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Finance 09/06/2020

"We are approaching real estate from a private equity perspective with the launch of the Mirabaud Grand Paris fund"

Mirabaud Asset Management is launching a fund dedicated to the somewhat unusual Greater Paris region that invests alongside property developers. Renaud Dutreil, Head of (...)

Retail 05/06/2020

"A lot of retail projects in the pipeline today won’t see the light of day"

The development of new shopping centre space in Europe has been on the decline since the record 9 million sqm reached in 2008. According to Boris (...)

Retail 03/06/2020

"Today's retail is more digital, but still as multichannel as ever"

The e-commerce activity of the Fnac-Darty group, which became its sole distribution channel for several weeks, doubled during the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 (...)

Finance 28/05/2020

"Andera Partners will allow Panhard Group to scale up"

Created in 1995 by Alain Panhard, the eponymous group turns a new page in its history with the entry of the Winch Capital 4 fund, (...)

Finance 25/05/2020

"Just because we’re forced to invest doesn’t mean we have to make mistakes"

Despite the disruption caused by Covid-19, Amundi Immobilier continued to invest during the spring with acquisitions in Barcelona and Warsaw. As several European countries (...)

Retail 15/05/2020

"Health issues will change the design and organisation of companies"

To respond to the health risks caused by the Covid-19 epidemic, inspection and certification company Bureau Veritas is helping French REIT/SIIC Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield update its (...)

Housing 13/05/2020

"The social toll caused by the lack of future projects points to an economic crisis"

After two months of lockdown, as the country begins its reopening this week, construction is gradually resuming in France. But the resumption of construction (...)

Office 12/05/2020

“Some 30% of French telecommuters are expected to return to the office this week”

On this first week of progressive deconfinement, Sylvain Hasse, Head of Corporate Services at BNP Paribas Real Estate, looked back with Business Immo on (...)

Finance 06/05/2020

"At this stage, Paris' real estate market is going through a difficult but not dramatic situation"

In the 2020 edition of their study Emerging Trends in Real Estate Europe, PwC and Urban Land Institute named Paris the most attractive city (...)

Logistics 04/05/2020

"P3 Logistic Parks France is in a redeployment period"

A developer and investor specialising in logistics, P3 Logistic Parks has appointed a new senior asset manager, Sébastien Roybon, in the midst of a (...)

Finance 27/04/2020

"Because demand will remain active, Socfim must accompany the supply recovery"

Although the slowdown in its activity has forced Socfim to review its 2020 plan, the BPCE banking group subsidiary is continuing its work with (...)

Hospitality 24/04/2020

"Not all hotels will emerge from the Covid-19 crisis in the same way"

As a result of the containment measures taken by the French government and in accordance with the order of 15 March, all establishments in the (...)

Finance 23/04/2020

"Despite coronavirus, we can expect a certain dynamism in the real estate sector in 2020"

When EY carried out its study forecasting the major trends that could influence real estate investment in France this year, the French players (listed (...)

Retail 17/04/2020

"Frey is setting up a €15m support fund to help its retailers"

Paris-based REIT/SIIC Frey announced the creation of a €15m Merchant Support Fund. CEO Antoine Frey spoke with Business Immo about the impact of the (...)

Housing 15/04/2020

"We aim to expand into the French market after the Covid-19 pandemic."

Business Immo: What is Montague Property? Thomas Balashev: Montague Property is a UK based luxury real estate privately owned company with an established overseas network (...)

Retail 14/04/2020

"Rent postponement is an illusory solution"

Business Immo: Procos has signed, along with ten other trade and restoration federations, a press release condemning the CNCC recommendations in terms of rental relations between landlords (...)

Finance 10/04/2020

“In the current capital-constrained environment, having a significant amount of dry powder positions Blackbrook Capital quite well”

The onset of a global pandemic might seem like a bad time to launch an investment real estate investment firm. Yet, with €1bn of (...)

Listed 27/03/2020

“CBo Territoria is approaching this crisis with caution, but also with confidence”

Business Immo: While publishing its results earlier this week, CBo Territoria announced it was ahead of schedule in its 2017-2021 strategic plan, which plans (...)

Office 26/03/2020

"Primonial REIM is confident it will meet its commitments to its investor clients"

Business Immo: How have the containment measures affected your teams? Grégory Frapet: We spent the first part of last week reorganising Primonial REIM by capitalising (...)

Office 26/03/2020

"Core assets should be favoured, even more so than yesterday"

Business Immo: How do you see the current context related to the coronavirus? Julien Pinault: The circumstances are, in more ways than one, exceptional. The (...)