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Office 23/04/2024

"Companies are clearly opting for central locations, even if it means taking up a little less floor space"

Business Immo: In the light of the changes in working patterns brought about by the health crisis, how are companies shaping their property strategies? Catherine (...)

Hospitality 05/12/2023

With the backing of Three Hills, Castellet Hospitality signs three more hotels in France

Marseille-based Castellet Hospitality, a hotel group set up in 2017 and headed by Gilles Larrivé, has reached a new agreement with its investor Three (...)

Career 30/11/2023

Thomas Ostré promoted by La Française

La Française has promoted Thomas Ostré to Head of Business Development - Middle East and Global Financial Institutions Relationship Manager at La Française, Business (...)

Office 08/11/2023

In France, the WeWork "crash" raises more questions than answers

It's the end of a success story that began in New York in 2010, under the impetus of Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, the (...)

Finance 12/09/2023

Ofi Invest Real Estate, the discreet asset management major

Following the acquisition of Aviva France by Aéma Groupe in autumn 2021, the management company was created on 1 January 2023 from the merger (...)

Logistics 01/08/2023

A busier end to the year for the French logistics investment market?

In the second quarter of 2023, almost €472m was invested in the French logistics and business premises market, bringing the total amount invested in (...)

Retail 10/07/2023

Hammerson and NPS have received bids for O'Parinor shopping centre

O'Parinor, a shopping centre in the Paris region owned by Hammerson (25%) and NPS (75%), has been put up for sale for the third (...)

Finance 05/07/2023

Only €6.2bn invested in French commercial property since the start of the year

After a sluggish start to the year, the French commercial property investment market has been even less active over the past three months. "At (...)

Career 17/05/2023

Another La Française talent joins Altarea IM

Former head of real estate middle office - retail funds of La Française (2021-2023), Maxim Rault has joined Altarea Investment Managers as director of (...)

Logistics 27/04/2023

Cdiscount gives up on the Goodman building in Forez

This is a subject that the parties involved refuse to comment on. It remains very sensitive even if the facts date back to the (...)

Career 24/11/2022

La Française strengthens its pan-European real estate platform

La Française has strengthened its pan-European real estate platform with the recruitment of Jonathan Mansie, Pan-European Transaction Director, based in London and reporting to (...)

Career 21/06/2022

La Francaise AM appoints Marie Lassegnore as Head of Sustainable Investments

In order to strengthen its ESG commitment, La Francaise AM has appointed Marie Lassegnore as Head of Sustainable Investments. In her new role, she (...)

Office 07/06/2022

La Française acquires a London building for £28m

According to CoStar*, La Française has acquired an office building at 111 Cannon Street, London, from London & Oriental for approximately £28m, representing a (...)

Office 21/01/2022

Lyon's office market posts its 3rd best performance in 2021 (JLL)

With 292,600 sqm lettings and a strong increase in the number of transactions compared to last year, Lyon's service sector market is regaining confidence (...)

Office 07/12/2021

Myre raises €7m and strengthens its international ambition

Myre, a collaborative SAAS platform, has just completed a €7m fundraising round led by NewAlpha, a subsidiary of the La Française group. Its historical investors, (...)

Career 24/11/2021

Keys REIM appoints Grégory Neulat as Chief Business Officer

Grégory Neulat joins Keys REIM as Chief Business Officer. Aged 44, he was previously Marketing and Development Director at La Française. In 2019, he (...)

Finance 17/11/2021

Sienna Investment Managers to acquire Acofi

Sienna Investment Managers has entered into exclusive negotiations with Acofi Gestion with a view to acquiring Acofi from certain of its current shareholders (La (...)

Finance 06/04/2021

French CRE investment down 48% in Q1 2021 - Knight Frank

According to Knight Frank France's latest survey of the French commercial property market, €4.7bn was invested in Q1 2021 - down 48% on Q4 (...)

Finance 09/03/2021

After a successful merger, La Française's SCPI fund Épargne Foncière to become largest in the market

At an Extraordinary General Meeting, La Française's partners voted in favour of the merger of SCPI Multimmobilier 2, Eurofoncière 2 and Pierre Privilège into SCPI Épargne (...)

Office 21/12/2020

CNP Assurances buys Lazard’s Paris 8th 11,000 sqm HQ for €327m

French insurance group CNP Assurances has acquired acquiring from Invesco Real Estate an 11,000 sqm office building located at 173-175 boulevard Haussmann, in the (...)