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Office 14/01/2019

AXA IMRA acquires TechnoCampus in Berlin Siemensstadt for clients

AXA Investment Managers-Real Assets said it has acquired on behalf of clients, TechnoCampus, an office project which comprises part of Siemensstadt in the Spandau (...)

Logistics 20/11/2018

Singapore's GLP launches 3rd Euro logistics fund, eyes €2bn with QuadReal, CPPIB

Singapore’s Global Logistics Properties, with Canada's QuadReal and CPPIB, is launching the European logistics property fund CD 1 which targets €2bn in projects - (...)

Office 10/10/2018

Expo Real 2018 closes after 6% rise to record 44,536 visitors

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - Munich's Expo Real, the largest real estate trade fair in Europe, ended its annual three-day session Wednesday after (...)

Housing 10/10/2018

France's CDC, backed by Germany's Vonovia, said winner of SNCF housing at €1.4bn

With a near €1.4bn bid, France's CDC Habitat, backed by two state pension funds and Germany's Vonovia, has won the 4,000-unit housing portfolio sold (...)

Housing 28/09/2018

"Why Greystar is expanding into PRS, student homes in France"

Business Immo: Who is Greystar? Hideki Kurata: Greystar is an integrated American-based platform specialising in residential real estate in the broad sense, with particular expertise (...)

Housing 27/09/2018

US Greystar to boost student housing in Spain, enter Portugal

US real estate group Greystar, fresh from launching a new student housing platform in France, says it will expand existing operations in Spain and (...)

Hospitality 25/09/2018

AXA completes Tour Paris-Lyon office-hotel redevelopment

AXA Investment Managers-Real Assets has completed transformation of a 19-storey office tower near the Gare de Lyon in Paris into the Tour Paris-Lyon hotel, (...)

Finance 11/09/2018

French La Francaise adds German Veritas to aid €70bn AUM target

Paris-based investment manager La Francaise has acquired German property asset manager Veritas, which runs over €7bn AUM in two firms based in Frankfurt and (...)

Retail 10/09/2018

Future of retail lies not in online or stores but in both - EPRA debate

The future of retail lies not in online or stores but in multi-channel, the EPRA conference heard last week. But internet shopping has further (...)

Retail 01/08/2018

Corpus Sireo Dresden buy takes Swiss Life owned property to €44bn

Corpus Sireo Real Estate, the German arm of Swiss Life Asset Managers, has acquired the Florentinum retail property in Dresden and said the deal, for which (...)

Finance 01/08/2018

European 1H RE investment slows to €110bn; should pick up in 2H - RCA

European real estate investment slowed 19%yy in the first half to €109.8bn as high prices led institutions to scale back, says New York-based research (...)

Retail 27/07/2018

Pradera, AXA IMRA take €105m minority stake in Turin 8Gallery mall

London based retail investment manager Pradera, in a joint venture with AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets, has paid €105m for a minority interest (...)

Logistics 29/06/2018

Blackstone adds French logistics via Gramercy, one day after buying in Germany

Just one day after adding five logistics properties in Germany, US giant Blackstone is adding seven in France for €175m via Gramercy Europe, part of US REIT (...)

Finance 19/06/2018

Aided by consolidation, global property fund AUM rises 22% to average €16.7bn

Primarily due to rapid growth of big managers, aided by a trend to consolidation, average assets managed by global property funds last year rose (...)

Office 13/06/2018

Germany's Corpus Sireo, part of Swiss Life, is latest to enter Finland, at €28m

Germany's Corpus Sireo Real Estate, part of Swiss Life Asset Managers, has become the latest major foreign fund to enter Finland, paying €28m for a commercial (...)

Health / Senior 13/06/2018

AXA IMRA adds €250m portfolio of elderly care facilities in Paris

AXA Investment Managers - Real Assets, one of Europe's largest investing institutions, has acquire a €250m portfolio of elderly care residential facilities in Paris (...)

Retail 28/05/2018

AEW is latest to re-enter Helsinki, paying €109m for Stockmann asset

London and Paris-based AEW has become the latest large institution to invest in Helsinki, paying €108.5m for a retail-led asset in the CBD from store group (...)

Logistics 11/05/2018

Blackstone's $7.6bn Gramercy takeover includes European unit

Giant US-based manager Blackstone is acquiring US REIT Gramercy Property Trust in a deal valued at €6.4bn ($7.6bn) that includes Gramercy Europe, a London-based (...)

Finance 16/04/2018

Rule of law, transparency, liquidity are key investment criteria - INREV panel

Rule of law, transparency and liquidity in global real estate markets are the key criteria for allocations, the INREV Annual Conference heard in a panel bringing (...)

Retail 04/12/2017

Poland's Griffin signs €1bn of 28 retail assets, earmarking 12 for Echo Polska

Poland's Griffin Real Estate, controlled by US funds Oaktree, PIMCO and South Africa's Redefine, has signed a deal reported earlier to acquire 28 domestic (...)