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Finance 10/07/2020

"In France, we want to remain active across all asset classes"

Business Immo: You become Head of Investments in a particularly troubled climate for real estate investors. How does the current period influence your investment (...)

Logistics 10/07/2020

As appetite for logistics grows, industrial and retail yields are converging - Savills

Industrial may have been historically the highest yielding sector of the three established commercial real estate sectors, but because investor demand for logistics has (...)

Logistics 26/06/2020

As e-commerce transforms the logistics sector, investors crave last mile assets – Aviva Investors

As e-commerce companies look to accelerate delivery times, the logistics sector is transforming, states a recent Aviva Investors study, with strong demand for “last (...)

Retail 03/06/2020

"Today's retail is more digital, but still as multichannel as ever"

The e-commerce activity of the Fnac-Darty group, which became its sole distribution channel for several weeks, doubled during the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 (...)

Finance 25/05/2020

"Just because we’re forced to invest doesn’t mean we have to make mistakes"

Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19, Amundi Immobilier continued to invest during the spring with acquisitions in Barcelona and Warsaw. As several European countries (...)

Retail 25/03/2020

Economic downturn potential trigger for expected restructure of Europe’s retail property sector - ULI

In a timely report based on interviews before the COVID-19 outbreak with 24 major investors in the European retail property market, the Urban Land (...)

Logistics 23/03/2020

"This crisis will highlight logistics as an essential part of the primary infrastructure of any country."

Business Immo: Facing the Covid-19 outbreak, what challenges do Gazeley and your logistics platform tenants face? Fabrice Cervoni: The slowdown in activity, or even the (...)

Logistics 30/10/2019

German warehouse demand vulnerable to slowdown, but not happening yet

Demand for German warehouse space will be hit by the economic slowdown, but this is not happening yet and 2019 take-up should fall just (...)

Logistics 25/09/2019

Blackstone launches European last-mile logistics property firm Mileway

US investment giant Blackstone has launched a pan-European last-mile logistics property firm, Mileway combining some 1,000 assets, 9m sqm of space already acquired by its funds. The (...)

Logistics 17/07/2019

Arrow Capital Partners launches €2bn joint-venture to invest in European logistics

Arrow Capital Partners has partnered with North-American private equity investors to launch €2bn joint-venture called SIRE (Strategic Industrial Real Estate) to invest in European (...)

Logistics 03/04/2019

S.Europe offers opportunities in logistics, student resi, healthcare, data centres - AXA

Southern European presents specific rather than general real estate investment opportunities - in logistics, student housing, healthcare and data centres, AXA IM's Philippe de (...)

Logistics 01/04/2019

P3 Logistic ends 2018 with 4.1m sqm AUM, e-commerce/retail first over 30%

Czech-based P3 Logistic Parks, owned by Singapore's GIC, grew its portfolio to over 4.1m sqm last year, and said e-commerce and retail tenants rose above (...)

Logistics 29/03/2019

Tenant demand, yields to keep European logistics investment strong - BNPP RE

Occupational demand for European logistics property is the strongest in years, and this plus relatively high yields should keep the market robust this year, (...)

Retail 14/03/2019

Retail vs logistics: a battle for supremacy?

In the age of e-commerce, a €550bn industry across Europe according to Colliers, many see a clear conflict between retail and logistics. In this (...)

Finance 14/01/2019

Polish 2018 CRE investment surges 45% to record €7.2bn - Savills

Commercial real estate investment in Poland surged 45% last year to an all-time record of over €7.2bn, comprising more than 100 transactions, according to (...)

Logistics 11/01/2019

Norway's Pareto said paying €61m for Greater Oslo logistics package

Norwegian investment manager Pareto has acquired a portfolio of logistics assets in the Greater Oslo region for a price said at around €61m. Pareto said (...)

Logistics 10/01/2019

Spain's Azora, CBRE said launching €250m last-mile logistics firm

Azora, the Madrid property manager which developed and then sold one of Spain' largest REITs, has launched a firm with CBRE to invest €250m (...)

Retail 08/01/2019

Savills, seeing retail merging with logistics, launches Omnichannel Retail team

Savills is expanding its client offering to include a dedicated Omnichannel Retail team combining retail and logistics expertise, expecting the segments to merge together (...)

Housing 19/12/2018

France’s building industry growth halves to 2.3% in 2018 - FFB

After reaching nearly 5% growth in volume in 2017, the expansion in French construction slowed to 2.3% in 2018, according to the FFB building (...)

Logistics 27/11/2018

French logistics REIT Argan to repeat double-digit growth in 2018

Paris-based warehouse REIT/SIIC Argan has experienced spectacular development since foundation in 2000 - and 2018, reaching €1.4bn under management by year-end, will be no different. In an (...)