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Finance

Logicor places €650m in bonds after a two-year break on the financial markets

Logicor has announced the "successful placement" of €650m of bonds under the Group's EMTN programme. The unsecured bonds have a maturity of 4.5 years (...)

Logistics

Boreal IM and Cadillac Fairview JV makes debut acquisition and opens office in Paris

In its first French acquisition, a joint venture between Boreal IM and Cadillac Fairview has acquired a fully let 17 ha logistics site north (...)

Logistics

At €480m, Blackstone, Prologis said leading bid for Colonial's Spanish logistics

US firms Blackstone and Prologis are reportedly leading the bid for the Spanish logistics portfolio being sold by listed group Colonial, with bids running (...)

Office

Italy real estate investment drops to €8.6bn in 2018

Commercial real estate investment in Italy dropped in 2018 to €8.6bn from €11bn in 2017, with the second half performing better than the first, (...)

Logistics

German logistics supply shortage causing ongoing yield compression - CBRE

The 2018 transaction volume on the German warehouse and logistics investment market came in at around €6.8bn in the final quarter of the year, (...)

Retail

Blackstone said in €290m Spanish mall purchase from Neinver

US wealth management giant Blackstone is reported to be finalising acquisition of 37 logistics centres in Spain for €290m owned by outlet firm Neinver and Colony (...)

Logistics

China reported to order divestment of Logicor stakes

China is reported to have ordered some investors in Blackstone's former European industrial property firm Logicor, saying the stakes violate regulations on overseas holdings. The report, (...)

Logistics

Blackstone confirms purchase of five German logistics assets

US investment management giant Blackstone has confirmed that it was the buyer of a five-asset German logistics portfolio reported by the seller Prologis, totalling 157,645 sqm. A spokesman (...)

Logistics

Logistics is main European investor target amid higher overall allocations - CBRE

Live from MIPIM (Cannes) - Logistics is now the most sought-after property class for European investors, overtaking office for the first time, according to CBRE’s annual EMEA (...)

Office

European 2017 CRE investment rises 4% to €293bn; 2018 looks good - RCA

Europe’s commercial real estate in 2017 experienced the third most active year on record for investment, rising 4 % from 2016 to €293.4bn, according (...)

Office

Finland's €10bn RE investment record in 2017 unlikely to be repeated - KTI

Real estate investment in Finland soared in 2017 to €10.2bn, beating by 38% the prior record set in 2016, according to research group KTI. (...)

Logistics

UK, Germany power European 2017 RE investment to peak; logistics, hotels lead - CBRE

A strong UK market and a near record in Germany last year boosted commercial real estate investment in all of Europe by 9.3% to (...)

Office

German 2017 CRE investment hits record €57bn, 2018 to depend on rates, bonds - JLL

Investment in German commercial property last year hit €56.8 bn, shattering the prior record set in 2015 by €1.7 bn, and up 7% from (...)

Logistics

Eight months after Logicor sale, Blackstone eyes 24 Goodman logistic assets

Just eight months after giant US wealth manager Blackstone agreed to sell its Logicor logistics unit for around €12bn to China's CIC, it is back in the market (...)

Logistics

China's CIC seeks investors for Logicor, including seller Blackstone - FT

China's sovereign fund CIC is seeking investors to take stakes alongside it in Logicor, the European warehouse firm it acquired from US manager Blackstone for €12.25bn earlier (...)

Logistics

European logistics dots that lead to China, Jack Ma mean yields are headed lower

It doesn’t take much to join the dots in logistics real estate. When Alibabafounder Jack Ma sees it as crucial to globalisation and aims (...)