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Finance 30/10/2019

Marseille Provence Real Estate Club, BI launch Dakar Real Estate Day

Marseille Provence Real Estate Club (CIMP) in partnership with Business Immo is replicating its Real Estate Day concept in Senegal from 5 to 7 (...)

Territories 21/10/2019

Grand Paris Express: "Construction potential of 40m to 45m sqm"

Business Immo: For this second part of your study on the Grand Paris Express, what did you use to quantify its impact on the (...)

Finance 18/10/2019

"The real estate industry must equip itself with the technologies necessary for rapid and informed decision-making"

Business Immo: What was the iread mission it set itself when it was created?  Jean-François Grazi: The observation we made is that the real estate industry (...)

Finance 08/10/2019

"BNP Paribas REIM has ambitious growth targets"

Business Immo: A few months after your arrival at the head of BNP Paribas REIM, what do you observe about its activity? Nathalie Charles: With (...)

Logistics 08/10/2019

W.P. Carey looks for mission-critical real estate across a range of types

BIE: What are the main attractions of investment in French regional cities? Arvi Luoma: As a country, France has always been an attractive market for W.P. Carey (...)

Housing 07/10/2019

German Domicil offers unique model in upcoming housing IPO - Chairman Moser

German housing group Domicil is offering a unique business model in its IPO, based on B and C cities and a risk-free package for small investors, (...)

Hospitality 01/10/2019

Germany's Union Investment eyes road ahead for hotel real estate in Europe

Business Immo: What role do hotels play in Union Investment's activity? Andreas Löcher: About 40 years ago, Union Investment was one of the first institutional investors to (...)

Finance 18/09/2019

French Keys Asset Management 2.0 rocket ready for takeoff

The duo Pierre Mattei and Cyril Garreau has already set course .. for 2024. Their Paris-based Keys Asset Management, founded in 2011, has hit (...)

Finance 11/09/2019

Meka Brunel: Guiding France's Gecina in a world of real estate undergoing huge transformation

Of course, the half-yearly results of French Gecina are good, very good, says CEO Meka Brunel; this, in a world of real estate going through a singular (...)

Logistics 03/09/2019

“Our SIRE joint-venture will have €2bn of total firepower”

Business Immo: How did your partnership come about? Christian Bearman: Arrow Capital Partners is a private investor and operator in real estate which has backing from one (...)

Logistics 30/08/2019

France's ADP moves to actively manage its 1,242 ha. Paris airport property

France's ADP group, formerly Airports of Paris, is moving to actively manage its 1,242 ha. earmarked for property in order to create airport cities (...)

Listed 26/08/2019

"Altarea Cogedim has become the second largest French residential developer"

Rising turnover, a €19.4bn development pipeline and strong growth in housing sales brought French REIT Altarea Cogedim solid results in all business lines during (...)

Listed 26/08/2019

alstria focuses on refurb, sales as German office values rise faster than rents

With German office values rising faster than rents and investors chasing yield amid low rates, Hamburg's alstria is focusing on refurbishment and non-core sales, (...)

Finance 01/08/2019

Why is Eurazeo Patrimoine entering the capital of Emerige?

Business Immo: Why is Eurazeo Patrimoine entering the capital of Emerige? Renaud Haberkorn: We are entering the capital of Emerige due to three strong convictions. First of all, the (...)

Office 10/07/2019

"Grosvenor Europe is now focusing on Paris office"

Business Immo: Last year, Grosvenor Europe announced its intention to redirect investments toward Paris’ office market. What is the status of this strategic repositioning? Steve (...)

Finance 09/07/2019

"We offer Corestate a gateway to France"

Founded in 1997 and managing €1.4bn in assets, Paris-based investment manager Stam Europe has been acquired by German-listed Corestate Capital. In an exclusive interview (...)

Finance 02/07/2019

“Fifth Wall is looking to work more closely with start-ups based in Europe, where we see a lot of potential”

Business Immo: What is Fifth Wall’s investment strategy? Roelof Opperman: Fifth Wall is the largest venture capital firm focused on the Built World technology and (...)

Hospitality 02/07/2019

“Covivio has acquired a stake in 32 Accor hotels with significant value creation potential”

Business Immo: What does Covivio Hotels unit represent today? Dominique Ozanne: Today, Covivio's hotel business represents €6bn in assets, representing around 15% of our revenues. This activity (...)

Office 11/06/2019

"Léon Grosse Immobilier wants to be a real estate developer"

Business Immo: What does Léon Grosse Immobilier represent in 2019? Barbara Koreniouguine: I joined Léon Grosse Immobilier in March 2018 with a dual objective. On the (...)

Listed 07/06/2019

Selin builds Sweden's Balder to €11bn with buy-hold long-term cash-flows

Erik Selin, one of the least-known real estate leaders in Europe, has built Sweden's Balder to €11bn AUM without business plans, macro views or (...)