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Completion of Torre Mayor extension scheduled for early 2009

Legal risks of major importance for investment decisions / Risk management as a competitive factor

Returns more important than safety / Perceived deterioration in UK investment climate

In October, Credit Suisse (Deutschland) AG moved into its new offices in a prime site in downtown Hamburg. The company is renting approx. 1,000 sq m at Alstertor 17, a listed and completely renovated office building with roof terrace located in the heart of the city's office and financial district.

Around 77 per cent of office space let / Three new leases signed

Tourist city Jerez de la Frontera offers attractive growth

The 27-storey Bastion Tower has been owned by UniImmo: Europa since October 2003.

Luxury apartments at DomAquarée almost fully let

On 28th October 2007 Multi Turkmall and Union Investment opened Forum Mersin Shopping and Lifestyle Centre, the largest retail project of 71,500 m2 in the Mediterranean region in Turkey. The Hamburg based Union Investment Real Estate AG fully funded the development of the scheme and acquired Forum Mersin which is a landmark in the city of Mersin for its open-ended real estate fund UniImmo: Global in April last year.

Germany's biggest market for logistics real estate

Focused business model as a real estate investment manager / strategic partnership with M+W Zander

Change of name to Central Plaza Hamburg underlines repositioning within Hamburg's property market

Architects MRLV (Markovic, Ronai, Voss) have won first prize in the architectural competition to find an infill blueprint for the site of the Central Plaza Hamburg office block in Hamburg's Neustadt area.

Reinhard Kutscher, chairman of the management board of Union Investment Real Estate AG since June 2007, spoke to Places & spaces - the real estate magazine of Union Investment - about the company's international realignment, the reform of the German Investment Act, and the prospects for open-ended real estate funds

The laying of the foundation stone for the Prague Trianon project development took place on 21st September.

Recognising best-practice, forward-looking investment policy / Awards ceremony at EXPO REAL in 2008

Third Turkish investment by Union Investment / Fund manager aims to benefit from dual growth effect in Turkey

Acquired for Union Investment Real Estate AG's UniImmo: Deutschland fund

Property acquisitions in Tokyo, Istanbul and Mexico City / Immo-Invest: Europa portfolio features residential properties for the first time

Union Investment Real Estate AG has acquired the UN Studio office project in Amsterdam for its UniImmo: Europa fund in a transaction worth a total of around EUR 141.4 million.

Focus of investment currently on acquiring project developments in Europe / "Higher returns possible than with prime let properties"

Union Investment Real Estate AG has acquired the Da Vinci office building in Rue Lou-Hemmer near Luxembourg airport for its UniImmo: Europa open-ended real estate fund.

Sale of fully let building locks in value increase after one year / Active management of Latin America portfolio

The German capital investment company Union Investment Real Estate AG has today successfully completed the sale to Arab Investments of its interest in The Pinnacle which will allow the next phase of development for the City's tallest building to proceed.

"With flying colours: The turning of an airport into a community.1992-2007" from 16 May to 16 June 2007

Three leases signed covering 6,000 square metres at the DomAquarée CityQuartier

Office complex already sold by HOCHTIEF Development Czech Republic s.r.o. to Union Investment Real Estate AG

DEVELOPMENT PARTNER AG, a company specialising in retail properties in sought-after downtown locations, will join Union Investment Real Estate AG to hold a topping out ceremony for the retail/office development at Obere Königsstrasse 30 in central Kassel on 26 April 2007.

Further expansion of Dutch portfolio / Rental growth anticipated

The last available office space at the Fünf Höfe (Five Courtyards) CityQuartier development in Munich has recently been let to patent lawyers and a consulting firm.

Union Investment Real Estate AG has today successfully exchanged contract with The Pinnacle Limited, an off shore investment vehicle sponsored by Arab Investments Limited, for the sale of its interest in The Bishopsgate Tower.

Union Investment Real Estate AG (formerly DIFA AG) has signed a lease with Sage Software GmbH & Co. KG for 5,100 square metres of office space in its Y2 property in Frankfurt-Heddernheim, in a deal brokered by commercial real estate consultants Colliers Schön & Lopez Schmitt.

First investment in Singapore for DIFA-Global / Cyclical recovery signals higher rent potential for new VisionCrest Commercial building

Office building purchased in Chile / International expansion continues under the new name Union Investment Real Estate AG

Strategic expansion of Far East holdings / DIFA-GRUND acquires office project in The Hague, Netherlands