Real Estate News

Hessen, 2012-01-24 | Property Financing

• pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Landesbank Baden-Württemberg refinance MesseTurm in Frankfurt with € 155 Million

  As Joint Arrangers, pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and Landesbank BadenWürttemberg (LBBW) have arranged funding of € 155 million for GLL MesseTurm KG – a Fund which is managed by GLL Real Estate Partners GmbH.

  Walter Allwicher for Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Great Britain, 2012-01-20 | Property Markets, Housing

• Record value Gap between London an Country

  Falling values in the prime regional residential market during 2011 opened the gap between prime London and regional house prices to its widest ever, making the best regional real estate look good value compared to the capital, where values rose throughout the year.

  Julia Dietrich for Savills

Madrid, 2012-01-19 | Property Markets, Commercial property: Office

• Mercado oficinas MADRID Q4 – 2011

  * En 2011 el nivel de absorción se situó un 25% por debajo de la cifra de 2010. * La inversión ha marcado la cota mínima histórica desde el 2000. * Las rentabilidades en el CBD se situaron entre los 5,25% y 5,50%.

  Almudena Rodríguez for Savills

Cataluña, 2012-01-19 | Property Markets, Commercial property: Office

• La contratación de oficinas en Barcelona se mantiene fuerte pese a la crisis económica

  * Se han contratado 267.003 m2 de oficinas, un 1% más que en 2010 * El 44% de la superficie se ha contratado en áreas de negocio como 22@ y Plaza Europa * No saldrá ningún proyecto nuevo de oficinas al mercado en 2012

  Esther Rovira for Jones Lang LaSalle

Hessen, 2012-01-19 | Companies

• NAI apollo group geared for massive growth in 2012 with fewer Partners

  - Return to the tried and trusted two-pronged approach, with the focus in the head office in Frankfurt am Main - Slightly more staff in 2012 than in 2011 - Asset Management with volume growth up to EUR 730 million assets under management to the end of the year - 42 percent increase in space in Property Management - NAI Haywards new London partner - Around EUR 300 million worth of core properties sold in the Capital Markets (Investment Brokerage) division in 2011 - More growth in all service divisions in 2012

  Silke Hoffmann for NAI apollo

Global, 2012-01-18 | Commercial Property Investment, Property Investment

• Jones Lang LaSalle: La inversión directa mundial en inmuebles terciarios da muestras de resistencia en 2011

  * El volumen provisional del 2011 muestra un aumento del 25% respecto al año 2010, hasta alcanzar 400.000 millones de dólares * Se prevé que el volumen de 2012 igualará el de 2011, pero habrá riesgos bajistas * El sector inmobiliario terciario español sigue interesando a posibles inversores internacionales

  Esther Rovira for Jones Lang LaSalle

Germany, 2012-01-11 | Property Investment

• Commerz Real places Amprion shares acquired on a temporary basis in full with institutional investors

  • Final measure in course of 74.9 per cent participation in transmission system operator • Investment volume of 700 million euros

  Markus Esser for Commerz Real AG

Berlin, 2012-01-11 | Companies

• Dr. Thomas Herr, Jürgen Scheins and Dr. Gabriele Lüft will assume the management of the joint company.

  With immediate effect, THProjektmanagement GmbH, makon GmbH & Co. KG and Global Assessment GmbH will operate together as VALTEQ GmbH. Dr. Thomas Herr, Jürgen Scheins and Dr. Gabriele Lüft announced the fusion today in Berlin. With the merger VALTEQ GmbH will develope into a market-leading technical consulting firm at the interface between the real estate industry, finance industry, design and construction industry, users and operators.

  Rilana Mahler for VALTEQ

Spain, 2012-01-11 | Property Financing

• pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank provides a € 61 million facility to the Pillar Retail Europark Fund (PREF)

  pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank announces the completion of the € 61 million financing of two retail and leisure parks located in Spain for subsidiaries of PREF. The Fund is managed by BL European Fund Management LLP and part-owned by The British Land Company PLC. The transaction closed in December 2011.

  Oliver Gruss for Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG