All United Kingdom articles – Page 27
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Asset Manager News
UBS buys New Brook Buildings in Covent Garden
UBS Global Asset Management’s Global Real Estate (GRE) business has bought New Brook Buildings in London’s Covent Garden for approximately GBP 113 million.
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Schroder UK Property Fund ‘Tech City’ scheme secures planning approval
Hackney Council has granted planning permission for proposals at Shepherdess Walk, Schroder UK Property Fund’s extensive office redevelopment, situated close to Old Street tube station and ‘Silicon Roundabout’.
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People News
M&G Real Estate expands retail team with eight new recruits
M&G Real Estate has appointed eight new members of staff, bolstering its retail team in response to recent acquisitions and increased asset management and development activities.
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M&G Real Estate makes final south east office play of 2014 with purchase of Guildford based office park
M&G Real Estate has purchased London Square Office Park, Guildford, from IM Properties Ltd for in excess of £43 million.
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M&G Real Estate continues to invest in Reading
M&G Real Estate has acquired One Reading Central, a 220,000 sq ft prime office scheme in Reading City Centre for £94.5m, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3 per cent.
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M&G Real Estate acquires £110 million south east shopping centre
M&G Real Estate announces the acquisition of Fremlin Walk in Maidstone for £110 million from Legal & General Property, reflecting a net initial yield of six per cent.
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WELPUT sells Covent Garden mixed-use asset for £65 million
WELPUT, managed by Schroders and advised by Grafton Advisors, has exchanged contracts to sell the freehold interest in 7-8 St. Martin’s Place, WC2, for £65 million to Chanco Investment Group, a Hong Kong property investor.
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White papers
Aviva Investors: Two heads are better than one in the search for income
As Gil Bar, fund manager of Aviva Investors’ Encore Fund, explains, building a market-beating European real-estate income portfolio requires a blend of fund management disciplines and local deal-making expertise. The secret to success, he says, lies in finding the right partner.
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White papers
Investment case: The UK private rented sector (PRS)
The UK private rented sector (PRS) has doubled in size in the past decade and is now starting to increasingly attract the attention of institutional investors.
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Aviva Investors - Investors' Journal November 2014: Rise of the machines: UK real estate in the computer age
A recent study of the labour market impact of advances in computing and robotics provides some valuable clues for long-term UK real-estate investors
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Asset Manager News
CBRE Global Investors Acquires Motorway Service Area for £21M
CBRE Global Investors has, on behalf of a separate account client, acquired Doncaster North Services for £21 million reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3%, from an offshore fund.
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White papers
UK house prices: how serious is the risk of overheating?
The UK housing market has rebounded over the past 18 months, earning strong returns for investors but also prompting some commentators to express concerns about the risk of overheating.
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Why rate hikes shouldn’t yield trouble for UK real estate
Against a backdrop of widely expected UK interest rate rises, this paper seeks to determine the implications for the real estate market.
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Schroder Property: The attraction of property in a rising interest rate market
As the UK economic recovery goes from strength to strength, the path and timing of interest rate rises assumes greater importance for financial assets.
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Schroder Property: How resilient is secondary property?
The last 12 months have seen total returns on secondary property start to rival those on prime property, marking an end to the prolonged underperformance which began during the financial crisis. There are three main reasons for this.
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Asset Manager News
AEW Europe completes first close of European value-add fund
AEW Europe announced today the first closing of the Europe Value Investors Fund with commitments from 6 investors totaling €101 million
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White papers
European property investors switch strategy
The latest investment climate study by Union Investment reveals that more and more European property investors are also beginning to implement their core plus strategies in response to high prices and the improved market outlook.
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Aviva Investors - Market Edge August 2014: Recovery continues despite stalling economy
Despite the weak economic recovery, investors’ confidence has improved, says Chris Urwin at Aviva Investors.
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Aviva Investors - Market Edge August 2014: UK real estate: cycle quickens
Real estate to deliver promising returns but fnding value is more diffcult, says Chris Urwin at Aviva.
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UK’s Big Six office markets: emerging from London’s shadow
Britain’s ‘Big Six’ office markets – Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester – are emerging from the shadows to offer a serious challenge to London.