Subject: International (INTL)

February 3, 2004 GMAC Commercial Mortgage Europe has hired Marc Angoulvent as director of real estate activities in France.He previously worked at General Motors and a number of leading French banks where he specialized in property asset financing and structured ...

December 12, 2003 Summit REIT of Toronto is tapping the CMBS market to raise some C$173 (US $132 million) of debt.The transaction, Falcon Trust, 2003-SMU is being underwritten by Scotia Capital Inc. The deal will be secured by loans on ...

November 25, 2003 Hammerson PLC's deal to sell three office properties in central London has fallen through.Last month, the property firm agreed to sell 21 Moorfields, Grant Thornton House and 40 Melton St. to a subsidiary of privately held Fordgate ...

September 22, 2003 Kerzner International Ltd. will form a joint venture with Nakheel LLC, an entity owned by the Government of Dubai, to develop a resort – called Atlantis, The Palm – in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The first phase of ...

September 17, 2003 Commercial Real Estate Direct Staff ReportThe first-ever CMBS deal backed by debt on properties in Poland is being readied for market.The 74 million euro ($83.5 million) Polish Retail Properties Finance Plc transaction will finance 12 properties in ...

September 9, 2003Andre Jordan, a real estate firm based in Portugal, has hired UBS AG to advise it on its options for two resort properties in Spain.Andre Jordan prefers to line up a joint venture partnership for the two properties, ...

July 21, 2003 The investment management arm of UBS has hired three senior executives from Lend Lease Real Estate Investments' European operation to expand its own European real estate unit.Charles Foster Taylor, who was chief executive of Lend Lease Real ...

The unit of Caisse des Depots will soon launch a C$450 million conduit that will include loans from Toronto Dominion and Column Financial. Analysts say Canadian CMBS issuance this year will top last year's.

April 16, 2003 ProLogis (NYSE:PLD) has expanded its presence in Asia by opening an office in Shanghai, China.The office will evaluate opportunities to serve customers initially in three targeted areas of China: Guangdong Province and the Shanghai and Beijing regions.Denver-based ...

April 10, 2003Turner Construction International LLC, a subsidiary of Turner Construction Co., will manage $160 million of renovation and upgrade work on six luxury hotels throughout Turkey.The hotels, which are owned by the Turkish Pension Fund, are in Ankara, Bursa, ...