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Finance 06/07/2021

French CRE investment in decline... temporarily?

Knight Frank reports on the French corporate investment market at the end of the second quarter of 2021. While the end of the crisis (...)

Finance 01/07/2021

With the acquisition of Primonial, Altarea accelerates the deployment of its model

It's a bombshell in the real estate world. By announcing the acquisition of Primonial and its €30bn of real estate assets under management, Altarea (...)

Green 24/06/2021

Will La Défense's towers be the greenest in France?

Paris La Défense, Saint-Gobain, Allianz, Orange, BNP Paribas Real Estate and Groupama have announced the launch of a major energy saving competition between the (...)

Office 23/03/2021

France's Orange settles in its new global headquarters near Paris

On Thursday, after three years of work, Alain Taravella, founding chairman of the French developer Altarea, delivered Bridge, the new global headquarters of French (...)

Office 16/03/2021

AEW signs eight leases on the Tour Initiale in La Défense

AEW has signed eight leases in recent months covering a total of more than 20,000 sqm on the Tour Initiale in La Défense. In (...)

Logistics 25/02/2021

AEW raises €475m in the first closing of its new Ullis fund

AEW has announced the launch of "Ullis", a new platform dedicated to logistics and business parks in urban areas. With a €475m initial capital, (...)

Retail 10/02/2021

Retail space openings in French malls fall by -49% in 2020 — C&W

As 2020 ended against a backdrop of recession (-9% for the GDP), a decline conditioned by the consequences of the Covid-19 on the country's (...)

Finance 15/01/2021

CRE investment: is a downturn coming in France?

2020 could have been the annus horribilis for the French commercial real estate investment market. It was quite different... In spite of a health (...)

Housing 03/08/2020

In times of uncertainty, block residential reinforces its attractiveness — Primonial REIM

Primonial REIM has just published a recent study about the office, commercial, residential, health, and hospitality markets. “Although the lockdown reduced the volume of (...)

Finance 29/07/2020

Frey buys AG Real Estate's stake in the Frey Retail Fund 2

Paris-based retail REIT/SIIC Frey, specialised in open-air shopping centres, has announced the acquisition of AG Real Estate's stake in the Frey Retail Fund 2 (...)

Retail 28/07/2020

Covid-19 has not adversely affected France's prime retail rents – JLL

According to JLL, no decline in rental values has been observed on the French retail market so far, according to JLL, with prime rents (...)

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 (...)

Finance 07/04/2020

The investment market in France set a record before the Covid-19 crisis (Knight Frank)

In retrospect, the first quarter of 2020 has been a great period for commercial real estate investment. The volumes invested increased by 28% compared to Q1 (...)

Listed 02/04/2020

French REIT/SIIC Icade lowers its 2019 dividend

In response to the French government’s urging last week, French REIT/SIIC Icade’s Board of Directors decided to lower the 2019 dividend amount that will (...)

Retail 13/02/2020

URW to partner with Crédit Agricole Assurances and La Française on a €2bn portfolio

Europe's largest listed property owner, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced today that it has received binding offers from a consortium of French investors comprised of Crédit (...)

Office 12/02/2020

Covivio and Crédit Agricole Assurances to extend Dassault Systèmes’ campus near Paris

REIT/SIIC Covivio, insurance group Crédit Agricole Assurances and Dassault Systèmes have announced the extension of the software editor’s campus, located in the Inovel Parc (...)

Hospitality 17/12/2019

Paris-based Accor sells Polish Orbis hotels to AccorInvest for €1bn

Paris-based global hotel operating giant Accor has completed the sale of the Polish group Orbis to its AccorInvest associate for €1.06bn, retaining only the (...)

Listed 16/10/2019

French REIT Argan acquires fund with 22 logistics assets worth €898m

French REIT/SIIC Argan has finalised the acquisition from Carrefour and institutional investors of the SCI Cargo fund holding 22 logistics assets at a value of €898m. In (...)

Hospitality 11/07/2019

Paris's AccorInvest boosts mid-segment with pan-European hotels acquisition

Paris-based hotel group AccorInvest has completed purchase of a pan-European portfolio of four assets totalling 661 rooms to boost its presence in the mid-market (...)

Hospitality 14/06/2019

Accor to sell Polish Orbis plus €1.18bn real estate, buy its contracts business for €286m

Just months after boosting its stake in Poland's Orbis hotels, Paris hotel giant Accor is to sell its €1.18bn in real estate, buy its (...)