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Office 14/01/2019

AXA IMRA acquires TechnoCampus in Berlin Siemensstadt for clients

AXA Investment Managers-Real Assets said it has acquired on behalf of clients, TechnoCampus, an office project which comprises part of Siemensstadt in the Spandau (...)

Logistics 14/01/2019

Eight new corridors to define Euro logistics as volumes rise, EU expands - C&W

Eight new corridors will define European future logistics routes as the Blue Banana corridor from the Benelux to northern Italy transforms into multiple corridors (...)

Finance 14/01/2019

Europa Capital targets urbanisation trend in resi, office for €1.3bn deals

UK-based Europa Capital was a net seller from value-add funds in 2018, leveraging strong investor interest for stabilised office and residential assets in an (...)

Office 11/01/2019

LaSalle adds ElseBella office portfolio in Munich for €169m

LaSalle Investment Management has paid €169m to acquire two office properties in Munich on behalf of the LaSalle Encore+ Pan European Fund. Seller is (...)

Finance 11/01/2019

Spanish 2018 RE investment rises 8% to €11.6bn - BNP Paribas RE

Spanish real estate investment rose 8% last year to €11.63bn but, adding in corporate operations, soared as high as €19bn, according to international adviser (...)

Housing 11/01/2019

French CDC's Ampère raises €900m commitments for new housing fund

French Ampère Gestion, part of French state financier CdC which led the first-ever takeover of a public sector housing portfolio last summer for €1.4bn, has raised (...)

Finance 11/01/2019

Real estate fund allocations rise to 10% as investors close on targets

Average real estate fund allocations rose last year to 10.0% from 8.9% while targets climbed to 10.4% from 10.2% narrowing the gap for the (...)

Office 11/01/2019

GEG's Höller sees Frankfurt office market, helped by Brexit, staying stable

Frankfurt has become a major German real estate location, taking some €10bn of the national €60bn investment last year, of which Brexit sparked probably (...)

Logistics 11/01/2019

Norway's Pareto said paying €61m for Greater Oslo logistics package

Norwegian investment manager Pareto has acquired a portfolio of logistics assets in the Greater Oslo region for a price said at around €61m. Pareto said (...)

Listed 11/01/2019

France’s newly-merged Société de la Tour Eiffel eyes new growth cycle

The absorption of French REIT/SIIC Affine by larger peer Société de la Tour Eiffel was approved by all shareholders and finalised before year-end 2018. (...)

Housing 10/01/2019

German 2018 resi investment slips to €15bn but notable for first-time buyers

German residential investment slipped by a modest 3%yy to €15.1bn last year, and was marked by the entry of several first-time buyers, says adviser (...)

Retail 10/01/2019

US Madison in further Norway investment with Oslo Bjørvika urban project

New York-based Madison International Realty is to make a further large investment in Norway, acquiring 38,000 sqm of assets in Bjørvika, a development in (...)

Logistics 10/01/2019

Spain's Azora, CBRE said launching €250m last-mile logistics firm

Azora, the Madrid property manager which developed and then sold one of Spain' largest REITs, has launched a firm with CBRE to invest €250m (...)

Retail 10/01/2019

Austrian Signa adds Hamburg's Gänsemarktpassage; price said at €120m

Austria's Signa Group has acquired the the Gänsemarktpassage in Hamburg for partial redevelopment into a mixed-used complex for a price said to be close (...)

Office 09/01/2019

BNPP REIM's NEIF fund enters Spain with Barcelona buy, said at €60m

BNP Paribas REIM has acquired the District 38 office property in Barcelona, entering Spain with its advised NEIF III fund at a price said (...)

Office 09/01/2019

BNP Paribas REIM adds Nanterre Neon office to take fund to €573m invested

BNP Paribas REIM France has purchased the Neon office asset in Nanterre west of Paris for its Accimmo Pierre SCPI fund and said this (...)

Housing 09/01/2019

Spanish home prices rise 5.8%yy through fourth quarter 2018 - Tinsa

Prices of Spanish new and resale homes were 5.8% higher in fourth quarter 2018 than in 4Q17, according to provisional data from valuation group (...)

Finance 09/01/2019

Greater Paris 2018 real estate investment surges 19% to €23bn - Immostat

Greater Paris commercial real estate investment surged by no less than 19% last year to €23.1bn, though office take-up slid by 5% to just (...)

Office 09/01/2019

AEW adds Frankfurt Niederrad Quadra tower from Deka

Property investment manager AEW has acquired the 10,000 sqm Quadra office tower in Frankfurt's Niederrad from Deka Immobilien at a price said by specialists (...)

Housing 09/01/2019

Alternative residential plus logistics poised to perform well this year - Nuveen

European alternative real estate sectors such as student and other 'Living' sectors are poised, alongside logistics, to perform well in 2019 despite political noise (...)