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    Deka buys TK Maxx distribution centre for EUR 20m

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Deka Immobilien has acquired a TK Maxx logistics centre in Bergheim, Germany, on behalf of a special real estate fund for EUR 20 mln. TK Maxx will use the facility to supply its branches in Germany and the Netherlands.

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    MIPIM: Industrial investment up 28% at EUR 8b in 2010: JLL

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    European industrial real estate investment volumes soared by 28% to EUR 8 bn in 2010, mostly as a result of improved market fundamentals and heightened investor confidence, according to JLL's European Industrial Markets Spring 2011 research report published on Wednesday. However, overall growth in industrial investment activities was lower than ...

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    German bank duo provides EUR 224m loan for HighLight Towers

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    German lender pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Unicredit's HypoVereinsbank unit have agreed with Bürozentrum Parkstadt München Schwabing to provide a EUR 224 mln loan for the refinancing of the HighLight Towers in Munich. Deutsche Pfandbriefbank provided the bulk of the loan.

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    MIPIM: More than EUR 60 bn of equity targeting UK property: JLL

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Jones Lang LaSalle estimates that in excess of £52 bn (EUR 60 bn) of equity is currently targeting the UK direct commercial real estate market; and that over 80% of this equity is focused on central London, predominantly offices. Jones Lang LaSalle also predicts that in 2011 Asian capital ...

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    Aerium snaps up Bristol property for EUR 97m

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    European real estate fund manager Aerium has announced the acquisition of One Glass Wharf at Temple Quay Central in Bristol from administrators PwC for £83 mln (EUR 97 mln), representing a net initial yield of 6.84%.

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    Acciona puts Barcelona shopping centre up for sale

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Acciona Inmobiliaria, the real estate arm of energy group Acciona, is putting the Splau! shopping centre in Barcelona on the market less than a year after inaugurating the centre. The mall, which provides 54,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of gross retail space over 165 shops, represented an investment of around EUR 200 mln ...

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    Administrators sell Haymarket building in London

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The administrators of Rock Group have confirmed the sale of a Grade II listed building in Haymarket, London to a client of Cheval Properties for an undisclosed figure.

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    Allfin gains control of mixed-use scheme in Brussels

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Allfin Group has acquired 100% of the shares of the companies owning the piece of land located in the Leopold district of Brussels from O’Connor Property Group and a syndicate of private Irish investors.

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    MAGAZINE: Sustainability alliance makes headway

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The International Sustainability Alliance (ISA) is undergoing rapid growth as corporate players call on a transnational sustainability standard to evaluate and compare portfolio valuations and environmental performance for CRE reporting.

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    Hines takes over fund management arm from Italy's Prima

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The Italian fund management unit of US developer and investment manager Hines has acquired the real estate fund management arm of Prima Sgr as part of its plans to boost assets under management to over EUR 3 bn in the country by the end of the year. The deal is ...

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    MIPIM: European investors shift attention to Germany and CEE, says CBRE

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    European investors have shown a clear strategic shift in their investment preferences in Europe in favour of Germany and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) as the most attractive markets in which to purchase real estate in 2011, new research by CB Richard Ellis has revealed.

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    MIPIM: Global capital turns back to US market, says JLL

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The flow of global capital is headed back into US real estate as foreign investors seek to add prime domestic real estate to their ownership portfolios, according to new research issued by JLL. In 2010, inter-regional investment volumes in the Americas doubled between 2009 and 2010 from $14 bn in ...

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    Rockspring clinches first buy for NPS in City of London

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Rockspring Property Investment Managers has sealed the first acquisition on behalf of an investment fund of South Korea's National Pension Service. The UK investment manager, which last year received a pan-European core-plus mandate from NPS to invest EUR 900 mln across Europe, has bought 63 St Mary's Axe in east ...

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    MIPIM: Dearth of debt finance and interest rates threaten recovery, says CBRE

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    European investors have identified the shortage of debt finance and the impact of rising interest rates and inflation as the greatest constraints to the European property market recovery in 2011, according to new research by CB Richard Ellis. This marks a significant change in investor sentiment compared to last year, ...

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    New chair for EPF Energy & Environment Committee

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The European Property Federation's Managing Committee has appointed Aart Hordijk as chairman of the EPF Energy & Environment Committee. Hordijk is managing director of the Real Estate Council of the Netherlands (ROZ), professor of real estate at Tilburg University and a member of the EPF Managing Committee.

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    Codic and Icade redevelop office space near Paris

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    French property group Icade and Belgium's Codic are joining forces to redevelop 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space in downtown Saint Quentin en Yvelines, to the west of Paris.

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    MIPIM: Occupiers market will drive performance: C&W

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Global property investment markets are expected to continue recovering this year, according to Cushman & Wakefield's International Investment Atlas 2011. A rising level of investment activity will include a broader focus on emerging and second tier markets not just the core gateway cities which were the winners in 2010. The ...

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    Delta Motor sells Finnish properties to Sveafastigheter

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Delta Motor Group (Delta) has signed an agreement to divest a portfolio of 16 office properties located across Finland to a company co-owned by Sveafastigheter Fund III and Mattila & Saxen Property Partners. The purchase price amounts to EUR 42 mln.

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    Echo Investment launches Galeria Olimpia development project

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Polish real estate developer Echo Investment said it has received the building permit for the development of the Galeria Olimpia shopping and entertainment centre in Be³chatów, central Poland.

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    MIPIM: Investors weigh into Swedish market: DTZ

    2011-03-09T00:00:00Z

    The Swedish real estate market is experiencing strong interest from international investors as they seek to benefit from its occupational stability, strong rental growth and easy access to debt finance, DTZ Sweden’s head of investments Fredrik Lidjan told PropertyEU at the MIPIM fair in Cannes.