All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1915

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    NAI apollo brokers 962m[sup]2[/sup] office space to tax consultant

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    NAI apollo has brokered 962 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space to a tax consultant. The nationwide operating accounting and tax consulting company group HLB Dr. Dienst & Partner with Dr. Dienst, Zerfaß & Kollegen is expanding their offices in Frankfurt. Landlord of the property 'Westend Office' in the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 36, which ...

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    85% of Quartier 21 sold to private and commercial investors

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Quartier 21, the company overseeing the development of the new urban district of the same name in Hamburg, said it has sold five further projects at the site. This means that 85% of the space has now been sold to private and commercial investors.

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    Aberdeen working on 3rd Norwegian fund

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen Property Investors (API) is seeking to raise at least €500 mln in equity for its latest dedicated Norwegian fund. The new fund, Aberdeen Property Fund Norway III, will be an unleveraged closed-end vehicle for institutional-grade core real estate investments.

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    F&C REIT set to buy Liffey Valley mall for EUR 350m

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    F&C REIT has confirmed that it is in talks to acquire the Liffey Valley shopping centre on the western outskirts of Dublin. A spokesperson for F&C REIT told PropertyEU that negotiations are still ongoing with Aviva Investors and Grosvenor to buy the 44,000 m[sup]2[/sup] shopping centre near Dublin. An announcement ...

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    Kungsleden concludes EUR 47m divestment with Corem

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Listed Swedish property company Kungsleden said on Wednesday that it has concluded the sale of 22 commercial properties to Swedish-based Corem Property Group for a net price of SEK 460 mln (EUR 47 mln).

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    Leto shopping centre project 70%-let

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The Leto Shopping and Entertainment Center project in St Petersburg, Russia, is already more than 70% leased, it was announced recently at a business breakfast in Moscow organized by the project's developers Sistema-Hals and Apsys Group, along with property adviser Jones Lang LaSalle.

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    Diesel to open in Alpenrhein viillage

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Diesel is the latest brand to announce they are opening at Alpenrhein Village after signing up for a 317m[sup]2[/sup] outlet due to open in the Alpenrhein retail outlet village in April. It is the latest in a long line of brands queuing up including Victorinox, Lavazza and Envy Sports ...

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    North American heavyweight enters into London development jv

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    London-listed Great Portland Estates has agreed to sell a 50% interest in The 100 Bishopsgate development project to the Brookfield Properties Corporation for £42.97 mln (EUR 48 mln) on completion. The joint venture holds all of GPE's Bishopsgate properties which form the 100 Bishopsgate development site in the heart of ...

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    Christie + Co seeks buyers for London and Bournemouth hotels

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Christie + Co has been instructed to find a buyer for a proposed 172-bedroom hotel development in Bournemouth, Dorset. The adviser has also arranged 40 viewings of the Park Inn Hyde Park in London before the first round of offers due in mid-April.

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    Bouwfonds European resi fund makes three investments

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Bouwfonds Real Estate Investment Management has announced that its open-ended Bouwfonds European Residential Fund has concluded three new acquisitions. The investments in Hanover, Marburg and Stockholm have a total value of EUR 33.6 mln.

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    UK watchdog underestimates scale of property crisis: Hatfield Philips

    2010-03-31T00:00:00Z

    The UK's Financial Services Authority has underestimated the scale of the commercial property crisis, Europe's largest independent Primary and Special Servicer has warned.

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    Henderson sells Leeds Retail Park for 6.15% yield

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Henderson Global Investors' Retail Warehouse Fund has sold its Junction 27 Retail Park in the UK city of Leeds to the UK Commercial Property Trust for £56.63 mln (about EUR 63 mln). The sale to the UK's largest UK commercial property investment trust reflects a net initial yield of ...

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    Nama to acquire EUR 16b of toxic debt at 47% discount

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Ireland's National Asset Management Agency (Nama) announced on Tuesday that is applying an average discount of 47% for the purchase of the first batch of toxic property loans from five of the country's lenders.

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    Affine to continue shift towards retail in 2010

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    French property group Affine will continue to re-balance its office-dominated portfolio with new operations in the retail and retail warehousing sectors this year. Maryse Aulagnon, chairman and CEO of the Affine Group, told PropertyEU in an interview that the decision is part of the company's ongoing efforts to diversify its ...

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    Land Secs signs 4th international brand for expansion into the UK

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities' independent subsidiary Brand Empire has signed its fourth international brand for expansion into the UK market. Leading Israeli cosmetic company Laline will offer soaps, candles, fragrances, oils, bath accessories and gifts, when it opens its first full range store this summer.

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    40 viewings as bid deadline for Park Inn Hyde Park looms

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Advisory group Christie + Co has announced that there have been close to 40 viewings for the Park Inn Hyde Park in under a month since the property came onto the market. The 188-bedroom hotel, which is being marketed on behalf of the Gresham Hotel Group, has already generated a ...

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    Deutsche Fonds acquires Auge property for EUR 51m

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    German fund manager Deutsche Fonds has acquired the Auge office building in the Rhein-Main Technology Center from Hochtief Projektentwicklung for just over EUR 51 mln.

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    Alpha to develop major German logistics centre for T.K. Maxx

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Alpha Industrial is to develop a major new distribution and product preparation centre for T.K. Maxx at Bergheim next to Cologne, Germany. Maxx operates a total of 269 stores in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Poland, and is the German arm of TJX Europe, the leading discount fashion and home-ware ...

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    ING REIM appoints head of asset management in Finland

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    ING Real Estate Investment Management (ING REIM) Nordics has announced the appointment of Hans Krig as head of Asset Management Finland.

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    Bank of Scotland names Kaufmann as German RE head

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Bank of Scotland has appointed Günter Kaufmann as the new head of Real Estate Germany with effect from 1 January 2010. The bank said that the appointment of Kaufmann marks another step in the integration of Lloyds Banking Group's European Real Estate operations.