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Bayes: refinancing drives 29% rise in UK commercial property lending

UK commercial property lending rose 29% year on year to £28.7bn in the first half of 2026, driven by refinancing as lenders competed for business.

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British Land shelves next phase of major London regeneration project as costs soar

S&P: European data centre restrictions prompt operators to explore emerging markets

Jefferies: Rising yields put European property valuations under pressure

JLL: Spanish retail investment jumps 45% to €2.54bn

Green and pedestrian-friendly: Oxford Street closed to traffic

Amazon plans €16bn German investment drive

Walter Herz: Warsaw class A offices near metro command €6 per sq m monthly rental premium

Orka Investments buys 249-bed PBSA scheme in Liverpool

NBIM & Ares team up to invest €1.5bn in European logistics

ImmoStat: Paris office landlords offer incentives worth nearly a third of headline rents

Colliers: AI firms are shaping the office sector in Europe

Climate Ready service launched to strengthen climate resilience

Columbia Threadneedle: UK retail parks tipped for 8.3% annual returns as development stalls

Berlin Hyp: infrastructure and real estate are converging in a cautious German market

Timber Carbon launches the world’s first AI-powered carbon removal infrastructure for RE

PHP and GIC enter into £700m private hospitals joint venture

Culmia and Cross Ocean launch €400m Madrid residential joint venture

German residential asking rents record strongest quarterly rise since early 2025

Jefferies: Renewed property valuation pressure overtakes refinancing risk

Capital Economics: Paris office values face euro-zone’s biggest fall

UK, Council housing project wins RIBA’s 2026 Stirling Prize

Vastint and Hines agree to buy Düsseldorf site for 1,700 homes

CTP launches first branded Italian logistics park under €1bn investment plan

M&G Real Estate acquires two residential properties in Paris

Avison Young: Polish retail investment hits strongest first half since 2018

Landsec pays £95m to increase stake in UK shopping centre Bluewater

AXA Report: AI ‘the biggest risk’, climate change second

Regulator clears £229m Ebury Bridge housing project in central London

Next phase of Battersea Power Station secured by £280m loan

Sansiri Capital buys Lake Como hotel from Bain Capital and Omnam

Livensa targets 25,000 beds in European PBSA expansion

Carrefour unlocks €290m through sale and leaseback of 35 stores

Colliers: recovery continues in Germany’s I&L market in Q3

Patrizia to invest £1 billion in affordable housing in the UK

Dils: €10.6bn invested in Italy in Q1-Q3 this year, up 30% on 2025

Capital values for UK CRE -0.9% in Q3 as yields moved: CBRE

Housing and infrastructure could widen UK life sciences development map

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund partners with Art-Invest on German offices

Third retail park acquisition in Germany for Redevco’s fund

Paris office leasing slumps 26% as available space reaches 6.59m sq m

DWS agrees Peakside takeover to strengthen European property investment platform

Tishman Speyer fund makes first investment with Vienna PBSA acquisition

EXPO REAL 2026: Regulatory uncertainty threatens investment needed to tackle housing shortage

German property investment slows as financing costs rise

Office conversions drive Bob W’s European expansion

EXPO Real 2026: AI fuels German data centre demand as expansion faces barriers

EXPO Real 2026: consolidation offers opportunities in German senior living and healthcare

Dutch property sector misses out on wider tax reform in 2027 plans

EXPO Real 2026: 40,000 expected in Munich as infrastructure joins the fair

Catena agrees €191m acquisition of Urban Partners’ Finnish logistics portfolio

German industrial RE will be ‘best performer for next 5 years’

Savills: European property investment to rise 4% to €156bn in first nine months

CBRE IM acquires 437-unit resi development in Amsterdam

Investors acquire €300m PBSA schemes in western Paris

Briefing: inflation hedge aspect adds to investors’ interest in senior housing and healthcare

£1bn loan from ING and DBS to upgrade City of London office

Fifth acquisition in Spain for Redevco’s Retail Park fund

Briefing: resilient sectors the best bet in a volatile market

AEW: physical hazards double climate risk premium for RE

Finnish data centre petition tops 77,000 signatures after Google’s €13bn pledge

EXPO REAL 2026 survey finds caution rising despite investment recovery

Ghelamco sells Warsaw office complex to Eastnine in €285m deal

Harworth board backs Peel’s £632m offer after price raised to 187p

Catella: city selection is becoming as important as sector

Jefferies: healthcare property holds firm as European yields rise

Briefing: strong sustainability credentials unlock financing

Briefing: European RE debt funds grow rapidly but transparency lags

Colonial and Vita form €1bn PBSA and flex living venture in Madrid

Cheyne Capital raises £3bn for European real estate debt

Deutsche Bank’s asset manager weighs withdrawal curbs after €6bn property fund exodus

Target Healthcare delivers best annual performance since 2013 IPO

Energy and property lead UK industry growth, pointing to real asset demand

Berlin housing expropriation risk returns after far-Left election victory

GARBE and BREMER sell German industrial park to Redevco

KKR and Mirastar buy 8-asset UK logistics portfolio from Ares

NEPI Rockcastle agrees €200m Ozas sale in Baltic exit

Partners Group and Aboria buy £165m UK student housing portfolio

Clarion Partners acquires XXL warehouse in northern France

US office sector faces $289bn refinancing test as cities compete for corporate investment

Iran conflict and rising interest rates halt German real estate recovery

Prodea forms €500m Greek logistics platform

Harworth Board unanimously rejects revised offer from Peel

Energy, AI and connectivity drive investment momentum in Armenia

Location risks rise as global data centre investment accelerates

Cushman & Wakefield: Helsinki data centre market nearly triples to 1.15GW

Cheyne Capital provides £121m loan to decarbonise a listed office in the City of London

Savills IM wins approval to launch Italian direct lending business

Walter Herz: Polish planning gap threatens housing supply in 2027

QuadReal deploys £275m as its European debt expansion gathers pace

M&G European Property Fund issues first €500m green bond

Panattoni advances 193,000 sq m UK logistics programme

Merlin sees 70% chance Spain will soften data centre rules

190-home all-timber affordable housing scheme planned for Ibiza

Starlight closes £680m UK BTR fund targeting 6,000 homes

£2bn London scheme with 69-storey residential tower approved

Supermarket Income REIT acquires six UK grocery assets for £104m

Exclusive: power capacity is overtaking location in urban logistics investment, MARK Capital says

Savills: European prime shopping centre rents rise as health and leisure demand grows

Castleforge delivers sustainable office in the City of London

CBRE: Modern European office supply to fall to decade low as occupier standards rise

Catella: European logistics markets find a new stability

Danish investors plan €335m logistics hub

Clarion triples European AUM to €11bn with Stoneshield acquisition

Oxford Economics: France’s debt burden to hold back CRE recovery

Untapped UK commercial rooftop solar capacity could power 20m homes

Blackstone prepares €6bn IPO of Spanish hotel platform HIP

Alfana enters Portugal with €130m Algarve shopping centre deal

Centralis buys Cologne hotels for 233-unit serviced apartment conversion

Exclusive: Invesco Real Estate sees institutional capital returning to German real estate

Martley and Tristan launch €200m Polish logistics venture

Knight Frank to sell Kingsway House in London with consent to turn it into an 80-room hotel

Exclusive: Asian investors look to increase European real estate allocations, says GARBE

Exclusive: European logistics development faces ‘squeeze point’, GARBE warns

Deka acquires modern logistics property near Helsinki airport

Exclusive: Chinese logistics demand in Europe is structural and set to grow, GARBE says

Elevation launches Senior Living platform in Germany

NTrust and Heartprint join forces to provide reliable data on climate risk exposure

US states push back against data centre boom as local opposition grows

Residency becomes part of the UAE’s competition for global capital

Jefferies: European property value recovery stalls as UK yields rise

Aedifica targets 4% earnings growth after Cofinimmo merger

Drooms: signs of recovery in Germany’s transaction market

MSCI: currency gains lift EMEA real estate market 16% to $4.5trn

Warsaw leads major CEE cities with 5.5% hotel supply growth

Verdion acquires German site to develop urban logistics hub

Royal London backs first phase of major Wolverhampton regeneration

Lidl owner unveils plans for €5.6bn 240MW German data centre

Seychelles’ improved OECD rating boosts reputation and investor confidence

Savills: global real estate investment rises 13% to $250bn in Q2

Multibillion-euro billion Prague regeneration project moves forward with new investor consortium

We’re back – and the autumn calendar is packed

Data Center Capital develops €500m German edge data centre portfolio

HB Reavis replaces 111,500 sq m central London office plan with mixed-use scheme

New investment partnership to tackle homelessness in the UK

REAL ASSET Insight takes a two-week summer break

Shopping centre acquisition marks NEPI Rockcastle’s entry into Spanish retail market

‘Exceptional performance’ for Czech investment market in Q2

Savills: Oslo and Porto lead Europe’s next data centre wave

BNPP AM Alts secures reported £495m London resi refinancing

ALEX Kaunas Innovation Park: a new home for high-tech investment

Saudi Arabia combines rising FDI stock with fresh wave of project announcements

M&G secures €732m financing for Dublin BTR portfolio

Savills: AI and flex-space firms drive global office expansion

Valor acquires urban logistics asset near Port of Rotterdam

Madison takes minority stake in 3,500-bed German PBSA platform

Harworth rejects Peel’s 172.5p-a-share cash offer

Arada plans 516-bed PBSA development in South London

Partners Group to invest over $1bn in European data centre power platform AVK

Tritax raises £350m to accelerate enlarged data centre pipeline

Deepki acquires Evora Global and Metry in ESG expansion

EV slowdown prompts industrial market reset as developers look beyond automotive boom

Blue Owl raises €1.6bn for debut European net lease fund

Savills: UK BTR starts plunge 79% as development pipeline shrinks

Peel offers £583m to take UK developer Harworth private

Redevco buys Madrid and Barcelona logistics assets in Spanish push

Knight Frank: UK logistics take-up rises 15% in Q2 as retailers drive demand for Grade A space

New environmental standard to curb light pollution in resorts

Indian companies pursue more strategic overseas expansion despite dip in outbound investment

Segro accepts £14bn takeover offer from Prologis

Panattoni plans to double French business with speculative development push

Savills completes £827m Eastdil Secured acquisition

Norges Bank IM and Sonae Sierra agree €1.5bn acquisition of Spanish shopping centre portfolio

Branicks agrees €580m debt restructuring with €95m new financing

European Outlet Mall Venture launches €750m green bond

EQT acquires €532m European logistics portfolio from Logicor

LondonMetric and Schroder REIT finalise £404m Picton takeover

Up to two-thirds of German buildings could face severe heat stress by 2050

Draft London Plan sets out blueprint for growth, creating fresh opportunities for investors

Warsaw office supply crunch pushes vacancy to 8.5%

Redevco expands industrial outdoor storage platform with UK acquisition

MSCI: H1 investment volumes into Europe lowest since 2013

Latin America must convert investor interest into long-term projects, says Vistra

Unite to sell up to 20,000 beds in shift to UK’s strongest universities

Orange plans €3bn French data centre venture

Prologis building GSK’s new R&D centre in Cambridge

REALOGIS: Ruhr region leads Germany’s Top 8 logistics markets in H1

Tritax Big Box clears final legal hurdle for 107MW UK data centre

CBRE IM and Moda Living seal first deal for £2bn housing platform

Newcastle and Gateshead hold steady on inward investment despite tougher market

Jefferies: healthcare investment jumps 26% as European property market recovers

Morgan Stanley acquires five-asset French logistics portfolio from Hines

Savills: offices attract the most global cross-border investment

Argan-WDP merger creates €13bn European logistics giant

Pontegadea acquires Paris office complex for around €850m

UK pension scheme commits to Invesco Real Estate’s European credit fund

Exclusive: Redevco says logistics will play bigger role in Spanish portfolio

Knight Frank: future of tech and real estate now intertwined

Seychelles to convene investors and policymakers as it sharpens diversification agenda

SEGRO signals support for latest £14bn Prologis offer as deadline extended

Pure DC secures €1.3bn debt package for Finnish AI data centre campus

Hines raises more than €500m at first close of European value-add fund

GARBE: Benelux and north-west Germany to benefit most from defence logistics boom

Covivio earnings rise 7.3% as office leasing gains momentum

Arada launches first phase of £2.5bn Thameside West regeneration project in London

IDA Ireland secures 190 investments in strong start to 2026 despite intensifying global competition

Avison Young: Poland posts strongest first-half investment performance in a decade

Barcelona area logistics take-up jumps 58% in first half

Segro rejects new £13.5bn offer from Prologis but talks carry on

Freeport East accelerates growth with manufacturing, innovation and investor support push

French residential investment drops 65% in second quarter

Savills: UK big-box logistics take-up reaches 1.46m sq m in H1

AEW: positive outlook for prime European offices as rents grow

IFC invests $80m in Porto Montenegro expansion, in a boost to the country’s tourism development plans

Europe regains momentum as strategic investment reshapes FDI landscape

H.I.G. launches €1bn German residential platform

Greystar targets 20,000 UK rental homes

Azora opens Milan office, plans to invest an extra €1.5bn in Italy

Global FDI rebounds, but developing economies risk being left behind as investment becomes more selective

Tristan provides £340m refinancing for Central London office development

PIMCO: AI could redefine commercial real estate returns

Italy’s Ryze enters Spanish market with Krata acquisition

Two Spanish groups merge to create €250m flex living platform

BNP Paribas: regional markets drive 23% rise in German logistics take-up

Panattoni gets go-ahead for new I&L park in Southampton

Singapore group to buy Unite’s £200m London PBSA project

GTC sells Avenue Mall Zagreb to Croatian investment fund

HBD secures forward funding for Golden Valley development

Stanhope wins £4bn London-Paris mandate from Norwegian sovereign wealth fund

Turner & Townsend: European labour shortages threaten data centre delivery

Savills: Milan Grade A office shortage pushes rents higher

Colliers: vacancy in Germany’s top office markets hits highest level since 2007

URW withdraws €300m Paris La Défense office tower from market

REALOGIS: Berlin warehouse take-up rises 21% in H1

SEGRO sets out £3.3bn defence against Prologis bid

Eastnine agrees €300m acquisition of Warsaw office property

Valor and GIC acquire Horizon Logistics Park near Dublin

BONARD: Germany’s PBSA market meets just 24% of student housing demand

JLL: Blackstone deal masks 29% fall in French investment

Berlin Hyp: dual approach can tackle rising rents in Europe

German property industry welcomes housing reforms as socialisation risk eases

SHHA Summit: Spain’s demographic ‘tsunami’ to drive nursing home demand

Colonial and Generali enter German market with €300m JV

Tribera and Aware Super launch €1bn German student housing platform

Norges and Sonae enter exclusive talks for €1.5bn Spanish shopping centre portfolio

BNP Paribas and Coima invest in Milan’s Diamond Tower

Savills: Britain needs 139,000 new care home beds by 2036 as supply gap widens

SHHA Summit: investors favour sector with ‘huge momentum’

SEGRO to create £3bn UK logistics JV with institutional investor

LaSalle IM wins €450m European office mandate from German pension fund

SHHA Summit: creating the living-care-cure continuum

Alecta Fastigheter acquires Stockholm offices from Castellum in €453m deal

SHHA Summit: integrating housing, healthcare and support systems for seniors

Germany faces €40bn CRE refinancing wall in 2026

INDUSTRIA relaunches German residential fund targeting up to €500m

Exclusive: Aedifica sees Southern Europe as healthcare real estate’s biggest growth opportunity

Colliers: local capital drives 58% of CEE investment as global investors pull back

Greystar buys 904-home central London BTR portfolio in £500m deal

AEW: UK senior housing offers over 150bp yield spread as supply falls short

Planon RE: Selecting the right data is key to scenario planning

Wihlborgs to acquire €1.2bn Southern Sweden commercial property portfolio

Planon RE: reliable data beats AI in helping real estate investors make good decisions

Exclusive: Invesco sees senior living for rent as growth opportunity in UK and Spain

TAG raises €295m through ROBYG IPO ahead of Warsaw listing

UNCTAD warns geopolitical shocks threaten investment and infrastructure outlook

MSCI: UK commercial rents outpace capital values by 260 basis points

CBRE IM acquires portfolio of eight logistics assets in Italy

Vonovia raises €850m through upsized convertible bond issue

CBRE: AI demand drives 19% growth in FLAP data centre capacity

Urban Partners and HIH Invest acquire Hamburg port logistics development site

LEAP doubles office space at Battersea Power Station

Flight to quality drives office fit-out costs higher across African markets

BONARD: European PBSA rental growth slows as affordability pressures build

Gecina signals new growth cycle for Paris offices after €3bn disposal programme

Elkstone adds to its student housing portfolio in Ireland

Wealthy Americans increasingly seek second citizenship as global uncertainty reshapes mobility strategies

Final bidders emerge for €380m Champs-Élysées trophy asset

Knight Frank: UK healthcare property transactions hit record £11.3bn in 2025

Ingka Group acquires first two solar parks in Spain to add to its renewable energy portfolio

Morgan Stanley and Ridgeback acquire Metra Living in £1.045bn rental platform deal

Tritax’s second data centre scheme takes UK pipeline past 230 MW

Man Group raises £362m for UK affordable housing fund

US industrial market shows signs of stabilisation as demand shifts towards automation and modern logistics

Camden Film Quarter secures planning approval, advancing one of the UK’s most investable projects

Aviva Investors: Germany’s student housing shortfall could reach 650,000 beds by 2030

Newmark: Paris prime retail vacancy falls to 3.2% as luxury brands compete for space

INREV: investor confidence at record lows despite positive market performance in Europe

East Midlands advances investment pipeline with major regeneration projects

Data4 to invest €5bn in 700MW French data centre campus

Urban Partners launches €650m regeneration fund targeting Europe’s housing shortage

Trigea buys into one of Poland’s largest shopping centres in €500m deal

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

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