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Finance 16/07/2020

European real estate investment volumes drop 39 % in Q2 2020, at €43bn - CBRE

Total real estate investment in Europe reached €43bn in Q2 2020, a 39% decrease from the same period last year, according to real estate (...)

Logistics 15/07/2020

Logistics real estate market down 46% in 1H 2020 - JLL

At the end of the first half of 2020, JLL had 932,810 sqm of >10,000 sqm warehouses were marketed in France, according to JLL (...)

Finance 09/07/2020

Paris is on the European CRE investment post-Covid podium - Savills

The extent of the Covid-19 epidemic and its consequences on the real estate investment market is still uncertain. Nevertheless, some European cities are already (...)

Territories 09/07/2020

"I want to connect my term to the major underlying trends driving the real estate industry."

Business Immo: You have been active within ULI France for several years. Why this involvement? Sébastien Chemouny: I have been working for Allianz for ten (...)

Finance 09/07/2020

Real estate transparency is progressing worldwide, but overall improvement is the weakest since GFC – JLL/LaSalle

Transparency is progressing across most countries and territories, but overall improvement is the weakest since the period directly following the Global Financial Crisis, reports (...)

Finance 08/07/2020

Angelo Gordon raises over $1.5bn for latest European real estate fund

Angelo Gordon & Co., a $35bn alternative investment firm focused on credit and real estate investing, has raised over $1.5bn in equity commitments for (...)

Finance 08/07/2020

"This crisis should accelerate the adoption of new technologies in real estate"

Business Immo: Two years after its launch, what is the status of the JLL Spark Global Venture Fund? Tanguy Quéro: With a $100m capital, this fund (...)

Finance 08/07/2020

European real estate performance reflects impacts of Covid-19 in Q1 2020 - INREV

The negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the European real estate industry are starting to show, according the INREV Quarterly Index for Q1 (...)

Retail 07/07/2020

Paris Gare du Nord renovation project gets building permit

The Prefect of Ile-de-France, Michel Cadot, issued a building permit for the renovation of Paris’ Gare du Nord train station. This order follows the (...)

Finance 06/07/2020

France's CRE investment market suffers the effects of Covid-19 in 1H20 (Knight Frank)

For the first half of 2020 as a whole, the volumes invested in France totalled €11bn, reports Knight Frank. Although down 15% year-on-year, they (...)

Office 03/07/2020

How resilient is the Île-de-France office market through the crisis? - C&W

Cushman & Wakefield's Research department conducted a cross review of office transactions and the impact of the crisis on real estate sectors in Île-de-France. (...)

Finance 03/07/2020

French PropTech company Unlatch raises €5.2m, to expand into Spain and England

Having tripled its turnover and passed milestone of 200 developers having adopted its real estate sales digitising solution in 2019, French Proptech company Unlatch (...)

Office 02/07/2020

“Generali Real Estate won’t change its strategy significantly”

Business Immo: Four months after the coronavirus outbreak, what do you take away from this unprecedented crisis on European real estate? Aldo Mazzocco: In mid-2019, (...)

Career 01/07/2020

Immobel Executive Chairman Marnix Galle appointed as ULI Europe Chairman

Marnix Galle, executive chairman of Belgian developer, Immobel, has been appointed as ULI Europe Chairman. Succeeding Juergen Fenk, member of the executive board, SIGNA (...)

Hospitality 01/07/2020

Global hotels sales down 50% in 2020 – RCA

Globally, hotels have been the asset class most impacted by the Covid-19 crisis with sales down by 50% in the first five months of (...)

Housing 29/06/2020

European multifamily investment activity is expected to remain strong in 2Q20 - Savills

Multifamily investment activity in the first quarter of 2020 approached €11.6bn in the 12 European markets monitored by Savills, the firm says in a (...)

Office 29/06/2020

France’s Wojo launches "Wojo for impact" programme for unused office space

Coworking operator Wojo, a joint venture from French hospitality giant Accor and Bouygues, has announced the launch of its "Wojo for impact" programme, which (...)

Retail 29/06/2020

French government plans to create property companies to buy back downtown retail premises (press)

The French government is considering creating property companies to buy back retail premises and make them available at attractive rents, reports the newspaper Les (...)

Territories 25/06/2020

French CRE fair Simi opens up to all asset classes

For its 19th edition, France's major commercial property trade fair Simi is taking the turn towards diversification by now integrating all real estate asset classes. Under (...)

Finance 24/06/2020

With lockdowns easing, investments should resume in 2H20 - Savills

As the world is starting to get out of lockdown and a majority of countries are loosening restrictions, occupier demand has been the first (...)