All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1821

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    S&P raises DG Hyp's rating outlook to 'stable'

    2010-12-13T00:00:00Z

    S&P has raised DG Hyp's rating outlook from 'negative' to 'stable'. Commenting on its decision, the rating agency cited the bank's stronger focus in its commercial real estate finance business on its core German market, in close cooperation with the German Cooperative Financial Services Network.

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    Reyal Urbis re-starts development of Castellana 200

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Spanish developer Reyal Urbis is re-starting the development of its flagship Castellana 200 mixed-use project in Madrid after receiving backing from its creditor banks.

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    Bouwfonds resi fund spends EUR 36m in Germany

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Bouwfonds European Residential Fund has acquired residential properties in the German cities of Düsseldorf, Hamburg and Erlangen for just over EUR 36 mln.

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    Kungsleden acquires care properties in Sweden

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Listed Swedish property company Kungsleden, acting through its 50-50 joint venture with the Swedish Third Pension Insurance Fund (AP3), is acquiring 29 care properties. The total purchase prices, including transaction costs, comes to SEK 368 mln (EUR 40 mln). The property yield is 7.8%.

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    Patrizia acquires LB Immo Invest

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Patrizia Immobilien has acquired LB Immo Invest, the Hamburg-based real estate investment company that launches special funds. It was sold by HSH Real Estate, a subsidiary of HSH Nordbank AG. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. 'We are significantly expanding our service business with this acquisition and ...

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    Unibail-Rodamco reaches agreement to develop France's highest office tower

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Franco-Dutch property group Unibail-Rodamco said on Friday that it has reached an agreement with the Epadesa public authority for the development of the Phare tower at Paris' financial district of La Defense. Epadesa's board has approved the technical and financial terms for the finalisation of the project which will involve ...

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    BL, Blackstone submit planning application for UBS project

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    British Land and the Blackstone Group on Friday submitted a detailed planning application for a new office building for financial services firm UBS in the City of London. Called 5 Broadgate, it will provide a total net office floorspace of 65,032 m[sup]2[/sup] and will include four trading floors capable of ...

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    Commercial office tenants want green - survey

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Green building initiatives are a key influencer when tenants decide to sign a commercial real estate lease, according to a survey by GE Capital Real Estate. The survey, conducted over the past year, included more than 2,220 office tenants in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, Spain and ...

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    Kotrbacek joins C&W retail team in Prague

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Jan Kotrbacek (34) became the head of the Retail Team at Cushman & Wakefield’s Prague office with effect from 1 December. He took over after Martin Zizala who held the position for the last six years. Kotrbacek will be in charge of the Czech and Slovak markets.

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    Immofinanz sells retail property in Czech Republic

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Austrian group Immofinanz has announced the sale of the Bauhaus Budweis retail property in Budweis, Czech Republic to the CPI Group, a local investor, for over EUR 17 mln. The transaction is part of the group's strategy to optimise its real estate portfolio, the company said.

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    NSI and Vastned O/I discuss potential merger

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Nieuwe Steen Investments (NSI) has approached Vastned Offices / Industrial (Vastned O/I) about a potential merger of the two Amsterdam-listed real estate companies.

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    German financiers increase share in Dutch market

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    German investors are on course to boost their share of transactions in the Dutch real estate market to around EUR 1 bn this year. This is significantly more than the figure for the past two years. In 2009, German investors accounted for transactions worth some EUR 570 mln compared to ...

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    London & Stamford enters the EPRA Europe Index

    2010-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Listed real estate company London & Stamford Property (L&S) will be included in the FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe Index as of Monday 20 December 2010.

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    European stocks down 6.2% in November: GPR

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    European listed real estate, as represented in the GPR 250 Europe Index, returned a 6.2% loss in November. The individual land indices with positive returns were as follows: Israel 1.9% (= Gazit Globe); Poland 0.6% (= GTC); Germany 0.5%.

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    Battle for trophy assets to continue in 2011: JLL

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Global direct commercial real estate investment volumes will rise by 25-35% on 2010 level as a significant weight of equity capital targets real estate and fresh capital-raising enlivens the market, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's final Global Market Perspective report of 2010.

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    LaSalle acquires London shopping park for EUR 63m

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management announced on Thursday that it has acquired the Arena Shopping Park in Haringey, North London. The purchase price was £53 mln (EUR 63 mln), giving a 5.34% net initial yield.

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    Amundi buys office complex in Montpellier

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    French real estate investment manager Amundi Immobilier has annonced the purchase of 10,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space under development in Montpellier, Southern France, on behalf of its Slivimo and Lion SCPI investment vehicles. The development project was sold by Artea Group for around EUR 23 mln, excluding taxes.

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    Volker Riebel appointed CEO of Conwert

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Volker Riebel has been appointed the new CEO of Austrian real estate company Conwert Immobilien Invest SE. Riebel who holds a doctorate in economics, will take over this function from Johann Kowar on 1 Janaury.

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    DG Hyp to pull out of international markets

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    German lender DG Hyp, which is part of the DZ BANK Group, is to withdraw from international markets as part of a drive to focus on operations at home, a DG Hyp spokesman told PropertyEU.

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    Erith joins Savills valuation team in France

    2010-12-09T00:00:00Z

    International real estate advisor Savills has appointed Catherine Erith to join its French valuation department. Erith, who joins Savills as an associate director, has 12 years experience in the industry.