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IPD announces winners of the European Property Investment Awards

IPD last night presented the winners of its European Property Investment Awards during the gala dinner reception at its 15th European Property Investment Conference. more...
Friday, 24. May 2013

CBRE appoints Rebecca Pearce as Head of Sustainability, EMEA

CBRE has appointed Rebecca Pearce as Head of Sustainability, EMEA. In this newly created role, Pearce will work across CBRE’s extensive cross-border business, driving sustainable property and portfolio management initiatives on behalf... more...
Thursday, 23. May 2013

BlackRock to acquire MGPA

BlackRock, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MGPA, an independently-managed private equity real estate investment advisory company in Asia-Pacific and Europe, significantly extending... more...
Tuesday, 21. May 2013

U.S. Commercial mortgage returns continue their consistent performance

IPD has released the results of the Giliberto-Levy Commercial Mortgage Performance Index. The index, which tracks private market loans held in investor portfolios, produced a 1.8% total return in the first quarter of 2013. Importantly,... more...
Friday, 17. May 2013
CBRE, Walter Wölfler, Head of Retail, CEE - Photo: CBRE, Walter Wölfler, Head of Retail, CEE

CBRE appoints Walter Wölfler as Head of Retail, CEE

CBRE appointed Walter Wölfler as Head of Retail, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) to drive the global property advisor’s retail business in Austria, Russia and the wider CEE region. more...
Thursday, 16. May 2013
Ed Neild joins Colliers International as Head of Strategic Account Management - Photo: Ed Neild joins Colliers International as Head of Strategic Account Management

Ed Neild joins Colliers International as Head of Strategic Account Management

Ed Neild is to join Colliers International as Head of Strategic Account Management in the EMEA Corporate Solution team. He joins from CBRE, where he was the Head of the Global... more...
Friday, 3. May 2013

Pramerica secures €260 million of capital for Pramerica Real Estate Capital III

Pramerica Real Estate Investors has closed the third of its Pramerica Real Estate Capital vehicles, having raised up to €520 million comprising an initial €260 million tranche of discretionary capital which can be increased by... more...
Monday, 29. April 2013

Arcadis appoints CEO and CFO for Continental European organization

Arcadis today announced that it has appointed both a CEO and a CFO to lead its Continental European operations. Stephan Ritter, currently General Manager, Renewable Energy Europe for General Electric will join the company as CEO for... more...
Thursday, 25. April 2013

Green Rating audits exceed 7 million square metres of commercial real estate in Europe

The Green Rating Alliance has announced today that its Green Rating sustainability building audits exceed seven million square metres of commercial real estate in Europe. more...
Monday, 22. April 2013

ICSC Europe announces winners of 2013 European Shopping Centre Awards

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has announced the winners of the 2013 European Shopping Centre Awards. The winning shopping centres are located in Turkey. France, Italy, Germany, the UK, Poland and Austria. more...
Thursday, 18. April 2013

Cushman and Wakefield posts record full-year revenue

US real estate services firm Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), which indirectly has Italian industrial dynasty Agnelli as major shareholder, has reported its second-best yearly revenue ever. Overall revenue in 2012 reached US$2.05bln (around... more...
Thursday, 18. April 2013

Could Europe be next major destination for investors in non-performing loans?

Ernst & Young’s annual distressed loan survey detects a major shift as the emergence of the European NPL market provides global investors with opportunities to diversify and access higher returns. more...
Thursday, 18. April 2013

Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas record strong growth

Commercial real estate continues to rank high on the list of acquisitions for investors around the world as preliminary global real estate investment volumes in the first quarter of 2013 reached US$94 billion, according to Jones Lang... more...
Tuesday, 9. April 2013

CEE region generates a positive performance in 2012

The IPD Central and Eastern European Annual Property Index, released today, delivered a positive total return on all property of 5.6% in 2012, albeit 2% lower than the total return for 2011. more...
Tuesday, 2. April 2013

Tokyo Office Property Fund agrees first acquisitions totalling €83 million

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers announces that the Tokyo Office Property Fund has completed the acquisition of Shinjuku Sanchome, a 4,553 sqm building located in the Shinjuku ward of central Tokyo. This represents TOP’s first... more...
Tuesday, 2. April 2013

Standard Life sold its two remaining assets in Brazil

Standard Life Investments Select Property Fund has sold its two remaining assets in São Paulo for a combined total of £60m (R$181m), marking the fund’s exit from the country. Both properties are located in prime areas of the city... more...
Thursday, 28. March 2013

NSG Group selects LaSalle as global facility management provider

Jones Lang LaSalle has been awarded by the Nippon Sheet Glass Group (NSG), a manufacturer of glass and glazing systems, a five year facility management contract to manage their global real estate portfolio in Europe, Asia and the... more...
Wednesday, 27. March 2013

ISS strengthens executive management team

ISS A/S announces two key appointments strengthening the Executive Group Management Board. The appointments allow ISS to further align the organisation and gain a sharper focus on the ISS markets in Europe. more...
Wednesday, 20. March 2013