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Power a concern for logistics as more availability issues loom

Logistics real estate is increasingly affected by the need for greater sustainability, but the pressure to raise the ESG standards on assets is coming from all directions: Real Asset Media’s event European Outlook 2023 – Focus on Logistics
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Elevation fund raises initial £330m for elderly care property

Affordability of logistics space helps steady occupier demand

Outlook 2023: ‘big winners and big losers’ in the Paris market

Previous JVs tempt Cadillac Fairview to 25% of Stanhope

Outlook 2023: resilient France weathering the crisis better

Joint venture KGAL/Premier for solar and wind power in Spain

‘Existing assets essential to meet demand’: BayernCare

Colliers: ‘big reset’ as real estate markets stabilise by mid-2023

La Française: European CRE volumes at a record high

Valor expands Paris footprint with logistics asset acquisition

Sharing know-how best way to tackle climate change: PwC

Inflation threatens growing UK care home performance: KF

Cheyne backs Beaumier’s hotel growth plans with £200m loan

European and Asian reactions to downturn different – so far

Axa IM Alts makes €156m first foray into Japanese care homes

Patrizia builds Dutch BTR using sustainable timber

Asia attractive to capital as Europe battles ‘polycrisis’

Colliers cements Pangea deal to complete Nordic network

Retailer John Lewis and Abrdn form JV for BTR homes drive

Panattoni Turin project aims at Italy’s nascent online market

Aventos unveils plan for Berlin science/factory/office complex

NREP’s Helsinki office purchase to join sustainable flex portfolio

Brookfield buys stake in Nordic SBB’s education portfolio

Portfolio performance more variable due repricing: M&G

Moorfield/Allegra JV expands care & nursing home portfolio

Living Retail: Sector adapts to changing economic context

MAPIC: Ingka Group launches meat-free food hall concept

MAPIC: McArthur Glen signs Eataly for its Serravalle outlet

DIC Asset ups stake in VIB which will be its logistics arm

Blackbrook Birmingham project steps up the power

Gap between green and brown assets set to grow: Bouwinvest

Strong demand for European non-listed RE debt strategies

Immofinanz to share On Top Living concept with ex-director

Milan’s Porta Romana €180m site acquisition concluded

Refinancing the name of the game as transactions pause

NREP bags first German assets as launches €500m strategy

APAC investors top central London 2022 volumes to date

Development projects most at risk as financing costs rise

A long-term strategy will deliver in the Dutch market

Henderson acquires majority of German residential developer

HIH Invest Real Estate buys 90% prelet project in Freiburg

Pocket Living pockets consents for two London resi projects

Multi completes revamp of Sicilian shopping centre

Proactive investors who focus on ESG will reap rewards

More corporates to turn to sale & leaseback for capital: Colliers

IC focuses on communal space after buying Bremen test bed

German logistics steady but future hard to call: LIP Invest

NAS Invest €20m upgrade answers call for green space

Supermarket’s sustainable design points way to netto zero

Dutch logistics sector set to outperform defying headwinds

UK property: cautious welcome for Hunt’s Autumn Statement

€1bn Oxford and Novaxia JV acquires Paris science campus

Great opportunities in science parks sector in the Netherlands

Westminster council launches new sustainable city charter

Innovation centre adds weight to Canary Wharf science plans

Patrizia to invest €1bn in Japan through JV with Asian investor

ESG Certification for Mark’s Paris Regeneration Fund

Office volumes fall but some European markets buck trend

Multiple structural trends are boosting logistics sector in CEE

London’s Tribeca to include bio-science innovation centre

MSCI expands its data service to cover Norwegian market

Huge potential for growth for resi for rent in CEE countries

German institutions focusing on ESG, Empira survey shows

Düsseldorf first European stop for Canadian outdoors brand

Geopolitical concerns trump strong fundamentals in CEE

Aggregate sells three more sections of Berlin project

PIC/Octopus/Elysian JV to build first retirement community

Domestic investors more active in CEE as the slowdown starts

Investors set to spend €151 bn on living sectors by 2027: KF

Macquarie acquires further Polish logistics asset from 7R

Offices account for over 40% of H1’22 investment: Colliers

Commerz Real PV plans help Denmark toward power target

Savills IM Asia fund invests in Japan and Western Australia

Aareal backs Tristan’s £240m Raag Hotels refinancing

World’s first net zero logistics scheme will avoid offsetting

Skanska invests in Finnish residential development

€200m AltamarCAM/Terralpa JV targets hi-end Spanish resi

NREP’s new internal carbon tax will shorten route to net zero

Stoneweg’s €24m loan backs luxury Madrid housing project

Recession in Europe before 2023 say 71% of RE leaders

Greenman launches property & financial management unit

Packaged Living and USAA Real Estate JV to target UK BTR

Pension Insurance Corporation backs Birmingham BTR project

Garbe puts energy into newly launched infrastructure arm

Actis subsidiary buys rights to build Europe’s largest PV plant

Orchard Street impact fund raises £90m at first close

CBRE IM plans office-to-resi conversion for new Berlin buy

Clarion completes Amsterdam build-to-suit logistics asset

Macroeconomic headwinds slow down capital flows

Luxembourg’s REInvest takes Bronze in €65m deal for fund

Stoneweg sale kicks off €600m Thor Madrid data campus

Mission Street & BGO to deliver science campus in Cambridge

Polish retail investment set to recover in ’22 – Trei, JLL Poland

American Realterm makes first French logistics acquisitions

Germany is discovering new asset class – self storage

Panattoni to build industrial park near Katowice airport

Property managers react to onward march of energy prices

Fall in European investment total about 10% to date: Savills

Europe’s non-listed debt universe growing apace: INREV

Leipzig PBSA and university research asset attracts BNP

£500m bond issue to bridge gap in London social housing

Time taken to complete deals up by 58% since 2019: Drooms

Henderson Park finances 1.8m sq ft Yorkshire shed scheme

Greystar bets on Australia with BTR and industrial strategy

JLL: over €4 billion invested in Italy’s office market this year

Lidl France’s logistics roll out continues with Barings buy

Coima: transaction volumes over €11 billion in Italy in 2022

Iberian briefing: resi for rent is “the new must have” in Spain

Pradera/Vindico JV to exploit retail boom in Middle East

Iberian briefing: hotel sector booming as tourists return

Recovery in three years states new Berlin Hyp opinion survey

Poland target for ECE’s first international logistics scheme

Iberian briefing: strong market activity despite headwinds

ULI and JLL collaborate to promote benefits of co-living

Still rich pickings to be had in logistics sector as rents rise

Iberian briefing: a ‘turnaround year’ for booming Portugal

Nuveen forward funds Essex industrial hybrid development

Commerz Real fund buys into French wind and solar portfolio

Cap rates moves lead to short-term concerns about logistics

DFI and BCP develop Hoxton in Dublin after Ennismore deal

Europe’s flex office share heading for 20% – Savills

‘Bubble bursts’ for logistics sector as prices come down

Real IS sells geoscience HQ in Canberra’s largest ever deal

Kajima/Low Carbon Alliance JV launch renewable platform

Battersea Power Station opens today after a £9 billion revamp

Greek renewables supply 100% of electricity requirements

Need for ‘urgent political action’ to solve PBSA crisis

Logistics sector fundamentals stronger than market jitters

C-change costs not factored in and property overvalued: ULI

EXPO Real: Resi set to defy negative market pressures

EXPO Real: Debt experts see market pause to assess change

Golding opts for mixed technologies for new fund

EXPO Real: Some steep hills yet on logistics’ path to net zero

Blackstone signs up for new European HQ in London

EXPO Real: Proptech shifts as RE gets head around data

EXPO Real: NL trends positive but tax is ‘still an obstacle’

EXPO Real: Lack of supply main issue for student market

Cromwell and Carlyle pair up on Nordic logistics mandate

EXPO Real: Cities facing both challenges and opportunities

EXPO Real: European property sector improves diversity score

EXPO Real: Second vehicle for last-mile platform Crossbay

EXPO Real: German deals pause as uncertainty increases

EXPO Real: Europe avoids ‘ghost office’ phenomenon

EXPO Real: Helaba increases Helsinki office loan to €128m

EXPO Real: Interest rate hikes halt Senior housing deals

EXPO Real: Long horizons needed for impact investing

M&G Real Estate invests c€700m in Japanese offices

Madison and Carucel create Norwegian residential platform

Prologis completes $23 billion acquisition of Duke Realty

Ingka Group to invest €100m in Dublin social housing

Deliveroo launches first bricks and mortar store in the UK

Real Asset Media launches EXPO Real daily ‘paper’

NAS Invest buys Frankfurt office tower from JP Morgan

Catella fund buying Paris car parks from AG Real Estate

MEAG acquires convenience store portfolio from Trei RE

APCOA leading the charge as EV revolution sweeps Europe

Valor invests €30m in four last-mile assets in Lyon and Paris

Barings buys single-family BTR housing scheme in Germany

Immofinanz to sell Hungarian office portfolio to S Immo

Savills IM pays €72m for last-mile trio in French regions

AEW acquires pre-let office asset in Munich’s Art District

QuadReal and IGIS form JV to create logistics space in Korea

BPF Net Zero Pledge gains traction as UK firms sign up

Valor obtains €105m loan from pbb for French last mile assets

CapMan to develop taxonomy-aligned apartments in Finland

Liverpool gives go-ahead for restaurant in old pumphouse

LendLease pays Landsec £809m for DB London office

Development starts on Leipzig biotech & life science campus

Strategic Value finances Spanish residential giant

Tristan/Bricks partnership buys 999-bed Liverpool PBSA asset

NREP and C40 join forces to promote the 15-minute city

Bonard survey investigates success of rented resi sector

CBRE IM buys residential asset in Berlin’s Pankow district

Aviva provides South African REIT with £105m finance facility

Hines bags Paris distillery conversion for Korea’s Hana

Hines planning 60,000 sq m Berlin city quarter extension

LIP ‘taste’s the feeling’ with Frankfurt airport scheme

Spain’s Azora increases US multifamily holdings to $140m

Despite uncertainty ‘it’s the best time’ for logistics investors

AEW completes Germany’s first multi-storey logistics project

Risk of transfer tax hike a spur to close deals in Dutch market

Big players still keen to spend their money on logistics assets

Focus on ESG a positive for thriving Dutch logistics sector

CBRE IM bags two residential-for-rent projects in Catalonia

Dutch resi market frozen as regulatory squeeze looms

Logistics occupiers cautious but still looking for more space

New ULI/LaSalle report will help sift climate risk analyses

Tailwinds are stronger than headwinds for logistics sector

Prologis pays Crossbay €1.5bn for urban infill shed portfolio

Silvertip Capital hires five-member Corestate team

Nearshoring trend set to transform European logistics

Allied Irish backs Kajima’s €100m Dublin PRS project

Barings BREEVA I fund sells assets in Sweden and Italy

Independent Living set to launch a £150 million IPO

Trei RE defies the slowdown with €1.6 billion resi pipeline

Intreal to enter the business of real estate private debt

Focus on green energy makes logistics even more attractive

Swiss Life and Norges create JV to invest in Paris and Berlin

Aviva Investors bets on the Amsterdam office market

The real estate industry set to play a more important role

M&G starts £200m mixed-use project in central London

Coima to develop fashion hub in Milan’s Porta Romana area

Despite challenges the outlook is positive for global real estate

HK propco to pay Helical €158m for TikTok London HQ

€70m Turin scheme marks Patrizia’s Italian PBSA debut

Axa IM Alts pays €423m for two residential portfolios in Japan

Golding infrastructure funds attract €1.5bn at final close

Conren buys Eschborn office in offmarket deal with Investcorp

Grosvenor sells south London BTR project to Greystar/ADIA

NCC to develop 10,000 sq m office project in south Malmö

Panattoni develops second Nadarzyn project near Warsaw

Lyon tops Europe’s flood risk table in new AEW research

Edyn plans aparthotel switch for former NH hotel in London

The Nordics’ Niam acquires retail park in southern Sweden

Fewer funds now opting for extension INREV study finds

The Grounds to increase density of Berlin resi asset

Picton acquires retail/office asset in UK town Cheltenham

Real Asset Day is taking a short summer break – Hasta la vista!

Real Asset Live’s autumn programme takes shape

Ready for Expo? International Investors’ Lounge returns

CPP Investments doubles its allocation to PBSA partnership

Kan Am’s Leading Cities fund turns Barcelona office asset

Barings buys Australian Altis as it gears up for Asian expansion

Abrdn logistics fund buys Dutch warehouse extension

Empira’s opportunistic resi and commercial fund hits €840m

Octopus takes more SEGRO space in drive to decarbonise

Norwegian low-emission ferry fleet floats CBRE IM’s boat

DeA Capital/Harrison St JV picks Seville for first BTR assets

Aedifica tops up pipeline with Finnish healthcare projects

Greystar pays €180m for Vienna residential tower

Hines & Compass hit European data centres market via Milan

CapMan sells Copenhagen office project for c€67m

DIF Capital infrastructure fund sheds German hospital stake

Mixed-use future for former west London department store

Homeless-focused Home REIT closes £85m spending round

UK Bank rate increases as construction output PMI dips

Azora broaches Greek hotel market with 5* Rhodes buy

Macquarie adds to Polish last-mile portfolio with airport asset

ABG pays Cilon €113m for refurbished Eschborn office

Redevco gears up for more large scale UK resi projects

Round Hill and TPG launch new PBSA brand in Germany

Union buys Düsseldorf office development from Oman SWF

JLL: office sector takes lion’s share of investments in Italy

European office occupancy at post-covid high – average 43%

Abrdn eyes new French assets’ management opportunities

Silbury lends £96m in fillip for UK residential developments

Operator buys Venice hotel as debt restructuring takes shape

ICG’s first infrastructure fund acquires leading UK solar firm

Adriano Care buys two assets and closes on €265m target

Sale of Polish assets shows appetite persists: Panattoni

Go-ahead for KanAm’s City of London back-to-frame refurb

Prodea and Invel to develop Olympics-ready 5* ski hotel

Boreal/Cadillac JV buys Europa fund’s Dutch last-mile platform

Round Hill’s €200m PBSA buy is Portugal’s largest so far in ’22

Barings pays NFU £234m for eight-asset logistics portfolio

Healthcare markets boom in 2022 as senior cohort grows

China pulls ahead of Germany as global RE market size swells

Klinksiek to assume LaSalle’s global research & strategy role

BPF urges UK rates reform to assist ‘levelling-up’ process

Group says cut Solvency II capital requirements to 10%

Moorfield in JV with Peloton to target UK open storage assets

Valor invests €50m in Lyon and Berlin last-mile logistics assets

Mark’s Regeneration fund buys Libération’s former HQ in Paris

IC aiming at ‘professionals’ as Frankfurt project starts on site

Kroeger to lead combined European division at Allianz

P3 to develop one of Europe’s largest data centre campuses

Interest hikes could wipe 30% off office values: Bloomberg

Coima: Italian RE market still attractive despite political crisis

Latest edition of Real Asset Insight magazine available

Germany’s ‘super cycle’ over as deal volumes dive in Q2 : Savills

Invel’s €600m bond refinances its stake in Greek REIT Prodea

Blackstone-backed UK film studio gets planning go-ahead

Iron Mountain 1m sq ft Rugby deal among ’22’s biggest: Tritax

Headwinds dent real estate markets in second quarter ’22

Italian doctors help Coima fund toward €600m end-year target

Site buys bring Nuveen Iberia BTR unit up to 3,000 homes

Aareal’s €200m green facility backs RedTree Paris purchase

AXA IM Alts to build a £1 billion net-zero office tower in the City

SBB raises c€130 million from sale of Swedish nursing homes

German healthcare investment volumes hit €1bn in H1: C&W

JLL bets on Italian resi sector in partnership with Abitare Co

Panattoni starts giant project in Poland’s Lower Silesia region

Former Madison execs launch new PE firm in Germany & US

Record €152m H1 for European property investment: CBRE

Henderson Park sells Dublin office to REinvest for €65m

Garbe core-plus logistics fund raises €400m at first close

Catella fund pays €65m for Dutch office-to-resi conversion

Wuppertal resi buy sweeps HIH fund towards its €400m target

Kajima and partners find funding for Polish PV farm

Brussels office market in the spotlight with two major deals

BNP Paribas AM raises €700m for commercial RE debt fund

Weston Smith appointed Chair of ULI Europe Young Leaders

KPMG chooses Coima’s Porta Nuova for its new Milan HQ

Catella Real Estate bets on office market in Luxembourg

Aviva buys an Art Deco office building in Neuilly-sur-Seine

Colliers: Iberian peninsula the new digital hub of Europe

Greenman OPEN invests more in roof mounted solar panels

INREV & ULI: European real estate more diverse and inclusive

ULI: Social impact will become best practice in real estate