24.03.2014 - Middle East funds breathe new life into European property market
Middle East funds are helping to drive European commercial property yields lower as they join a rush of international investors snapping up real estate on the continent. Last year about €165.6 billion (Dh838.99bn) of deals were transacted across the continent – a 30 per cent rise on 2012. The news comes amid a flurry of property investment deals from Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds in Europe. They completed seven major direct property deals worth a total of US$5.6bn last year, the largest of which was the Kuwait Investment Authority’s $2.7bn deal to buy the 5.2-hectare More London office and restaurant complex near London Bridge...............................................Full Article: Source
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