All Property Week articles in Global April 2009
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Have shops, will travel
Retailers are proceeding with expansion plans, but going global is not easy
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A small price to pay for a global recovery
The US Treasury’s plan to team public and private sector cash and help remove $1 trillion (£700,000bn) of toxic loans and securities from banks’ balance sheets will be a big step forward in clarifying the value of troubled assets – the sticking point that has made it almost impossible for ...
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Germany lends a helping pfand
Germany’s ‘pfandbrief’ covered bond market has undergone a revival, but will it restart lending to property?
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Goodman´s German lease
Goodman has agreed a 163,214 sq ft (15,163 sq m) lease at its Dortmund Logistics Centre with Hölscher’s Pallettenservice.
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NewsNew hotel fund for Waldeck
US investment company Waldeck Capital has kickstarted a €500m (£466m) fundraising campaign for an opportunistic vehicle that will buy luxury hotels in Europe and the US.
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Milan sale falls through
Risanamento’s shares fell by up to 23% on the news that it is no longer in talks with Dubai’s Limitless about the €475m (£443m) sale of its Milan project, following the expiry of a preliminary deal that was agreed in December. Bloomberg
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UKRaine retail rents fall
CB Richard Ellis says retail rents in Ukraine fell in the second half of 2008 – the first fall since 2003 – and that a further decrease is likely.
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Polish retail sales fall
Polish retail sales fell for the first time in almost four years in February as unemployment rose.
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OZ malls face rent revolt
Australian retailers are threatening mall owners with store closures unless they are given rent holidays and reduced fees.
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Delek Global to delist
AIM-listed Delek Global is to be taken private by its parent, Delek Belron
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Chinese developer to lease New York’s Freedom Tower
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has signed its first lease for One World Trade Center, known as the Freedom Tower, with Chinese developer Beijing Vantone Real Estate.
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Sedes buys in Istanbul
Turkish investor Sedes Holding has bought five floors, totalling 52,314 sq ft (4,860 sq m) in the Yapi Kredi Plaza C Block in Istanbul from the Yapi Kredi Koray REIT.
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Takeover talk boosts PIK
Shares in Moscow-listed residential developer OAO PIK were heading for a weekly gain of 59%, the biggest leap since November, following reports that billionaire Suleiman Kerimov was in talks to buy a 40%-45% stake. Bloomberg
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NewsMy Big Move
Alan Robertson, managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle in Turkey and former MD of JLL Scotland, talks to Lucy Scott about swapping Edinburgh for Istanbul
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NewsBart makes his marque
Starwood’s Bart Carnahan is spearheading the US hotel group’s global expansion by launching its W brand in Europe and the Middle East
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Argan buys ING Paris shed
ING Industrial Fund has sold a 236,808 sq ft (22,000 sq m) property in Gonesse, near Paris, for an undisclosed sum to Argan.
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State aid for Dubai property
Some of the funds raised from Dubai’s $10bn (£6.9bn) bond will target Dubai World and Dubai Holding.
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Here comes the rain again
Investors are keeping a close eye on the forecast for capital values this year and next, as they try to navigate their way through the downturn.
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AEW tackles Rugby shed
AEW has bought the 449,000 sq ft (41,713 sq m) Central Park in Rugby from Standard Life for £26.9m – a net initial yield of 9.1% – in the second UK purchase for its European Property Investors Special Opportunities fund . Property Week
