Global February 2008
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10 things you need to know
Global February 2008
As skyscrapers rise and shopping malls sprawl across Moscow, the Russian capital’s property market is growing faster than anywhere else in Europe. Mark Jagger, Jones Lang LaSalle’s managing director of Russia, offers 10 tips for first-time investors
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AMB’s double shed buy
Global February 2008
AMB Property has bought a 902,000 sq ft warehouse in Los Angeles let to retailer Wal-Mart.
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Budapest’s smoking deal
Global February 2008
Philip Morris Hungary has bought a 75,340 sq ft (7,000 sq m) unit at the East Gate Business Park from Wallis Real Estate, for an undisclosed sum. Philip Morris will occupy the unit at the 88 acre site in Budapest.
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Canadian pension fund to sell Paris’s €400m Tour Pacific
Global February 2008
Caisse de Dépôt to sell La Défense tower; Hammerson disappointed
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CapitaLand to spend £355m for Indian shopping centres REIT
Global February 2008
Singaporean developer forms joint ventures to invest in 15 malls across country
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CBRE appoints CEE chief
Global February 2008
CB Richard Ellis has appointed John Palmer as the managing director of industrial for central and eastern Europe.
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CBRE’s global economist says US ‘is not heading for recession’ …
Global February 2008
Raymond Torto praises Federal Reserve interest rate cut, but says US real estate market needs to ‘reflect’
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Centro’s debt penalty
Global February 2008
The Australian property company stretched itself to buy a ‘mediocre’ US retail portfolio.
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Clash of the Titles
Global February 2008
Title disputes threaten to deprive investors of land they thought they had paid for, but insurance could provide a back-up.
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Creditors force Macklowe to sell NY building
Global February 2008
Harry Macklowe has put one of New York’s most famous buildings up for sale for $3bn (£1.5bn) as he wrangles with his lenders over his $7bn (£3.5bn) of debt, which matures next week.
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Culture: Shanghai
Global February 2008
One of the most famous buildings in China is the Grand Hyatt hotel, with its vertigo-inducing atrium, in the Jin Mao Tower, writes Claer Barrett.
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Czech shed record
Global February 2008
Logistics development in the Czech Republic hit a record high of 8.6m sq ft (800,000 sq ft) in 2007, according to the latest statistics by Cushman & Wakefield.
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European retail investment sinks by 35% in Q4
Global February 2008
European retail investment activity fell by 35% in the final quarter of 2007 because of higher financing costs and uncertainty over pricing.
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Eye on the Tigers
Global February 2008
Western investors are ready to pounce on the Asia Pacific fund explosion. But are there dangers?
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Fidelity stays faithful to Euro property fund plan
Global February 2008
Fidelity International has kick-started the capital-raising for its first-ever property fund, despite turmoil in the sector.
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Forming a joint venture
Global February 2008
We are looking at investing in joint ventures with developers across Europe. As a UK-based investor, what issues should we bear in mind?
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Global moves
Global February 2008
This months global movers
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Global Spotlight - Germany
Global February 2008
Global Spotlight - Germany
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Good morning Vietnam
Global February 2008
Vietnam’s economic boom has excited cross-border investors. Claer Barrett reports from Ho Chi Minh City on how to crack the world’s most difficult property market
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GPT raises Dutch equity
Global February 2008
Fund manager GPT Halverton has raised €83m (£62m) of equity for its closed-ended unlisted Dutch Active Fund from a range of European institutions.
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G-REIT expectations
Global February 2008
Germany’s real estate investment trusts have failed to live up to their initial hype. Lucy Scott looks at the prospects for G-REITs
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Hands across the water
Global February 2008
Claer Barrett meets Barry Cox, associate director at DTZ’s Bangkok office, and Chris Halliwell, manager at DTZ’s Bangalore office
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How the cash flows
Global February 2008
With further yield compression to come and German banks still lending, Germany looks set to escape the worst effects of the credit crunch.
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How the East was won
Global February 2008
The former East Germany is proving a crucial gateway for logistics occupiers into eastern Europe’s emerging markets.
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IKB headquarters sold
Global February 2008
Citi Property Investors has bought IKB Deutsche Industriebank’s former headquarters in Düsseldorf for €50m (£37m).
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Investing in Poland
Global February 2008
I am thinking of investing in an office building in Poland. Are there any financing issues I should have in mind?
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JER delights in $735m Turkish logistics development spree
Global February 2008
Group embarks on two-year programme with 2.7m sq ft scheme in Istanbul
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Open for business
Global February 2008
After surviving scandal and a run by investors, Germany’s open-ended funds look set to be among the main cross-border operators in 2008. Lucy Scott looks at where they are putting their cash
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Open-ended recovery gives hope for us all
Global February 2008
After two years in the wilderness, German open-ended funds are back on the prowl and dripping with cash.
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Opinion: Steve Cuozzo
Global February 2008
Crunch takes a bite out of the Big Apple
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Panattoni buys Archway
Global February 2008
US industrial specialist Panattoni has purchased Texas-based developer Archway Properties for an undisclosed sum.
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Paris buy for Encore+
Global February 2008
LaSalle Investment Management and Morley have bought two properties worth €138m (£102m) for their Encore+ fund.
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Pradera checks out Chinese retail with $1bn development fund
Global February 2008
Fund manager to target emerging markets in country’s second-tier cities with first Asian fund
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Pradera’s prophet
Global February 2008
Paul Whight has a knack for predicting where the market is heading. In his first interview for eight years, he tells Jonathan Brasse about his plans for Pradera.
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SEB’s Singapore deal
Global February 2008
SEB Asset Management has spent €102m (£76m) buying Anson 79 in Singapore, a (10,310 sq m) prime office property, sold by Ferrell’s FAM Maximilian Real Estate Fund.
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Second high street footwear retailer goes into administration
29 January 2008
Stead & Simpson, the footwear retailer, plunged into administration yesterday.
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Tesco Homeplus signs in Preston
29 January 2008
Tesco has signed up to open a Homeplus store in Preston.
