Amsterdam-listed retail specialist Corio reported that its direct result fell 4.6% year-on-year in the first quarter to EUR 49.7 mln. The decline primarily reflected the sale of the Dutch offices and industrial portfolio effected 30 September 2008. Net rental income rose 12.2% to EUR 82,8 mln compared with the year-earlier period.
Swiss real estate group Investis has boosted its real estate holdings with the CHF 139 mln (€149 mln) purchase of prime residential properties in Vaud canton.
