All PropertyEU Archive articles – Page 1971

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    CBRE Investors purchases Lidl in London for EUR 7.8m

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    CB Richard Ellis Investors has announced the purchase of a Lidl food store at Bridge Street, Pinner in London for £7.07 mln (EUR 7.8 mln). The purchase represents a net initial yield of 4.15% per annum with immediate reversion on the settlement of the outstanding rent review to above 5% ...

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    Koreans to buy HSBC's Canary Wharf HQ for EUR 863m

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has agreed to acquire HSBC's headquarters in Canary Wharf, London for £772.5 mln (EUR 863 mln) in cash.

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    Land Securities calls for more action on carbon emissions

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Land Securities, the UK’s leading commercial property company, is leading the call for action on reducing carbon emissions with the introduction of Display Energy Certificates across its London office portfolio.

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    Marcol, Advent JV finalises German clinic deal

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    US private equity investor Advent International and UK property group Marcol have completed the acquisition of Median Kliniken, Germany's largest private rehabilitation care provider. The acquisition, which has received approval from the European Commission, will see the two business partners take control of 27 rehabilitation and acute clinics at 19 ...

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    British Land apppoints two non-executive directors

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    British Land has announced the appointment of Richard Pym and Dido Harding as non-executive directors from 1 January 2010. Pym is chairman of Bradford & Bingley and BrightHouse Group. Harding is Convenience director at Sainsbury's.

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    Sofia Property Fund may buy back site

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Lewis Charles Sofia Property Fund, a London-listed vehicle focused on investment in Bulgaria, said on Wednesday that it is proposing shareholders to make 'certain amendments to its articles of incorporation' which would allow it to obtain funding to exercise a buy-back option on a 100,000 m[sup]2[/sup] site in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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    Pie Factory bags Toasted Productions

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Toasted Productions has become the latest media company to set up home in The Pie Factory, MediaCityUK located at Salford Quays in the UK. The media production company, whose clients include ITV, Universal Records, Girls Aloud, 4Music, iTunes Music Festival, Unilever and Manchester Airport have joined the likes of 24-7(Visual ...

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    Big brokers scale up IT investment

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    Top global brokerage firms are planning a wave of IT investment to streamline their operations, PropertyEU reports in the November edition of the Magazine.

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    Spanish property regime a missed opportunity: EPRA

    2009-11-13T00:00:00Z

    The new Spanish regime for property investment (SOCIMI) fails to capture the benefits of a true real estate investment trust (REIT) structure and is a missed opportunity for the Spanish Government, according to the European Public Real Estate Association.

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    McArthurGlen develops more than 135,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of new outlet retail

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    McArthurGlen, a leading developer, owner and manager of designer outlet villages in Europe, will open more than 135,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of new retail space across Europe in 2010 and 2011. This total includes three new schemes: La Reggia Designer Outlet near Naples, which will open in February 2010, as well as ...

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    Aker Solutions agrees on option to buy EUR 43m of assets

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian property company Scandinavian Property Development (SPDE) said it has entered into an agreement with Aker Solutions that gives the latter the right to purchase the commercial properties NB2/3 at Hinna Park, Stavanger and the area K2 at Fornebu in Southern Norway .

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    Deka acquires Gemini in largest Czech deal of the year

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Deka Immobilien has completed the acquisition of the Gemini office scheme in Prague from Austria's Sparkassen Immobilien for EUR 110 mln. Property adviser King Sturge, which acted for Deka, said it was the largest investment deal in the Czech Republic so far this year, accounting for 40% of the total ...

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    Prime office yields continue to stabilise across Europe: JLL

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Prime office yields across Europe continued to stabilise during the third quarter of 2009 and the bottom of the investment cycle is in sight, Jones Lang LaSalle has said in its latest Prime European Office Yields Tracker.

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    Kenmore Property Group goes into administration

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    European real estate investment and fund manager Kenmore Property Group (KPG) has gone into administration. The board has appointed Rob Caven and Martin Ellis of the UK office of financial and business adviser Grant Thornton as joint administrators of 21 companies within the group, it was announced on Thursday.

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    Europa Capital announces further letting at Office Campus

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Europa Capital Partners, advisor to the Europa Fund, has announced the conclusion of a letting of 2,493 m[sup]2[/sup] to Fujitsu Technology Solutions at its Office Campus Gasometer project in Vienna. Fujitsu will take occupation in early December following fit-out and will join other global corporations on the occupier roster which ...

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    Pirelli RE and Fimit mull merger to create new asset manager

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Italian conglomerate Pirelli & Co. is considering merging its real estate arm with fund manager Fimit to create a 'new entity in the asset management and real estate services sector'.

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    Cushman & Wakefield posts profit in third quarter

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Property advisor Cushman & Wakefield made a profit of EUR 2.1 mln for the third quarter of 2009. The result was EUR 3.4 mln down on the same period last year but a major improvement on the second quarter of 2009 when the global real estate services company suffered ...

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    Hilton expands Romanian portfolio with new hotel in Oradea

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Hilton Worldwide has announced the signing of a management agreement with Calipso, a listed company owned by the Sif Banat Crisana investment group, to open a Doubletree by Hilton hotel in Oradea, Romania.

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    Valad reports strong leasing, upturn in sales to owner-occupiers

    2009-11-12T00:00:00Z

    Valad Property Group has reported strong leasing performance across its European platform in the third quarter. During the three month period, the fund and asset manager of multi-let commercial real estate let 680,000 square feet in the UK alone at a total rent of £2.2 mln per annum. This compares ...

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    Hypo Group posts EUR 574m net loss in Q3

    2009-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Hypo Real Estate Group, posted a net loss of EUR 574 mln for in the third quarter of 2009, marking the German real estate lender's fifth consecutive quarterly loss. The performance in the July to September period brings the banking group's net loss for the first nine months of the ...