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Retail

Specialised retail: a turbulent context in 2021 and uncertainties for 2022

Although the activity of the shops since the beginning of 2021 has been more dynamic than in 2020, in all sectors except health and (...)

Logistics

BT Immo Group and Brookfield AM have created a joint venture dedicated to logistics

France's BT Immo Group and Canada's Brookfield Asset Management have announced the creation of a joint venture dedicated to logistics, particularly in France, where (...)

Office

"NCT wants to address real estate in a way that is not based on square metres"

Business Immo: You offer your investor clients and user companies "a personalised support approach, serving a strategic ambition and specific challenges". Can you tell (...)

Retail

"We see more investors entering the sale & leaseback transactions in Europe"

This week, BiTV interview European service welcomes Christopher Mertlitz, Managing Director & Head of European Investments at W. P. Carey. With him, we discuss the (...)

Office

Two out of three companies believe workspace design will have to change — The Instant Group

According to a report made by The Instant Group — a global player in flexible workspaces — 69% of businesses strongly agree that workspace (...)

Listed

Despite dynamic marketing, French SIIC Carmila does not provide guidance for 2021

In the three countries where Carmila operates - France, Spain and Italy - activity in the first half of 2021 was once again marked (...)

Retail

How has the outlet sector been impacted by Covid-19?

Today BiTV welcomes Dr. Joachim Will, who is CEO of Ecostra. With him we discuss: How has the pandemic been impacted the European outlet sector ; and (...)

Retail

"Mixed-use is already an essential part of our strategy"

Business Immo: What is your assessment of the group in the context of a health crisis that is causing anxiety in the retail sector?   Maël (...)

Retail

Retail: important changes in geography to come — Procos

Despite the consumers being back to the shops, the 1st half of 2021, for specialized trade, shows a decline of 18.5% compared to 2019, (...)

Housing

"Paris is creating a lot of residential opportunities around key commercial areas"

This week, BiTV European service welcomes Damian Harrington who is Head of EMEA Research for Colliers. With him, we discuss Colliers’ latest study on the (...)

Office

Office searches in Île-de-France are back to pre-crisis levels - BureauxLocaux

According to the latest barometer carried out by BureauxLocaux, the volume of office searches in Île-de-France, which had fallen by 10% in 2020, has (...)

Housing

As head of the FPI, Pascal Boulanger intends to lead "a cultural battle to restore the legitimacy of new housing"

As of 1 July, Pascal Boulanger becomes president of the FPI France (Fédération des promoteurs immobiliers). He succeeds Alexandra François-Cuxac, whose term of office (...)

Housing

"In Europe, many investors are looking to increase their exposure to the living sector"

This week, BiTV welcomes Tom Colthorpe, who is Senior Analyst EMEA Living Research & Strategy at JLL.  With him we discuss the European living survey's results, with (...)

Office

Why Canadian Avison Young is buying French Cassian

This week, BiTV welcomes Mark Rose who is Chairman and CEO of Avison Young.  He explains why the group has made the acquisition of Cassian — a (...)

Logistics

Goodman and Haropa Port at the forefront of river logistics with Green Dock – Seine axis

On the occasion of the creation of the large river-sea port of the Seine axis, Haropa Port have chosen Goodman to develop a multimodal (...)

Office

"Real estate is more than ever at the heart of businesses' strategy"

Business Immo: You have taken over the leadership of business consulting at CBRE, how does your duo work and how did you build your (...)

Finance

“With a reduced competition, Covid-19 pandemic has increased opportunities”

Business Immo: How has the pandemic changed your business and your relationship with international investors? Didier Unglik: As a pan-European Investment Manager, with c. €7bn (...)

Finance

BlueIMvest opens the doors of Germany to French institutional investors

With a true Franco-German DNA, BlueIMvest, a management company created in 2018 and subsidiary of the Duval Group, specialises in tailor-made investment solutions, with (...)

Green

ESG issues at the heart of Generali Real Estate's strategy

In this latest BiTV interview, we welcome Torsten Butz, Head of Sustainable Investment at Generali Real Estate. With him, we look back at the Cube (...)

Logistics

"The increasing demand for logistics will not stop after the pandemic"

BiTV Interviews welcomes Victor Stoltenburg, Managing Director and Head of Acquisitions and Sales at Deka Immobilien. With him, we look back at the logistics acquisitions (...)

Health / Senior

Primonial to sign €500m of healthcare assets in France

Primonial is preparing to take new market share on the healthcare property front. According to Property EU, the French asset manager is preparing to (...)

Retail

Vastned turns to a mixed-use strategy

Present in the major cities of four countries — the Netherlands, France, Spain and Belgium —, the Vastned group has a European portfolio of (...)

Logistics

"Mileway wants to further expand its presence in France"

BiTV Interview welcomes Emmanuel Van Der Stichele, who is Mileway’s CEO With him, we discuss the group’s strategy in Europe and its developments aims in (...)

Green

"The real estate industry has a responsibility to address ESG issues"

BiTV Interview welcomes Lonneke Löwik, who is Inrev’s CEO. With her, we discuss how important are ESG issues in Europe, how can real estate players (...)

Office

New uses: FSIF calls for (r)evolution of French real estate regulations

During a webinar, French listed property federation FSIF (Fédération des sociétés immobilières et foncières), together with Icade, Covivio and Finestate, discussed new uses in real (...)

Office

France's Orange settles in its new global headquarters near Paris

On Thursday, after three years of work, Alain Taravella, founding chairman of the French developer Altarea, delivered Bridge, the new global headquarters of French (...)

Logistics

"Why Garbe Industrial Real Estate is entering the French and Italian markets"

BiTV Interview welcomes Christopher Garbe, Managing Partner at Garbe Industrial Real Estate. With him, we discuss why his group has recently oppened offices in France and Italy. What is his (...)

Office

“France has always been on Gulf Islamic Investments' radar"

BiTV Interview welcomes Pankaj Gupta, who is co-Founder & co-CEO of Gulf Islamic Investments. Gulf Islamic Investments has just entered the French market with the €250m (...)

Finance

“Half of investors based in North America expect to increase their allocation to Europe”

Business Immo: Following the investment intentions survey 2021, co-authored by INREV, ANREV and PREA, what can you tell us about institutional investors’ state of (...)

Logistics

"France provides many interesting logistics opportunities"

BiTV Interview welcomes Rory Buck, Managing Director in charge of the investment team at Clarion Partners Europe. Clarion Partners has recently invested €47m in a warehouse (...)

Listed

Nexity relies on its service platform and international expansion in 2021

Results better than projections: for the financial year 2020 marked by the health crisis, the Nexity group's sales rose by 8% to €4.86bn. "This (...)

Housing

"Despite Brexit, we are still planning to come to France"

BiTV Interview welcomes Thomas Balashev, who is Monta Capital’s Managing Partner. With him, we discuss how French investors, who are looking to invest in the UK, are (...)

Finance

"Global investment volumes were down 35 % in 2020, but we are starting to see a revival"

BiTV Interview welcomes Richard Barkham, Global Chief Economist and Head of Research at CBRE. With him, we discuss how the global commercial real estate investment market (...)

Finance

"In 2021, France will remain a key market for investments"

BiTV Interview welcomes Larry Young, who is Head of International Investment Group at BNP Paribas Real Estate. With him, we discuss EU's real estate investments in 2020, (...)

Office

“The role of the office is stronger than ever before”

BiTV Interview welcomes Despina Katsikakis, Executive Partner & Global Lead, Total Workplace, at Cushman & Wakefield. With her we discuss the main effects of the pandemic on (...)

Retail

Ceetrus and Nodi launch the mixed-use property operator Nhood

Nhood — a contraction of neighbourhood — is the name adopted by the Mulliez family to designate its new platform dedicated to mixed-use real (...)

Finance

"France is a key market for Patron Capital's strategy"

In this new episode, BiTV welcomes Keith Breslauer, who is Patron Capital's Managing Partner & Founder. In this video we discuss his view of the European investment (...)

Career

Following the Covid-19 crisis, wages expected to stabilise in 2021 — Robert Walters

After a record-breaking 2019 year for earnings inflation in the real estate industry, the overall trend for 2021 appears to be stabilizing at the (...)

Finance

How can investors build a "future fit" real estate strategy ?

BiTV Interview welcomes Neil Slater, Global Head of Real Estate and Deputy Head of Private Markets at Aberdeen Standard Investments. With him we discuss the main (...)

Finance

Real estate investors keep a strong appetite despite Covid-19 pandemic – INREV

Institutional investors plan to invest a minimum of €55.4 bn in global real estate in 2021, with a strong emphasis on Europe, according to (...)

Retail

"We are likely to see a drop in valuation and pricing"

In a new episode, BiTV welcomes Gunnar Herm, who is Head of Real Estate Research & Strategy Europe for UBS Asset Management. With him we tackle several (...)

Office

"Paris is playing a key role in the global tech economy"

In a new BiTV Interview, we welcome Cyril Robert, Head of Research at Savills France, to discuss the main findings of the Tech Cities report recently (...)

Logistics

[EXCLUSIVE] Alderan acquires the Park Val d'Europe from SVM Entreprise

According to our information, SVM Entreprise, a subsidiary of the French developer SVM Groupe dedicated to the development and structuring of commercial real estate (...)

Finance

"Because of the low interest rates, there is a huge demand for real estate investments"

BiTV Interview welcomes Jochen Schenk, Chairman of the Board of Management at Real I.S.. The German group having recently passed the €10bn assets under management mark, (...)

Office

Take-up on Paris region office market will not rebound significantly until 2022

Hard-hit by the two waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, the demand for office space in the Paris region, as well as in the rest (...)

Green

Longevity Partners' American green dream

In its new episode, BiTV welcomes Étienne Cadestin, Longevity Partners' Founder and Global CEO. For its first video interview on the topic, he announced the opening (...)

Office

"The vaccine brings some hope on the equity and retail markets"

BiTV welcomes Nigel Almond, Head of data analytics EMEA at Cushman & Wakefield. With him, we discuss the results of the recent study: "The DNA (...)

Finance

"France's CRE market had a more muted reaction to the pandemic than the UK"

BiTV Interview welcomes Will Robson, Global Head of Real Estate Solutions Research at MSCI. With him, we are discussing the main trends emerging from the most (...)

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 (...)

Housing

"We expect the French coliving sector to more than double by 2023"

BiTV welcomes Richard Lustigman, Head of coliving at JLL Capital Markets. With him, we discuss the coliving sector, looking closely at its evolution globally and in (...)

Logistics

"France's local authorities do not encourage the development of logistics"

Business Immo: You recently highlighted in a study the confidence of investors in the French logistics real estate market in 2020. How do you (...)

Listed

URW further lowers its forecast ten days before its EGM

Faced with a second lockdown spreading over Europe, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) has once again lowered its forecasts, at a time when its Reset plan is (...)

Finance

"France will only get more interesting"

BiTV Interview welcomes Tony Smedley, Managing Director and Head of European Private Equity at Heitman. With him, we are discussing the American firm's investment strategy, following its (...)

Office

"Paris is a pandemic-proof market"

BiTV welcomes Valeria Falcone, European Portfolio Manager and Head of Real Estate Italy at Barings.  With her, we discuss various topics: which niche properties have (...)

Finance

Mirabaud AM's Grand Paris fund carries out its first transactions

Although the office sector is not Mirabaud Grand Paris fund's primary focus, the fund does not rule out opportunities to restructure assets into office (...)

Finance

"Covid-19 and the European Green Deal are accelerating the need for PropTech solutions"

BiTV Interview welcomes Dirk Paelinck, the founder and CEO of Interoffices and Workero as well as the Chairman of the European PropTech Association. With him, (...)

Listed

"Listed retail REITs will overcome the crisis".

Business Immo: The retail sector is said to be in agony, is this how you describe listed retail properties today?   Dominique Moerenhout: The situation of (...)

Housing

"France is a large exciting housing market"

BiTV welcomes Jacob Lund, COO at Rentola.  With him, we discuss how a Danish rental search engine has gained success in North Europe; and why (...)

Housing

Heitman steps into the French residential market

The French residential market ­— especially in Paris — continues to attract capital from investors. Heitman LLC, a global real estate investment management firm, (...)

Finance

"So far, the French market has been a slight underperformer"

BiTV Interview welcomes Simon Wallace, Global Co-Head of Real Estate Research and Strategy at DWS.  With him, we discuss how France’s commercial real estate market faring (...)

Finance

"Europe is looking more resilient than other continents in terms of investments"

BiTV Interview welcomes Lydia Brissy, Director of European Research at Savills. With her, we will take a close look to the European investments, the French (...)

Finance

"Patrizia remains positive and optimistic about real assets"

For its new "Interview" season, BiTV opens its platform to Business Immo Europe and welcomes Anne Kavanagh, Chief Investment Officer at Patrizia.  With her, we discuss Patrizia's (...)

Retail

"There isn't a great optimism about a market recovery in France"

For its new "Interview" season, BiTV opens its platform to Business Immo Europe and welcomes Simon Rubinsohn, Chief Economist at RICS.  With him, we discuss (...)

Finance

"From a pricing standpoint, different stories are playing out across the continent"

For its new "Interview" season, BiTV opens its platform to Business Immo Europe and welcomes Tom Leahy, Senior Director at Real Capital Analytics.  With him, we (...)

Office

Trade fairs limits lifted in France: event industry professionals dedicated to real estate reassured

After cancellations and numerous postponements due to the health crisis, the trade shows and fairs will be allowed to reopen as of September 1, (...)

Office

Post-Covid offices won’t be affected as much as anticipated by remote working — UBS AM

The implementation of home working policies across every major European office market due to the outbreak of Covid-19 has led to discussions regarding the future of (...)

Office

“Generali Real Estate won’t change its strategy significantly”

Business Immo: Four months after the coronavirus outbreak, what do you take away from this unprecedented crisis on European real estate? Aldo Mazzocco: In mid-2019, (...)

Hospitality

"Not all hotels will emerge from the Covid-19 crisis in the same way"

As a result of the containment measures taken by the French government and in accordance with the order of 15 March, all establishments in the (...)

Housing

"We aim to expand into the French market after the Covid-19 pandemic."

Business Immo: What is Montague Property? Thomas Balashev: Montague Property is a UK based luxury real estate privately owned company with an established overseas network (...)

Finance

Mapletree raised US$1.8bn for its first Pan US-European logistics fund

Musel Private Trust (Musel) at approximately US$1.8bn in total fund equity. Musel is a fully invested yielding portfolio comprising 262 logistics assets across 26 (...)

Hospitality

"Yays aims to sign at least 500 apartments in Paris over the next five years"

Business Immo: What does Yays offer to the apart'hotel market? Steven Smit: Yays is an apart'hotel brand with top-of-the-range services, offering well-designed, modern and functional (...)

Career

AEW appoints Julien Casanova as Head of Office Asset Management

Paris and London-based AEW has appointed Julien Casanova as Head of Office Asset Management for its institutional division in France. He will be based in (...)

Retail

French retail finds renewed dynamism in 2019 - JLL

Despite a turbulent year-end, France's retail rental  recorded positive results in 2019, reports consulting firm JLL. Thanks to a particularly dynamic 4Q19, the retail investment market also (...)

Finance

INREV postpones annual conference

The European Association for Investors in Non-Listed Real Estate (INREV) Annual Conference originally planned on 21-23 April, is postponed to 28-30 September due to (...)

Office

S2i Partners sells 22 rue de la Banque in Paris 2nd

Asset and fund manager S2i Partners, along with the Angelo Gordon private equity fund, has sold to Paris and London-based AEW the building located at 22 rue de la (...)

Logistics

UK's Segro signs buys 22,000 sqm logistics complex off-plan in Le Thillay.

French developer Linkcity Île-de-France, pubic planner Semavo and real estate company Portica have sold off-plan to London-based logistics REIT Segro a 22,000 sqm logistics complex located in A Park, a (...)

Housing

Linkcity sells 34,000 sqm Paris 19th mixed-use complex off-plan

French developer Linkcity Ile-de-France has signed the sales of its entire Îlot Fertile program, a 34,000 sqm operation built on a 1.3-hectare brownfield site (...)

Logistics

Union Investment launches its first logistics development in France with Logistrial acquisition

Germany's Union Investment has acquired its first French logistics real estate development project. Located in Ensisheim, near the German border, the project was acquired off-plan and will develop approximately (...)