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Bank of America: AI could do to offices what e-commerce did to retail

Secondary European offices may need to trade at double-digit yields as the sector reprices the way retail did under e-commerce, according to Bank of America.
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Invel enters Italy’s PBSA market financing 2 Stonehill projects

URW in reported talks to sell German shopping centre to Trigea for €160m

Liverpool City Region unveils investment strategy and advances first projects under £2bn fund

Savills: European office completions to fall 23% in 2027 as pipeline shrinks

PROVADA 2026: Housing, healthcare and defence emerge as key themes

Prologis to develop Spain’s largest EV truck charging hub at Port of Valencia

Tritax clears final planning hurdle for one of Britain’s biggest data centres

MSCI: Healthcare leads UK property market as residential downturn deepens

Catella: CBD supply constraints support office market recovery

Brighton leads ranking of UK cities attracting next-generation businesses

Harbert completes largest Dutch retail transaction in six years

Nuveen agrees €330m acquisition of Spanish student housing portfolio

INREV: global real estate AUM up by 5.7% after 3-year squeeze

West Midlands unveils £20bn investment pipeline backed by new regional funding platform

Savills: Austria tops Europe for nearshoring

Berlin Hyp: Iran crisis affects German CRE financing decisions

Polish developer ROBYG plans €94m Warsaw IPO

JLL: Germany’s data centre capacity set to nearly quadruple as growth shifts beyond Frankfurt

BONARD: Ireland’s 50% student surge creates PBSA opportunity

Polish investors account for over 30% of CRE investment

Infrastructure-led development drives new investment in Greater Essex real estate and logistics sectors

Savills, Brookfield and Real Asset Media launch 2026 European Logistics Census

Jefferies: UK REITs post strong earnings but trade at discounts of up to 52%

Amazon commits €10bn to European logistics network

Tourism resilience creates opportunities for hospitality investors despite geopolitical headwinds

Broad US tariff plans could reshape global investment flows, warns deVere CEO

Kennedy Wilson and APG launch €2bn Irish residential platform with 3,400 homes

EQT buys £199m UK logistics portfolio from Tritax Big Box

Pluto Finance expands into Germany with €93m loan

JLL: Europe’s life sciences lab oversupply fears are overblown

M7 acquires 13 prime logistics assets in Spain for €181m

VGP commits more than €1.5bn to French industrial and logistics expansion

Greystar raises record €2.7bn for pan-European residential fund

Ardian and Verne plan €5bn AI infrastructure campus in France

BNP Paribas: Shopping centre investment rises 26% despite Middle East tensions

Stoneshield Capital raises €1.5bn in six months for its fourth fund

AEW: New logistics demand drivers offset Iran conflict pressures

Rome approves large-scale urban regeneration project

Hines in advanced talks to acquire two European retail parks for €200m

Retrofitting UK buildings is ‘urgent’ due to climate change

Jefferies: UK student, resi and logistics sectors face renewed valuation pressure as yields widen

French data centre industry calls on government to cut red tape and capture €109bn AI boom

CEE Summit: more diversified investor base in Poland now

Gecina prices €500m five-year green bond at tight spread

Report: Caribbean needs new broadband investment models as connectivity demands grow

Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust acquires €295m logistics portfolio in Germany and the Netherlands

CEE Summit: infrastructure a strength of Polish logistics hub

Savills: UK mid-box industrial take-up reaches 132,000 sq m in first quarter

Peakside acquires German grocery retail portfolio from Deutsche Konsum

CEE Summit: repurposing assets a key decarbonising tool

New homes at 13-year low as Germany’s housing crisis continues

Colliers: Prague developers restart speculative office construction

CEE Summit: Poland wakes up to senior housing opportunity

Strong Q1 results for Czech industrial & logistics market

Digital Realty opens first Barcelona data centre as connectivity race accelerates

CEE Summit: data centres boom to attract new investors

Allianz Global Investors raises €1bn for infrastructure equity fund

CEE Summit: Resilience is Poland’s biggest attraction

Europe’s biggest office deal in three years collapses over financing

Colliers: Senior living nearly triples its share of European real estate investment

CEE Summit: Hungary is ready for a ‘great journey of growth’

Stoneweg targets €500m deployment in Southern Europe private credit push

CREMI: European CRE loan spreads triple as banks tighten leverage

CEE Summit: EU stability and governance attract global real estate capital

UKREiiF: UK real estate sentiment weakens amid financing and cost pressures

Sveafastigheter and KlaraBo to merge, creating Sweden’s largest listed residential landlord

CEE Summit: region’s outlook positive if it stays the course

CBRE: European data centre capacity costs set for 12% rise in 2026

Fidelity climate fund buys five European logistics assets

Helaba: German housing shortage deepens as prices climb again

SBF Fonder and BauMont launch $644m Swedish residential partnership

French new-build housing market sinks deeper into crisis despite sharp rise in permits

Phoenix Group partners with DC Max on $8bn European AI data centre push

Savills: Science take-up across London, Oxford and Cambridge rises 35%

BNP Paribas AM Alts raises €3bn for enhanced European real estate debt strategy

Colliers: 2026 set to be a record year for CRE investment in CEE

TAG Immobilien wins Polish antitrust clearance for €565m R4R deal

LondonMetric and Schroder REIT in £403m offer for Picton

Colliers: €800bn European defence push reshapes real estate demand across 38 tech clusters

Savills: Global prime office costs rose by 5% in the last year

GREYKITE’s Lagerhome platform passes €300m with German industrial acquisitions

Knight Frank: UK student housing investment hits £2.1bn in strongest Q1 in over a decade

Blackstone acquires majority stake in Greece’s leading e-commerce platform Skroutz

Portugal commercial real estate investment surges 41% in Q1

Kearney: Investors recalibrate as geopolitics and industrial policy reshape global FDI landscape

Frankfurt’s dominance of data centre market in Germany threatened by power issues

Defence boom drives 6% rise in Swedish property investment

JP Morgan strikes €1.5bn student housing deal in Germany

German data centres, domestic capital too slow to get on board

Jefferies: Hungary take-up surges 202% as European logistics market splits in two

Knight Frank: Cambridge science leasing hits record as UK innovation hubs grow

Data centres in Europe: strong demand but supply constraints

SHHA: demand/supply gap in German care market widening

Ares acquires prime Polish logistics portfolio from Savills IM

Texas leads as new index maps US states’ competitiveness for AI investment

Spain’s share of European real estate investment rises to 15%

MSCI: European CRE investment almost halves in Q1 2026 from Q4 2025

OECD: Global FDI rebounds in 2025 but underlying growth remains uneven

PBSA in Europe a ‘clear winner’ in attracting foreign capital

US pension giant commits €200m to Aermont’s sixth European fund

Aviva Investors sells two UK designer outlets in reported £400m deal

US industrial sector stabilises amid automation-driven demand and infrastructure constraints

Living sectors outperforming despite geopolitical turmoil and economic headwinds

ING: German housing market set for fragmentation, not nationwide surplus

Savills: cross border investors targeting European offices

Public/private cooperation the key to unlock UK living sector

Affordable homes, The Housing Finance Corporation makes £550 million funding pledge

Work starts on Panattoni’s spec development in the Midlands

Renewables, Blackstone invests €2bn in Eurowind Energy

Private lenders overtake banks as dominant force in UK real estate finance

EQT Real Estate closes latest European logistics fund at €3.1bn

Savills: Iran conflict stalls UK investment but office rents reach new highs

L&G’s new strategy to unlock £9bn of additional investment in affordable housing in UK

Europa and Mitsubishi Estate London complete Stockholm office sale

Poland’s CRE market rebounds in Q1, office demand strong

CapitaLand wins S$2.4bn real estate investment mandate

Branded residences, The One Atelier launches lockchain platform The One Capital

German developers target €25bn data centre campus near Berlin

CBRE: Germany investment volumes hit €8.6bn in Q1 as recovery continues

Healthcare, Northern Horizon announces second fund raise

Jefferies: European real estate investment hits €53bn in Q1

Prologis: Automation boosts demand for modern logistics space

Q1 investment volumes up 12% in Italy, retail & hotels dominate

EXPO Real 2026 expands focus to include infrastructure

INREV/ANREV: Return of institutional investors a positive for non-listed real estate

KPA Pension buys 2,500-home Swedish residential portfolio from SEB funds

McKinsey: FDI flows are “a window to what’s coming next” for the global economy

Cushman & Wakefield: UK logistics records strongest e-commerce quarter since 2023

Savills: Southern Europe on investors’ radar as economy outperforms

AEW enters Dutch life sciences market with first acquisition

Global trade reaches $35trn but rising fragility weighs on developing economies

Hungary election signals policy shift and potential reset for investors

Sixth Street to invest over £1bn in partnership to deliver affordable housing in UK

Colliers: German logistics take-up rises 19% to 1.5m sq m in strongest quarter since 2022

ActivumSG exits VanWonen to Dutch investor consortium

BONARD: Student housing investment rises 76% as supply meets just 29% of demand

MSCI: Data centres outperformed all asset types but future remains uncertain

INREV: AI and geopolitics force rethink of real estate investment strategies

Poland investment volumes rise 43% to €1bn in strongest first quarter in four years

A third of UK investors chooses sustainability over returns

INREV: Capital rotates towards Europe as real estate competes with private credit and infrastructure

Savills: Data centre expansion to drive 786,130 sq m of new logistics demand across Europe

Amazon to invest more than €250m in 189,000 sq m France logistics hub

Covivio buys a portfolio of four-star hotels in Milan for €217m

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield places €750m green bond

JLL: Berlin office market posts strongest Q1 since 2022 with 43% leasing jump

Colliers: Iberian data centre developers shift to speculative builds as AI demand surges

a&o Hostels to double portfolio following €874m refinancing

French SCPIs face liquidity strain as redemptions rise and pricing gaps widen

Pradera tests market for €700m Ikea-anchored retail park portfolio

Interpipe expands into EU with Romanian acquisition as nearshoring momentum builds

La Caisse and Prologis launch €1bn pan-European logistics venture

UK’s Unite speeds up disposals, targets £500 million in sales

Commerz Real acquires student housing complex in Seville

Jefferies: Norway tops Europe’s data centre map as power constraints stall growth in core markets

France CRE investment falls 48% as Paris office values near cycle lows

Knight Frank: transition to EV an opportunity for CRE owners

JPMorgan Chase set to build Canary Wharf’s tallest tower

Verdion secures full letting at €120m Berlin logistics park

Schoeller and pension fund partner to acquire Hamburg’s Alsterhaus in €150m deal

Talent strategies are becoming central to investment and place development

Saudi Arabia sees surge in foreign investment as inflows jump in late 2025

Global trade shifts under geopolitical pressure as growth continues: McKinsey report

UK housebuilders halt land buying and cut activity as demand weakens

Savills: Dutch logistics vacancy climbs to 6.3% as decade of expansion feeds through

Orion completes acquisition of 5-star Corinthia Hotel in Lisbon

French court backs CyrusOne data centre in phased development ruling

Kering sells 80% stake in Milan luxury retail building for €1.16bn

Savills: the built environment must act to reduce air pollution

Infrastructure investment vital to Africa’s economic growth but financing gaps remain

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Covivio and Blue Owl complete €503m R&D campus JV in Paris

Derwent sells London Burberry HQ for £131.8m as disposal programme accelerates

Sun Life takes full control of $90bn real estate platform with European operations

ICG Real Estate raises €1.4bn for European opportunistic strategy

Germany’s largest cooperative renovation project underway

Europe’s data centre pipeline grows with €6bn Denmark campus and Mistral’s Paris AI cluster

Cushman & Wakefield: UK tops fit-out costs and delivery speed as Europe’s pricing gap widens

Call for entries in ULI Europe’s PropTech Innovation Challenge

Greystar adds 1,600 beds in Spain PBSA deal

Tishman Speyer buys London office building at 50 Pall Mall

Colonial SFL prices €500m green bond at 3.875% as refinancing costs rise

Call for entries: High-potential innovation zones seeking investment

T & T report: cost of building skyscrapers in London up 40%

Defence spending ‘to drive real estate performance in Europe’

Dates and location for WAIPA’s 30th World Investment Conference announced at Mipim 2026

JLL: Madrid and Barcelona require €5.8bn to upgrade prime office stock

German real estate lending rebounds in 2025 as residential demand leads recovery

FDI in the US shrinks in the fourth quarter but holds steady for the full-year total in 2025

Trade rule reform key to unlocking FDI and real asset investment

INREV: war causes sharp drop in investor sentiment in March

MSCI: French CRE returns reach 3.3% in 2025 as recovery continues

Patron explores €400m sale of Spanish co-living platform Vandor

Garbe enters hospitality sector in partnership with B&B Hotels

Savills IM reaches full occupancy at Malaga urban logistics scheme

GXO launches logistics hub for Benelux data centre supply chains

L&G and Hyde Group create affordable housing JV in UK

German residential sentiment weakens as office outlook improves in Q1

QuadReal expands UK self storage platform with £280 million portfolio deal

Cushman & Wakefield: 86% of investors back hotel investment in 2026

SCOR pushes ahead with €260m close for European value-add debt strategy

The Crown Estate’s £125m tech hub in Oxford gets approved

Aureon and Caisson iO launch £300m UK multi-let industrial platform

Spanish urban hospitality platform enters London in €330m-€420m expansion

UK’s first Land Use Framework aims to balance infrastructure, nature and housebuilding

JD.com prepares UK Joybuy launch, driving logistics demand

Colliers: investor appetite back as EMEA retail sector improves

Bain Capital and Stoneweg near completion of 45,000 sq m Tuscany logistics project

War in the Gulf sharpens focus on real estate refinancing risks

ING: sustainable finance fuels real estate recovery in Europe

SEGRO advances UK data centre projects in Slough and London

Greystar acquires Native to expand its presence in Europe

Mipim 2026 signals return of capital — but investors turn more selective

Berlin housing law raises uncertainty for listed landlords

11 sustainable projects named winners of 2026 Mipim Awards

Colliers: good news for retail as Gen Alpha prefers ‘real’ shops

Dalata in expansion mode set to open its 7th hotel in London

Mipim: supply shortages and demographics underpin living sector investment outlook

Savills to buy US-based Eastdil Secured in a $1.1 billion deal

Ingka to open 20 IKEA small stores across Europe and the US

Mipim: European logistics market reaches bottom of cycle as demand returns

Mipim: income growth and selective opportunities to drive European real estate recovery

Pocket Living’s new model to ease London’s rental crisis

Mipim: Power constraints reshape Europe’s data centre investment landscape

Global volatility a ‘major test of nerve’ for investors: PwC & ULI

Mipim briefing: more foreign investors interested in German market

ESG reshaping Europe’s real estate industry: SIOR report

New capital takes Northern Horizon’s Fund over €1bn mark

Ambassadori Island Batumi brings Black Sea smart city vision to MIPIM

Real Asset Media welcomes all participants to MIPIM 2026

INREV: policy uncertainty a brake to investment in resi

Iași showcases investment potential at MIPIM

Knight Frank: London law firm office leasing rises 13% as US firms expand presence

Urban Partners sells six Swedish care homes to Northern Horizon

Energy efficiency key to avoid stranded assets, survey shows

US foreign investment rebounds in third quarter as equity flows surge

Redevco: €100bn of European offices require EPC upgrade by 2030

Prologis sells 84,450 sq m UK logistics portfolio to EQT Real Estate

Knight Frank: UK hotels show resilience despite challenges

Family offices double down on direct real estate investments: Kingstone Real Estate report

Amazon to invest €33.7bn in Spanish data centres through 2035

Kennedy Wilson and CPP commit further £300m to UK single-family rental platform

Grupo Empresas Matutes in €300 million deal to acquire 75% stake in Azora hotel JV

CPP Investments and Equinix to acquire Nordic data centre platform for $4bn

Poland leads new wave of European data centre investment

Retailers welcome decision to pedestrianise Oxford Street

Catella: European prime office rents growing, market stable

Octopus Capital: Spain needs 230,000 additional care beds by 2033

Starwood closes in on €500m pan-European logistics portfolio

Pension JV acquires London hospital site for £350m BTR neighbourhood

Savills: European office take-up set to increase by 3% in 2026

PGIM lends €325m against 85-asset German grocery retail portfolio

Altarea and Vantage agree 400 MW Bordeaux hyperscale campus

MEAG and Culmia launch €400m Spanish affordable housing platform targeting 2,500 homes

Redevco adds three retail parks in Spain to its European Fund

Walter Herz: supply crunch drives Polish office investment revival

Savills: £3bn UK shopping centre sales pipeline as investment activity rises

Evolution invests £1.1 billion in two luxury hotels in London

Kojamo wins regulatory approval for €900m Finnish apartment portfolio deal

Castellum sells $618m Swedish public-sector portfolio to pension fund

Clarion Partners acquires asset to expand its German portfolio

Outlook 2026: logistics the most attractive sector in the Netherlands, retail rebounding

Knight Frank: UK life sciences firms jump 22% as lab property market enters new cycle

Catena buys $970m Nordic logistics portfolio and enters Finland

Outlook 2026: foreign investors looking at Dutch market but uncertainty holds them back

IPUT raises €175m from CBRE IM to launch €500m Dublin office expansion

Sweden top country as LEED certification grows in Europe

Drooms: European real estate transaction times stabilise at 363 days

New Framework for a Nature-Positive Built Environment

Cheyne Capital loan to fund resi development in SE London

Atland to acquire Sienna Real Estate to create €10bn pan-European platform

BlueCastle Capital expands UK BTR pipeline beyond £1 billion

Antin in talks to buy French holiday club operator from Caravelle

Sonae Sierra launches €500m Iberian student housing joint venture

Macquarie-led consortium takes over Qube, Australia’s largest logistics group

H.I.G. acquires City of London asset as living platform exceeds £1bn

Allianz Global Investors reaches €1bn third close for infrastructure credit fund

GIC weighs €1bn sale of 80% stake in European data centre JV

Space Industrial acquires £100m UK multi-let industrial portfolio from Blackstone

Sovereign investors start 2026 with strategic restructurings despite slower deal activity

Nuveen agrees £9.9bn takeover of Schroders to create $2.5tn asset manager

Finnish pension fund sells €900m housing portfolio in cash-and-shares deal

ULI: decarbonisation the best way to manage transition risks

Brookfield in talks to buy Blackstone’s Spanish residential platform for €1bn

Savills: self-storage markets in UK and Europe set to expand

Verdion secures €95m Cologne site for urban logistics hub

NatWest commits £10bn to fund UK social housing sector

Border to Coast invests £70m in Cambridge rental housing scheme

Industrial portfolio in the UK’s Midlands secures £63.1m refinancing

Real Asset INSIGHT’s CEO Outlook 2026: Investor confidence strengthens as firms prepare to buy

Savills: Dutch investment volumes jump 19% to €14.5bn as capital leads recovery

BlackRock’s Simon Durkin named ULI Europe’s new CEO

Real Asset INSIGHT’s CEO Outlook 2026: European investors shift from caution to capital deployment as pricing stabilises

Savills: Global prime office costs rise 5.1% in 2025 as London’s West End retains world lead

New ULI guide to accelerate decarbonisation of buildings

Black Swan secures €400m financing for landmark Champs-Élysées redevelopment

CBRE IM backs €300m German industrial outdoor storage joint venture

Newcore Social Infrastructure Fund achieves second close

Neura Robotics and Drees & Sommer partner on robotics-ready buildings