All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1833

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    Mounic becomes Goodman regional director Southern Europe

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Goodman Group has appointed Jean-François Mounic as regional director Southern Europe, effective December of this year. He will also continue in his current position as country manager for Goodman France.

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    Redevco buys two properties in Germany

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Redevco Germany has purchased two high street retail properties in the centre of Kassel and Bielefeld from an unnamed privately owned company. The Bielefeld property is located at Bahnhofstraße 23 and the property in Kassel at Am Friedrichplatz 19-20. Both properties are fully let to Sinn Leffers and Drogerie Müller.

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    Commercial property capital growth remains positive: IPD

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    UK commercial property delivered a 15th consecutive month of positive capital growth in October, albeit at just 0.1%, according to IPD UK Monthly Index. Last month's fractional positive growth brings the compounded upturn in values to 15.9% since the recovery emerged in August 2009, while the 12-month capital growth rate ...

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    James Farmer joins Europa Capital

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    James Farmer has joined London based Europa Capital, from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), as an associate. He will support the the acquisitions team active in 'Middle Europe' (France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland) headed by Nic Fox.

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    Panattoni, Gazeley start construction of new logistics centres

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Logistics property developer Panattoni Europe said that it has started construction of a modern industrial facility for Polish appliance producer Zelmer Group in the southeast of Poland. The new built-to-suit facility in Glogow Malopolski municipality will offer 28,500 m[sup]2[/sup] of production and warehouse space, with a further 4,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of ...

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    Investors collect funds for Pinnacle: FT

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Investors are poised to commit further funds to the 64-storey Pinnacle development in the City of London to ensure that it is ready before rival tower schemes, the Financial Times has reported.

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    Hammerson focuses on redevelopment

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Hammerson is pressing forward with a number of development and redevelopment projects to enhance its portfolio in the UK and France. CEO David Atkins said in an interim management statement for the period July to November that the retail redevelopment of 54-60 rue du Faubourg St Honoré, Paris, is progressing ...

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    Quintain strengthens fund management team

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Quintain Estates & Development has appointed two new fund managers, in line with its strategic objective of doubling funds under management to £2 bn (EUR 2.4 bn) by March 2013. Scott Wilson has been appointed as fund manager focussing on new business opportunities and Michael Donnelly has joined as fund ...

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    ICSC seminar told: watch out for silver-grey tsunami

    2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

    Shopping centre developers and owners need to take heed of the silver-grey tsunami set to wash over Europe in the next decade, Jesper Bo Jensen, Futurist and CEO of Denmark-based Fremforsk, warned at the European Research Seminar of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) in Amsterdam in early November.

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    Aerium launches EUR 100m French retail fund

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Aerium, a pan-European real estate fund management group, has announced the launch of Aerium Vendome I Fund to invest in prime retail real estate opportunities in France. Aerium is aiming to raise equity of EUR 50-60 mln for the vehicle which, with gearing, will provide it with some EUR 100-120 ...

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    Apollo acquires EUR 2.2b CPI platform

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    New York-based Apollo Global Real Estate Management (AGRE) has completed the acquisition of Citi Property Investors (CPI), Citigroup's real estate investment management arm.

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    IVG sees 'normalised' year in 2011

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    IVG Immobilien, Germany's largest listed commercial real estate company, reported a consolidated net profit of EUR 18.3 mln in the third quarter compared to a loss of EUR 2.2 mln in the year-earlier period. Revenue was down, however, at EUR 136 mln from EUR 144.7 mln a year ago.

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    HIH buys Stuttgart building for EUR 34m

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    German asset manager Hamburgische Immobilien Handlung (HIH) has acquired the Humboldt-Carré office building in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, in the Stuttgart region of Germany for EUR 34 mln. The acquisition is earmarked for a special fund issued by Warburg-Henderson.

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    Insurance firms to revise RE allocation, survey finds

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Some 75% of European insurance companies will revise their real estate commitments due to the Solvency II directive, according to the findings of a survey conducted by fund tracking firm Preqin.

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    Alstria first German company to publish sustainability report

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based Alstria office REI, an internally managed Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), has published its first sustainability report. The report compiles CSR (corporate social responsibility) data for 2007 to 2009 and testifies to Alstria´s holistic business approach in terms of economical, environmental and social aspects, the company said in a ...

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    FHH launches new fund to buy Bonn office building

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    German closed-end fund manager Fondshaus Hamburg (FHH) said that it is launching the FHH Immobilien 8 fund to acquire an office building in Bonn from project developer Lang & Cie. The fund has an investment volume of EUR 27 mln and will target an annual return of 5.5%.

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    CDS, Multi close to receiving permit for Rome mixed-use project

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Italian retail developer CDS and European shopping centre specialist Multi Corporation have signed a planning agreement with Rome City Council for the construction of the Forum Valle Aurelia mixed-use project.

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    Immofinanz opens new retail parks in Czech Republic, Slovakia

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Austrian real estate developer Immofinanz said that it is expanding its Stop Shop speciality shopping centre portfolio with new openings in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

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    Sonae Sierra sells LeiriaShopping to Sierra Portugal Fund

    2010-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra has sold its LeiriaShopping complex in Portugal to its Sierra Portugal Fund for EUR 92 mln. Following the transaction, Sonae Sierra's interest in SPF has increased to approximately 47.5%.

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    FdR's revenues up 1.2% so far this year

    2010-11-11T00:00:00Z

    French office-focused real estate group Fonciere des Regions (FdR) has seen its rental revenues rise by 1.2% on a like-for-like basis to over EUR 391 mln in the first three quarters of the year. Letting activity in the past quarter was 'sustained', with a number of new leases being signed, ...