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Office 31/10/2018

Europa Capital adds Paris office for €500m core long-income fund

London-based investment manager Europa Capital has acquired the Imagine office building in Paris for its core long-income fund which targets €500m fully deployed by (...)

Housing 01/06/2018

Dutch Kempen Capital aims at alternative real estate opportunities

Business Immo : What is the weight of alternative classes in your real estate holdings? Matthijs Storm : Kempen holds around €2.5bn in real estate assets worldwide. The portion (...)

Office 01/06/2018

French Primonial aims at €20bn AUM, halving office exposure - Frapet

The new head of France’s Primonial REIM, one of the country’s biggest private property investment managers, says he aims to grow assets to €20bn in (...)

Office 29/05/2018

Grosvenor shifts French strategy from retail towards office renovations

Grosvenor Europe, part of London's privately-held Grosvenor real estate giant, has shifted its French strategy towards Paris office renovations and reduced its emphasis on retail property, (...)

Office 23/05/2018

French REIT Inea targets €1bn in green office assets by 2021

French REIT Foncière Inea aims to grow assets to €1bn by end 2021 from under €700m now, focusing especially on sustainable 'green' office space in the (...)

Retail 17/05/2018

BMO’s Kelley - high prices making French high street investments difficult

Real estate fund BMO, a unit of Canada's Bank of Montreal, aims to signifcantly expand its city centre retail assets in France but is having difficulties (...)

Retail 09/05/2018

Apple lease, 20yr plan key to €600m price-tag for Champs Elysees - Hines France MD

Business Immo: Why did you buy the 114 Champs-Élysées for almost €110 000 per sqm? Xavier Musseau: This transaction is atypical both in terms of (...)

Finance 19/02/2018

Shares in French Cegereal jump on 2017 results, special div; eyes capital raise

Shares in Paris office REIT/SIIC Cegereal, controlled by US firm Northwood, jumped 8% Friday after it reported 2017 IFRS net profit up by 51% (...)

Office 18/12/2017

China's Fosun to grow Paref in Paris, Europe, even as Beijing pressure intensifies

Just two months after acquisitive Chinese group Fosun took control, French real estate manager Paref is making ambitious plans to expand in Paris and other European (...)