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Hospitality 20/10/2017

Gold in Spanish resort hotels (2): Blackstone, Ruggieri move in

In the rush to tap into the booming Spanish tourism hotel business, US wealth manager Blackstone and France’s Ruggieri family are hot on the (...)

Hospitality 20/10/2017

Gold in Spanish resort hotels (1): First mover Hispania tracked by Blackstone, Ruggieri

Gold has been discovered in Spanish resort hotels and REIT/SOCIMI Hispania is the first in the ‘rush’. But other fast movers are close behind. They include Blackstone, (...)

Hospitality 17/10/2017

"I’m surprised how active it is this late in the cycle but there is a comfort around where yields are"

Business Immo Europe : What is your feeling for the mood this year ? Damian Harrington : I think the mood is good this (...)

Hospitality 12/10/2017

Dear Japanese investors: If you don’t come to Europe now, forget it until the next cycle

They’ve been setting up, restructuring, researching and laying plans for years, but Japanese investors are not yet in European mainland real estate. Why? My (...)

Hospitality 09/10/2017

Intense grab for assets as Expo Real attendance smashes record

The mood at Expo Real was extremely intense this year. New companies and alliances are forming. Big Deals are happening in a grab for assets. 41,500 (...)

Hospitality 05/10/2017

Election of Macron brings foreign investors back to Paris – Expo panel

Expo Real 4 Oct. 2017 – The election of President Emmanuel Macron is ushering in a sea change in foreign perceptions of France, and external investment is (...)

Hospitality 03/10/2017

Despite Spanish vote violence, Barcelona, Madrid resi prices in pull of Airbnb

It may be that the violence in Barcelona amid the Catalonia referendum slows visitors to that beautiful city but this is likely to be (...)

Hospitality 02/10/2017

Growthpoint joins other S.Africans in CEE, eyes expansion

Growthpoint, the largest primary listed REIT in South Africa, has its eye on other eastern Europe markets after taking a stake in Romania’s Globalworth, says (...)

Hospitality 01/10/2017

The CEE opportunity seems clear. So why are west Europeans so cagey?

When you look at the bid/offer spread logic of the South Africans entering eastern Europe, laid out so clearly by the Growthpoint MD on (...)

Hospitality 01/10/2017

Portugal to lead Poland, Sweden into Euro REITs club?

It looks as if Portugal will become the next member of the European REITs club as political confusion reigns in Poland, and Sweden shows (...)

Hospitality 01/10/2017

European public real estate in good shape, led by German resi, French/Spanish office

European public real estate markets are in good shape as our website goes live. German housing stocks are near highs, as are most of (...)