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Commerz Real fund buys into French wind and solar portfolio

Commerz Real, the real assets subsidiary of Commerzbank, acquired 49% of the shares in a French wind and solar portfolio on behalf of its impact fund Klimavest.

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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

Palace Capital sells industrial assets to focus on ESG & offices

Clarion Partners increases logistics capacity by €1.8 billion

Prologis starts development of life science building in UK

Panattoni realises €160m from five-asset Polish portfolio sale

UK construction industry increases R&D expenditure

Configure partners with British Land on Broadgate complex

Canadian Solar buys six PV parks in Italy from Innovo

Trammell Crow underway with first European logistics build

€300 million investment to open Rome’s first six star hotel

Hines CEO Lars Huber named new Europe Chairman of ULI

CMS report: a third of urban real estate being repurposed

Greenman debt deal secures German food retail project

UK build-to-rent investment volumes up 11% in H1: CBRE

Bond rates indicate turning point for logistics yields: AEW

Jury out on office and retail as economic uncertainty persists

M&G increases exposure to defensive French food sector

European office vacancy rates stabilise above 7%: Savills

Investors opt for defensive sectors like logistics and resi

LaSalle IM to develop Munich’s first hybrid timber office space

Silvertip Capital hires Corestate’s Lambros Reppas

Implementing a green strategy promotes innovative business

Union breaks 12-year absence with €65m Spanish office buy

Blantyre launches Belstay, a new 4* hotel brand in Italy

From green premium to brown discount as ESG is now a must

Immofinanz to sell €1bn assets to focus on high yielding retail

Belgian REITs clear the way to obtain Spain’s SOCIMI status

Market lull as uncertainty gives investors pause for thought

ICG and Atlantic target €500m assets with last-mile platform

Tristan’s EPISO 4 sells Nordic mixed-use asset after upgrade

Putting carbon before capex brings economic dividends

Consortium provides £770m to complete Nine Elms project

ECE to cut CO2 and bills with plan for PV panels on centres

Progress in ESG upgrades still slow despite tighter regulation

GIC increases PBSA exposure with stake in The Student Hotel

Dettenheim deal kicks off Kingstone’s €400m care fund

‘Triple win’ for green buildings on costs, rents and returns

CBRE buys French ESG firm to increase its European coverage

Hyatt Centric hotel destined for M&G’s Edinburgh Haymarket

The Crown Estate allocates £1 billion to reach net zero goal

KKR and Mirastar sell Dutch logistics portfolio to Prologis

Scotland sets the standard on emissions in public buildings

CBRE IM combines logistics funds, sets new €5bn target

Property needs to be worked to cope with inflation threat: M&G

Provada: data disclosure a key component of ESG strategy

Berlin-Hyp backs Paris PBSA-coliving project with €71m loan

Union lets €500m Amsterdam congress hotel on 50-year lease

URW moves toward disposal target with €155m NL mall sale

Provada: tenant engagement essential to reach ESG goals

Lone Star and Cavatina agree deal on Polish office buildings

Logistics investors cautious as rising costs impact returns

Genomics firm boosts Canary Wharf’s life science ambition

PwC launches English version of ESG real estate handbook

Savills: working in the office is more energy efficient in winter

John Lewis diversifies from retail into BTR projects in UK

Panattoni builds new logistics distribution centre in Limburg

Online retail is still driving demand for logistics space

Buildings’ energy efficiency to be monitored by Satellite Vu

KGAL to build three more large-scale solar parks in Italy

Record Q1 figures show that Logistics’ run is set to continue

Panattoni buys seven sites in record €300m Swedish debut

BlackRock commits £200m to UK-wide green energy storage

Logistics operators take a fresh look at last mile location: CBRE

Real IS buys converted Berlin iceworks complex for BVK fund

PineBridge Benson Elliot JV buys into Berlin resi portfolio

Go ahead for net zero carbon City of London office rejig

Data key in BNPPRE’s new UK government estate contract

Mark converts former Yahoo Paris HQ to work-live landmark

Investing in the energy transition

New edition Impact: the advantages of mass timber

Commerz Real acquires trophy office asset in Washington DC

Ingka invests €190 million in renewable energy in Poland

New study shows implications for nearshoring in Europe

Orange Capital Partners snaps up NREP Danish resi portfolio

Berlin Hyp lends Aviva €78m for Amsterdam office purchase

Hines’s third European value fund 60% of target at first close

Impact CEO interview: Fenk’s ESG focus at Primonial REIM

La Francaise picks Dublin for non-French healthcare debut

iQ spaces: new life sciences platform launched in Germany

M&G pays Ardian €271m for central Paris office asset

Kennedy Wilson pays c£228m for UK last mile logistics assets

Xior Student Housing buys 11-asset portfolio for €939 million

Nuveen pan-European debt strategy first close at €150m

Cadillac Fairview/Boreal JV makes £250m logistics debut

Kryalos and Euryale team up to create Italian healthcare fund

European offices need price correction: Oxford Economics

UK homes-for-homeless REIT’s £263m placing oversubscribed

New edition Insight: Koch’s first year as Commerz Real’s CEO

PGIM RE/Madison Cairn team up to target UK hotel sector

Eurazeo infrastructure fund sets up plastics sorting plant JV

Skanska makes the Europe Climate Leaders 2022 list

‘Innovative’ ESSEC team wins ULI Hines Student competition

New needs of wealthy seniors open gap in Nordic healthcare

Blackstone backs Oxenwood projects with £63m facility

Aviva meets £1 billion target in sustainable transition RE debt

Travel begins on London’s value-shifting Elizabeth Line

New focus on conversions in Paris as ESG now a priority

Hines in €200m deal to acquire Deloitte’s Milan headquarters

Hydda tie-up heralds growth at proptech company Spaceflow

Lack of supply in Paris market drives investors away from core

Norges pays €677m for half share of Oxford’s Sony Center

Cheyne lends LaSalle £187m for acquisition of Wembley project

Conditions are favourable for French real estate market

Colliers: investment volumes in CEE back to pre-Covid levels

Mapic Italy 2022: new shopping centres in Turin and Naples

Total global real estate AUM hit new high of €4.1 trillion in 2021

CBRE IM buys 94-unit serviced apartment building in Antwerp

Industrial & Logistics vacancy rate in Dublin to drop below 1%

Choice and quality of flexible office space increases: Colliers

Aedifica to spend €21m on new Belgian continuous care facility

Axa IM Alts and Swiss Life AM buy Spanish optic fibre firm

CitizenM in expansion mode from London to the Metaverse

Oxford and Novaxia join up for €1bn French life science drive

Allianz buys ‘Golden Triangle’ asset after Mark’s €20m refurb

Propreal pockets c€99m from sale to Geneva pension fund

Azora buys 5* Algarve resort lifts hotel fund assets to €1bn

Principal acquires inflation-proofed Valencia medical asset

International Campus targets NL student housing shortage

ECE fund sells upgraded Linz shopping centre in €130m deal