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Listed 23/04/2018

Spain's Colonial raises €650m after Axiare merger creates €11bn SOCIMI

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 (...)

Listed 26/03/2018

Portugal moving toward REIT start this year – EPRA/Iberian Property panel

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 (...)

Finance 08/03/2018

Father of Spain's REIT regime to speak at EPRA/Iberian Property event

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 (...)

Office 26/02/2018

Spanish office REIT Colonial 2017 net jumps 149%, recurring up 14%

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% (...)

Finance 12/02/2018

French REIT SFL, controlled by Spain's Colonial, boosts 2017 net by 36%

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 - (...)

Finance 05/02/2018

Spanish REIT Colonial's takeover bid for peer Axiare declared successful

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 (...)

Finance 09/01/2018

Spanish Colonial bid on track after Axiare board votes in favour

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 (...)

Listed 20/12/2017

Six European office REITs form sustainability and innovation thinktank

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 (...)

Finance 30/11/2017

Spain's Colonial raises another €416m for Axiare bid in accelerated rights issue

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 (...)

Finance 22/11/2017

Spanish Colonial’s bid for Axiare thrown into confusion as BoA, funds raise stakes

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 (...)

Finance 14/11/2017

Spanish REIT Colonial in €1.2bn takeover bid for Madrid peer Axiare

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 (...)

Finance 25/10/2017

Eighteen IPOs in European public RE in first 9mths raise €4.3bn

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 (...)

Finance 01/10/2017

European public real estate in good shape, led by German resi, French/Spanish office

European public real estate markets are in good shape as our website goes live. German housing stocks are near highs, as are most of (...)