. The offering was substantially oversubscribed, the company said in a press release.

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    Hesse Newman acquires Hochtief House Hamburg

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Hesse Newman Capital has acquired Hochtief House Hamburg from Hochtief Projektentwicklung for an undisclosed sum. A joint venture made up of Hochtief Projektentwicklung, Hochtief Facility Management and Hochtief Construction is currently working on the group's first regional headquarters modelled on the 'One Roof' concept.

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    Wölbern Invest targets acquisitions in France, UK

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Wölbern Invest has announced plans to enter the UK and French markets in 2011 as part of a planned acquisition drive. The Hamburg-based closed-end fund manager, which has focused on Germany and the Netherlands for the past 15 years, said it is targeting green, core real estate properties in metropolitan ...

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    Peter Wallin to become new CFO of Skanska

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Peter Wallin has been appointed the new chief financial officer (CFO) and executive vice president of the Skanska Group. He will succeed Hans Biörck following the presentation of the interim report for the first quarter, which will take place on 5 May. Hans Biörck will turn 60 in 2011 and ...

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    Romanian Employers’ Union of Building Owners joins EPF

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    The Employers’ Union of Building Owners (Romania) has joined the European Property Federation as a full member with immediate effect, the EPF said in a press statement.

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    Hammerson teams up with Codic to buy French mall

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    UK REIT Hammerson has teamed up with Codic France in a 50-50 joint venture to acquire SQY Ouest, a 31,000 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre in Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines. The purchase price is put at EUR 38 mln with Hammerson's initial commitment coming to EUR 20 mln, including transaction costs.

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    Cofinnimo steps up investment programme

    2011-02-11T00:00:00Z

    Belgian listed property company Cofinnimo plans to boost its investment programme by EUR 262 mln in the next three years, starting with around EUR 98 mln in 2011. At the same time, the company is planning disposals of office properties for this year totalling around EUR 119 mln.

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    Duet Private to launch EUR 118m listed mezzanine debt fund

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Duet Private Equity has announced plans to launch a quoted mezzanine debt fund later this year to help fill a widening European commercial real estate financing gap. The Guernsey-incorporated closed-end fund, Duet Real Estate Finance, will be the first of its type to be traded on London's main market and ...

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    AXA RE raises another EUR 147.5m for development venture

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    AXA Real Estate Investment Managers has raised an additional EUR 147.5 mln of equity for the second close of its pan-European development venture, Development Venture III.

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    UK property owners in breach on EUR 230b of loans - report

    2011-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Commercial property owners and developers in Britain are in breach of covenants on four out of every five loans, with £194 bn (EUR 230 bn) at risk, the Australian reported, quoting an unpublished report from the Bank of England. Lenders with £243 bn outstanding to commercial property companies are still ...