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ING Buys 5 M-F Properties in France
July 22, 2008

The ING Real Estate French Residential Fund acquired five multi-family properties in France for euro 33 million, the company said today. The properties are: 24-unit Edouard Nieuport, Suresnes, Île de France, near La Défense, Paris, 15-unit Le Jardin des Asturies in Marseille, Provence, 89-unit Les Allées du Morgon, Villefranches sur Saône, Rhône-Alpes, 28-unit Domaine de Leunhan, Léognan (Bordeaux), Aquitaine, and 23-unit Domaine du Val E&I, Val de Reuil, Haute Normandie.

 
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