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The Hamburg-based capital investment company DIFA Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG - which is part of the Union Investment Group - has opened its regional office in Singapore on Friday, 8 December 2006, in the Singapore Land Tower at Raffles Place. DIFA will be represented in Singapore by Steffen Wolf, who has conducted DIFA's expansion into the Asian-Pacific region from Hamburg before.

New company name reflects growing integration of property and capital market activities

Hamburg-based DIFA Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG has signed a lease with Berlin's largest daily newspaper, the B.Z. (part of the Axel Springer AG publishing group), for approximately 2,000 square metres of office space. Colliers Geske Immobilien GmbH brokered the lease.

InterContinental Berlin boosts its conference facilities with a new 4 million euro glass and steel pavilion

- Greater optimism among European investors - DIFA's Investment Climate Index shows strongest rise in Germany - Investors see progress on transparency - Regional divergence in level of transparency remains

Quarters in Chemnitz and Leipzig awarded 2nd and 3rd prize in this property competition / Special award for the Schipperskwartier in Antwerp

Located in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Munich, the properties formed part of the portfolio held by the DIFA-GRUND open-ended real estate fund.

Places & spaces - DIFA's real estate magazine - spoke with DIFA board member Reinhard Kutscher about portfolio restructuring in DIFA's funds, and the opportunities offered by emerging markets.

Construction has now officially begun on the Limbecker Platz shopping mall in Essen following a ceremony where the city's mayor, Dr. Wolfgang Reiniger, laid the foundation stone.

The lease will run from 1 December 2006 and brings the occupancy level at DomAquarée to around 70 percent.

Hamburg-based DIFA Deutsche Immobilien Fonds AG has sold four DIFA-Fonds Nr. 1 properties in recent weeks for a total of 371 million euros.

Ceremonial unveiling of “Annäherung” (“Coming Together”), a sculpture by Joachim Matz - Show of work by metal artist in the atrium of DomAquarée

DIFA and City Stiftung Berlin present a special range of events as part of FLORIALE BERLIN

Portfolio acquisition in Mexico City / Prospect of sustained strong economic growth

New office location proves a good alternative to expensive downtown sites

Fast economical growth provides perfect retail-opportunities in Mersin / First DIFA investment in Asia

Riverside location for new museum portraying the living history of everyday life in the GDR

Open-ended real estate fund invested some 685 million euros in 2005 / Continued regional diversification

put forward by the German Investment and Asset Management Association (BVI)

First German real estate fund to acquire property in Norway

International relevance of focusing on quarters confirmed by entries from 16 countries