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Finance 26/03/2018

Spanish SOCIMI success story set to go further - EPRA/Iberian Property conf.

Spain's REIT/SOCIMIs have succeeded in the government's aims of reviving the nation's previously depressed real estate, boosting the economy and creating jobs, the EPRA/Iberian (...)

Housing 23/03/2018

Spain's Testa, with 11,000 resi units, to IPO before summer - Merlin's Clemente

Spanish REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties intends to float housing affiliate Testa Residencial on the stock market before summer to become the nation's first listed residential investor, CEO Ismael Clemente says. Its (...)

Finance 13/03/2018

MIPIM BLOG Day 1: Sun still shining on European real estate but rain (caution) enters forecasts

Live from MIPIM (Cannes) - First impressions from the sunshine of Cannes: still plenty of optimism around real estate value in Europe though now it comes (...)

Retail 09/03/2018

Listed Polish mall group EPP beats forecasts with 2017 net doubled to €77m

Listed Polish shopping centre group EPP grew net profit last year by 77% to €128m but its distributable earnings, after portfolio revaluation and other (...)

Finance 08/03/2018

Father of Spain's REIT regime to speak at EPRA/Iberian Property event

Miguel Ferre, one of the fathers of Spain's REIT regime, is to take part, alongside four of his most successful 'progeny', Merlin Properties, Hispania, Colonial and Lar España, at (...)

Finance 08/03/2018

French Altarea 2017 FFO climbs one-third to €256m; outlook never so good

French listed group Altarea Cogedim ended 2017 well ahead of plan, with recurring FFO one-third higher at €256.3m and diluted net asset value up 9% to (...)

Listed 02/03/2018

Spanish REIT Merlin boosts net by 89% to €1.1bn, proposes added 2017 dividend

Spain's largest REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties reported a 89% surge in 2017 net profit to €1.1bn, with FFO up 31% at €289m, though per share FFO rose (...)

Listed 01/03/2018

French REIT Affine boosts 2017 net by two-thirds, proposes €1 shr div

French commercial property REIT/SIIC Affine, which balances its portfolio between Paris and major cities, said 2017 net profit group share rose by two-thirds to €9.1m. EPRA earnings (...)

Office 23/02/2018

Italy's Coima Res more than doubles FFO to €17m, to focus more on Milan

Milan-based REIT/SIIQ Coima Res more than doubled 2017 recurring FFO to €16.8m from €6.2m in 2016 on gross assets worth €619.7m, up from €526m. It will (...)

Finance 22/02/2018

French Gecina raises 2017 net by 4.6%, NAV by 19%; says Michel is stepping down

French office REIT/SIIC Gecina raised net income by 4.6% in 2017, adding nearly 19% to net asset value to take it to €152.9 per (...)

Finance 19/02/2018

Shares in French Cegereal jump on 2017 results, special div; eyes capital raise

Shares in Paris office REIT/SIIC Cegereal, controlled by US firm Northwood, jumped 8% Friday after it reported 2017 IFRS net profit up by 51% (...)

Finance 16/02/2018

French Mercialys retail REIT posts unchanged €114m 2017 FFO, NAV at €20.86 shr

French retail REIT/SIIC Mercialys, an affliate of the Casino supermarket group, reported 2017 FFO unchanged from 2016 at an adjusted €114m, though its EPRA NAV rose nearly 1% to (...)

Finance 15/02/2018

Dutch retail REIT Vastned quadruples 2017 net to €95m aided by value upgrades

Dutch REIT/FBI Vastned, active in high street retail in four European countries, reported a near quadrupling of its attributable net profit to €94.6m in 2017, (...)

Finance 15/02/2018

French Foncière des Régions boosts 2017 net 10% to €391m, sees favourable 2018

Diversified French REIT/SIIC Foncière des Régions last year raised net recurring income by 10% to €391m, and will propose a 2.3% dividend increase to (...)

Finance 12/02/2018

Shares in Spanish housing firm Metrovacesa slip below last week's IPO price

Shares in Madrid-based residential developer Metrovacesa, one of the biggest casualties of Spain's recent recession, fell in trading Monday to €15.27, below its IPO price (...)

Finance 12/02/2018

French REIT SFL, controlled by Spain's Colonial, boosts 2017 net by 36%

Société Foncière Lyonnaise, a Paris office REIT/SIIC controlled by Spain's Colonial group, raised 2017 EPRA earnings by 1.5% to €102.4m though attributable net profit surged more strongly - (...)

Finance 12/02/2018

French REIT Icade triples 2017 net to €170m, proposes dividend increase

French REIT Icade reported a tripling of 2017 net attributable profit to €170.3m, and will propose a rise in its dividend to €4.30 per share. Net (...)

Hospitality 08/02/2018

Spanish REIT Hispania, eyeing merger, makes offer to Bay Hotel shareholders

Following its move last year to become the sole owner of Spanish resort group Bay Hotels, Madrid REIT/SOCIMI Hispania is considering a merger or a de-listing (...)

Retail 08/02/2018

French mall REIT Klépierre boosts 2017 net to €1.5bn, raises div., guidance

French shopping centre REIT/SIIC Klépierre reported a slight rise in net income for 2017 to €1.50bn from €1.48bn a year earlier, plus a 7.4% climb in (...)

Finance 06/02/2018

Theuriau steps down from French Altarea Cogedim to launch European fund

Stéphane Theuriau, co-CEO of French REIT/SIIC Altarea Cogedim and head of its Cogedim unit, is to leave the Paris-based group to launch a new business with the creation (...)