Portugal finally introduces REIT legislation, to be called SIGI

After years of delay, Portugal has announced introduction of REIT status in line with regimes around Europe – to be called a SIGI (Sociedades (...)

Logistics

Hamburg’s Warburg-HIH Invest, Nord/LB set up €250m logistics fund

Finance

Vastned places a €50m 7-year bond loan

Office

Spain's Merlin adds two new office buildings in Lisbon for €112m

"Ivanhoé Cambridge wants to build a true real estate investment platform in Europe"

France’s newly-merged Société de la Tour Eiffel eyes new growth cycle

Thomas Georgeon, Société de la Tour Eiffel

L'Oréal's ambitious roadmap for 40m sqm of properties in 70 countries

Frédéric Ciuntu, L'Oréal

Savills IM transacted €4.2bn in 2018 on back of record capital raising

The international real estate investment manager Savills Investment Management transacted €4.2bn in 2018, with €1.1bn of disposals and €3.1bn of acquisitions. The firm now (...)

Stam France IM pays €110m for two Paris residential buildings

The Opéra residential real estate fund, launched in last December and managed by French investment manager Stam France Investment Managers, has paid 110 M€ (...)

French Covivio completes disposal of non-strategic assets worth €482m

French REIT/SIIC Covivio has announced the sign-off of disposals worth €482m relating to budget hotels and retail assets. In a release, the Paris-based group said (...)

Catalyst Capital pays €194m for retail and office assets across Europe

Catalyst Capital, a UK-based European real estate investment and fund management firm, has completed the acquisition of €194m of retail assets in Sweden, Germany (...)

France’s CDC Habitat is reorganizing by merging several entities

France's CDC Habitat, the housing firm of state financial institution Caisse des Dépôts, has initiated the implementation of its "Trajectoire 2022" transformation plan, resulting (...)

Germany’s Commerz Real acquires high-rise office complex in Helsinki

German asset and investment manager Commerz Real has acquired the high-rise complex “Tripla Workery”, in Helsinki, for its open-ended real estate fund Hausinvest. The (...)