Frankfurt office market: A safe stopover landing despite turbulence

Frankfurt office market: A safe stopover landing despite turbulence
2 Oct, 2008, Frankfurt

In the third quarter, the Frankfurt office market looked to be virtually unshaken by the turbulence in the global financial markets. In the first nine months of the year, a total of 385,000m² of office space was leased, almost a third of this (120,000m²) in the third quarter – an excellent result in view of the current situation. However, it is still clear that lease activities in the Frankfurt market have fallen by 9.4% in relation to the first three quarters of 2007 (first to third quarter of 2007: 425,000m²).

http://www.cushwake.com/

Dresdner takeover could spell bad news for Frankfurt's office market

Dresdner takeover could spell bad news for Frankfurt's office market
Date: 8 September 2008

Commerzbank's acquisition earlier this month of rival Dresdner Bank from insurer Allianz for EUR 9.8 bn will not only shake up Germany's financial landscape but could also cast a shadow over Frankfurt's office market.

http://www.propertyeu.info/index-newsletter/dresdner-takeover-could-spell-bad-news-for-frankfurts-office-market/

LaSalle Acquire Tesco Foodstore Adjacent Oxford Shopping Park

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LaSalle Acquire Tesco Foodstore Adjacent Oxford Shopping Park

HSBC, a client fund of LaSalle Investment Management acquired the Tesco supermarket adjacent to its existing Oxford Shopping Park for a price of £35.959m reflecting a net initial yield of 4.9%, an equated yield of 5.6% and a reversionary yield of 7.81% based upon the assumed RPI uplifts throughout the term from Tesco. The property is let to Tesco Stores Limited with a guarantee from Tesco PLC for a period of 20 years from completion subject to a tenant’s option to extend the term for up to an additional 30 year term at a rent equating to £25.00 per sq ft. The supermarket extends to approximately 65,000 sq ft together with surface car parking for 510 customer cars. Wilkinson Williams acted for LaSalle.

Frankfurt property market in freefall

Frankfurt property market in freefall
BY EDWARD HARRISON / ON 26 AUGUST 2008 AT 13:00 /

As far back as May, I had warned that commercial property was destined for a bust — collateral damage in the real economy. In particular, I mentioned the U.S. commercial real estate (CRE) market as a particular problem for local and regional banks, which have large exposure to the CRE market. In May, I also mentioned incipient declines in the London commercial property market.

http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2008/08/frankfurt-property-market-in-freefall.html

Tesco sells 13 stores and a depot for £600m to fund expansion plans

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/aug/22/tesco.supermarkets

Tesco sells 13 stores and a depot for £600m to fund expansion plans

· Deal is part of five-year plan to raise £5bn
· Properties leased back with rents linked to RPI

Julia Finch, City editor
The Guardian, Friday 22 August 2008

Tesco is selling 13 stores and a depot to raise cash to fund expansion. The supermarket group has agreed sale and leaseback deals with property investors to raise more than £600m to fund growth.

Russian Oil Companies to Use New Reserve Classification From 2009 – Trutnev

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Russian Oil Companies to Use New Reserve Classification From 2009 – Trutnev
July 11, 2008

ARKHANGELSK. July 11 (Interfax) – Russian oil companies will move to a new oil reserve classification beginning in 2009, Natural Resources Minister Yury Trutnev said.

Market Boundaries - San Francisco

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Market Boundaries - San Francisco

PDF map showing definition of market boundaries as used in reports

http://www.studley.com/research-documents-search-results.htm?l=San Francisco

Fuel from Algae

Business
Fuel from Algae
A startup's new process could make fuel from algae as cheap as petroleum.

Friday, February 22, 2008
By Kevin Bullis

Green fuel: A startup has developed a method for converting the algae shown here into fuel.
Solazyme

Real-Estate Credit Crisis Squeezes Macklowe

February 1, 2008
Real-Estate Credit Crisis Squeezes Macklowe

BY JENNIFER S. FORSYTH

New York real-estate titan Harry Macklowe has reached a tentative agreement with his lender to turn over effective control of seven Manhattan office buildings he acquired less than a year ago for $7 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120181345769733089.html

Jersey Property Unit Trusts

Jersey Property Unit Trusts
January 2008

Unit Trusts

A Unit Trust is a legal structure where the legal ownership of trust assets is held by a Trustee on trust for the benefit of unitholders. Unit Trusts may be established in Jersey subject to the provisions of the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984. Under Jersey law, a Unit Trust must be constituted by a written trust instrument. The Unit Trust instrument sets out the terms on which the Trustee holds the Unit Trust assets.