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SEB's Knoflach: special funds are the way of the future
Mixed German open-ended funds (GOEFs) are going through the 'painful process of disappearing' while vehicles exclusively for retail investors or those just for institutional investors 'definitely have a future', according to Barbara Knoflach, CEO of SEB Asset Management..
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Weaker H1 demand for Italian property funds: Assogestioni
The first six months of 2010 saw weaker investor demand for the Italian real estate funds, with total net inflows plunging by over 40% year-on-year to EUR 328 mln, according to the latest research released by the Italian association of real estate fund managers, Assogestione.
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Echo Investment buys EUR 17.7m plot in Warsaw
Polish property investor Echo Investment said on Monday that it had acquired a 34,000-m[sup]2[/sup] plot of land in central Warsaw from Polish investors BRJ Invest and BP Inwestycje for EUR17.7m. The land is currently undeveloped and Echo plans to build 50,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of lettable office and residential space. Work will ...
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Hypo RE offloads EUR173b of bad assets
Nationalised real estate lender Hypo Real Estate Group (HRE) has transferred troubled assets worth around EUR 173 bn to a government-guaranteed 鈥榖ad bank鈥�, FMS Wertmanagement, the German government鈥檚 federal bank rescue fund said on Monday.
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Youniq to invest EUR 19m in Frankfurt student housing
German student accommodation specialist Youniq said on Monday it has acquired a 5,330 m[sup]2[/sup] metre plot of land in Frankfurt鈥檚 Riedberg district where it plans invest EUR 19 mln to develop 230 student apartments.
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Tag takes over EUR 2.2 bn property manager
Hamburg-based Tag Immobilien has taken over HSH Real Estate's 49% shareholding in their Larus Asset Management joint venture. The financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Behringer Harvard in $200m German fundraising
Dallas-based fund manager Behringer Harvard is seeking to raise over $200 mln (EUR 145 mln) of equity from German institutional investors for a new fund targeting multi-family residential properties in the US. 鈥�
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Eurohypo disposes of EUR 200 mln portfolio in Finland
Eurohypo has disposed of a EUR 200 mln portfolio of Finnish real estate loans, the German lender announced on the first day of EXPO REAL The portfolio was acquired by Nordic bank Nordea in Helsinki.
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German investment volumes set to double in 2010
German commercial real estate investment volumes are expected to double in size this year, reaching as much as EUR 20 bn by the end of 2010, according to Oliver Obert, managing director of BNP Paribas Real Estate Germany. 鈥業t is going to be the third best year in history after ...
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AEW, Tristan fund in German EUR250-300m residential JV
EPISO, an opportunistic investment fund co-advised by AEW Europe and Tristan Capital Partners, has formed a joint venture with caleus capital investors (CCI) and plans to invest EUR 250-300m over the next 12-18 months. Investment will focus on value-added residential properties, primarily in Berlin through its joint venture vehicle, EPISO ...
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Atenor makes EUR31mln Westland shopping centre bid
Brussels-listed property group Atenor said on Monday it plans to makes a EUR 31mln public bid on all,429 Westland Shopping Center 1980 real estate certificates issued by Le Certificat Foncier. The Offer represents a premium of 11.48% on the last stock price, of 30 September, and of 15.26 % on ...
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Internos secures EUR 37.5m loan for German retail fund
Fund manager Internos Real Investors said on Monday it has secured a new EUR 37.5 mln loan facility with German real estate bank Berlin-Hannoversche Hypothekenbank for its German Retail Partnership Fund (GRP) and subsequently acquired a retail park in Northern Bavaria on behalf of GRP for EUR 8.8 mln.
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Redevco buys EUR 44mln Budapest retail property from ING RE
Redevco said on Monday it had acquired a 6,250 m[sup]2[/sup] prime retail property in the heart of Budapest鈥檚 city centre from ING Real Estate Development for EUR 44mln. The property is located at 1 V枚r枚smarty Square, Budapest鈥檚 main square in the city鈥檚 prime retail district.
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DFH fund buys Stuttgart offices for EUR 48m
Germany's Deutsche Fonds Holding (DFH) has acquired a portfolio consisting of three office properties and a residential building in the city centre of Stuttgart for just over EUR 48 mln. The acquisitions were carried out on behalf of the group's closed-end DFH Immobilienfonds B枚rse/Landesjustizzentrum Stuttgart fund.
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Sonae Sierra: nearly 50% German shopping centres need revamp
No less than 48% of all German shopping centres are in need of revitalisation, according to a survey by Portuguese shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra and German market research firm GMA. The joint survey 鈥楽hopping centre revitalisations in Germany鈥� looked at a total of 414 centres in Germany and found ...
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ECE, Sparkassen get EUR 70m loan for Sofia centre
German property firms Spaarkassen Immobilien and ECE Projektmanagement said on Monday that they had agreed a 10-year EUR 70 mln loan with Bank Austria for the Serdika shopping centre in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The investment volume for the centre amounted to around EUR 160 mln, 65% of which was ...
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Benson Elliot, Eurohypo in EUR 70m hotel refinancing deal
Property investor Benson Elliot Capital Management said on Monday it had agreed with German property bank Eurohypo on the refinancing of the Deutsch-Japanisches Center in Duesseldorf, incorporating the 5-star Nikko Hotel, almost two years ahead of its scheduled maturity. Benson Elliot said the EUR 70 mln transaction represents one ...
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Allianz eyes more discounter deals in France and Italy
German insurer Allianz is keen to expand in the retail discounter market, CEO Olivier Piani told PropertyEU on the first day of EXPO REAL in Munich. 鈥業t was our goal to expand in German retail,鈥� he said, referring to Allianz鈥� recent purchase of 80 retail assets from Aldi Sud for ...
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Alstria wins Atos Origin Hamburg office lease
German REIT Alstria Office said on Monday it had agreed a long-term lease with IT firm Atos Origin for around 4,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space in the Mundsburg Tower in Hamburg. The lease will start in January 2013, following the full refurbishment of the asset, Alstria said. Atos Origin will ...
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BAI launches Phase II of Vienna's Forum Schonbrunn
Italcommerz Projektentwicklungs, a subsidiary of the Vienna-based construction company Bautr盲ger Austria Immobilien (BAI), has started construction on the second phase of the landmark Forum Sch枚nbrunn complex in the Austrian capital.
