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Logistics 18/09/2019

Union Investment pays €120m for German logistics portfolio

Germany's Union Investment is paying €120m for a 120,000 sqm logistics portfolio from domestic provider Trans Service Team as it seeks to double its (...)

Office 28/08/2019

Union Investment extends core location focus with €50m Helsinki office buy

Germany's Union Investment, extending its re-focus on core locations and new city development areas, has acquired a 5,700 sqm office asset in Helsinki for (...)

Listed 28/08/2019

Deutsche Wohnen follows 14% 1H FFO rise to €283m with €615m sale to ZBI

Following half-year results showing FFO1 rose by 13.5% to €283.4m, German listed firm Deutsche Wohnen has sold a package of 6,350 housing units to (...)

Finance 27/08/2019

European real estate said facing falling yields, rising rents as interest rates stay low

European real estate faces an environment of falling acquisition yields and rising rents in the coming months as official interest rates remain low, says (...)

Office 29/07/2019

German Union Investment's CRE lettings surge 80% - €96m net rent

Germany's Union Investment boosted total lettings across all global commercial real estate by 80% in the first half compared to 1H18, representing annual net (...)

Office 18/07/2019

Advised by CBRE GI, Italian mgr Fabrica pays €132m for Brussels Mondrian

Advised by CBRE Global Investors, Rome-based manager Fabrica SGR has paid €131.5m for the 20,600 sqm EC-let Mondrian office building in Brussels on behalf of a (...)

Finance 05/07/2019

German 1H property investment reaches €32bn, should hit €70bn for full year - JLL

Despite negative reports, German real estate investment continued to perform well in the first half-year at €32.2bn, and should reach some €70bn for the (...)

Office 02/07/2019

Germany's Union Investment acquires 5th Stockholm office property

Germany's Union Investment has added its fifth Stockholm office property since 2016, the fully-let, refurbished historic HSB building in central Stockholm offering 11,500 sqm GLA. Giving no (...)

Housing 27/06/2019

Germany's Münster said most attractive student housing location

The city of Münster, with almost 60,000 students, is the most attractive investment location for new student housing in Germany, says a new study (...)

Finance 07/06/2019

Germany's Deka launches new private saver funds, enters resi with Swiss Life

German savings banks' investment arm Deka is launching three new private saver real estate funds, one of which invests for the first time in (...)

Finance 11/04/2019

Four key trends for real estate values seen as demography, urbanisation, tech, sustainability

Four main trends will be crucial for determining future real estate values, says the head of BNP Paribas REIM - demography, urbanisation, technology and (...)

Finance 05/07/2018

German firms establish Real Estate Data Summit to set open digital strategy

Eight leading German property management and real estate firms, organised by Berlin PropTech group Architrave, have founded a new grouping called Real Estate Data (...)

Hospitality 31/05/2018

German investable hotel mkt up 6% to €53bn but deals falling - report

The investable hotel market in Germany grew last year by 6% to €52.6bn but actual deals declined and will likely fall further, says a (...)

Finance 19/03/2018

Germany's Union pays Fabege €120m for fourth Stockholm office asset

Germany's Union Investment has acquired its fourth Swedish office property in recent years, paying listed group Fabege €120m for the 18,000 sqm U6 building (...)

Finance 13/03/2018

MIPIM BLOG Day 1: Sun still shining on European real estate but rain (caution) enters forecasts

Live from MIPIM (Cannes) - First impressions from the sunshine of Cannes: still plenty of optimism around real estate value in Europe though now it comes (...)

Listed 01/03/2018

Vienna's CA Immo boosts 2017 FFO by 16%, EPRA NAV 12% to €29.90 shr

Vienna's listed CA Immobilien, one of three Austrian firms presently in focus for possible creation of an 'Austria Champion', reported a 16%yy surge FFO to (...)

Hospitality 15/01/2018

German Union Investment boosts real estate to €34bn, eyes global hotels

Union Investment, part of the German public sector Volks- and Raiffeisenbank group, last year boosted managed real estate to €34.5bn from €31.8bn in 2016. (...)

Office 22/10/2017

Patrizia eyes more acquisitions, settles Union Investment payout dispute

German listed investment manager Patrizia is planning further acquisitions and has around €700m in liquidity for this, CFO Karim Bohn said in a interview. It has also settled (...)