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Finance 06/11/2020

"Colliers International must be able to meet the needs of both users and investors"

Business Immo: You have extensive experience in commercial real estate. Why join the Colliers International group? Antoine Derville: Colliers International has a strong commitment to (...)

Retail 04/11/2020

"There is still room in France for new outlets"

Business Immo: How has Marques Avenue weathered the health crisis of recent months, which has been particularly hard on shopping centres and retailers? Zakari Leriche: (...)

Logistics 03/11/2020

"France's local authorities do not encourage the development of logistics"

Business Immo: You recently highlighted in a study the confidence of investors in the French logistics real estate market in 2020. How do you (...)

Listed 27/10/2020

"Unlike the activists' plan, the Reset plan proposes to reduce uncertainty through immediate action”

Business Immo: Your Reset plan gets a lot of criticism. Why do you think it is essential to meet the challenges facing Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)? Christophe (...)

Listed 16/10/2020

"Léon Bressler's 'Refocus' plan is heading in the right direction"

Business Immo: Léon Bressler and Xavier Niel strongly criticised the Reset plan announced by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. What is your reading of the situation? Benoît Faure-Jarrosson: The (...)

Housing 14/10/2020

"The Babel Community’s objective is to spread its concept across every major French cities"

Business Immo: How was the partnership between The Babel Community and the Banque des Territoires born? Benoît Jobert: This partnership was born out of an (...)

Housing 05/10/2020

"Coliving responds, with a more favourable framework, to a demand from institutional clients for residential"

Business Immo: 813 Capital Investment has dedicated its investment strategy to the coliving sector. What does this strategy entail? Adrien Durazzini: We have a strategy (...)

Listed 02/10/2020

“The financial markets recognise the critical nature of the logistics asset class”

Business Immo: Argan presented its quarterly results this evening. What do you retain from these three quarters marked by a health and economic crisis? Jean-Claude (...)

Housing 28/09/2020

"We are seeing a growing interest in social housing among our institutional clients"

Business Immo: You have announced the financing of three French social landlords. What do these operations consist of? Cédric Rozier: These financing operations fall under (...)

Retail 21/09/2020

"Why Batipart is investing €500m in the retail sector"

Business Immo: Batipart stands out in a pan-European acquisition. Can you tell us more about this operation? Louis Bayon: Batipart is acquiring in sale and (...)

Office 18/09/2020

"It’s up to us, office professionals, to reinvent this asset class"

Business Immo: Placed demand for office space was strongly affected by the Covid-19 epidemic. While many companies are starting to telework, what is your (...)

Retail 16/09/2020

"The retail premises market will enter a crisis"

Business Immo: With Offmarket Brokers, what is the core of your business? Kevin Suissa: We define Offmarket Brokers as a team of external acquisition managers. (...)

Office 10/09/2020

"The French market remains an important pillar of Allianz's global portfolio"

Business Immo: Allianz Real Estate has just signed the acquisition of two of the three Citylights towers in Boulogne-Billancourt – one of the largest commercial real (...)

Finance 31/07/2020

"Tokoro Capital's first fund will target London and Paris offices"

Business Immo: Why have you created Tokoro Capital? Max Bassadone: When we thought about raising capital, we tried to do things slightly differently by breaking (...)

Listed 23/07/2020

"Covivio has no intention of changing its strategy in the hotel business."

Business Immo: What is your assessment for the 1st half of 2020? Christophe Kullmann: In this very special context marked by the health crisis, Covivio's (...)

Housing 20/07/2020

"The German housing market convinces above all by its stability"

Business Immo: What are the main attractions of the German residential market for real estate investors? Tristan Hinseler: The German residential real estate market convinces (...)

Finance 17/07/2020

“The main goal of our new REOC business is to build companies and provide them additional capital”

Business Immo: Principal Real Estate has recently announced the relaunch of its real estate operating company (REOC) strategy. What does this project entail? Todd Everett: (...)

Finance 10/07/2020

"In France, we want to remain active across all asset classes"

Business Immo: You become Head of Investments in a particularly troubled climate for real estate investors. How does the current period influence your investment (...)

Territories 09/07/2020

"I want to connect my term to the major underlying trends driving the real estate industry."

Business Immo: You have been active within ULI France for several years. Why this involvement? Sébastien Chemouny: I have been working for Allianz for ten (...)

Finance 08/07/2020

"This crisis should accelerate the adoption of new technologies in real estate"

Business Immo: Two years after its launch, what is the status of the JLL Spark Global Venture Fund? Tanguy Quéro: With a $100m capital, this fund (...)