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Bidding war brewing for control of Austria’s CA Immo
A battle is brewing in Vienna as two suitors bid for the hand of local listed property company CA Immo. US investing giant and major shareholder Starwood Capital, which holds a 29.99% share in CA Immo has - as expected - made a full bid for the... Read more
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Peakside raises €160m at PREF IV first close
Pan-European investment manager Peakside Capital Advisors has already raised €160m in equity at the first close of the [[Peakside Real Estate Fund IV (PREF IV)]], a closed-end fund which will be focused on picking up on cancelled deals and... Read more
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Yields on office, industrial, to head further down despite bond yield rise
The German mainstream media are all running scare stories about how inflation is on its way back, and prices across the country are galloping upwards. The Bundesbank boss Jens Weidmann issued a statement a few weeks ago that with the upward... Read more
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Pressure on politicians to cut deal on Grunderwerbsteuer before elections
We report regularly in these pages about the ongoing efforts of politicians to get to grips with reform of the Grunderwerbsteuer, or property transfer tax, payable on real estate acquisitions. Read more
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Swiss Life swallows huge healthcare portfolio for new fund
Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany recently bought a huge portfolio of healthcare properties for its new fund Swiss Life ESG Health Care Deutschland V S.C.S. in one of the largest transactions in recent years. Read more