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Retail 01/11/2017

Eurozone economic, real estate optimism tempered by asset availability – ULI/PwC

An improving Eurozone macroeconomic outlook and real estate’s continued attractiveness are bolstering industry optimism, says the ULI/PwC Emerging Trends 2018 report. But investors are concerned about (...)

Retail 01/11/2017

Data availability, shift toward real estate as a service seen upcoming trends

The growing availability of data on all aspects of real estate, combined with the tech-enabled shift toward viewing it as a service rather than (...)

Retail 01/11/2017

Berlin, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Munich, Madrid top city list in ULI/PwC report

For the fourth year in a row Berlin has taken the top spot in the city rankings of the annual Emerging Trends report produced (...)

Retail 30/10/2017

Toronto’s Slate adds 47 German retail sites, taking assets near 120

New acquisitions by the Frankfurt-based unit of Toronto’s Slate group means it is on track to execute on its European business plan, now with nearly 120 (...)

Retail 22/10/2017

Patrizia eyes more acquisitions, settles Union Investment payout dispute

German listed investment manager Patrizia is planning further acquisitions and has around €700m in liquidity for this, CFO Karim Bohn said in a interview. It has also settled (...)

Retail 20/10/2017

Sweden’s Catella assembles grocery retail group, places shares eyeing listing

Swedish real estate and finance group Catella has formed a company to invest in 72 grocery properties in the south of the country, placing (...)

Retail 18/10/2017

Material news from the European listed universe: Unibail, Hypoport, Colonial

Ahead of third quarter results, which will be upon us starting this week, here are some selected actions and calls that are material to (...)

Retail 18/10/2017

Berlin’s Sony Center: N. American weight of capital outweighs even Korean

If anyone still doubts if European commercial property yields will fall further it’s certainly not Oxford Properties and New York-based Madison who last month signed to (...)

Retail 17/10/2017

Echo Polska said on track to boost mall AUM with giant €621m buy

Warsaw’s Echo Polska Properties has reportedly made good on the intentions explained by CEO Hadley Dean to BIE recently – agreeing to pay €621m for a large shopping (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 01/10/2017

Bringing REITs under AIFMD seen counterproductive for Portugal

Bringing REITs under the European Union’s AIFMD directive would be counterproductive in Portugal, which has announced their introduction, says a senior executive of Spain’s (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 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 (...)

Retail 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 (...)