All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1888

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    PIK retreats from commercial property development

    2010-06-15T00:00:00Z

    London-listed developer PIK Group has divested its commercial real estate unit, Storm Properties, to refocus on the residential market in and around Moscow.

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    Realty Lab hired to sell 10,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail in Padua

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Realty Lab, the Milan-based real estate brokerage firm, is looking for a buyer for a 10,000-m[sup]2[/sup] retail project being built by a local developer adjacent to the long-established Piazza Grande shopping centre in Piove di Sacco, 20 km south-east of Padua, Northern Italy.

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    French govt to offload 1,700 properties

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The French government has announced plans to divest 1,700 real estate assets in the next three years in a bid to reduce the country's public debt.

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    Redevco buys in Madrid for EUR 27m

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Dutch privately held investor Redevco has acquired a retail unit in the Salamanca district of Madrid for around EUR 27 mln. Located at Goya street, the property offers around 2,300 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail space and is leased to fashion retailer Zara with a long-term rental agreement.

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    Risanamento sells Falck to Korean consortium for EUR 405m

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The management board of listed Italian real estate developer Risanamento has approved the sale of the Falck development site in Milan to Bi & Di Real Estate for EUR 405 mln. In a statement, Risanamento confirmed that it has received an offer from Bi & Di on behalf of a ...

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    Eroski sells to ING RE for EUR 50m

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Spanish supermarket group Eroski said it has sold the Bilbondo shopping centre to the Iberian value-added fund managed by ING Real Estate Investment Management for EUR 50 mln. Located in Basauri, Vizcaya, the centre offers an Eroski hypermarket and a retail gallery with over 50 shops. Eroski has leased back ...

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    Maturing European logistics market attracts institutional investors: CBRE

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Changes in the characteristics of the European logistics property market have continued to boost the scale and quality of investable stock and are contributing to the sector's rise as an institutionally acceptable investment medium, according to latest research from CB Richard Ellis (CBRE).

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    Banimmo clinches pre-lettings for two renovated buildings

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Belgian real estate firm Banimmo has announced the repositioning of two assets in its portfolio on the basis of long term pre-letting agreements. Both buildings, located in the Da Vinci Park in Brussels, were rented when acquired. Banimmo said the objective was to carry out renovation or restructuring work in ...

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    Doughty Hanson receives first BREEAM rating in Italy

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Mac 567, the new office complex developed by Doughty Hanson in Milan, has become the first Italian project to boast a BREEAM sustainability certificate.

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    Invista sells Science Park buildings to Legal & General

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Invista Real Estate Investment Management has sold three properties in Cambridge Science Park to Legal & General Property on behalf of a client. The buildings were acquired on behalf of LGP’s UK Property Trust for £17.75 mln (EUR 21.4 mln), representing a net initial yield of 7.775%.

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    Parsitalia starts development of Rome's Eurosky tower

    2010-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Italy's Parsitalia Real Estate has started the construction of the Eurosky tower in the Eur business district of Rome, Chief Executive Luca Parnasi said during a presentation of the project at the Expo Italia Real Estate fair in Milan last week. The scheme, which is set to become Italy's tallest ...

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    EPISO fund sells London office to Hermes at 7.1% yield

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    European Property Investors Special Opportunities (EPISO) has sold an office asset in southwest London to the UK asset manager Hermes Real Estate. The investment volume of £58 mln (EUR 70 mln) reflects a net initial yield of 7.1%.

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    Resolution acquires Polish mall for EUR 51m

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    European real estate investor Resolution Property has purchased Galeria Pomorska in the northern Polish city of Bydgoszcz for EUR 50.75 mln, reflecting an initial yield of 10%.

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    Hammerson buys Leadenhall Court from receiver for EUR 79m

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Hammerson is acquiring the long leasehold interest in Leadenhall Court, a City of London office building, for £65 mln (EUR 79 mln). The UK REIT announced on Friday that it had exchanged conditional contracts with Alan Bloom and Alan Hudson of Ernst & Young, joint receivers over the property which ...

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    Commerz Real strikes again in Poland

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Commerz Real has acquired the Harmony Office Center in Warsaw for its open-ended real estate fund hausInvest europa. The total investment volume for the office scheme, which has a gross lettable area of about 19,300 m[sup]2[/sup] and was completed in 2008, approximates EUR 56 mln. It is let in its ...

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    Goodman, CBRE Realty in European alliance

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Goodman Group, the Sydney-listed logistics developer-investor, has teamed up with CB Richard Ellis Realty Trust for a EUR 880 mln investment drive in logistics assets in the UK and Continental Europe.

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    Cordea Savills appoints John Luke as director of institutional business

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Cordea Savills, the international property fund manager, has appointed John Luke as director of institutional business with a focus on distribution in Ireland, the Nordics and the Benelux region. He will be based in the firm's London office and will report to Michael Flynn, executive director of institutional business.

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    Meyer Bergman buys second London retail asset

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Meyer Bergman has acquired the Exchange Shopping Centre, Ilford from the Mall Fund for around £71 mln (EUR 86 mln). The investment volume reflects a net initial yield in excess of 8.2%.

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    Vastned receives first BREAAM In-use certificate

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Dutch listed property company Vastned received the first BREEAM In-Use certificate for a building in Germany at the Provada real estate fair in Amsterdam this week. This is the first time that an existing building has been certified under the BREEAM In-Use methodology.

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    'Silver lining' in property markets hard to find: ULI Germany summit

    2010-06-11T00:00:00Z

    The million-dollar question as to where to find the ‘silver lining’ in the ongoing economic and property crisis in Europe is no closer to being answered, said Bernhard Hansen, chairman of ULI in Germany and CEO of German property group Vivico Real Estate, as he opened ULI Germany’s Urban ...