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Tishman Speyer acquires office property in Paris

Tishman Speyer announced it has completed the purchase of Tour Pacific, a 570,000-square-foot (53,000 sq m) office building in Paris, France. The property, located in the La Defénse business district, was acquired from Ivanhoe... more...
Tuesday, 11. June 2013
Ropemaker Place  - Photo: Ropemaker Place

Broadgate Estates retains Ropemaker Place management contract

Broadgate Estates has been retained by the new owners of Ropemaker Place and clients of AXA Real Estate, as property managers of the 600,000 sq ft office development in the City of... more...
Monday, 10. June 2013

Starlight Suites hotel to be converted into office building

CBRE Romania has been appointed as Project & Cost Manager for the conversion into an office building of the Starlight Suites hotel, located in the Metropolis center, in Bucharest. more...
Monday, 10. June 2013

Frankfurt accounts largest share of data centres

Challenges to business confidence have continued into 2013 with static economic growth undermining corporate appetite for significant investment. Despite this, positive signs for third party data centre operators are apparent where... more...
Monday, 10. June 2013

Nova, Victoria: London´s new destination

Today marks the launch of the next major phase in the continued transformation of Victoria in London’s West End by Land Securities (LS), and its joint venture partner for this development, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). more...
Monday, 10. June 2013

Peel acquires The Alexandra at MediaCityUK

The Peel Group have acquired The Alexandra office building at MediaCityUK. Peel has bought the 5 storey landmark office building from Quinn-Direct UK Properties Limited for an undisclosed sum, forming part of its expanding MediaCityUK... more...
Friday, 7. June 2013
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Topping out ceremony at Panta Rhei

The building shell has now been completed at Panta Rhei, Immofinanz Group’s own development project in the Düsseldorf Airport City. This milestone was celebrated today at the topping out ceremony together with the construction partner... more...
Friday, 7. June 2013

W. P. Carey with a $52 million acquisition of Cargotec Campus in Finland

W. P. Carey Inc. announces that it has acquired the research and development and class-A office facilities of Cargotec Corporation in Tampere, Finland, which are subject to a 20-year triple-net lease with the company. The total... more...
Wednesday, 5. June 2013

Two landmark real estate deals in Poland

Dentons’ real estate group in Europe has advised on two landmark real estate deals in Poland. The group advised Immofinanz an Austrian real estate company recently listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE), on the sale of the Silesia... more...
Wednesday, 5. June 2013

Bristol office market remains challenging in 2013

The Bristol office market continues to remain challenging, despite local optimism, according to new research by BNP Paribas Real Estate. more...
Tuesday, 4. June 2013

St. Modwen set to start demolition at ex Pirelli site

Following the sales of redundant areas of land and disused buildings by Pirelli, diggers have moved on to parts of the old Pirelli tyre factory site in Burton upon Trent, to clear the way for St. Modwen to deliver up to 300 homes and a... more...
Monday, 3. June 2013

Investment volumes in the Baltics reached €480 million in 2012

Total investment volumes in the Baltic States reached €480 million in 2012, according to the latest report from Colliers International. Estonia led the region with €214.4 million investment, followed by Latvia with €155.6 million... more...
Monday, 3. June 2013

Frankfurt leads strong start to the year for data centre take-up

Frankfurt attracted 43% of European data centre take up in the first quarter of 2013, according to new research from global property advisor CBRE. Cloud computing has again been the main driver for new data centre requirements, as... more...
Monday, 3. June 2013

Orchard Street acquires two office projects in Edinburgh and Manchester

Orchard Street Investment Management LLP has purchased Bauhaus, Quay Street in Manchester from Blackrock for £16.25 million. The acquisition was made on behalf of St James’s Place property funds and reflects a net initial yield of... more...
Friday, 31. May 2013

CBRE wins 700.000 sq m real estate services mandate

CBRE has been appointed to provide real estate services to Itella Real Estate Oy, part of the Itella Group which provides solutions for managing information and product flows in Europe and Russia. more...
Friday, 31. May 2013

Land Securities sells 50% stake in Empress State Building

Land Securities has sold its 50% stake in the Empress State Building, SW6 to existing partner Capital & Counties Properties PLC (Capco) for £117 million. The 451,000 sq ft, 31 storey office building is let to the Metropolitan Police... more...
Thursday, 30. May 2013

Chinese developer plans £1bn London docks scheme

ABP China (Holdings), advised by Pinsent Masons, has signed a £1 billion deal with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to transform London’s historic Royal Albert Docks into the capital’s next business district. more...
Thursday, 30. May 2013

Rental incentives remain generous in some of Europe´s strongest office markets

In its latest European research report Savills highlights that contrary to expectation markets perceived as stronger offer higher rental concessions to tenants than markets perceived as weaker. The survey examines the impact that... more...
Wednesday, 29. May 2013