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Eurovalys SCPI fund signs €100m office acquisition in Germany

Advenis REIM, via the Eurovalys SCPI fund, has acquired an office building in Düsseldorf, for an amount of more than €100m excluding taxes. This (...)

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Real I.S. buys Luxembourg's 15,000 sqm The Stage office building

Real I.S. AG has acquired, from Batipart Luxembourg and on behalf of the alternative investment fund BGV IX, the office building The Stage, in (...)

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La Française REM and Perial AM buy office buildings in La Défense's "Les Villages de l'Arche" complex

La Française Real Estate Managers (REM) and Perial Asset Management have both acquired assets in La Défense's "Les Villages de l'Arche", both from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. La Française (...)

Logistics

Valor expands its German logistics portfolio with acquisitions in Berlin and Frankfurt

London-based pan-European logistics specialist Valor Real Estate Partners has acquired two German logistics facilities, an 8,900 sqm asset in located in Berlin-Spandau and an (...)

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Sedco Capital partners with Inovalis to acquire the Convergence building near Paris

Saudi Arabia's Sedco Capital has partnered with Paris-based Inovalis Group to acquire the Convergence building in Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris La Défense. The 25,000 sqm (...)

Logistics

European ports grow in logistics importance as China expands New Silk Road

The expansion of the China-backed New Silk Road Initiative means European port locations offer interesting investment opportunities in logistics real estate, says a new (...)

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Allianz acquires 22,500 sqm Hamburg HafenCity office project from EDGE

Munich-based Allianz Real Estate has acquired from smart-tech developer EDGE a Hamburg HafenCity office project aimed to deliver 22,500 sqm GLA. The companies, in separate releases, (...)

Finance

Munich's Real I.S. transacts €1.5bn in 2018, ends year with €7.8bn AUM

Munich fund manager Real I.S., part of the BayernLB savings bank, completed transactions of almost €1.5bn last year, beating 2017 by €200m, and by (...)

Housing

German rental housing to remain attractive despite price rises

German rental housing, despite price rises in recent years, will remain low risk as more people move into the country, particularly the major cities, (...)

Finance

German savings banks, major real estate lenders, consider mega-merger

In a potentially huge upheaval in German banking, the largest state central savings bank, landesbanks - Helaba, NordLB, Deka, LBBW and Berlin Hyp - all (...)

Finance

Santander said in €3bn bid for own Madrid HQ; Blackstone stays out

Spain's Banco Santander has bid over €3bn to buy back its own HQ near Madrid in an off-market auction conducted by liquidators of the (...)

Finance

Blackstone, Centerbridge said in €3bn bid for Santander’s Madrid HQ

In one of the biggest real estate deals this year in Spain, a consortium led by US funds Blackstone and Centerbridge is reportedly offering over €3bn (...)

Office

German Real I.S. Hamburg Sumatrakontor buy said at €180m

Munich-based Real I.S., the fund manager of the BayernLB group, paid around €180m to acquire the Sumatrakontor office block in Hamburg’s HafenCity, according to German media. Real (...)

Finance

Munich's Real I.S. launches special RE fund targeting €1bn in Europe

Munich's Real I.S., the real estate fund manager of German savings bank BayernLB, has launched a new office special fund targeting €1bn in office assets, with (...)

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BayernLB's Real I.S., with €1.5bn equity to invest, sees no disruptive rate rise

Real I.S., the real estate closed fund manager of Munich's BayernLB group, remains in cautious buying mode in Europe, with €1.5bn in equity to invest, (...)

Retail

German BayernLB's Real I.S. acquires €110m Vienna complex for new fund

German BayernLB's real estate fund manager Real I. S. has launched a special investment fund for three German pension funds, and acquired the fully-let (...)