Corio N.V. is a former
Dutch
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People E ...
-based
real estate investment
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company which owned and managed
shopping centres
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The first known collec ...
. Headquartered in
Utrecht
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, the firm primarily consists of a
portfolio
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of retail properties worth €7.2 billion in the Netherlands,
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,
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Germany
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, and
Turkey
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.
The company was formed in 2000 by the merger of the property funds VIB and WBN, initially also investing significantly in
office building
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s and other
commercial property
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. These activities have since been scaled back in favour of retail real estate. At the end of 2010 around 4% of Corio's holdings were in properties other than shopping centres, down from 47% in 2000.
The company is listed on the
Amsterdam Stock Exchange
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and
Euronext Paris
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and is a constituent of the benchmark
AEX index
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since March 2008. In 2015 Corio merged with the French real estate investment company
Klépierre
Klépierre S.A. is a French real estate investment trust (REIT) and Europe’s second-biggest publicly traded mall operator.
It was founded in 1990. It focuses on the ownership, management and development of shopping centers across Continental E ...
.
Klépierre and Corio will merge on March 31, 2015
Klépierre, 19 March 2015
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Real estate companies established in 2000
Real estate companies of the Netherlands
Shopping center management firms
Companies based in Utrecht (province)
2015 mergers and acquisitions
Dutch companies established in 2000
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