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Territories 13/02/2020

Société du Grand Paris issues record €2.5bn green bond

Société du Grand Paris, the public body in charge of building the Grand Paris Express, issued its fourth green bond under its "Green Euro (...)

Office 24/01/2020

French TV group Canal+ will move its headquarters to the Sways near Paris

French TV group Canal+ will move in 2021 its headquarters to the Sways building, in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris. According to BI sources, the company (...)

Housing 25/09/2019

French Société Générale to boost property development via Sogeprom unit

French bank Société Générale is to boost its real estate development via its Sogeprom arm, making such activities the second of its growth drivers in its (...)

Listed 13/09/2019

French Gecina raises 'green' loans to €910m, 20% of total bank debt

French REIT/SIIC Gecina has finalised three new 'green' loan agreements with BNP Paribas, Natixis and Société Générale for €660m, taking such financing to €910m (...)

Finance 23/05/2019

Paris REIT Gecina places 15yr €500m bond issue at 1.625% to buy back notes

Paris office and housing REIT Gecina has placed a €500m bond issue with a 15-year maturity at 1.625% and launched a tender offer on (...)

Listed 26/04/2019

Spain's Merlin completes €1.55bn ESG-indexed refinancing

Spanish REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties has completed a refinancing through a €1.55bn ESG-indexed facility which is the largest in the European real estate sector to date. The new (...)

Retail 19/03/2019

Ceetrus sells French retail package to Carlyle, Othrys for €45m

Ceetrus, the listed property manager of the French Auchan supermarket group, has sold nine domestic retail assets for €45m to the US Carlyle Group (...)

Logistics 26/02/2019

French Amundi, Panhard acquire four business parks in Paris region

French real estate investment managers Amundi and the Panhard Group are acquiring the Mosaic Parcs portfolio of four business parks in the Paris region (...)

Finance 20/02/2019

France's Amundi grows real estate AUM 6.5% to €31bn in 2018

Paris-based real estate investment manager Amundi Immobilier grew managed assets by 6.5% last year to €31bn, and said it realised more than €3bn in (...)

Finance 23/01/2019

Vienna’s Immofinanz places €500m benchmark bond, wins first-ever rating

Vienna’s listed Immofinanz has placed a €500m benchmark bond with investors and won a rating from S&P, making it the first-ever rated issue from a Austrian (...)

Retail 03/01/2019

Italy's Generali in €600m, 53-asset French retail purchase at year-end

Italy's Generali Real Estate, part of the Trieste-based insurance group, boosted its portfolio by €600m at year end, signing on a 53-asset retail portfolio in (...)

Office 11/09/2018

GEG invests €275m to acquire 7th prime asset in Frankfurt

GEG German Estate Group, a joint venture between Germany's DIC and US-based M&A giant KKR, has invested €275m to acquire the Garden Tower in Frankfurt (...)

Office 16/08/2018

French Amundi buys the Polygon office building in Prague

Amundi Czech Republic (Amundi CR), whose sole shareholder is France’s Amundi, has acquired the company holding the Polygon office building in Prague on behalf (...)

Retail 26/06/2018

US Thor Equities, days after buying Madrid retail, sells in Paris

Just days after purchasing a retail and mixed-use building on Madrid's Gran Via for a reported €75m, US private firm Thor Equities has closed the sale (...)

Listed 31/05/2018

France’s listed Frey in €202m capital raise to fund projects, add investors

French listed retail park group Frey has announced a €201.9m capital increase to help fund 412,000 sqm in 14 new projects, and acquisitions. The move also (...)

Office 04/04/2018

One year before Brexit, Paris La Défense gears up for rising demand

One year before the UK's scheduled exit from the European Union, Paris office quarter La Défense is gearing up with rising lettings, infrastructure upgrades (...)