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Invista strengthens its industrial team

Tue, 17/08/2010 - 05:13

Invista Real Estate Investment Management, the largest listed real estate fund manager in the UK, has appointed Tom Gamble and George Dickens to its industrial team as director and associate director respectively. »

William E. Sullivan, chief financial officer, ProLogis

ProLogis closes on two credit facilities for European property funds

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 15:20

ProLogis, a provider of distribution facilities, has closed on two unsecured credit facilities on behalf of ProLogis European Properties and ProLogis European Properties Fund II. »

LaSalle sells Poole property for GBP3m

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 14:00

LaSalle Investment Management has sold Fleets Lane Industrial Estate in Poole. »

Henderson acquires GBP6.6m retail unit in Maidenhead

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 11:30

Henderson Global Investors, on behalf of the GBP823m Henderson UK Property Unit Trust, has acquired a retail unit in Maidenhead. »

London & Stamford publishes UK Reit proposals

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 11:05

London & Stamford Property has published a scheme circular to shareholders in relation to the election for UK real estate investment trust status. »

Chartwell Reit appoints Sharon Sallows as director

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 09:27

Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust has appointed Sharon Sallows as a member of the board of directors of Chartwell Master Care. »

John Saunders, MGPA’s managing director, Asia funds

MGPA and Axa agree terms for Singapore office lease

Mon, 16/08/2010 - 05:03

MGPA, the private equity real estate investment advisory company, and financial services provider Axa have agreed terms for Axa to become the anchor tenant for 8 Shenton Way, Singapore. »

UK property market completes 12 months of positive growth, says IPD

Sun, 15/08/2010 - 15:06

The UK commercial property market has completed a full year of capital growth, with markets rising by 15.4 per cent since last August, according to July’s IPD UK Monthly Index. »

TNP Strategic Retail Trust acquires San Jacinto Esplanade in California

Sun, 15/08/2010 - 11:11

TNP Strategic Retail Trust, a publicly registered non-traded Reit that invests in grocery and drug-store anchored retail properties, has acquired San Jacinto Esplanade in California. »

Carey Olsen advises Raven Russia on move to official list

Fri, 13/08/2010 - 04:57

Lawyers from Carey Olsen’s corporate team have provided Guernsey legal advice to Raven Russia, a commercial property investment company, on its move from AIM to the London Stock Exchange’s main market. »

Henderson’s European Outlet Mall Fund sees strong demand for equity raise

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 15:03

Henderson Global Investors’ EUR1.4bn European Outlet Mall Fund has seen strong demand for its latest equity raise. »

LaSalle to launch German regulated investment company

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 13:23

In a bid to gain wider appeal among German, Austrian and Swiss investors, LaSalle Investment Management is planning to launch a Kapitalanlagegesellschaft für Immobilien-Spezialfonds, a regulated investment company under German law. »

Richard David, chief executive, Treasury China Trust

Treasury China Trust secures 82 per cent rental increase for Shanghai tenant

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 11:09

Treasury China Trust, which listed on the Singapore main board in June this year, has secured an eight year extension for Nina’s Sichuan Restaurant at Central Plaza, an office and retail tower located in Shanghai, at an 82 per cent increase over the previous rent. »

One quarter of Irish property income over-rented, says IPD

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 10:22

More than a quarter of Irish commercial property income is over-rented, research by IPD shows. »

CB Richard Ellis hires senior real estate professionals

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 09:30

CB Richard Ellis Group has hired several senior commercial real estate services professionals, mostly in production, since May 2010. »

Carbon360 launches the Fund Administration Market

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 05:14

Research and consulting firm Carbon360 has launched the Fund Administration Market, a service designed to aid fund managers with the selection of fund administrators. »

Anthony Orso, executive managing director of Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald and CIM launch commercial real estate business

Thu, 12/08/2010 - 04:58

Cantor Fitzgerald and CIM Group have launched Cantor Commercial Real Estate, a real estate financing business that will originate underwritten fixed and floating rate mortgages and mezzanine loans secured by real estate assets, predominantly in urban communities in major US markets, and will engage in securitisations of these loans. »