Spain's Colonial becomes the nation's largest REIT/SOCIMI with 11bn AUM after it agreed a merger with peer Axiare following a takeover accepted by 87% of Axiare shareholders. Colonial (...)
Shifting economics and politics in Portugal mean the government is increasingly likely to introduce REIT legislation this year, an EPRA/Iberian Property conference heard. The (...)
Miguel Ferre, one of the fathers of Spain's REIT regime, is to take part, alongside four of his most successful 'progeny', Merlin Properties, Hispania, Colonial and Lar España, at (...)
Spanish office REIT/SOCIMI Colonial, which owns a majority in France's SFL, said attributable net profit last year, prior to its takeover of Madrid peer Axiare, jumped 149% (...)
Société Foncière Lyonnaise, a Paris office REIT/SIIC controlled by Spain's Colonial group, raised 2017 EPRA earnings by 1.5% to €102.4m though attributable net profit surged more strongly - (...)
As expected after the board of Spanish REIT/SOCIMI Axiare approved a takeover offer by peer Colonial, a majority of its shareholders accepted by the (...)
The takeover bid by Spain's REIT/SOCIMI Colonial for its smaller peer Axiare Patrimonio remains on track after Axiare's board voted in favour and its CEO said he will (...)
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 (...)
Hard on the heels of an €800m bond issuance to help finance its €1.46bn bid for peer Axiare, Spanish REIT/SOCIMI Colonial has added another €416m to (...)
Spanish REIT Colonial’s takeover bid for peer Axiare has taken a confusing turn after Bank of America declared a 6.7% stake in the target, Boston fund Wellington (...)
Spanish REIT Colonial has boosted its stake in peer Axiare to 29% and is launching a full bid at €18.50 per share, pricing it (...)
Eighteen IPOs took place in the European public real estate markets in the first nine months of 2017, raising €4.3bn, according to EPRA. Those planned (...)
European public real estate markets are in good shape as our website goes live. German housing stocks are near highs, as are most of (...)