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Méka Brunel

Présidente

Fondation Palladio

Professional organization

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Michel Baroni

Membre du conseil scientifique

Stéphane Bureau

Membre - Président de jury

Claude Cagol

Membre du comité exécutif

Michel Clair

Administrateur et Membre du conseil scientifique

Christian Cléret

Membre du comité exécutif

Emmanuelle Cosse

Vice-présidente

Lucie Cuenin

Responsable développement & mécénat

Bertrand de Feydeau

Président d'honneur

Thierry Deprost

Directeur général délégué

Jean-Pierre Duport

Membre du conseil scientifique

Mathieu Garro

Directeur général adjoint

Dominique Jacquet

Membre du conseil scientifique

Dorian Kelberg

Membre fondateur et administrateur

Christophe Kullmann

Membre fondateur et administrateur

Thierry Laroue-Pont

Vice-président

Christophe Lasnier

Chef de projet du Panorama de l’immobilier et de la ville

Agathe Levet

Office Manager

Guy Marty

Membre du conseil scientifique

Bruno Meyer

Secrétaire général

Bernard Michel

Membre fondateur associé

Axel Nevers

Chef de projet de l’Université de la Ville de Demain

Yan Perchet

Membre du conseil scientifique

Marie-Pauline Perrier

Chargée de communication

Philippe Richard

Délégué général émérite

Etienne Riot

Chef de projet, connecteur innovation-recherche Palladio

Jean-Marie Souclier

Membre du Comité de Pilotage

Alain Taravella

Membre fondateur et administrateur

Mathias Vicherat

Président de la Vigie Palladio

Olivier Wigniolle

Membre Fondateur

Housing

Housing: A third pillar is possible - residential property companies

As the first reading of the ELAN housing bill comes to an end in the French National Assembly, it is clear that France needs a (...)

Listed

Gecina leverages its billion euros to "deliver sustainable outperformance"

Since his appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Gecina in April 2022, Beñat Ortega has not spoken to the media, with the exception of (...)

Office

Gecina signs leases at €1,000/sqm/year in Paris CBD

Paris-based REIT/SIIC Gecina says it is "on the attack". "We are trying to define the premium rent in Paris ourselves," commented CEO Beñat Ortega the (...)

Listed

As a changing of the guard looms, Gecina looks to the future with confidence

As she prepares to hand over to Klépierre's Beñat Ortega after five years at the head of Paris-based REIT/SIIC Gecina, Méka Brunel presented the (...)

Career

Klépierre's Beñat Ortega appointed as Gecina’s next CEO

Gecina’s board of directors, chaired by Jérôme Brunel, met on December 10, 2021 and unanimously decided to appoint Beñat Ortega as the Paris-based REIT/SIIC's next (...)

Listed

Gecina reassured in its strategic choices

Reassured by the like-for-like growth of its rental income in the first half of 2021, both in offices (+0.4%) and traditional housing (+1.1%), Gecina (...)

Territories

France still has the lion's share of the finalists at the 2021 Mipim Awards

The finalists of the Mipim Awards 2021 revealed. The 13 members of the jury selected 50 projects from 21 countries for the final of (...)

Housing

Gecina and Woodeum join forces to develop 1,000 low-carbon wooden homes in France

To meet the need for rental housing in tense areas, France’s Gecina and Woodeum have signed a partnership agreement to develop 1,000 low-carbon, wood-structured (...)

Green

Gecina wants to transform 100% of its bonds into Green Bonds

Following on from the announcement of CAN0P-2030, its Carbon Net Zero Plan with a target for its operational portfolio to be carbon neutral by (...)

Territories

Mipim 2021 to be be held 7 and 8 September

The health crisis has been testing the nerves of event professionals in physics for over a year. As Reed Midem confirmed to Business Immo, (...)

Listed

After a year of resilience, Gecina enters a year of transition

"The resilience of our model and the centrality of our portfolio have enabled us to cope with the shock of the health crisis. "This is how (...)

Office

Gecina finalises the sale of five assets for €112m near Paris

Gecina has announced it has completed the sale of five office buildings outside Paris, representing a total of more than 25,000 sqm for nearly (...)

Housing

Gecina and Nexity partner to develop 4,000 new housing units in France

Paris-based REIT/SIIC Gecina and French listed real estate company Nexity have announced they have signed a partnership to develop 4,000 new housing units over four years (...)

Territories

France wins four Mipim Awards once again

Having been forced to be patient by the Covid-19 epidemic, the winners of the Mipim Awards 2020 were finally chosen during Paris Real Estate (...)

Career

Méka Brunel becomes the first woman president of EPRA

The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has announced that Méka Brunel, Managing Director of Gecina, is taking over the presidency of the professional body (...)

Territories

New French mayors, Nicolas Sarkozy, Covid-19... Mipim is turning into a political and economic meeting place

In the absence of a Cannes edition this year —that was postponed and then cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic— Mipim will relocate to (...)

Listed

Gecina anticipates 2020 results close to its initial guidance

While some listed real estate companies were heavily impacted by the Covid-19 epidemic, Paris-based REIT/SIIC Gecina was able to limit the damage in H1 (...)

Listed

Gecina gross rental income up 2.4% for 1Q20

Paris-based REIT/SIIC Gecina reported gross rental income €168.1m for 1Q20, up 2.4% on a current basis and 3.7% like-for-like. This performance primarily reflects the impact (...)

Office

French REIT/SIIC Gecina sells 3,900 sqm office building in Boulogne-Billancourt for €36.6m

French REIT/SIIC Gecina has finalised the sale of 54/56 avenue du Général-Leclerc, in Paris’ suburb Boulogne-Billancourt, for €36.6m. The fully occupied 3,900 sqm multi-tenant office (...)

Office

Primonial REIM pays €216m for Le Valmy building near Paris

Paris-based Primonial REIM has acquired from French REIT/SIIC Gecina the Le Valmy office building on behalf of its SCPI  fund Primopierre. The 29,000 sqm 7-floors office asset, (...)

Office

Mipim Awards 2020: France leads the way with eight nominations

The finalists for the Mipim Awards 2020 have been unveiled and France comes first with eight projects presented in Cannes, compared to five from (...)

Housing

French Gecina to spin off €3bn residential to allow unit to open capital

Giant French REIT/SIIC Gecina is to spin off of its 6,000-unit residential portfolio worth €3bn to allow, at the appropriate moment, this subsidiary to (...)

Hospitality

French Gecina finalises €181m hotel sale with Angelo Gordon, EQ Group

Paris-based REIT/SIIC Gecina has finalised the sale of a French hotel portfolio to Angelo Gordon and the EQ Group, based on a valuation of (...)

Listed

French Gecina raises 'green' loans to €910m, 20% of total bank debt

French REIT/SIIC Gecina has finalised three new 'green' loan agreements with BNP Paribas, Natixis and Société Générale for €660m, taking such financing to €910m (...)

Finance

Meka Brunel: Guiding France's Gecina in a world of real estate undergoing huge transformation

Of course, the half-yearly results of French Gecina are good, very good, says CEO Meka Brunel; this, in a world of real estate going through a singular (...)

Listed

Former Norwegian sovereign fund executive Veber joins French REIT Gecina

Giant French REIT Gecina has appointed former Norwegian sovereign fund manager Romain Veber to a leading post in investment and development. Starting on 1 November, Veber will become a (...)

Finance

Fifth Wall opens up to Europe with $503m PropTech focused Fund II

Fifth Wall, a PropTech focused American venture capital firm, announced today the close of its second real estate technology fund, a $503m vehicle with (...)

Listed

Sweden's Castellum joins pan-European REIT innovation, CSR think tank

Swedish listed Castellum has joined the sustainability and innovation think tank created in 2017 by alstria, COIMA RES, Colonial, Gecina, Great Portland Estates and (...)

Listed

French Gecina sells hotel portfolio to Angelo Gordon for €181m

Giant French REIT/SIIC Gecina is selling its entire hotel portfolio comprising five assets to US-based manager Angelo Gordon at a valuation of €181m. The portfolio, acquired as (...)

Finance

Paris REIT Gecina places 15yr €500m bond issue at 1.625% to buy back notes

Paris office and housing REIT Gecina has placed a €500m bond issue with a 15-year maturity at 1.625% and launched a tender offer on (...)

Finance

Hamburg student housing developer, Moscow project among 2019 MIPIM award winners

A Hamburg student housing firm working with wood, a Moscow concert park project, France's Altarea Cogedim, and Frankfurt's old town redevelopment were among MIPIM (...)

Office

Offices still preferred working space despite tech - European REITs

Technology may allow workers to operate anywhere, but more than ever physical offices are the working environments of choice, says a new report by (...)

Office

Gecina strengthens Paris focus, closing €525m regional office disposal

French REIT/SIIC Gecina has strengthened its focus on the Paris region with the closing of the €525m sale of regional office buildings, part of a number (...)

Office

French Gecina closes €266m sale of Lyon offices to Primonial REIM

Paris office and residential REIT/SIIC Gecina has finalised a €266m sale of nine office buildings in Lyon to investment manager Primonial REIM. The sale, which follows a preliminary agreement (...)

Office

Co-working here to stay but unlikely to dominate office lettings - EPRA

Co-working space offered by firms such as WeWork should be included in office investor strategies and while it is unlikely to dominate letting demand it serves (...)

Housing

French REIT/SIIC Gecina forms strategy for resi assets, now worth €3.2bn

Giant French REIT/SIIC Gecina has devised a value strategy for its residential assets, which, at €3.2bn out of a €20bn portfolio, have become a (...)

Listed

French Gecina 1H net up 51%yy at €230m, expects 8% shr rise for full year

Paris office REIT/SIIC Gecina now expects recurrent net income growth of over 8% per share for 2018 after it boosted the total by 51%yy (...)

Office

Paris Gecina signs €775m office sales to help cut LTV below 40%

Paris office REIT/SIIC Gecina has signed €775m in sales pledges for buildings outside Paris acquired in the takeover of Eurosic which, once closed by year end, (...)

Health / Senior

MIPIM BLOG Day 3: The Awards – for the ‘creative art’ of real estate in Europe

Live from MIPIM (Cannes) - Day Three-Thursday: Despite the driving rain in Cannes, even more evidence that the scope of European opportunities is widening, yes, and (...)

Listed

Canada’s Ivanhoé Cambridge cuts stake in French Gecina to 15.4%

Ivanhoé Cambridge, the real estate investment arm of Quebec-based pension fund manager CDPQ, has trimmed its holding in French office REIT/SIIC Gecina by 4.28% via a (...)

Finance

French Gecina raises 2017 net by 4.6%, NAV by 19%; says Michel is stepping down

French office REIT/SIIC Gecina raised net income by 4.6% in 2017, adding nearly 19% to net asset value to take it to €152.9 per (...)

Office

Eyeing European REITs, US Seeking Alpha adviser picks Gecina, Paris office as winners

Never before have I seen a private US stock-picking adviser venture into listed European real estate, but US retail investors are looking around the (...)

Listed

Six European office REITs form sustainability and innovation thinktank

Even if real estate is local, clients' technical and environmental needs are the same across Europe, says Meka Brunel, CEO of French SIIC Gecina and one of (...)

Hospitality

Gold in Spanish resort hotels (2): Blackstone, Ruggieri move in

In the rush to tap into the booming Spanish tourism hotel business, US wealth manager Blackstone and France’s Ruggieri family are hot on the (...)