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Office 05/02/2018

European 2017 CRE investment rises 4% to €293bn; 2018 looks good - RCA

Europe’s commercial real estate in 2017 experienced the third most active year on record for investment, rising 4 % from 2016 to €293.4bn, according (...)

Office 19/01/2018

Eyeing European REITs, US Seeking Alpha adviser picks Gecina, Paris office as winners

Never before have I seen a private US stock-picking adviser venture into listed European real estate, but US retail investors are looking around the (...)

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 (...)

Retail 08/12/2017

Foncière des Regions signs €290m of non-strategic French retail disposals

France's third largest REIT/SIIC by assets, Foncière des Régions, has signed agreements to sell of nearly €290m of non-core properties, French retail, aiming to strengthen (...)

Hospitality 06/12/2017

Barcelo's Spanish hotel merger bid for NH synches with Chinese HNA troubles

The sharp rise in tourism to Spain that has brought at least two REITs and numerous funds surging into its hotel sector has sparked (...)

Finance 03/11/2017

Ruggieris’ Spanish tourism REIT Elaia listed with €119m market cap

Elaia, the Spanish REIT/SOCIMI launched by the France-based Ruggieri family to target the Spanish resort sector, listed Thursday on Elaia Investment Spain (MAB) with (...)

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 (...)

Hospitality 20/10/2017

Gold in Spanish resort hotels (2): Blackstone, Ruggieri move in

In the rush to tap into the booming Spanish tourism hotel business, US wealth manager Blackstone and France’s Ruggieri family are hot on the (...)

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 (...)