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Office 24/10/2018

Tristan pays Starwood €122m for Oslo office complex for fund

London-based investment manager Tristan Capital Partners has, for its CCP5 LL fund, paid about €122m to acquire a Grade A office building in Norwegian (...)

Office 24/10/2018

BNP Paribas REIM buys in Paris for Korean investor, sells in Rome for €51m

BNP Paribas REIM has acquired an office building in Paris for a Korean investor just days after selling an asset in Rome for €51m (...)

Office 24/10/2018

JLL's Victor German office indicator grows at moderate 1.5%qq in 3Q

JLL's proprietary Victor Prime Office Indicator rose 1.5% in the third quarter, continuing its moderate growth in 2018 and undershooting the 2%-mark set in (...)

Finance 24/10/2018

Generali adds mixed-use in Madrid as diversification, growth continues

Less than a month after making its first acquisition in Denmark, Italy's Generali Real Estate has added a mixed-use asset in Madrid, Arenal Cuatro, (...)

Finance 23/10/2018

Paris, Munich closing on London's top spot in LaSalle's E-REGI index

London has retained the top spot in LaSalle Investment Management's E-REGI ranking of European cities by growth prospects in 2018 but Paris comes a (...)

Retail 23/10/2018

French Klépierre has no acquisition plans, to focus on organic growth - Jestin

Paris-based shopping centre REIT/SIIC Klépierre has no plans for external acquisitions but will focus on organic growth and the best locations going forward, its Chairman Jean-Marc Jestin says. Asked (...)

Housing 23/10/2018

Polish housing boom ends, but price collapse as 10yrs ago unlikely - REAS

Polish nine-month housing sales and supply declined, showing that the recent boom has ended, says residential adviser REAS. But a repeat of the price (...)

Finance 23/10/2018

Italy real estate investment falls 25% to €5bn in first 9mths

Real estate investment in Italy fell by a quarter from last year to €5.1bn in the first nine months, according to adviser BNP Paribas (...)

Finance 22/10/2018

Europe still offers core, value-add opportunities in specific markets, sectors - Savills

Office, standing stock, developments or refurbishments, continues to offer opportunities for core and value-add real estate investors in Europe, says adviser Savills. In value-add (...)

Office 22/10/2018

US PGIM acquires 7,000 sqm The Square office in Paris

PGIM Real Estate, a division of the US listed Prudential financial group, has acquired the 7,000 sqm The Square office complex in Paris, from funds (...)

Logistics 22/10/2018

European logistics rents may follow investment, building, land price rises

European logistics prices are rising in standing stock, construction and land, and rents are likely to follow, says the CEO of Amsterdam's Frasers Property (...)

Listed 22/10/2018

Belgium's Shurgard in 2nd fastest EPRA Europe entry after IPO

Belgian REIT Shurgard Self Storage, an affiliate of the NYSE-listed Public Storage, has made the second fastest entry to the EPRA Developed Europe Index (...)

Health / Senior 19/10/2018

Dutch Bouwinvest commits €75m to French resi, healthcare projects

Dutch Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors has committed €75m to French residential and healthcare real estate projects as it seeks to expand its international assets to €4.3bn (...)

Office 19/10/2018

Milan office in huge demand as occupier needs change fast

Supply of modern Grade A office real estate in Italy's business centre Milan is tighter than ever, but tracking shifting occupier needs is the (...)

Listed 19/10/2018

Dutch Wereldhave sells Helsinki mall for €450m, exits Finland

Netherlands listed shopping centre group Wereldhave has agreed to sell the 94,000 sqm Itis shopping centre in Helsinki to a fund advised by Morgan (...)

Finance 19/10/2018

Lessons for real estate from the Great Financial Crisis

For all economic players, there is a before and after September 15 2008, the start of what the Americans call the Great Financial Crisis. Countries (...)

Office 19/10/2018

Canada's OMERS pays €477m for Paris tower from French Groupama

French insurance group Groupama sold for €477m the Window office block in Paris La Défense to Oxford Properties, the real estate manager of Toronto pension fund (...)

Listed 19/10/2018

French SFL stake increase helps Colonial to first BBB+ S&P rating

Spain's Colonial has become the first Spanish REIT to obtain a BBB+ credit rating from US agency S&P after taking 81% of France's Société (...)

Hospitality 19/10/2018

Covivio Hotels targets seven Euro cities, profit over 30%, best use

French REIT/SIIC Covivio has pared hotel holdings to 400 and now targets seven European cities, operating profit of over 30% and cooperation with operators (...)

Listed 18/10/2018

French Covivio ready to grow France/Italy office, Euro hotels, German resi

French REIT/SIIC Covivio, the renamed Foncière des Régions in the process of simplifying its structure, aims to expand in three focus segments, France/Italy office, (...)