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23 August 2010
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Freitag 12. Februar 2010
European RE investment boosted by deal size, volumes
Growth in European commercial real estate investment turnover is being driven both by an increase in deal size and a...
Freitag 12. Februar 2010
ProLogis European cuts 2009 loss, completes de-leveraging
ProLogis European Properties, a Luxembourg-based listed owner of distribution facilities, narrowed its net loss for...
Freitag 12. Februar 2010
German prime office values rise 1.8% in 4Q09 - Jones Lang LaSalle's VICTOR
Jones Lang LaSalle's VICTOR valuation index of prime office property in the Big Five German cities rose by 1.8% in the...
Freitag 12. Februar 2010
Aberdeen's German open property fund depreciation sparks Pramerica re-closure
The sudden 22% portfolio depreciation of German property fund DEGI Global by its manager Aberdeen has thrown shockwaves...
Freitag 12. Februar 2010
French REIT Silic boost 2009 net 15%, raises dividend
French industrial park REIT/SIIC Silic, 43% controlled by insurer and financial services group Groupama, reported a...
Dienstag 09. Februar 2010
Unibail-Rodamco posts wider E1.5bn net loss, sees better 2010
French-Dutch REIT Unibail-Rodamco, the largest listed property company in Europe, posted a 7% rise in recurring...
Montag 08. Februar 2010
German open property funds have E3.2bn inflows to E87bn total in 2009
German open-end property funds ended 2009 with total capital under management of E86.8bn, having taking in a net E3.2bn...
Montag 08. Februar 2010
Unibail-Rodamco to pay E715m for Simon Ivanhoe's European portfolio
French-Dutch shopping centre REIT Unibail-Rodamco, the largest listed company in Europe, has confirmed speculation that...
Samstag 06. Februar 2010
MIPIM 2010 investor registrations up 12%
The first major European real estate trade fair of the year, MIPIM taking place in Cannes in March, has received 12%...
Samstag 06. Februar 2010
Paris-La Défense eases permit terms for five towers
The management of the Paris office complex La Défense has eased permit conditions for five new towers to encourage...
Samstag 06. Februar 2010
AIM's Speymill reviews debt to avert covenant breaches
The AIM-listed German residential property fund Speymill is to seek additional financing to avert potential debt...
Samstag 06. Februar 2010
European RE shares offer selective value - LIM
The outlook for real estate securities in Europe is relatively normal going forward, with equity and bond markets open...
Freitag 05. Februar 2010
US housing, money, bad loans mean crisis not yet over
The world economy is far from exiting the global financial crisis and three elements point to further weakness - the...
Freitag 05. Februar 2010
Germany's DekaBank to acquire up to E2bn real estate in 2010
Germany's largest open-end property fund manager DekaBank, the central investment bank of the savings bank network, is...
Freitag 05. Februar 2010
Former Kenmore officials launch Tamar; acquire Ł750m portfolio
Former top officials of the Scottish real estate management group Kenmore, now in insolvency, have launched Tamar...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
Register now for PIE's Central & Eastern Europe Property Breakfast, 26 February, London-West End
Register now for Property Investor Europe's Central & Eastern Europe Property Breakfast, which takes place on 26...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
The World's Biggest Real Estate Investors have a thing or two to say
"So there I was. Start of the year. Gradually easing into the work rhythm; thinking of nothing in particular at the...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
Foreign banks, US legislators looking at Pfandbrief issuance-VDP's Tolckmitt
Because of the comparative stability of the Pfandbrief German covered bond amid the global crisis, foreign banks are...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
Credit, tenant delays will tighten Paris office supply, says Continentale Générale
The absence of new office development in Paris caused by the lack of bank credit and tenant hesitatncy is likely to...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
German law changes needed on REITs, interest cap, green-Hannover Leasing's Volckens
German real estate urgently needs legislative change, including support for its fledgling REITs sector, adjustment of...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
CMBS refinancing present long-term restructuring challenges-NIBC's Roth
Refinancings in European real estate, peaking in 2013 and 2014, are producing a huge demand for creative solutions, and...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
Allianz targets E2.5bn at real estate this year, helped by yield pickup-Brendgen
German insurer Allianz is targeting E2.5bn at real estate this year to boost its property allocation and raise...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
Signs of Life Returning to European CMBS Market-Verhoosel
The European Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities will continue to face widespread rating downgrades which could...
Montag 01. Februar 2010
Invesco allocates E1bn in 2009, eyes Scandinavia, Germany
Invesco Real Estate allocated around E1bn to European property in 2009 after resuming investment after an 18-month...
Donnerstag 28. Januar 2010
French SNCF railway transfers office stock to new unit
The French state railway company SNCF in late 2009 transferred 30% of its office stock into a newly created property...
Donnerstag 28. Januar 2010
Russian real estate on offer to Chinese funds
Russian and Chinese partner companies signed an agreement late last year to develop investment and construction...
Donnerstag 28. Januar 2010
EMEA 2009 hotel investment slides 50% - Cushman
Investment in hotels in Europe, Mid-East and Africa in 2009 fell by over 50% to just E3.2bn compared with 2008, and...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Commercial real estate investment rises across 70% of world - RICS
Investment activity in commercial property as an asset class rose across 70% of the globe rose in the fourth quarter as...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Germany's Union ready to close E500m investments
Germany's Union Investment, the Hamburg-based fund manager of the cooperative banking system, has around E2.1bn of real...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Allianz's E2.5bn property target helped by yields
The giant German insurance group Allianz is targeting E2.5bn at real estate this year or next to boost its property...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Germany's Commerz targets E2bn for property in 2010
Commerz Real, the German real estate fund manager belonging to the Commerzbank group, is likely to deploy equity...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Deka could have taken E4bn new capital in 2009
Last year, the fund manager of the German savings bank system DekaBank could have taken in as much as E4bn in new...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Credit shortage, tenant delays to keep Paris office supply low
The absence of new office development in Paris caused by the lack of bank credit is likely to spark a shortage of...
Mittwoch 27. Januar 2010
Elystan Capital launched to invest in distressed German mortgage assets
A new Munich-based real estate investment firm, Elystan Capital Advisers, is launched today to target non-performing...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
French SCPI funds should limit institutions - Natixis
There has been a marked increase in investment flows into French property funds, according to Alain Pivert, director of...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Russia, Poland to lead European construction - study
A new report on global construction conducted by British research group Oxford Economics shows emerging markets will...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Arab Investments to boost German assets to E350m
Arab Investments, a London-based property group specialising in Sharia compliant funds for Mid-East investors, has...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Falling finance costs boost listed real estate - CS
The stabilisation in global commercial real estate should broaden in coming months, with investors returning thanks to...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Management of Sweden's Klövern buys 1m share options
All seven members of the executive management of Swedish listed property group Klövern, headed by CEO Gustaf Hermelin,...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Germany's Hochtief enters E500m Prague metro JV
Essen-based construction group Hochtief has joined the E500m-plus joint venture project to extend Prague's metro line A...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
NL's Multi wins E99m syndicated loan for Czech mall
Netherlands-headquartered shopping centre group Multi Development has obtained a syndicated 5-year loan of E98.5m for...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Bulgarian mall pipeline at 507,000 sq.m. into 2010
Last year's expansion in Bulgarian shopping mall space should continue through 2010, with an estimated 507,000 sq.m....
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Ukraine construction almost halves in 2009
Construction volume in the Ukraine fell by almost a half last year, hit by the nation's internal financial and...
Dienstag 26. Januar 2010
Belgian Rezidor sites new Park Inn in Russia's Lipetsk
The private, Brussels-based Rezidor hotel group has over 8,500 rooms in operation or under development in Russia,...
Montag 25. Januar 2010
Jobs, insolvencies keep EMEA RMBS outlook negative
High unemployment and insolvency rates likely to stay high mean the performance outlook is negative this year for...
Montag 25. Januar 2010
UK's Parkridge starts 140,000-sq.m. Polish shopping mall
The Polish unit of the UK's privately-held Parkridge shopping centre developer, Parkridge Retail Poland, is...
Montag 25. Januar 2010
Prague office completions to fall dramatically in 2010
Only 33,700 sq.m. of new office space is expected to be delivered in the Czech capital Prague during 2010, after full...
Montag 25. Januar 2010
Equity investors seen returning to French prime office market - Valad
Equity investors are returning to the French prime office market, mostly domestic sources but also German, according to...
Samstag 23. Januar 2010
MIPIM 2010 to broaden horizons to emerging markets
Major real estate emerging markets will augment the MIPIM trade fair in Cannes in March, a staple calendar date in the...
Samstag 23. Januar 2010
Italy's Aedes boosts asset control after Cordea Savills joint venture demerger
An extensive re-organisation by Italian listed property group Aedes of its assets, demerging its joint venture with...
Samstag 23. Januar 2010
Deloitte's Drivers Jonas takeover may boost continental Europe property market share
The takeover of realtor Drivers Jonas by one of the Big Four accountancy firms Deloitte, announced this week, is...
Samstag 23. Januar 2010
PBB Deutsche Pfandbriefbank finances further E75m facility for ProLogis European Properties
Germany's Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has completed a new E74.5m financing facility with ProLogis European Properties for a...
Samstag 23. Januar 2010
IASB 'shockwave' for property industry almost averted - EPRA
Proposed changes to accountancy rules that would have required valuations and rental income figures to be removed from...
Freitag 22. Januar 2010
Sonae Sierra, ING pre-let 40% of south Italy mall at construction start
The new 38,460 sq.m. shopping centre Le Terrazze being developed by Portuguese group Sonae Sierra and ING Real Estate...
Freitag 22. Januar 2010
Germany's Pfandbrief group criticises Fitch negative watch
The negative ratings watch action placed by Fitch Ratings this week on mortgage Pfandbrief covered bonds is not a...
Freitag 22. Januar 2010
IKEA's SwedeCenter to build first ecological business park in Poland in Warsaw
SwedeCenter, a commercial developer belonging to Inter IKEA, part of the giant Swedish furniture group, is to build the...
Freitag 22. Januar 2010
Shareholders approve merger of Austria's Immofinanz/Immoeast
A significant majority at the extraordinary shareholders meetings of Austrian listed groups Immofinanz and its...
Donnerstag 21. Januar 2010
European real estate investment mood more buoyant - Union Investment
The recovery in European property investment is slowly getting under way and investor optimism in the three biggest...
Donnerstag 21. Januar 2010
Real estate fund investors return to fundamentals, favouring core assets
Institutional real estate investors are signalling a return to fundamentals by opting for core funds, and nearly half...
Donnerstag 21. Januar 2010
Sweden's Castellum has `fantastic' 2009, proposes SEK3.50 dividend
Swedish listed property group Castellum is proposing a dividend of SEK3.50 per share on 2009 earnings after reporting...
Donnerstag 21. Januar 2010
Arab Investments pays E57m for central Berlin complex
Arab Investments, a London-based property group specialising in Sharia compliant funds for Mid-East investors, has paid...
Donnerstag 21. Januar 2010
Falling financing costs give upside to listed real estate - Credit Suisse
The stabilisation in global commercial real estate should broaden in coming months, with investors returning thanks to...
Mittwoch 20. Januar 2010
French office investment recovery set to continue - IEIF
The strong recovery in French office property investment that started in the fourth quarter of 2009 is likely to...
Mittwoch 20. Januar 2010
Russia, Poland to lead European construction - study
A new report on global construction conducted by British research group Oxford Economics shows emerging markets will...
Mittwoch 20. Januar 2010
Austria's conwert to raise up to E150m in convertible issue
Vienna-based listed residential property group conwert is launching an offering of senior convertible bonds to raise...
Dienstag 19. Januar 2010
Management of Sweden's Klövern buys 1m share options
All seven members of the executive management of Swedish listed property group Klövern, headed by CEO Gustaf Hermelin,...
Dienstag 19. Januar 2010
Property Investor Europe title expanded to Online Weeklies with current PIE 149
The current Online Weekly, 149, is the first to incorporate the Property Investor Europe title, which will become the...
Dienstag 19. Januar 2010
German 2009 housing portfolio deals seen at E2.6bn, 10yr low
Investment in German residential portfolios stabilised at a low level last year, their lowest in 10 years, with just 49...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
Austria's conwert surpasses 2009 targets with E350m sales
Vienna-based listed residential group conwert Immobilien said it exceeded volume sales last year, disposing of E350m of...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
French REIT Affine in substantial 2009 sales, busy 4Q09
French REIT/SIIC Affine sold around E164m in property assets during 2009 and the last few months have been...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
INREV sees few changes for property fund fees despite market conditions
There is little evidence that challenging market conditions have had an impact on fee levels and structures for...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
NL's Corio reorganises retail mall pipeline in Turkey
Dutch shopping centre FBI/REIT Corio has cancelled two mall developments in Turkey and planned total investment of...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
Polnord in E110m PPP with Gdansk, Poland for island
Polish listed developer Polnord has signed a preliminary contract with Gdansk city to entered a E110m Public-Private...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
Deutsche Euroshop in E123m rights issue, to finance Berlin mall
Hamburg-based listed retail mall investor Deutsche EuroShop is making a rights issue of up to 6.3m common shares, 16.7%...
Montag 18. Januar 2010
Prudential's German property fund manager TMW Pramerica plans more Special Funds
TMW Pramerica, the German real estate fund manager of the US-based Prudential insurance group, acquired E325m in...
Freitag 15. Januar 2010
RREEF's German OEF has 4% performance, 34% liquidity
Deutsche Bank's German alternatives unit RREEF Investment is to pay out E1.75 per certificate of its German open-ended...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
WGF pays Pirelli RE E56m for German residential portfolio
Düsseldorf-based WGF has acquired a real estate portfolio with a transaction volume of E56m from Pirelli Real Estate,...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Schroders' E400m German residential fund hits 2009 targets
The E400m German Residential Fund I registered in Luxembourg and advised from Frankfurt by UK-based fund manager...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Hamburg's Union Investment takes E2.6bn new capital in 2009, buys E1.6bn
Hamburg-based property fund manager Union Investment, part of the German cooperative banking system, acquired...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Global distressed commercial RE triples to $353bn in 2009
Commercial property in distress worldwide exploded in 2009, with assets in varying stages of default, foreclosure or...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Allianz Real Estate raises acquisition tempo in Germany, France
Allianz Real Estate is raising the tempo of acquisitions in 2010, with its most recent deal, late in 2009, being a...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Finland's Pohjola launches first international real estate fund of funds
Finland's Pohjola Asset Management, part of the private Pohjola banking group, is launching a real estate fund of funds...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Covered bonds issuance on track for E170bn in 2010
New issuance of covered bonds and Pfandbrief, mostly for funding real estate, has been a massive E21.5bn in the first...
Donnerstag 14. Januar 2010
Carlyle sells Lyons' Anthemis to RREEF for e71m
Global private equity firm The Carlyle Group has sold its Anthemis building complex in Lyons, France, to RREEF, the...
Mittwoch 13. Januar 2010
Zug's Corestate buys 4,700 German apartment portfolio
Zug-based private equity group Corestate Capital has acquired a portfolio of 4,700 apartments located mainly in western...
Mittwoch 13. Januar 2010
NL's Corio reorganises retail mall pipeline in Turkey
Dutch shopping centre FBI/REIT Corio has cancelled two mall developments in Turkey and planned total investment of...
Mittwoch 13. Januar 2010
Staving off Armageddon: Fin.Ed. 101 readings over Christmas - Forward Thinking column by Managing Editor Allan Saunderson:
Too Big To Fail, the book by New York Times reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin on the most tempestuous couple of weeks in...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
`Growing wall of equity' should boost RE investment 20% to E85bn
New Year 2010 should be challenging for investors, with recovery uneven across Europe, says realtor Jones Lang LaSalle....
Montag 11. Januar 2010
French Senate adopts tax changes for property funds
The French Senate just prior to year-end adopted two measures which change the tax framework of non-listed real estate...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
French ILAT index inclusion in budget declared unconstitutional
The French constitutional council has blocked the inclusion of the new ILAT real estate rental index in the country's...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Germany's WestImmo, PBB in E170m French refinancing
Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank have jointly arranged and provided a E170m refinancing of a...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Unibail-Rodamco agrees first green leases with French retailer
Giant shopping centre REIT/SIIC Unibail-Rodamco has signed its first green leases in France with retailer Nature &...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
New buys take Invesco 2009 French deals to E500m
Giant international investment manager Invesco Real Estate has acquired two office buildings in France for a total of...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Rotterdam starts construction of E350m highest tower
Real estate developers MAB Development and OVG Real Estate have begun construction of the Netherlands' largest building...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Mayland sells Polish malls to Macquarie for E236m
Macquarie Global Property Advisors has acquired a portfolio of three Polish shopping centres from Mayland Real Estate...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Evans Randall acquires Moscow's Silver City, price said E200m
Evans Randall, the privately-held UK investment banking and private equity group, has acquired Silver City, a prime...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Germany's WestImmo, PBB in e170m French refinancing
Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank and Deutsche Pfandbriefbank have jointly arranged and provided a E170m refinancing of a...
Montag 11. Januar 2010
Barclays swaps debt for 7% of equity in Spain's Metrovacesa
Spain's listed property giant Metrovacesa, heavily exposed to the nation's struggling housing sector, has swapped debt...
Freitag 08. Januar 2010
German office lettings down 24% in 2009 - DIP
Lettings in the 15 largest office locations in Germany fell by around 24% last year to 2.86m sq.m. amid the economic...
Freitag 08. Januar 2010
Realia sells Seville mall to Warburg-Henderson at 7.6%
Quoted Spanish property developer and manager Realia has sold, for e94m, its ownership stake in Nervión Plaza, a...
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