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Global real estate investment to top $500 bln-study (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News) - NEW YORK, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Real estate investment worldwide is likely to exceed a half trillion dollars in 2005 as low interest rates attract investors looking for less risk and high returns, a report released on Wednesday showed.

Commercial real estate vacancies dropping (Denver Business Journal) - Metro Denver's commercial real estate market continued to gain strength in the third quarter, led by the retail and industrial segments.

Addleshaws bolsters NW real estate (Legal Week) - The Manchester arm of Addle-shaw Goddard has recruited a new partner to bolster its real estate offering in the region. Grant Anderson will join the national giant in January 2006 from Kent Jones Done, where he headed up a 12-lawyer property and planning practice.

KFI launches new real estate investment project (Gulf Daily News) - MANAMA: Khaleej Finance and Investment (KFI), a Bahrain-based investment bank, has successfully launched a real estate investment project Mabani Investment as part of Ijara Real Estate series worth $8.5 million.

Slain Albuquerque developer started career in real estate in Roswell (Roswell Daily Record) - Before becoming a prominent Albuquerque real estate developer, R.J. Schaefer, who was shot to death in his Albuquerque home Thursday, was a hard-working airman stationed at Roswell’s Walker Air Force Base, working as a janitor and selling real estate in his spare time.

Erik Kolar Heads New Firm Targeted at Corporate Real Estate (GlobeSt.com) - WAYNE, PA-Erik Kolar, former president of Conshohocken-based Preferred Real Estate Investments, and three other principals of Preferred have formed Patriot Equities LP, based here, to target major corporations’ real estate assets.

Fleming earns national real estate award (West Orange Times) - Elaine Fleming, real estate agent with Home Investment Realty, was recently awarded the Accredited Luxury Home Specialist (ALHS) designation from the Luxury Home Council.

Manazel to hit UAE real estate market (Mena Report) - Manazel, UAE’s new real estate firm based in Abu Dhabi, has become one of the largest privately funded firms in the country, ready to enter the dynamic property market at mark speed with a unique set of projects already in the works.

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(AFX UK Focus) 2005-11-23 10:24 GMT: Real Estate Opportunities says unit sold land; sees 6.5 p uplift in NAV/shr (Interactive Investor) - LONDON (AFX) - Real Estate Opportunities Ltd said one of its subsidiaries has sold a unit of land for a cash consideration. It said a non-returnable deposit equal to 10 pct of the total sale price has been paid, the balance payable on completion on January 13.