All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1841

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    Inflation could boost income returns from late 2011: Invista

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Property markets in Continental Europe will benefit from an increase in inflation rates, which could materialise in 2011 despite weak economic growth, according to the latest European Market Perspective research report produced by Invista Real Estate Investment Management.

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    Invesco invests EUR 225m in Netherlands and Paris

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Property investment manager Invesco Real Estate confirmed it has purchased the Entre Deux shopping centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, for EUR 91 mln from ASR Vastgoed Vermogensbeheer, the real estate management division of Dutch insurer ASR. Invesco said it also bought four office properties in Paris CBD for EUR 134.5 ...

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    Growth in prime office rents slows in Q3: JLL

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Prime office rents continued to grow during the third quarter of 2010, albeit at a slower pace, according to Jones Lang LaSalle's Q3 European Office Clock. JLL's Office Rental Index rose by a modest 0.7% over the quarter, driven by Moscow (+6.3%), Stockholm (+5.4%) and London (+2.9%).

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    AXA REIM eyes property lending opportunities

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    French insurer AXA plans to lend more money to property investors to bridge the funding gap left by Europe's real estate banks, news wire Bloomberg has revealed.

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    Basel III will 'stifle' property loans: Paul Hastings

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Regulations contained in the new Basel III requirements introduced on 12 September could stifle capacity for new property loans, according to law firm Paul Hastings. Under measures to improve banks' liquidity coverage ratios, Basel III penalizes institutions for securitizing loans, encouraging them to lend through the more secure covered bond ...

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    KKR reportedly preparing a bid for ING REIM

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Private equity fund KKR is preparing a bid for ING REIM, according to media reports. Vornado Realty Trust and Apollo Global Management are also believed to be interested in acquiring the Dutch fund manager.

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    BNP Paribas Real Estate strengthens Central London team

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    BNP Paribas Real Estate said on Monday it has appointed Justin James as senior investment director and Tim Hugill as investment director within its Central London investment team, based in the West End.

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    CBRE bolsters corporate services team

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has announced four new hires to strengthen its Global Corporate Services (GCS) team in the EMEA region.

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    Pirelli Real Estate starts trading under new name Prelios

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Pirelli & C. Real Estate started trading today on the Italian stock exchange under its new name Prelios. The name change follows the company's separation from parent company Pirelli & C.

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    Grosvenor snaps up French high-street portfolio

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Grosvenor has acquired a portfolio of five high-street assets from a private vendor based in Strasbourg for EUR 26.5 mln. The retail units are located at Rue de la Haute Montée and Rue des Grandes Arcades in Strasbourg, as well as at Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence.

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    'Westfield to sell stake in Stratford mall to Henderson'

    2010-10-25T00:00:00Z

    Australian retail developer Westfield is in advanced talks to sell a stake of around GBP 750 mln (EUR 842 mln) in its massive shopping centre development in east London to Henderson Global Investors, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

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    P3 increases AUM to 1.5 million m2

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    PointPark Properties (P3), a pan-European developer and asset manager of modern logistics parks, has been appointed asset manager for the Crescent Euro Industrial II (CEI II) fund. The fund is majority owned by Arcapita.

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    Aberdeen to liquidate EUR 1.3b Degi Europa fund

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen Asset Management is to liquidate its EUR 1.3 bn Degi Europa fund. The German open-ended real estate fund has been closed to redemptions for two years and was legally required to reopen by end-October or wind up.

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    LaSalle completes EUR 125m hat-trick of sales in Eastern Paris

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management has announced the sale of its third property in the Eastern Paris suburbs since the start of the year on behalf of the LaSalle French Fund II, bringing the total value of the three sales to around EUR 125 mln.

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    Perial agrees EUR 17m sale-and-leaseback deal in Paris

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    French asset manager Perial has acquired a portfolio of 10 office properties in the Parisian region in a sale-and-leaseback with industrial clothing group Régie Linge Diffusion (RLD). The transaction volume comes to EUR 17 mln.

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    Austrian partners secure financing for Airportcity St Petersburg

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Oao Avielen, a joint venture of the Austrian real estate investors Warimpex, CA Immo and UBM, have signed a EUR 60 mln loan agreement with a Polish bank consortium, securing the completion of a Crowne Plaza hotel and modern office buildings at Airportcity in St Petersburg.

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    Hansteen makes three board appointments

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Hansteen, a UK REIT investor in UK and continental European real estate, has announced three new appointments to its board. Richard Cotton and Humphrey Price have been named as non-executive directors, while Richard Lowes has been appointed finance director.

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    C&W appoints Stinson as MD Capital Markets Asia

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Cushman & Wakefield has announced that John Stinson has joined the firm as managing director for capital markets across the Asia Pacific region. Stinson was previously the Asia Pacific regional director for investments and Capital Markets with DTZ, where he held overall regional responsibility for both direct and indirect investment ...

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    Office market shows strongest rental growth in UK: CBRE

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Prime occupier markets across the UK’s commercial real estate landscape began to show improvements during the third quarter (Q3) of 2010 as rental values firmed up in many regions, according to CB Richard Ellis’ latest UK Prime Rent and Yield Monitor. This upturn was countered, however, by weaker investor sentiment ...

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    Helical, Thameling team up on CEE logistics venture

    2010-10-22T00:00:00Z

    London-listed Helical Bar and Thameling Group have announced the creation of a joint venture to develop pre-let warehouse and distribution properties in Central Europe. The joint venture will focus on strategic sites in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.