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Hospitality 18/01/2021

Following 2020 trends, France's hospitality sector had a difficult month in December - Extendam

The French hotel sector will have ended the year 2020 as it has gone through it. According to the most recent monthly barometer carried (...)

Logistics 24/09/2020

Icade and Segro to deliver a logistics and offices hub in Central Paris

After their Reprendre Racines project was chosen by SNCF and the City of Paris as part of the Reinventing Paris 2 competition, Icade and (...)

Retail 27/07/2020

Unofi buys Lilles's 24,700 sqm Printemps department store from LaSalle IM

According to BI sources, the Paris-based SCPI management company Unofi-Gestion d'Actifs, on behalf of the SCPI Notapierre, has just acquired a 24,700 sqm retail asset housing (...)

Office 17/07/2020

Unofi buys the 15,000 sqm Olympe building in Saint-Denis from AEW

Paris-based SCPI management company Unofi-Gestion d'Actifs has just acquired the Olympe building in Saint-Denis, from AEW on behalf of Notapierre. With a total leasable area of (...)

Retail 14/04/2020

France: shops in some train stations are exempt of rent until April 30

The French National Railway Company, SNCF, and two partner property companies have announced they will exempt of paying rent —from 16 March to 30 (...)

Housing 03/03/2020

Linkcity sells 34,000 sqm Paris 19th mixed-use complex off-plan

French developer Linkcity Ile-de-France has signed the sales of its entire Îlot Fertile program, a 34,000 sqm operation built on a 1.3-hectare brownfield site (...)

Office 17/01/2020

UK’s Aviva Investors acquires 21,180 sqm office building in Lyon

London-based investment manager Aviva Investors has acquired from France’s Unofi group “Le Lugdunum”, a 21,180 sqm building in Lyon, on behalf of one of (...)

Retail 21/10/2019

Plagued by controversy, Paris Gare du Nord rejig plans to be reviewed

Plagued by controversy, €600m project plans to renovate the Paris Gare du Nord northern station are to be be resubmitted to the study process, (...)

Retail 14/10/2019

Paris Gare du Nord wins green light for controversial €600m renovation

Paris Gare du Nord’s €600m renovation project has received a green light for its controversial commercial components, even if opponents are not yet admitting (...)

Retail 01/10/2019

Senior Paris officials call for review of Paris Gare du Nord renovation plans

Two senior Paris officials, including the deputy mayor, are calling for a review of plans to renovate the Gard du Nord station, saying travellers' needs are (...)

Housing 22/05/2019

France's Ampère Gestion sees strong investor interest in €2bn second fund

France's Ampère Gestion is winning strong domestic and foreign investor interest as it heads to the next close of its €2bn intermediate housing fund (...)

Finance 05/04/2019

Impact investing with ecological, social standards said at 5%, growing fast

Impact investing, limiting capital allocations to strategies that meet ecological and social guidelines, is now pursued by some 5% of global institutions. But more (...)

Housing 21/02/2019

France's Nexity agrees to produce 8,000 homes for CDC Habitat

France's largest residential developer, listed group Nexity, is boosting sales for professional landlords, and has agreed with state-owned CDC Habitat to produce 5,000 intermediate (...)

Finance 15/01/2019

French CDC's Ampere and Swiss Life raise €650m to close the Vesta deal

French Ampere Gestion, a CDC Habitat subsidiary, and Swiss Life Asset Managers announced that it had successfully secured funding of €650m to close the (...)

Housing 20/04/2018

Is Germany's Vonovia bidding for French SNCF's 4,000-unit resi portfolio?

In a deal being watched at home and abroad, French railway SNCF is selling a portfolio of 4,000 homes in a rare public sector sale that (...)

Housing 20/03/2018

French housing reforms to free up to €35bn in private rental units - Rigny

In a wide-ranging interview with Business Immo Europe at Mipim, Rigny explained the opportunity opened by changes in regulations introduced by President Emmanuel Macron. While these aim mainly at reforming (...)

Housing 01/12/2017

French SNCF railways to spin off €1bn in housing, unions say

French state railways group SNCF is preparing to spin off €1bn of real estate by creating a separate firm and attracting private capital, according to union (...)