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Finance 19/05/2023

"There is light at the end... but we are still in the tunnel"

BiTV welcomes Hans Vrensen, Managing Director and Head of Research & Strategy Europe at AEW. The global real estate investment manager recently published its 2023 (...)

Finance 16/05/2023

Towards a rebound in real estate yields in Europe according to AEW

All real estate sectors are expected to benefit from stronger rental growth and yield compression starting in 2024 : this is the main finding (...)

Finance 22/03/2023

The times they are changing... and the real estate cycle with them

A lot can change in a year. “At the end of 2021, real estate market activity was dynamic," recalls Christoph Knaack, CEO of Preqin, (...)

Finance 03/01/2023

Will 2023 be a year of (re)definition for real estate markets?

"The specificity of the current period is that it distinguishes between two time scales: the first around a peak in inflation that may or (...)

Office 20/12/2022

A landmark transaction for La Française REM in Manchester

According to CoStar*, La Française REM, acting on behalf of two collective real estate investment vehicles, has acquired 101 Barbirolli Square in Manchester from (...)

Finance 16/12/2022

"Property yields are clearly expected to move up in 2023"

BiTV interview welcomes Hans Vrensen, Head of Research & Strategy at AEW Europe. With him, we discuss the firm's recent report, “2023 European Annual Outlook: Positioning (...)

Logistics 14/02/2022

Allianz completes commitment to its UK develop-to-core logistics vehicle

Allianz Real Estate, acting on behalf of a number of Allianz Group companies, has finalised the initial commitment of €290m for its develop-to-core logistics (...)

Office 16/04/2021

"Regional European markets will be more resilient when the working from home trends continues"

BiTV Interview welcomes Hans Vrensen, Head of Research & Strategy at AEW Europe. In a recent AEW Monthly Research Report, its is stated that the share of (...)

Finance 14/12/2020

AEW launches Eurocore fund with €410m first close

AEW has announced the first close for Eurocore, the firm’s new open-ended pan-European core fund, at €410m of equity commitments. Investors that have committed (...)

Office 05/11/2020

Tishman Speyer and PSP Investments buy Canal+'s headquarters near Paris for €230m

Tishman Speyer and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) recently acquired the Espace Lumière building in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris, from a fund (...)

Finance 09/10/2019

Allianz RE, already at record €67bn AUM, sets sights on €100bn by 2024

Allianz Real Estate, part of the Munich insurer, is targeting €100bn AUM by 2024, up from a record €67.1bn now, achieved by diversification across (...)

Office 07/10/2019

French office investment, at €9.77bn in 1H, boosted by regional cities - BNPPRE

With take-up of 2.06m sqm and €9.77bn invested in 1H19, the French office market remains healthy, with regional cities rising fast in popularity, says (...)

Finance 07/10/2019

Lille, the rising office market in the North

The Lille metropolitan area posted remarkable numbers during the first half of 2019, with take-up reaching 150 600 sqm, a 40% jump in transaction (...)

Office 09/09/2019

Asian appetite for Paris-La Défense continues as GIC nears €550m closing on Tower PB6

Asian investor appetite for large office towers in Paris-La Défense continues unabated, with BI sources saying Singapore's GIC is near to closing on Tower PB6 for (...)

Retail 29/07/2019

AEW’s Europe City Retail enters Portugal, taking fund value to €650m

Investment manager AEW is entering Portugal with its Europe City Retail fund, adding eight properties to take holdings to 23 assets in 13 cities worth (...)

Finance 05/06/2019

LaSalle IM's Mokrane joins BI sister firm iread as Senior Advisor

Mahdi Mokrane, Head of European Research and Strategy at LaSalle Investment Management, is joining Business Immo's sister company iread as Senior Advisor. Iread said Mokrane will collaborate and provide, in particular, his expertise (...)

Logistics 03/06/2019

AEW wins €275m separate logistics mandate from German insurer

Paris-based asset manager AEW has won a €275m separate account mandate from a German insurance group to establish a core logistics property portfolio across (...)

Office 23/04/2019

CNP to move Paris HQ by 2022 after approving Issy forward purchase

French insurer CNP is to move its HQ to the southwestern Paris district of Issy-Les-Moulineaux by 2022, after approving the forward purchase of an office (...)

Logistics 28/03/2019

AEW's new €750m equity raise for Logistis brings €4bn target AUM

Investment manager AEW has raised €750m new equity for its pan-European industrial fund Logistis, taking total to €2.3bn and setting a €4bn investment goal, says (...)

Office 18/03/2019

AEW City Office Germany fund fully deployed at €345m after Berlin buy

Paris and London-based AEW has fully invested its City Office Germany Fund at €345m after adding B5, an asset in the Wilmersdorf district of (...)