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Office 10/10/2018

"France is very focused on innovation"

Business Immo: How is French PropTech developing? Régis Chemouny: Investments in PropTech are expected to reach $ 20 billion worldwide in 2020, compared to $ 12 billion (...)

Finance 10/10/2018

With €60bn AUM Allianz RE diversifies to aim for €100bn

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - Allianz Real Estate, now with some €60bn under management, has set a goal of €100bn and aims to reach (...)

Hospitality 10/10/2018

UK’s EasyHotel to open 50 hotels in France, Germany, Spain

Business Immo: What is EasyHotel’s development plan for Europe ? Marc Vieilledent: At the time of its entry on the London Stock Exchange in 2014, (...)

Logistics 10/10/2018

Logistics developer Panattoni plans €1.2bn European ‘City Docks’

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - Logistics developer Panattoni Europe is to invest €1.2bn over the next three years in 'City Docks', warehouse solutions in or near (...)

Office 09/10/2018

CEE real estate shifting as cost efficiency gives way to knowledge industries

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - Central European real estate markets are changing, with a marked shift to quality and knowledge-based operations and away (...)

Office 09/10/2018

"La Défense is THE premier business district of Paris"

Business Immo: What makes La Défense different from other French business districts? Marie-Célie Guillaume: La Défense is THE premier business district of Paris. It is (...)

Office 09/10/2018

Hines’ new European value-add fund could invest up to €1.8bn

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - US-based Hines could invest up to €1.8bn in with its new value-add Hines European Value Fund, which recently (...)

Finance 09/10/2018

Despite low Euro yields, value and returns should continue into 2019 - Colliers

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - Despite European real estate yields reaching cyclical lows, value and returns should continue into 2019 due to strong (...)

Finance 09/10/2018

Swiss Life AM reaches €72bn AUM at mid-year, eyes five more funds

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - Swiss Life Asset Managers has added €3bn to its managed real estate in first half to reach €72bn (...)

Office 09/10/2018

Hyundai-led Korean club buys Lufthansa's former Cologne HQ

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - South Korea's Hyundai AM has acquired the former corporate headquarters of Lufthansa in Cologne for a Korean investor club under (...)

Housing 09/10/2018

Resi share in Euro RE investment up 50%; demand to rise further - Patrizia

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - The share of residential in real estate investment in Europe has risen 50% in the 10 years to (...)

Office 08/10/2018

"France is finally perceived as modern"

Business Immo : What are your arguments when marketing Greater Paris to foreign real estate investors? Alexandre Missoffe: Greater Paris is a global project that concentrates (...)

Office 08/10/2018

Thriving French regional office markets are heading towards a record year

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - France’s office sector may be dominated overwhelmingly by Paris and its suburbs, but its regional markets are thriving (...)

Office 08/10/2018

10 biggest Paris deals in 2018’s first half

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - From the acquisition of Marché Saint-Honoré by CBRE Global Investors to Capital 8 by Invesco Real Estate, Business (...)

Office 08/10/2018

France surges ahead on the global stage

Associated for a long time to rigid labor laws and social immobilism that hindered its economy, France elected 39 years old liberal ex-banker Emmanuel Macron, (...)

Logistics 08/10/2018

Why Japanese Iris Ohyama adopts France

Live from Expo Real (Munich) - The largest Japanese settlement in France since the Onnaing Toyota plants in 1999... Iris Ohyama chooses France to (...)

Health / Senior 08/10/2018

Healthcare & Senior Housing: A Gold-Silver Asset Class

Many French investors are now focusing on emerging asset classes aside from mainstream sectors 1) to diversify their portfolio, or either 2) to increase their exposure (...)

Office 08/10/2018

Paris office take-up rises 6% ytd, investment robust - BNPPRE

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - Office take-up in Greater Paris, Île-de-France, rose in the first nine months by 6%yy to 1,874 000 sqm, (...)

Health / Senior 08/10/2018

Swiss Life's Corpus Sireo adds three German healthcare assets

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - Corpus Sireo, the German real estate investor of Swiss Life Asset Managers, has acquired properties in three German (...)

Housing 08/10/2018

German resi investment at €15bn ytd as foreign buying continues

Live from Expo Real (Münich) - German residential investment year to date has reached €14.9bn or 103,000 units, says adviser JLL, 37% above year-ago (...)