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ESG: a ‘tsunami of regulations’ will hit the real estate sector

The property sector must prepare itself for an avalanche of ESG-related regulations and requirements, experts agreed at Real Asset Media's European Real Estate in Transformation - ESG, Digitisation, Proptech & Investment briefing, which took place recently at Schroders' offices in London.
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ICG launches last mile platform with €500m assets in the bag

Slowdown creates opportunity in the Italian market: Coima

Crisis being handled well as professionals find solutions

Sentiment among German lenders finding ‘a stable basis’

Elithis fund buys Le Harvre energy-positive resi tower

Stranded asset risk is “the €1.5 trillion elephant in the room”

Mormon church buys London logistics investment for £74m

German American Realty US resi fund final close at $90m

Map and compass to navigate the ESG reporting jungle

Oversubscribed Urban Partners fund raises €3.65bn

France and US sales bring URW disposal targets closer

Caution on German offices while economy ‘on slide’: PBB

Deepki buys Nooco to optimise carbon footprint of buildings

Frankfurt business school launches property institute

S&P stress test indicates office backed CMBS are resilient

PV power plants move Finnish office investor toward net zero

UK commercial real estate chalks up 7% of UK GVA: BPF

Azora to reduce Spanish hotel portfolio’s energy consumption

London office refurbs hit high in race to avoid obsolescence

Four Portuguese supermarkets boost Savills IM’s food strategy

European resi deals to resume with consensus on lower prices

UK logistics owner occupiers boost supply by sub letting

Handover to SLC completes Glasgow wharf transformation

New MoU plots Edinburgh’s £2bn west-side resi story

Amro Partners and NTT UD team up for co-living project

Only London and Paris ahead of Warsaw in office demand

ESG ‘a must’ but logistics tenants may need convincing
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DWS: Europe’s seven best cities to invest in the office market

Business model changes make for rapid shifts in shed demand

INREV survey: top managers rule, dry powder at €215 billion

Segro commits £2bn to UK’s West Mids industrial strategy

Logistics sector sees first hints of rise in business confidence

CTP to invest €600 million in German and Polish logistics

Colliers’ sets up new unit as Poland’s power bill up 350%

Mind the gap: Paris market becoming ever more polarised

P3 buys a let investment in Germany’s deep water port

UK healthcare bed supply falls but demand growth continues

Luxury retail and hospitality back in vogue in France

Abrdn’s Slater to succeed Vaughan as Redevco chief

Ingka’s €30m wind stake could meet 1/3 of Finnish power need

International investors return to the French market after lull

Despite 57% dip CEE more resilient than western Europe

Green light for Bloom/Angelo Gordon ultra-urban warehouse

BPF and UKPA join forces to drive innovation in real estate

Industrial space demand surge likely due to EV battery boom

Greystar finances Wembley PBSA with £130m LaSalle loan

CBRE IM sells Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock to joint venture

Empira’s new Cologne resi quarter beats asbestos threat

CapMan Infra invests in data centres in northern Europe

New Nordic alliance to focus resources on urban challenges

Post-covid recovery suits outlets as visits increase

Hague offices have residential future following sale by Garbe

UKGBC sets up new task force to tackle embodied carbon

Education sector grabs London space at unprecedented levels

Swedish distillery’s conversion to conserve industrial heritage

€560m portfolio sale brings Vonovia near 2023 sales target

Union buys majority of MRP’s Mix resi project in Amsterdam

New €250m Azora fund to aid firms with carbon cutting skills

Tritax makes first acquisition for its new £500m mandate

Round Hill invests €32m in German senior living facility

BL to develop zero carbon logistics hub in central London

Patrizia picks former DWS chief for CEO as Egger steps aside

Aviva launches new LTAF fund seeded with £1.5bn portfolio

World’s first recycled concrete buildings under construction

Trianon’s €115m resi sale raises resources and focuses assets

’80s London printworks will be culture venue in BL masterplan

Stoneweg Hospitality spends €83m on Spanish hotel duo

Pain in US office sector could be ‘at least as bad as 08-09’

£1.5 billion revamp of London’s Liverpool St station planned

Orion and 4 More repositioning boosts Wiesbaden retail centre

MSCI: Q1 CRE investment in Europe slumps to 11-year low

UK banks back L&G’s suburban BTR platform with £150m loan

Attention continues to focus on Warsaw’s Wola office district

Vonovia sells €1 billion stake in German resi portfolio to Apollo

Panattoni steps up brownfield sites development in Europe

Wing completes Bauwert acquisition in expansion drive

Aviva invests in TopHat’s low carbon modular housing

Bayes research: new lending to real estate still strong in UK

IHG to open the first luxury branded hotel in Liverpool

Living sector the most resilient in Germany, offices in demand

UK logistics demand slips back to near pre-pandemic level: KF

Henderson Park lets Los Cubos in Madrid after refurbishment

ESG compliance now driving market valuations in Germany

Bouwinvest’s Canadian PRS debut – JV with Woodbourne

Westfield owner URW to buy Hammerson out of Croydon JV

German transactions on hold but rebound expected in Q4

SHHA expands coverage opening membership to US

La Francaise buys last-mile logistics asset in NW Spain

Savills IM buys safe-as-houses Swedish resi in €100m deal

Partners Group signs carbon removal deal with Climeworks

Patrizia plans community-friendly London office project

Savills: best cities attract Clean & ClimateTech companies

Empira buys second Miami site – aims to exploit lack of US resi

Persistence of remote working threat to Paris & London offices

Intreal research: Article 8 funds earn positive returns earlier

Berlin resilient despite dip in Q1 demand for German offices

AXA IM Alts acquires the 5* Hotel Sofia in Barcelona

L&G backs Glenbrook BTR in Leeds’s biggest ever funding

Industrials REIT accepts £511m Blackstone acquisition bid

Panattoni secures funding for latest phase of Lublin project

CTP plans to double in size to exploit CEE logistics promise

Fiera RE in affordable housing partnership with SimplyPhi

Azora takes stake in Abatable in decarbonisation drive

LaSalle Debt Investments to expand sustainable lending

Kering buys €600m central Paris project to house Gucci

Savills: Offices and logistics shielded from energy shocks

Chayton and Montenegro sign €700m new infrastructure plan

Blackstone holds final close on record $30.4bn property fund

AXA IM Alts agrees sale of Data4 platform to Brookfield

Automating resi rental process could cut manual work by half

La Francaise enters medical market with Paris clinic buy

Focus on interest rates and ESG as lenders revert to core

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CBRE: large deals propel Irish market beyond expectations

LIP Invest acquires pre-let logistics asset near Stuttgart

Aeon: family offices in US and Europe turning to real estate

DWS and GIC defend REITs despite pressures on US offices

Tristan fund’s €52m loan from Berlin Hyp includes green slice

Cooperation not competition to promote sustainability in RE

Cheyne lends £150m for office upgrade in City of London

Garbe pushing ahead with first development project in Italy

Ingka to create mixed-use ‘urban meeting place’ in Paris

CBRE: Asian interest driving Central London’s office market

Australian pension giant Aware Super buys into UK BTR sector

Ingka buys Dublin distribution centre for Ikea UK & Irish arm

Plans for new Berlin quarter firmed up as concept selected

Second Newport Logistics Fund is targeting €100m

Resi will retain its attraction despite yield increase in 2023

Harrison St JV to fund £302m Birmingham BTR project

Maersk hires CBRE for property drive to smooth supply chains

Accurate data is essential for achieving sustainability goals

AIF Capital adds three German healthcare facilities to portfolio

Garbe plans €76m multi-let logistics scheme near Leipzig

Fund launch and partnership start Coima in social housing

PIC pays Schroders £267m for UK government Croydon space

76% of Europe’s offices may be obsolete as expectations rise

SHHA report: challenging times but bright prospects

40% rent increases needed to restore German resi’s attraction

Mainz office campus improved and sold to Gold Tree Group

Trei quits Czech and Slovak markets with c€250m sale

New report looks at European bank charging characteristics

CBRE IM sells two Swedish shopping centres to NIAM

Heimstaden establishes new green financing framework

Crestbridge improves access to Europe with depositary licence

£52m East Mids buy signals Clarion’s return to UK market

L&G: impact investing delivers benefits and good returns

Hines gets ‘disruptive’ with launch of new business unit

Catella fund buys affordable green PRS scheme in Berlin

S Immo sells Berlin portfolio as shifts to higher yield CEE assets

Rural-urban migration driving PRS demand and prices in CEE

Drooms launches Lifecycle, free software product for real estate

Nuveen launches Global RE Carbon Reduction Strategy

Heitman buys Norwegian student housing platform

Eurazeo sustainable infra fund hits €420m and spreads reach

MIPIM: FDI expanding scope to encompass more real assets

Aggregate sells Portuguese unit to focus on Germany

Hines-Acciona Spanish BTR scheme a ‘cornerstone’ project

MIPIM: cooperation the key to more sustainable real estate

MIPIM: Cut carbon now using existing solutions says report

MIPIM: Residential sector to become more institutional

MIPIM: the market now driving progress on ESG compliance

ULI: Landlords may need to ‘act soon to preserve rental income’

Research: London & Paris top digitally visible European cities

MIPIM: logistic sector strong but barriers getting higher

Northern Horizon buys Danish aged care home portfolio

MIPIM: excessive volatility spooking the debt market

Life science and innovation heading for Canada Water

Europe can expect improving growth but risks remain: C&W

BentallGreenOak/Mission St JV targets science space shortage

Two major deals on the North and South bank of the Thames

Gerald Eve joins BH2 and HDH in US firm Newmark’s stable

Greenman fund acquires three Edeka stores in sale/leaseback

Coima: new opportunities from the slowdown in Italian market

Mark obtains £381m financing for two London developments

Germany faces shortage of life science and tech space by 2025

ReInvest acquires sustainable office project in Barcelona

ECE to convert Rome office space into €60m luxury hotel

La Francaise buys healthcare centre in Paris suburb St Ouen

Real Asset Media adds foreign direct investment to its brief

Deas buys IQ Energy Nordic in digital transformation drive

Manchester pension equity aids Heimstaden buy back

Apleona raises annual sales to €3.5 bn with Gegenbauer deal

First healthcare acquisitions in Benelux for BNP Paribas REIM

Berlin maintains appeal for rented residential investors

JLL: Asia and Europe lead back to the office trend, US lagging

Survey finds UK firms unaware of imminent energy measures

P3 expands Dutch portfolio with Amstelveen acquisition

Poland’s PRS only 1% of rental market even after 40% growth

Record renewable energy production for Commerz Real

Niam is to push ahead with Helsinki’s tallest office tower

High demand for Berlin Hyp’s €750 million mortgage bond

Propreal buys two prime office buildings in central Barcelona

NatWest backs Macquarie BTR unit’s Edinburgh community

European key cities attracting more people back to the office

Hamleys picks Rome for its first Continental European store

Juli Living uses Spaceflow app to ‘elevate tenant experience’

More transformation loans as ESG compliance now a must

Savills: European tech cities rising up global rankings

P3’s Panattoni deal is fifth Sth Poland purchase in 12 months

Decline in inflation and interest rates is the key to recovery

New £8 billion masterplan to regenerate Earl’s Court site

Glenbrook gets green light for 600+ unit BTR project in Leeds

European markets badly hit but recovery is on the horizon

Germany’s office space and investment markets diverging

Cheyne backs €62m revamp of classic 5-star hotel in Helsinki

WorldGBC demands strict EU rules on buildings’ emissions

M&G European ‘living’ fund acquires Dublin PRS project

Housing fund draws more UK local council pension schemes

New world of higher rates and higher returns for real estate

Sale & leaseback deal brings LIP an ESG-friendly asset

London office demand persists despite challenges: BNPPRE

La Française: real estate paying high price for monetary policy

Swedish Pandox pays Aprirose £53m for central Leeds hotel

Irish care sector jumps hurdles to post record 2022 volumes

How to avoid hitting the target but missing the point on ESG

Oxford boosts life science arm with $125m Boston acquisition

Amundi aims for €600m with second senior mortgage fund

‘Cautious optimism’ the mood at Iberian listed RE conference

Oxford Uni and Legal & General deliver new life sciences space

Cheyne backs development of key OPDC site in west London

Bouwinvest raises €288 million for its Office and Resi funds

Green light for Panattoni UK’s South Yorkshire logistics giant

Occupiers embrace European offices – leasing up 15%: C&W

Catella Elithis fund acquires green resi project in France

Asset management and ESG central to new strategy: PGIM

M7 loan aids UK south coast shopping centre acquisition

AXA IM Alts buys The Ridge residential complex in Delft

Accolade completes A-class shed space in Poland’s north

Values’ public sector fund buys the former RTL HQ in Cologne

TfL and Network Rail team up to build 20,000 London homes

Verdion set for further spec phase at Hannover Expo site

Investcorp boosts UK logistics portfolio with Eurocentral buy

Hines strengthens France offer with management unit launch

Aviva and Packaged Living plan BTR in UK’s Ipswich

Aedifica’s Hoivatilat lines up more care facilities in Finland

Puma backs new sustainable construction research centre

Funds chip in bringing Nuveen strategy over half way to target

CBRE IM acquires two Danish logistics assets and expands JV

IPUT’s Wilton Place scheme to be living lab for social impact

Savills Germany: Monthly volume hits a 10-year low

HIH acquires future proofed pre-let Dutch logistics project

GIC and BA pension fund join London life science project

Drooms survey: focus still on innovation in European RE

Eagle-eyed Tikehau spots Paris hotel repositioning opportunity

Credit Suisse and Trinity JV buys 1,000-room Florida hotel

First deals done in Immo’s bid to build £1bn UK resi portfolio

Dutch pension fund to invest €170m in housing fund

Axa grows APAC resi stake with €420m Japan portfolio deal

Ingka takes a 15% stake in Australia’s biggest wind farm

Europe’s logistics rents still defy economic headwinds

Greenman Group looks East and buys Newbridge Poland

Trei sells entire Portugal retail holding to narrow its focus

€58m 1Box loan raises Tristan’s TIPS’ exposure to self-storage

Debt funding gap widens as ‘disruptive’ rate hikes take hold

First acquisition in Spain for KGAL’s new resi impact fund

Boreal/Cadillac logistics JV expands into France and Spain

Hong Kong buyer is set to pay Landsec £349.5m for City asset

Round Hill Capital secures Danish 324-unit resi portfolio

Log In logistics vehicle buys trio of Spanish and German assets

Strong fundamentals attract logistics investors to France

EU sustainability regs are poor fit for property assets: INREV

Spanish REIT Colonial sells off three Madrid offices for €300m

European logistics is resilient but ‘not back to normal’ yet

Samsung to exploit repricing with €375m AEW mandate

Investors reassess property returns as volumes dive: MSCI

GARBE: now is a good time to invest in French logistics sector

Study reveals Europe’s growing potential for non-bank debt

pbb refinances Boreal-Cadillac JV logistics assets with €240m

Primonial CEO Juergen Fenk resigns – Fléchet takes reins

KGAL-Pfalzsolar JV to grab share of Greek solar boom

HubCap to repurpose three commercial assets in the UK

Aviva survey finds 93% of global investors take ESG into account

M7 sells Lisbon development after asset strategy completed

ESG beckons as Becken plans revamp of new Munich asset

Lendlease’s £3.5 billion plan to transform London’s Silvertown

Allianz buys Milan asset from Blackstone for €200 million

Care Property Invest share offer raises €111m enabling growth

Companies improving offices to entice people back to work

ECE adds leisure and sport to G3 Vienna shopping centre

Investment in UK’s PBSA sector exceeds £7bn in 2022

Return to core as investors cut property allocations: INREV

Azora’s Barcelona logistics deal takes investments to €100m

Patrizia and Mitsui to launch infrastructure strategy in APAC

International Campus buys five assets in Germany and Austria

TOG opens London’s tallest mass timber office building

Green light for Axa’s Madrid affordable housing project

Ireland’s Power Capital secures €240 million for solar projects

Saarbrücken assisted living buy broadens spread for AIF fund

New Savills IM strategy steps up European logistics focus

Tristan’s €2bn EPISO 6 fund fully subscribed at 20 investors

€110m AIB green loans finance Kennedy Wilson’s Dublin trio

Germany’s ZBI takes first step into Dutch residential market

HIH buys 100,000 sq m resi portfolio from Quarterback

Supermarket Income REIT raises stake in Sainsbury stores

Logistics investor focus could switch from last to first mile: KF

Impact buys care portfolio as UK market breaks records

ECE Living acquires Danish apartments for “living” fund

Colliers Dawson takes on extra global capital markets role