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Global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA Corporate Finance team in London has recorded €12.2 billion of closed European commercial real estate (CRE) loan and real estate owned (REO) transactions in Q1 2015 – according to the firm’s latest European Real Estate Loan Sales Market report.
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Investment Fund Orion Capital Managers have agreed to sell Plenilunio, one the major prime shopping centres in Madrid, to French Company Klépierre. Opened in 2006, the centre is strategically located in the east of Madrid with no competition. The current footfall is 10.5 million and continues to grow.
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Global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA Corporate Finance team has recorded a staggering €80.6 billion of closed European commercial real estate (CRE) and real estate owned (REO) transactions in 2014 – more than two-and-a-half times the volume recorded in 2013.
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Cushman & Wakefield announced today that Global Occupier Services will be co-led by Todd Schwartz, the group’s Global Chief Operating Officer, Mark Wanic, Head of Americas Occupier Services and Richard Middleton, Head of EMEA and Asia Pacific Occupier Services. The appointments follow John Santora being named Chief Executive Officer for North America. Messrs. Schwartz, Wanic and Middleton have also been appointed to the firm’s Global Management Committee.
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The ECB has taken markets somewhat by surprise with the scale of its quantitative easing (QE) programme and this should help to consolidate recent bond yield and currency falls and hopefully pave the way for higher inflation expectations and also better GDP growth.
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‘While just one of a number of factors driving the market, e-commerce is having the most significant impact on the European shopping centre market.’ according to a new survey by Cushman & Wakefield launched today at MAPIC. The survey reveals opinions on the impact of e-commerce among the largest and most active property owners and managers representing nearly 1,500 centres (> 20% of the total European market).
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New York’s Upper Fifth Avenue has overtaken Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay as the world’s most expensive shopping destination, according to global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield’s flagship retail research report Main Streets Across the World, published today at the MAPIC retail trade show in Cannes, France.
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Digby Flower was interviewed live on Bloomberg TV in London this morning to discuss the UK real estate market.
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Cushman & Wakefield, the global real estate advisor and its global tech experts will be present at TechCrunch Disrupt, one of the most anticipated technology conferences of the year in Europe. Cushman & Wakefield, a leader in real estate advice for the tech sector globally is a lead sponsor of this iconic start up and thought leadership event which takes place at Old Billingsgate, London on October 20 and 21.
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Aberdeen Asset Management Deutschland AG has sold the Metropolitan office building in Warsaw to Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management for an undisclosed price. Cushman & Wakefield and JLL represented the seller in the transaction.
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New York attracted the most commercial real estate investment during the last year as the global real estate investment market saw volumes increase by 17.2% to US$788 billion, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s annual ‘Winning in Growth Cities’ report launched today at EXPO REAL in Munich, Germany.
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Cushman & Wakefield and Spire Ventures today announced its strategic partnership with Pi Labs, Europe’s first property-focused technology accelerator company. Founded by Faisal Butt (Founder and CEO of Spire Ventures, formerly known as Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate) and Umesh Kumar (former Techstars and Oxygen Associate) Pi Labs was created to assist start-ups focused on property and technology innovation. The programme will accelerate the growth of these companies by providing them with access to investment, mentoring and business space. This move underlines Cushman & Wakefield’s commitment to support and drive innovation in property and tech hubs globally.
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Global real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield’s EMEA corporate finance team estimates that asset management agencies have almost €264 billion of European non-core real estate exposure, according to the firm’s latest European Real Estate Loan Sales Market report at Q3 2014.
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Cushman & Wakefield announced today the appointment of Maria J. D’Avanzo as Chief Ethics Officer. Ms. D’Avanzo’s expanded role will enhance the highest standards of ethical conduct and institutional integrity by focusing on conflicts of interest, client/business selection and advisory support. Ms. D’Avanzo most recently served as C&W’s Global Compliance Officer, and she will continue to develop, adopt and implement our compliance programs.
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Cushman & Wakefield is pleased to be named Best Overall Advisory Firm in North America, the United States and Canada as well as in India and Hungary in Euromoney's 10th Annual Real Estate Survey.
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From 1 October 2014, Markus Schmitt-Habersack will join Cushman & Wakefield as a partner and chairman of investment in Germany. He will be based in the Frankfurt office of Cushman & Wakefield.
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