Property Week – NEWS

Aberdeen refinances airport fund in £145m deal Aberdeen Asset Management has refinanced its airport fund AIPUT with a £145m debt facility with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). from Property Week – NEWS

Tristan gets go-ahead for 100,000 sq ft refurb Tristan Capital Partners has received planning consent to comprehensively refurbish 100,000 sq ft of office space in the northern M25 market. from Property Week – NEWS

Hermes signs One America Square deal Hermes Investment Management has acquired One America Square in London from real estate funds managed by Blackstone for £130m. from Property Week – NEWS

Quinata buys £17m resi portfolio Quinata Global has purchased a portfolio of four residential apartment blocks for around £17m. from Property Week – NEWS

Debenhams to open Watford store Debenhams has signed for a 113,000 sq ft anchor store at Intu Watford shopping centre. from Property Week – NEWS

M7 achieves biggest ever fund close M7 Real Estate has raised €80m for its third European fund in its biggest ever close and simultaneously exchanged on four deals totalling €130m. from Property Week – NEWS

Investec agrees funding for trade counter scheme Investec Structured Property Finance has agreed to provide a £20m loan facility to develop a trade counter scheme through its Trade City joint venture with Kier Property. from Property Week – NEWS

Squire Patton Boggs signs at No 1 Spinningfields Global law firm Squire Patton Boggs has taken 27,500 sq ft at Allied London’s No 1 Spinningfields for its new Manchester base. from Property Week – NEWS

Belfast’s largest office investment hits market An office building in Belfast’s Titanic Quarter is to be sold for £29m – making it the largest office investment to be sold in Belfast in the last decade. from Property Week – NEWS

Apache appoints Howard as chairman Apache Capital Partners has appointed former Grosvenor executive Mervyn Howard as chairman. from Property Week – NEWS