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Listed

URW: deleveraging as a guiding principle

More than ever, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) remains committed to its goal of reducing its debt, whether through disposals, by reducing its investments or by suspending (...)

Finance

Cheyne Capital opens an office in Paris to expand its French business

British asset manager Cheyne Capital Management has announced the opening of a new office in Paris. The new office will support origination, facilitate the team's (...)

Hospitality

How Edgar Suites will change its business model

Taking the best of the hotel and the private flat rental business, and putting it all together in an urban suite concept. This was (...)

Housing

CDC Habitat to drive the recovery of France's residential sector

In the midst of a housing crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus, CDC Habitat, part of the state-controlled Caisse des Depots financial institution and France's leading landlord, has chosen (...)

Finance

BNP Paribas REIM updates its top management to strengthen its pan-European strategy

BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (REIM) has unveiled the new governance of its CIO Group. Under the responsibility of Sigrid Duhamel, Global Chief (...)

Retail

Retail attractivity: it's not the size that counts!

At the time of the launch of its fund in 2017, F&A Asset Management produced a study on the best cities to invest in (...)

Office

Has the time come for a revival in the Paris Region office market?

No, the office is not dead. Gone are the anxieties of the past year, when teleworking seemed to be on the way to overthrowing (...)

Retail

"A strong rise of pure online players on physical retail is possible"

Business Immo: What is the field of activity of Groupe Euro Conseil? Stéphane Ellia: Groupe Euro Conseil (GEC) operates in four business lines: family office, (...)

Finance

"The vehicles represented by Aspim fulfil a real economic function"

Business Immo: As a representative of the interests of real estate fund managers, what are your current projects? Jean-Marc Coly: Aspim's wish is not only (...)

Green

French Optim takes another step forward in the energy performance of buildings

Accompanying building owners and users in construction and major restructuring projects on the technical side, Optim has taken the decision to act on the (...)

Retail

BMO REP set to land its first asset trophy on Paris' Champs-Élysées

Yellow jackets, strikes, then a worldwide pandemic reducing the flow of international tourists like a sore thumb: one could not have predicted worse scenarios (...)

Listed

URW: the stock market welcomes Bressler and Niel's takeover

Following the takeover of the Léon Bressler/Xavier Niel consortium at URW, would the listed REIT/SIIC sign its "remontada" on the Paris stock exchange? Reading (...)

Listed

URW: "We have to get out of this panic-mode to enter the era of rational decisions" (Bressler/Niel)

The Refocus consortium ­— owning 5% in Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE ("URW"), won a victory today. After weeks of media battle, shareholders rejected the €3.5bn capital (...)

Listed

URW: shareholders reject the €3.5bn capital increase

"Reset" or "Refocus" ? After a (very) media-heavy battle over the strategy to adopt for the recovery of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, waged between the management of the Paris-based REIT/SIIC (...)

Listed

Bressler/Niel's battle plan to turn around Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Léon Bressler, ex-CEO at the time when Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield was still just Unibail, assisted by Xavier Niel, who is founder of Iliad and serial shareholder, both (...)

Finance

Fifth Wall banks on European PropTech

American venture capital firm Fifth Wall Ventures, launched in 2016, has become the largest investor dedicated to PropTech in the United States, with more (...)

Office

French cybersecurity players to regroup in La Défense’s Eria building

French newspaper Le Figaro revealed that a French Cyber Campus, which will bring together nearly 1,000 people from private groups such as Thales, Atos, (...)

Retail

"Why Batipart is investing €500m in the retail sector"

Business Immo: Batipart stands out in a pan-European acquisition. Can you tell us more about this operation? Louis Bayon: Batipart is acquiring in sale and (...)

Green

Over thirty French developers, investors and property users commit to the reuse of materials

A few figures suffice to highlight the challenge of reusing materials in construction. Every year, the construction industry produces 42 million tonnes of waste (...)

Retail

"The retail premises market will enter a crisis"

Business Immo: With Offmarket Brokers, what is the core of your business? Kevin Suissa: We define Offmarket Brokers as a team of external acquisition managers. (...)

Career

Marc Bertrand leaves La Française to join Amundi, Philippe Depoux to replace him

This autumn, France’s real estate job market is picking up again. As recently announced on Business Immo, Jean-Marc Coly (62) will soon be retiring (...)

Finance

When real estate provides after-career support for athletes

With their short careers, rarely exceeding ten years, and their variable income, top-level athletes sometimes encounter very unpleasant surprises at the end of the (...)

Territories

Greater Paris: Patrick Ollier remains President of the MGP

The script seemed to be written as it was full of twists and turns! In theory, Vincent Jeanbrun was to be officially elected head (...)

Finance

"This crisis should accelerate the adoption of new technologies in real estate"

Business Immo: Two years after its launch, what is the status of the JLL Spark Global Venture Fund? Tanguy Quéro: With a $100m capital, this fund (...)

Green

"Our centres give us important responsibilities in terms of responsible consumption"

Recently awarded a "B" rating by ISS (Institutional Shareholder Services) for its environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices, Giant Paris-based REIT/SIIC Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield continues to (...)

Finance

"This crisis was primarily an accelerator of underlying trends"

For its 27th edition, the barometer carried out by MSCI in partnership with Crédit Foncier Immobilier questioned, in the unprecedented context Covid-19 pandemic, 20 investment (...)

Logistics

"P3 Logistic Parks France is in a redeployment period"

A developer and investor specialising in logistics, P3 Logistic Parks has appointed a new senior asset manager, Sébastien Roybon, in the midst of a (...)

Office

“More than 1.3 million sqm will be delivered in 2020 in the Paris Region”

Business Immo: In your opinion, what are the main findings of the barometer? Marie Gilmas : JLL's analysis is based on two axes and one (...)

Hospitality

Despite turbulence, the French hotel industry is holding its course... for the time being

The global economy, yellow jackets, demonstrations against pension reform... nothing was able to stop the growth of the French hotel business in 2019. But, (...)

Hospitality

"AccorInvest’s strategy is to grow in the economy and mid-scale segments in Europe"

With the acquisition of Polish hotel group Orbis, 2019 was a very active year on the investment front for AccorInvest, the real estate division (...)

Career

France’s Klépierre appoints new Management Director for France, Northern Region and Belgium

According to BI sources, Tiphaine Olivier has joined French REIT/SIIC Klépierre as Management Director for France, the Northern Regions and Belgium. She was previously (...)

Career

[BEST OF 2019] France’s most important appointments of the year

Best of 2019, episode 3 – There was no shortage in 2019 of major appointments in the French real estate sector. From Maryse Aulagnon, (...)

Office

French CDC buys future BNP PRE headquarters near Paris for €500m

France’s CDC Investissement Immobilier - on behalf of the state’s Caisse des Dépôts and insurance group Assurances du Crédit Mutuel (ACM) – has recently (...)

Office

[BEST OF 2019] France’s top rental deals of the year

BEST OF 2019, episode 2 - Commercial real estate take-up may have finished 2019 at a lower level than the year before, at 2.3 million (...)

Office

[BEST OF 2019] France’s top investment deals of the year

Best of 2019, episode 1 - After reaching a record level in 2018, commercial real estate continued to whet investors' appetite in 2019, as (...)

Green

"We need to find more effective ways to contain the global temperature rise"

Business Immo: Foster + Partners has developed a method for assessing carbon emissions of buildings. Why did you take this initiative? David Nelson and Chris (...)

Office

“This partnership illustrates our ability to meet daily needs”

Business Immo: WeMaintain, through BNP Paribas REPM France, has been chosen to manage all Allianz RE's real estate elevators in the Île-de-France region. Why and how was (...)

Finance

"Real estate is a very important asset class for Oddo BHF "

Business Immo: Oddo BHF has just acquired the IKO building in Clichy-la-Garenne from LaSalle. Can you remind us of the details of this operation? Grégoire Charbit: IKO was delivered last December and includes approximately (...)

Hospitality

French La Française’s €300m tourism property fund aims at diversification

Business Immo: La Française REM launches LF Immo Tourisme. What is it about ? Marc Bertrand: At the vehicle level, this is an OPCI fund for institutional investors, mainly French, with assets focusing (...)