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In This Issue
>   Seniors Housing Roundtable:
Experts weigh in on industry trends
>   Slow Starters:
European REITs suffer through credit crunch
>   Live, Work, Play... and Learn:
New mixed-use projects include civic, cultural and educational space
Briefs
>   Investment Notes
>   Foreign Exchange
>   Did You Know?
 


 


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Real Estate Investment World Africa
September 2-5, 2008
Johannesburg
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European Public Real Estate Association Annual Conference 2008
September 4-5, 2008
Stockholm
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Global Real Estate Institute Europe Summit
September 15-16, 2008
Paris
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Urban Land Institute's Place Making Conference: The Business of Creating Thriving Mixed-Use Development
September 15-16, 2008
Denver, Colorado
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Real Estate Investment World Latin America 2008
September 16-18, 2008
Coral Gables, Fla.
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2008 National Multi-Housing Council Student Housing Conference
September 22, 2008
Washington D.C.
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India Global Real Estate Institute 2008
September 24-25, 2008
Mumbai
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Infrastructure Investment World Latin America 2008
September 23-25, 2008
Coral Gables, Fla.
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Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate (AFIRE) Annual Member Meeting
September 21-23, 2008
San Francisco
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Seniors Housing Roundtable:
Experts weigh in on industry trends

This month, the Global Real Estate Monitor conducted a roundtable with several industry experts to discuss the most pressing issues facing the seniors housing sector
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Slow Starters:
European REITs suffer through credit crunch

Although REITs have emerged as popular investment vehicles in the United States, Australia and Asia, the REIT structure has moved through Europe slowly. Those who eagerly awaited the passing of REIT legislation in the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy last year have been disappointed by the lackluster IPO and investment activity in those countries to date.
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Live, Work, Play... and Learn:
New mixed-use projects include civic, cultural and educational space

Today, many developers believe that the best mixed-use properties incorporate civic, cultural or educational components such as a library, museum or even a college campus. As a result, these expanded mixed-use projects – those that could be described as "live, work, play, learn" – are popping up across the nation, in both urban and suburban areas.
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Briefs

Investment Notes

The Real Estate Roundtable's second Sentiment Survey found that the overwhelming majority of industry executives feel that market conditions today are worse than they were 12 months ago and both debt and equity are less available today than 12 months ago.
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Foreign Exchange

Hotel investment volumes fell dramatically during the first half of 2008, with only $13.9 billion worth of hotels trading hands globally, according to a recent report from Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels. This amount reflects a decline of 76 percent from the record levels seen in the same period of 2007.
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Did You Know?

Amid turmoil in the mortgage market and the broader credit crunch, regulators and the Bush administration have put their weight behind covered bonds in an attempt to increase mortgage financing and provide banks with a new and diversified funding source, according to A.M. Best Co., an Oldwick, N.J.-based credit reporting agency.
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