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- February 1, 2011: Vol. 5, Number 2

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Union Investment Sells French Asset

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Union Investment Real Estate GmbH has sold two office buildings in Paris to UFG Real Estate Managers for €120 million. The assets, Axialys I and Axialys II, comprise 24,300 square metres of lettable space. Axialys I is let to Randstad, and Axialys II is let to a public authority of the French finance ministry. Union Investment acquired the two properties in the Saint-Denis district of Paris in 2000.

“We recognised the potential of Saint-Denis — at that time still a developing market — early on,” says Dr Karl-Joseph Hermanns-Engel, a member of the management board of Union Investment Real Estate GmbH. “During the 10-year period in which the properties were held, the fund was able to profit from good value development due to revaluation of the location of Saint-Denis.”

In other news, Union Investment has acquired several assets in Finland from NCC Property Development. The firm acquired Plaz

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