All Property Week articles in Global March 2009
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MGPA seals Paris letting
MGPA and its French partner, Générale Continentale Investissements, have prelet the entire 344,450 sq ft (32,000 sq m) Balthazar Building in Paris’s Saint-Denis business district to France Telecom.
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NewsThe last oasis
Saudi Arabia is one of the few places where cross-border investors and developers could still make serious money
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NewsHong Kong and Tokyo are world's top office locations
London has lost its ranking as the most expensive office location for the first time in nine years, and has been relegated to third place behind Hong Kong and Tokyo
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Record Low for Goodman
Goodman’s shares fell 18.3% to A$0.25 after it posted a A$465.9m (£212m) net half-year loss
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NewsWill sovereign funds still invest in property this year?
Sovereign funds from the Middle East will increase their exposure to real estate, but a large amount of the money they invest in 2009 will be in their home markets
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Fitch says liquidity problems will persist in Germany's open-ended funds
Credit rating agency Fitch has warned that German open-ended real estate funds will continue to suffer liquidity problems
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Fannie MAE less than zero
Fannie Mae will draw more than $15bn (£10.6bn) of assistance from the US Treasury after a sixth consecutive quarterly loss – of $25.2bn (£17.8bn) in the fourth quarter – drove its net worth below zero
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Melbourne rents fall
Melbourne’s industrial property market posted one of its worst performances in a decade
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Down in the world
During the last three months of 2008, $64bn (£45bn) was invested in property across the world – a sharp fall on the previous quarter, as the global banking crisis that followed the collapse of Lehman Brothers shook investor confidence
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Iceland's Diplomatic sales
Iceland’s government is trying to sell ambassadorial residences in the US, London and Norway for a total of more than $25m (£17.6m)
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Deka's Frankfurt reservation
German open-ended fund manager Deka has bought a Frankfurt hotel in an off-market purchase from Irish investor Quinlan Private and German developer Fom Estate for an undisclosed price
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Danes launch hotels fund
Euro Ejendomme is to launch a hotels fund. The Danish group aims to amass €200m (£179m) in equity and has a target of €500m (£448m)
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Lend Lease cuts and losses
Lend Lease is to cut 2,000 jobs and A$2bn (£900m) of projects after booking an interim after-tax loss of A$596.4m (£269m)
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Westfield cuts US hours
Westfield is to cut opening hours at most of its 55 US malls to help retailers cut costs
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Indian market cools
Real estate prices across India have fallen by 10%-40%, amid indications that the earlier price surge created by speculation has petered out
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New Saudi Industrial City
Al Khobar Projects Development and Oil Fields Processing Centre are to develop a new Saudi Arabian industrial city
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NewsECE chief raises personal stake in US REIT in preparation for retail recovery
Alexander Otto is now largest single shareholder in Developers Diversified Realty
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New high for central Europe's sheds supply
Industrial property in central and eastern Europe reached 113msq ft (10.5m sq m) in 2008 as supply grew by 31%
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NewsLondon's calling to investors the world over
Once again the UK, and its capital city, represent great value for dollar- and euro-denominated investors
