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Swedish Heimstaden forward funds Edinburgh BTR project

Swedish residential property company Heimstaden Bostad is to fund and acquire a 464-home residential project in Scotland’s capital Edinburgh, paying SEK1.5 billion (£124.4 million).
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Capital raised for non-listed real estate is back to pre-Covid high

Axa IM Alts pays £391m for 1.9m sq ft UK logistics portfolio

Aviva says UK real assets offer better growth than Europe

Amundi buys office building in Central Milan for €120.5 million

Calls to level playing field for physical retailers grow louder

Patron-backed Hamberley sells £100m five-home care portfolio

Blackstone sells Axa 740-bed Madrid resi portfolio for €285m

UK institutions press regulators for ‘fit-for-purpose’ ESG metrics

Coima logistics fund buys €300m development portfolio

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Hines Allianz alliance to build €80m Milan last-mile scheme

Cheyne lends £219 in record UK over-65s housing debt deal

CBRE IM buys Leipzig airport logistics asset from Invesco

Quest focuses on solar power with new energy subsidiary

London mayor nods through M&S rebuild despite qualms

AIF’s €300m sustainable living quarters fund buys first assets

KKR’s Mirastar pays TPG JV £160m for UK logistics assets

Catella resi fund raises €280m as investors take ESG to heart

Ukraine invasion and inflation force investors to change tack

KGAL JV to develop Munich’s €300m climate-neutral arena

Multi-generational German housing project starts on site

Patrizia gets go-ahead for own ‘workplace of future’ in London

‘Strategic undersupply’ boosts resilience of resi assets: Colliers

Fund buys R&D centre that ‘shows zero-carbon possible’

Berlin Hyp’s Sustainable Finance Framework published

Timber buildings the key to lower emissions, says report

Savills IM chooses retail parks for yield and distribution profile

Retail group takes €340m step towards being climate positive

Rental growth compensates for costs rise in logistics sector

Hines and PGGM to build 1,400 new rental apartments in Milan

Tristan fund buys into budget hospitality group Point A

Context and community key for the office of the future

Hong Kong investor pays £191m for City office building

Belgian Aedifica buys €126m Ireland, Jersey, IOM care homes

Student housing market becoming more competitive

Hines and Blue Noble to develop €80m Milan PBSA

Mayfair and Swiss Life make £74m UK resi debut in Salford

Changing face of Logistics as ESG factors are taken on board

CEE’s post-covid investment trajectory in doubt: Colliers

Commerz Real’s renewables equivalent to 110m trees in 2021

Changing face of logistics as creativity solves demand issue

Canary Wharf to host Europe’s largest commercial laboratory

AnaCap and Freo plan office-to-student switch in Paris

Senior housing and healthcare sector ticks all three ESG boxes

Nuveen’s new UK affordable housing JV targets seniors

Barings to develop major mixed-use scheme in Bristol

Back to the future for Glasgow as it bets on Manufacturing 4.0

AXA and CAA breeze in with £3bn for 50% windfarm stake

Oxford uses M7 in £200m+ logistics portfolio acquisition

Advanced Manufacturing seen as a long-term growth sector

Coima to pay €300m for portfolio of eleven assets

Patrizia raising £75m to up Hanover PUT’s ESG game

Advanced Manufacturing hub drives innovation in Glasgow

Munich sale reinforces Europa’s faith in well located offices

New funding round will hasten ParkBee’s European growth

Resi in demand in every market, mature or emerging

New pension rules will unleash investment in listed sector

Moorfield fund acquires UK self storage portfolio with JV

Technological solutions make ESG goals more achievable

Kennedy Wilson European last-mile drive increased to $2.5m

New Care funding follows Octopus’ net zero pledge

MIPIM: Berlin tops growth table but don’t forget B-cities

Investcorp spends €128m in Rome in second Italian foray

Hines and Kajima JV to provide for Poland’s rented resi market

MIPIM: Back to the office, but work/life balance becomes key

MIPIM: Returns are lower but appetite for RE just as strong

MIPIM: now ESG-compliant buildings are the new core

MIPIM: Senior Housing market more competitive post-Covid

MIPIM: Logistics & Industrial sector resilient to all shocks

MIPIM: Germany’s safe-haven status maintains demand level

MIPIM: challenge for real estate as ESG bar is set ever higher

MIPIM: supply/demand gap widens in Student Housing

MIPIM: Logistics sector seeing record levels of rental growth

MIPIM: geopolitical risks up, but real estate a safe haven

MIPIM: resi must diversify to keep up with new demand

MIPIM: Winning cities have regained their momentum

First pan-European low-carbon label to be launched at MIPIM

Colliers promotes Kevin Turpin to head of Capital Markets CEE

Plan for new £250 million resi-led scheme in South Wembley

Frankfurt’s Marienturm goes to DWS – €830m price reported

New facility for food-focused Greenman’s €1bn Open fund

Proptech backer Pi Labs’ $90m fund raise 40% oversubscribed

Allianz and partners to develop €1.3bn of offices in Germany

Cadillac & Stanhope in JV for £700m Oxford science scheme

Barings pays £70m for value-add City of London office asset

Blackstone and KSL lend hospitality firm Edyn £300m

Heitman invests £70m in UK student housing sector

DFI pays €116m for 5-star Berlin hotel and plans enhancement

Immobel buys half share in £110m green office campus

Russia sanctions will depress prices says leading academic

Allianz and Canada’s PSP fund Welput’s Victoria office giant

Google to pay Ghelamco over €580m for Warsaw HQ office

MAPIC Russia ‘suspended’ following Ukraine invasion

Macquarie consortium buys Reden Solar stake for €632m

European real estate sector reacts to Ukraine refugee crisis

Macquarie GIG creates new green energy infra company

Union Investment’s dual-branded Munich hotel opens

New £2.5bn mixed-use scheme for SE London’s Greenwich

UK’s largest electric net zero office: £235m contract award

Macquarie to roll out more fast charging after Roadchef buy

JPMorgan and Maston acquire €112 million portfolio in Milan

Cain makes UK logistics debut with £550m portfolio purchase

Savills puts figures on the scale of convenience retail’s ascent

New UK property register targets Londongrad’s oligarchs

Europa launches €150m logistics platform in CEE

Market for Shariah-compliant ESG investments set to expand

Development and portfolio plays help logistics allocations

SEGRO launches its first community investment plans

Hines’ new €1.5bn value add fund is largest in HEVF series

Ukraine: Europe’s energy costs and inflation likely first effects

All hands on deck for an ESG strategy to be truly effective

Sale-and-leaseback swells WP Carey Danish Co-op portfolio

Challenges emerging after ‘extraordinary’ year for logistics

Making existing stock green ‘should be the top priority’

KGAL acquires office and retail asset in central Prague

Europe a beacon, but it’s still work in progress on ESG rules

New hotels think tank debuts with study of serviced living

Principal’s European data centre fund raises initial €155m

Residential impact fund adds €175m for affordable homes

Nordic NREP pays €200m for senior care home portfolio

Tristan raises €35m following French hypermarket revamp

AEW bags Commerz Real’s Cologne city centre office giant

M&G adds £165m last-mile assets to Project King platform

Addington and Baumont buy £99m London resi portfolio

Greening of portfolios a key topic in the German market

GLP starts new spec phase at UK’s Magna Park Lutterworth

Cofinimmo to develop pre-let healthcare facility in Spain

Safe haven Germany a magnet for investors in uncertain times

UK government ‘should simplify visas’ to aid West End’s return

Activum sells Madrid’s office-to-Hard Rock Hotel for €65m

UK back in pole position but Germany ‘in a different league’

Tristan pays Deka €175m for ‘iconic’ Paris office assets

Sonae Sierra partners Grupo Ferreira for €42m Porto project

Blackstone recapitalises last-mile arm Mileway for $21 bn

La Francaise wins €300m mandate No2 from Danish PFA

Patrizia logistics fund pays €139m for two German assets

LaSalle buys last-mile Verona asset from SEGRO fund

New Round Hill NL project boosts under supplied market

Arrow widens its remit to take advantage of Dutch demand

Energy efficiency a must for offices in the Netherlands

Prospects rise for multifamily housing investment: JLL

Milan acquisition boosts COIMA’s Porta Nuova holdings

‘Race for space’ in the Dutch market due to lack of supply

Europe’s PBSA sector survives and thrives despite pandemic

How to combine innovation with positive social impact

Brighter prospects for Dutch real estate as growth returns

UniCredit backs The Student Hotel with €145m impact loan

‘Triple helix’ key to Glasgow Life Sciences hub’s success

Space the only constraint to the growth of Life Sciences

Cain and Fusion Students form PBSA JV with £1.5bn target

Greystar pays £26m for West London redevelopment site

2022 set to be the year of decisive action on ESG issues

PSP Investments targets European hotels with new JV

Cerberus and Rockwell JV grabs London residential site

More opportunities as the investable universe expands

Patrizia sells Edinburgh offices to Kennedy Wilson for £78m

CBRE envisages retail rebound and acquires UK firm CWM

Positive outlook for European real estate in the year ahead

Have Europe’s real estate CEOs changed course in 2022?

CTP launches Germany unit with plans for €1bn spend

Housing is priority for Patrizia’s new €500m impact fund

ActivumSG retirement villages to span ‘continuum’ of needs

Henderson Park makes Italy debut with €221m Milan buy

New Hamburg project planned by Campus International

Wider remit sees La Francaise bag Lyon healthcare asset

Panattoni plans multi-modal project in eastern Netherlands

AEW’s urban logistics allocation reaches €200 million

Azora targets Spain’s BTR potential with €1bn platform

Barings lends KKR/Palm €225m in Irish debt debut

Citigroup invests £100 million to refurbish its London HQ

Rent increases in sight for CEE offices and logistics assets

DRC SIM finances Victory’s Amsterdam office acquisition

Offices in demand in CEE but need for flexibility a challenge

ULI/Heitman urge investors – rethink climate risk assessment

Retail park trio lifts Greenman Open fund assets to €1bn

Colliers: investor confidence up, 2022 set to outperform 2021

UK landlords head for higher proportion of flexible space

Greystar launches new Canvas brand on £388m portfolio buy

CEE in the global spotlight in a ‘crucial year’ for the region

QuadReal – Valor JV allocates €3bn to last-mile logistics

Eataly sale and leaseback extends Porta Nuova food offer

Patrizia buys cold storage logistics asset near Milan

Hines to launch €1bn open-ended European property fund

HIH acquires food-driven district centre in Rostock

Amazon to open its first traditional clothing store

Piraeus Bank buys Värde’s stake in remodelled Trastor

P3 Group makes bond market debut with €1bn green bond

European property investment hits €359bn record high: CBRE

Commerz Real acquires four resi projects in ‘swarm cities’

Greystar & Ivanhoé Cambridge partner for Chilean multifamily

Berlin Hyp taxonomy-aligned green bond attracts over €1 bn

CTP deal increases scope of €125m Brno industrial project

Koblenz deal boosts Beos Logistics’ development rosta

Barcelona buy pushes Patrizia Living Cities fund to €1.5bn

Mark teams up with Hub to enter the UK BTR market

Atenor’s Bucharest office project sale realises €50m

Italy’s Kryalos bets on last-mile logistics with three acquisitions

Greystar forward funds build-to-rent complex in The Hague

Cheyne Capital enters the logistics sector in France

Google pays L&G Mitsubishi JV $1bn for Central St Giles asset

Urban regeneration reaches Taranto in the heel of Italy

Europa buys former Raffeisen Bank Budapest headquarters

Zetland invests €100 million in two buildings in central Turin

KKR buys €1bn German resi portfolio from Adler Group

Patron and Inbright to transform German factory site

INREV investor survey confirms clear preference for shed assets

KGAL to gain from energy transition with GP Joule stake

Industrials boost UK all-property values in 2021: CBRE

Patrizia pays DFI €314m for PBSA portfolio in Denmark

Financing deal ensures work starts on MilanoSesto project

Belgium’s Immobel launches investment management arm

Milan’s San Siro to be replaced by new ‘green’ football stadium

Starwood lends Get Living £365m for Elephant phase II

Aviva increases investment in UK digital infrastructure

‘Dark green’ fund buys €50m Brussels senior living facility

Harworth plans 2.8m sq ft industrial/logistics in north UK

Schroders and Extendam sell four-star French Riviera hotel

BAE pension fund hires Korian for care home management

Barings forward funds logistics scheme in south of France

Inditex launches new €238m Zara sales and design centre

CBRE IM buys €4.3 bn logistics portfolio from US firm Hillwood

BL takes further stake in Fifth Wall green technology fund

Stanhope JV to develop west London affordable housing

Real Asset Impact: Grass roots initiatives take the lead

How the sector is adapting – Living Retail magazine

Real Asset Insight magazine: December edition to download

Allianz buys into Heimstaden Swedish resi portfolio in new JV

Hines makes fifth Paris acquisition for core fund

Fund manager turned novelist explores human impact of GFC

EQT Exeter realises €3bn from European logistics disposal

Patrizia pays €101m for 240-unit resi tower in Helsinki

Catella funds invest €120m in Austrian build-to-rent housing

Henderson Park acquires Amaris, launches hotels arm

Aviva’s Scottish carbon capture project begins trail to net zero

CBRE-IM buys ELI’s Nexus logistics portfolio in Poland

How the pandemic has pushed social impact up the agenda

Hines buys Banco Sabadell’s iconic Barcelona office tower

Kennedy Wilson pays c€72m for southern UK office campus

Connect buildings to start the long journey to sustainability

UK government urged to support retail as omicron bites

Bain and FREO to develop Barcelona office space

Growing focus on sustainability is a ‘big advantage’ for CEE

Greystar’s £400m Fizzy Living buy feeds new ADIA venture

AP buys Castlelake’s Bostad in Denmark’s biggest deal in 2021

Flagship Glasgow mall sold for £140 million to Henderson Park

Three new Amazon Fresh stores open in London

LaSalle buys fully-let Las Mercedes Retail Park in Madrid

Savills IM buys €101m Polish logistics asset for Korean Vestas

Great acceleration in European resi states Primonial REIM

Danish PFA adds €200m and widens BMO logistics mandate

Great demand for French resi but hard to build critical mass

Union Investment buys Korean consortium’s Brussels tower

Garbe Institutional kicks off with Amsterdam purchase

New ESG rules to drive sales of office buildings in Paris market

SBB pays €453m for portfolio of preschools in Norway

PwC launches new ESG handbook for real estate

More competition in France as investors go up the risk curve

KGAL’s renewable energy fund hits first close at 50% of target

Senior housing: sale/rent divide between the UK and Europe

Baby boomers set to transform the senior housing market

Elevator data details changing city usage in and out of covid

Mark transforms derelict Milan centre into mixed-use asset

Huge opportunities in UK senior housing with care

Nuveen buys second Swedish self-storage outfit for SEK 2.1bn

Garbe forward funds logistics asset near Amsterdam airport

Shift in location of logistics assets to be closer to workforce

Axa IM Alts pays €40m for its first Italian PBSA asset

Proptech gathers pace in race to bridge ‘performance gaps’

It’s green tech transition time in the infrastructure sector

BIG deal: M&G buys Nordic park from CBRE IM-Portus JV

Nordics’ Newsec plans to expand its European presence

Transport infrastructure assets back in demand by investors

Life Science REIT pays £77m for newly-built London lab space

Primonial REPM wins Values’ €200m daycare fund mandate

Corestate extends reach of Youniq micro-living concept

Catella mixes affordable and senior housing in NL project

Heitman buys German self-storage ahead of institutions

MAPIC: Retail alive and kicking – see Living Retail magazine

Azora acquires Italy’s No2 in resort hotels – Bluserena

Savills boosts North American retail reach with SRS tie up

NPLs return to Germany as banks sell off some assets

AEW launches new €400m last-mile logistics fund

TPG-Urbania venture acquires trio of PBSA assets in Spain

Food-anchored developments to signal the return of retail

Alternative financing for RE to complement bank lending

Real IS acquires south Dublin BTR from Bain Capital

Private real estate debt volume in Europe grows to €80 billion

Offices and retail back on track in 2022 survey finds: Savills IM

Yields fall and rents rise as CEE logistics demand grows

Post-pandemic CEE sees return of foreign investors

Data centre operator Supernap expands its capacity in Milan

BNP provides €140m finance to expand Uxco’s Paris PBSA

Prime shopping centres set to outshine following repricing

Apollo buys €300m stake in CEE’s CPI Property Group

Property investors join ULI mission to hasten net zero

KKR and Apache allocate £610m to UK multi family

Rent premium for sustainable buildings as high as 29%: CBRE

Macquarie buys €63m Polish last-mile logistics portfolio

L’Etoile ready to mend assets for new ‘broken core’ fund