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Emerging markets to lead revival of luxury retail sector, says Colliers
GLOBAL 鈥� Rents in the luxury retail sector are set to increase in the near term after a two-year hiatus, according to Colliers International.
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Recovery boosts forecasts for Europe, US
GLOBAL 鈥� Economic recovery has upped the prospects for long-lease prime properties in cities such as London, New York, Paris and Hong Kong, according to ING Real Estate Investment Management.
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Nottingham PF sells 鈥榯oo big鈥� retail park
UK 鈥� A listed company specialising in edge-of-town and out-of-town retail has acquired assets from Nottingham local authority pension fund and Xerox Pensions for a total of 拢22.7m (鈧�26.3m).
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Macro drives Euro growth as UK confidence boosts non-listed funds
EUROPE - Broad recovery in European property markets raises the prospect that markets such as Denmark and the Netherlands could escape the cyclical downturn altogether.
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Investors look past prime to secondary assets
EUROPE - European pension funds will look to secondary assets in search of higher returns as economies recover across the region, according to Simon Mallinson, director of research at Invesco.
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APG acquires Nice shopping centre in three-way deal
FRANCE/NETHERLANDS - A three-way joint venture involving Dutch pension fund ABP has acquired Cap 3000, a Nice shopping centre, for 鈧�450m.
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CPPIB and Kimco join forces to hunt US retail
AMERICAS 鈥� The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has acquired a $166.5m (鈧�125.8m) interest in four US shopping centers through a joint venture with Kimco Realty Corporation.
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ING REIM steps in to rescue Creed fund
ASIA 鈥� ING Real Estate Investment Management has taken over as general partner (GP) at an Asian real estate fund for the second time in 12 months.
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Italian real estate scraped a positive return in 2009
ITALY 鈥� Capital values in Italian commercial property suffered the steepest decline in its seven-year history, falling by -4.6% in 2009, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Tennessee Consolidated nears real estate commingled holdings
UNITED STATES - Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System is getting close to making new investments in two core open-ended commingled funds, in a bid to gain diversification into office and retail real estate.
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Spain tops the losses for IPD European returns
EUROPE 鈥� Spain experienced its second consecutive year of negative commercial real estate returns in 2009, while Germany and Switzerland remained relatively stable over the same 12-month period, according to Investment Property Databank (IPD).
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Unilever鈥檚 Progress nears end of direct real estate divestment
NETHERLANDS 鈥� CB Richard Ellis is in negotiations with an unnamed investor to exchange on the remaining assets of the domestic real estate portfolio of Progress, the Dutch pension fund of Unilever.
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Illinois State to boost real estate holdings by $300m
UNITED STATES - Illinois State Board of Investment has approved plans to invest $300m (鈧�223.1m) in real estate in 2010.
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BRIC-built recovery expected - JLL
GLOBAL 鈥� The BRIC countries will lead the global real estate market recovery as their economic expansion boosts occupier demand across all sectors and cross-border investment returns, according to Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
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APG and Corio to invest 鈧�1.3bn in European retail
EUROPE 鈥� Pension fund asset manager APG has agreed to help listed real estate company Corio raise enough capital to acquire more than 鈧�1.3bn worth of retail assets in Europe.
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Aviva's AIPL investments near 鈧�290m
UK 鈥� Aviva Investors has acquired more than 拢260m (鈧�289m) of UK real estate over the last six months for its AIPL vehicle, a low-risk real estate fund for institutional corporate and local authority pension schemes.
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West Midlands bags UK shopping centre
UK 鈥� Property company and fund manager Delancey has sold a UK shopping centre for more than 拢70m (鈧�78m) to the West Midlands Pension Fund.
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British Steel pension moves into music store
UK 鈥� The British Steel Pension Fund has acquired an HMV music store in Manchester from a private investor for 拢18.9m (鈧�21.14m) and plans to make further acquisitions over the next 18 months.
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Standard Life snaps up Tesco 'eco' sale-and-leaseback
UK 鈥� Standard Life Investments has acquired a Tesco Extra Supermarket in Shrewsbury for its 拢1.85bn (鈧�2.04bn) Pooled Property Pension Fund.
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MagazineShoppers choose to touch and feel
For the best part of a decade doomsters have been predicting the end of shopping as we know it. Someone forgot to tell shoppers, says Shayla Walmsley
