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Latest Property Press Releases
Spain | Property Renting, Commercial property: Retail, Expansion, International, Running Deal Commercial Property
Madrid: The new concept at Madrid Barajas airport will act as a flagship travel-retail store for the supplier more
Nicole Mezzasalma for DNFI 2009-08-18
Great Britain | National Information, Property Statistics, Commercial property, Bank
Great Britain: Interest from investors and signs of better returns from commercial property have helped to stem losses at British Land, the UK's second biggest commercial property company said today. more
Rebecca O'Connor for Times Online 2009-08-18
Spain | Financial Markets
Spain: Bad loans held by Spanish banks dropped in June for the first time since December 2006, Bank of Spain data showed on Tuesday. more
Reuters 2009-08-18
| Property Sale, Commercial property: Office, Running Deal Commercial Property
: SOHO China has agreed to acquire a top Shanghai office building owned by the real estate investment arm of Morgan Stanley for 2.45 billion yuan ($359 million), the Chinese developer said on Tuesday. more
George Chen and Joy Leung for Reuters 2009-08-18
Great Britain | Property Funds, Property Funds Management
Great Britain: British Land Co., the U.K.’s second- largest real estate investment trust, said its first-quarter loss narrowed after a fifth of its properties rose in value. more
Chris Bourke for Bloomberg 2009-08-18
Global | Property Markets, Property Statistics, Property Sale, International, Commercial property
Global: More countries are seeing a rise in distressed sales of commercial properties in the second quarter, with South Africa, the United States and New Zealand faring worst as the market downturn worsens, a report showed. more
Reuters 2009-08-17
Great Britain | People, Commercial property: Retail, Expansion, Commercial property: Industrial, International, Companies
Great Britain: Paul Foley's boss will take temporary charge of Aldi's UK business following the shock departure of the UK MD this week, but the appointment is not expected to be permanent. more
Peter Cripps for The Grocer 2009-08-17
Great Britain | Property Funds, Commercial property: Retail, Property Funds Management
Great Britain: Standard Life Investments has confirmed the launch of its UK Property fund to retail investors, which had previously been available only through an offshore bond and Irish unit-linked pensions. more
Rob Langston for Financial Times Adviser 2009-08-17
Great Britain | Property Funds, Commercial Property Investment, Property Investment
Great Britain: Aviva Investors, the asset management business, is set to launch a £250m fund to take advantage of the downturn in the commercial property market. more
Mark Leftly for The Independent 2009-08-17
Global | Property Markets, Property Statistics, Commercial property
Global: The number of “distressed” commercial properties coming to the market rose in every region in the world in the second quarter, with the UK in particular seeing a rise in interest in property sold by owners experiencing problems. more
Daniel Thomas for Financial Times 2009-08-17
Japan | Property Funds, Commercial Property Investment, Property Investment, Property Funds Management
Japan: Secured Capital, a real estate investment management company affiliated with Wells Fargo, has raised $535m from international investors to invest in the Japanese property market in a sign of renewed appetite for real-estate opportunities in the world’s second-largest economy. more
Michiyo Nakamoto for Financial Times 2009-08-17
Great Britain | Property Funds, Property Funds Management
Great Britain: F&C Commercial Property trust made its first acquisition since launching in March 2005 after taking a cautious approach to the UK commercial market over the past couple of years. more
Rob Langston for Financial Times Adviser 2009-08-17
Great Britain | Commercial Property Investment, Property Investment, Commercial property
Great Britain: Shares in property companies rose Friday after a report that a group of Indian and Gulf investors was mulling a 10 billion pound-plus takeover for British Land. more
Reuters UK 2009-08-14
Ireland | Bank
Ireland: UK banks including RBS and HBOS exposed to failed property empire. The Irish government's plans to create a bad bank suffered a setback this week when the country's Supreme Court ruled that companies belonging to Dublin's biggest developer, Liam Carroll, should be placed in liquidation. more
Thomas Molloy for The Independent 2009-08-14
Ireland | Bank
Ireland: SHAREHOLDERS expressed fury at the collapse of Dublin-based Depfa Bank and the subsequent damage to Munich- based Hypo Real Estate at the bank's annual meeting yesterday. The bank said it was investigating the events leading up to the sale of the Irish bank which once employed 300 people in Dublin and almost destroyed its German parent. more
Thomas Molloy for Independent.ie 2009-08-14
Great Britain | Property Companies, People
Yorkshire and Humberside: YORK-based commercial property expert David Harrop has been appointed to the board of one of the UK's leading serviced office providers, Forsyth Business Centres. more
Yorkshire Evening Post 2009-08-13
Germany | Bank
Germany: Nationalized German lender Hypo Real Estate Holding AG said Friday that it lost euro750 million ($1.08 billion) in the second quarter as hefty loan loss provisions weighed down its performance. more
Geir Moulson for Associated Presse 2009-08-13
Great Britain | Property Companies, Commercial property
West Midlands: Property consultant Colliers CRE has moved into the top floor of Eleven Brindleyplace following the completion of a £200,000 fit out. The exit from its city centre base in Church Street to Birmingham’s new base signals another vote of confidence for the real estate consultancy which has ambitious expansion plans, according to David Smeeton, head of the Birmingham office. more
Graeme Brown for Birmingham Post 2009-08-13
Germany | Bank
Germany: Shareholders at the troubled mortgage lender are meeting Thursday and will likely agree to a full government takeover of the institution. How did HRE wind up here and what happens next? more
Brett Neely for Deutsche Welle 2009-08-13
Great Britain | Property Funds, Commercial Property Investment, Property Investment
Great Britain: Reita is developing a property investment examination with the main IFA examining bodies, it has announced. more
Joy Dunbar for Financial Times Adviser 2009-08-13

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