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MUNICH (Thomson Financial) - Hypo Real Estate Holding AG said a German shareholder has filed a court case against the company to challenge the legality of its acquisition of Depfa Bank PLC.

FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - Commerzbank AG has bundled its real estate investment activities into a newly-formed entity, Commerz Real AG, its chief executive Hubert Spechtenhauser told Handelsblatt.

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MUNICH (Thomson Financial) - Hypo Real Estate Holdings AG said it does not expect any negative effects from the crisis of the US subprime loan market for its business.

Dubai Real Estate Institute and the UK's University of Reading have agreed to develop executive education programmes and training in real estate. Reading's Department of Real Estate and Planning will conduct the lectures.

Dubai Real Estate Institute (DREI), the region's first academic institute for real estate studies, has signed an agreement with the UK's University of Reading Department of Real Estate and Planning

EDISON, N.J. (AP) - Real estate investment trust Mack-Cali Realty Corp. on Monday said it has sold two office buildings in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., for about $12.5 million.

The company sold properties in Hungary and Slovakia to Ambassador International Real Estate in a share deal.

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Real Estate Investors PLC said it has signed a deal with Warner Estate Holdings PLC to acquire a 41,790 square feet office building property in West Bromwich Town Centre for 4.53 mln stg in cash.

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - A sale of Metro AG's real estate portfolio is unlikely and the significance of those assets has been inflated, analysts said.