All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1852

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    Catella upbeat after ‘disappointing’ 2009

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Catella Property Group saw investment transaction volumes plunge 78% in 2009 to EUR 2.16 bn from EUR 10 bn the previous year. The decline - the second-biggest recorded by PropertyEU in its annual survey of Europe’s leading brokers - puts the Swedish group in eighth place this year compared ...

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    Pirellli's Tecla fund sells two assets for EUR 22m

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Tecla Fondo Uffici, a listed closed-end investment fund managed by Pirelli RE SGR, said that it has sold two office buildings in the Northern Italian cities of Bergamo and Milan for a total of EUR 22 mln. The transactions generate a gross capital gain of over EUR 3 mln for ...

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    MSREF VII, Redos acquire 23 retail assets in Bavaria

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund VII Global (MSREF VII) and Redos Real Estate announced on Friday that they have jointly acquired a portfolio of 23 retail properties mostly in Bavaria from a group of private investors. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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    L&S becomes a REIT, sells retail park for 40% premium

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    UK listed opportunistic fund London & Stamford converted to UK real estate investment trust (REIT) status on Friday and announced the sale of a retail park for £40 mln more than the firm paid for it 15 months ago.

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    BNP Paribas RE buys AEW's property management business

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    BNP Paribas Real Estate has strengthened its international property management business through the acquisition of the property management subsidiaries of AEW in Central Europe (PBW Polska, PBW Hungary and PBW Czech Republic), cementing its European leadership and activity in Central Europe. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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    Brokers back on hiring trail

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Europe’s leading real estate advisers are back on the recruitment trail after seeing staff numbers drop by as much as 17% in 2009.

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    EPRA chairman sees growth in bond lending

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Corporate bond lending in the listed real estate will develop further in the coming years, according to Guillaume Poitrinal, chairman of the European Public Real Estate

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    Sonae Sierra chief sets sights on Germany

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Portuguese shopping centre specialist Sonae Sierra is actively scouring the German market for development and refurbishment opportunities, CEO Fernando Guedes de

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    Valad renews TAP investment management contract

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Valad Europe, the pan-European real estate investment manager, has announced that The Conygar Investment Company has renewed Valad's investment management contract for The Advantage Property Income Trust (TAP) for a further three years.

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    Corestate opens office in London

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Corestate�, a specialist private equity real estate investor focussed on Germany, has announced the opening of its first UK office at 21 Bruton Street, London, bringing the Group’s total European network of offices to four.

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    Eurohypo finances Rockspring's mall portfolio deal

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Eurohypo, Europe’s leading commercial real estate lender, has provided £68 mln (EUR 78 mln) in financing to Rockspring for the purchase of four regionally located shopping centres. The properties have been sold from Capital and Regional’s Mall Fund and are located in Gloucester, Southampton, Romford and Falkirk.

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    PropertyEU live at EXPO REAL

    2010-10-01T00:00:00Z

    PropertyEU's editorial team will be on the ground at the EXPO REAL international trade fair in Munich this week, interviewing industry leaders and covering the conference programme.

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    Echo secures EUR 17m loan from Nordea Bank Polska

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Echo Investment has concluded a loan agreement with Nordea Bank Polska with a value of EUR 17 mln. The acquired funds will be used to refinance and finance construction costs of the Oxygen office building in Szczecin.

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    Phase 2 opens at Veneto Designer Outlet

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    McArthurGlen, Europe's leading developer, owner and manager of designer outlets, has opened the second phase of its Veneto Designer Outlet, in Noventa di Piave (VE). The opening marks the addition of further 7,600 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space to the centre.

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    Quantum buys Hamburg apartments for EUR 45m

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg-based real estate company Quantum Immobilien has acquired an apartment building in the city for EUR 45 mln. The vendor is Neuer Steinweg, a joint venture between Deutsche Immobilien and Hamburg Team. The property comprises 136 apartments and a retail component over 12,750 m[sup]2[/sup].

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    Deka acquires NY office building for EUR 95m

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Deka Immobilien has acquired an office building in New York’s Midtown Manhattan for approximately EUR 95 mln. The property located at 19 West 44th Street was acquired for the Deka-ImmobilienGlobal open-ended mutual property fund. It was sold by the property company SL Green Realty Corp.

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    Redevco acquires prime retail asset in Budapest

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Redevco has purchased a prime retail property in the heart of Budapest's city centre from ING Real Estate Development for EUR 44 mln. The 6,250-m[sup]2[/sup] property is located at 1 Vörösmarty Square, the main square in the city's prime retail district.

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    Goodman gets green light for Birmingham business park

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Global property group Goodman has secured planning consent to broaden the scope of a future new development at its Birmingham Business Park. The park, which currently comprises 149,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of prime office space and provides accomodation for a range of companies including Orange, Beiersdorf and Fujitsu, has 14 hectares of ...

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    Hammerson completes sale of Exchange Tower

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    UK REIT Hammerson has completed the disposal of Exchange Tower, Harbour Exchange, in London's Docklands for £134 mln (EUR 155 mln). MPGA, the private equity real estate investment advisory company, exchanged contracts with Hammerson in June to acquire the 45,000-m[sup]2[/sup] office tower on behalf of MGPA Europe Fund III. The ...

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    Savills launches corporate finance team in Frankfurt

    2010-09-30T00:00:00Z

    International property advisor Savills has announced the launch of a new corporate finance team in Frankfurt. The office begins operating today (1 October) 2010 through the transfer of existing director Christian Glock MRICS and associate director Dr Simon Kempf from its Berlin office.