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

The latest edition of Real Asset Insight, now available for download, includes our survey of real estate industry leaders, which reveals their views on the effects of the health crisis and explains whether and how their outlook and strategy for the future has changed as a consequence.
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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

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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

Nuveen jumps into European self-storage space with Green

Primevest Capital Partners acquires Saarbrücken resi

Generali Real Estate to invest more in London offices

Patrizia JV is targeting London last-mile logistics with €750m

Apcoa and UPS collaborate in sustainable delivery project

Life Science REIT completes its IPO, raising £350 million

M&G invests €65 million to expand retail park near Rome

Trammell Crow to develop Milton Keynes logistics site

Nuveen JV buys site for 700-home Dublin BTR project

Co-living boosted by urban nomads’ need for flexibility

Axa’s European logistics fund issues €800m green bond

Focus on resi has helped the growth of alternative lenders

Delin spreads its wings with new platform and fund

New developments needed as demand for PBSA increases

COP26: Glasgow well placed for investor focus on repurposing

Union Investment forward funds pre-let Munich asset

Shifting consumer attitudes to housing create opportunities

Milan launches Sustainable Urban Regeneration Lab

High demand opens up market for alternative lenders

Beyond COP-26: Glasgow’s plans for a sustainable future

CBRE: bricks and mortar retail could stage a big comeback

Vertical farming in urban areas to help reduce food miles

Patrizia bets on logistics with a new acquisition in Spain

Henderson Park pays £54m for UK tri-modal logistics project

We have the technology… but better data needed for net zero

Primevest CP pays €17m for Danish PRS housing project

Varde sells flexible workspace operator to Sirius for £380m

Commerz Real impact fund debuts on French power scene

Massive industrial project planned in UK Midlands

How to win the war for young talent in the real estate sector

Oxford to give Berlin’s Sony Center a €200m makeover

C&W: more stores are set to become micro delivery hubs

New £500m Asian-backed vehicle buys first London asset

Resi in demand in the Dutch market but tax issues loom

Trei’s €140m JV with Patron accelerates Polish expansion

Grass roots initiatives could lead in climate change campaign

More investors from Asia-Pac targeting the Netherlands

Hong Kong insurer mandates Patrizia to lend US$50m

Sector’s confidence highest since 2014: Emerging Trends

SIOR: similar trends visible across European markets

NREP to pay €106m for food-anchored Helsinki centre

CPP returns to PBSA in €1bn+ JV with Round Hill Capital

Portugal: logistics in demand as spec developments return

Property impact investors boost homeless women’s fund

Nordic developer challenges peers with 2028 carbon target

Italian retail in recovery mode as 10 new malls are planned

COP26 host Glasgow shows cities the route to zero carbon

Towering cost of greening property a likely €7tn: Colliers

Residential ‘most resilient sector’ with 5% total return

Aviva provides £200m green loan for healthcare REIT PHP

Ikea parent to pay £378m for former Top Shop flagship

All change as offices undergo a radical transformation

UK budget gets muted welcome from real estate

Real estate at forefront of Italy’s national recovery plan: Coima

Lisbon office sector to be more decentralised as some go ‘dual’

CTP enters German logistics with €800m takeover of DIR

Alternative sectors attracting more investors to Portugal

Goldman grows UK resi-for-rent stake in Urban & Civic deal

Europa fund launches €150m Dutch distribution platform

Peabody to build 3,502 new homes in Dagenham Green

Last mile boost as ecommerce to take 30% of UK retail by 2025

ESG-minded investors don’t have to settle for lower returns

Hines bets on London with £1 billion-plus mixed-use scheme

Barings pays Skanska €211m for Swedish logistics porfolio

GetLiving forward funds Hub’s £155m UK residential project

More ‘stick’ and less ‘carrot’ to achieve ESG progress in future

Crossbay ventures into Poland with €95m double purchase

Shift to higher quality in senior housing and healthcare sector

No let-up in demand for senior housing across Europe

Samsung joins Primonial and EDF in major Paris purchase

The S for social impact in ESG is getting more attention

Step change in UK consumers’ online spending habits: Colliers

Alantra’s inaugural RE debt fund closing on €140m cap

PwC presents its new Real Estate Digital Ecosystem

US property experts think office market shift here to stay

Expo Real: Berlin Hyp survey shows rising status of ESG

Spain’s Azora ventures across the Atlantic in Exan tie-up

Expo Real: Logistics developers have to make hard choices

Expo Real: Inclusive companies find it easier to attract talent

Platform deals boost Q3 totals as Europe heads for recovery

Expo Real: sustainable offices are a competitive advantage

Expo Real: More diversity in real estate, but still lonely at the top

Expo Real: PwC Survey shows ESG is shaping the agenda

Expo Real: panic has passed and the office is here to stay

Expo Real: Industry will add to covid boost for data centres

Axa IM Alts boosts Japan resi portfolio with €82m purchase

Expo Real: winning cities are 24-hour diverse living spaces

Expo Real: Logistics must be sustainable ‘inside and out’

Henderson Park grabs UK and Irish Hilton hotels portfolio

How Skanska is faring in race to net zero: Real Asset Impact

Deregulation must be priority for new German government

Corestate’s Stam Europe unit boosts urban logistics strategy

Frank Pörschke reveals plans for P3 in RAI October edition

Amazon chooses UK for its first general store outside the US

Heimstaden financing falls into place after €9.1bn Akelius deal

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Kajima £150m JV targets solar power and battery storage

Patrizia relocates London HQ to create ‘office of the future’

Carlos Moreno’s 15-minute city concept wins 2021 Obel Award

P3 Logistic Parks buys €108m big-box portfolio in Spain

Prelios and Luzzatti launch ‘UTP’ fund for smaller banks

AHTO aims £1 bn institutional funds at UK housing crisis

New Patron partnership plans €250m Milan resi portfolio

People: Panattoni Netherlands boosts business development

Investcorp pays €70m for Kering’s Italian headquarters

CBRE IM sale and leaseback buys into Ghent logistics

Aedifica expansion continues with €66m care home spend

London’s West End bounces back with £5 billion investment

M7 to list warehouse REIT on IPSX’s wholesale market

Hines PBSA unit makes Milan debut, heralds Europe growth

Catella fund’s new ‘dark green’ status attracts Norwegian KLP

Final close sees Azora hotels fund with €1.8bn to spend

Carlyle, Montano partner to buy €500m of German sheds

Blackstone closing in on €1.1bn portfolio acquisition in Italy

Domicil buys 2,300-home Swiss Life German resi portfolio

Hines acquires UK property manager for European roll out

Heimstaden Bostad pays €9.1bn for residential portfolio

CTP’s bond issue raises €1bn for pipeline and debt reduction

Henderson Park pays £60m for London office building

Cities will be more polycentric in post-pandemic Europe

Stop demolishing buildings, UK engineers tell the industry

Record first half for senior real estate investment: Savills

Future of office and prospects for city centres are interlinked

Mark to launch €500m Paris green regeneration platform

Open door policy in senior housing ‘brings the outside in’

ULI: ten steps to creating more resilient post-pandemic cities

Corestate pays €160m for Stuttgart office campus project

Popularity of mixed-use assets making land more valuable

Dutch retail has proved it’s more resilient than most

Segro backs food campus project billed as new asset class

CEE healthcare market offers opportunities to investors

Lifestyle retirement becoming ´big business´ in Europe

German housing giants sell Berlin state €2.46bn portfolio

Xior clinches Zaragosa city centre development sites

Digital infrastructure backers see boom in end user demand

Brookfield company addresses France’s student housing crisis

Nuveen raises more capital to target European logistics

Covid underlined investor opportunities in data comms

Dutch market is slower as investors focus on core assets

Technology helps in healthcare but people always come first

Flexibility is key in evolving senior housing market

Real assets ‘winning bet’ for post-Covid era: Preqin

British Land provides modular space for new London college

Residential provides best opportunity in Dutch market

Mark-Credit Suisse JV to build €1bn ‘granular’ resi portfolio

´No bubble in logistics´ as sector´s rise set to continue

Patrizia pays initial €67m for infrastructure firm Whitehelm

Showing the value of Logistics ´the sector´s biggest challenge´

Alchemy backs Tri7’s £250m plan for UK’s stricken centres

Savills: 2021 will be another record year for Logistics

Post-covid Europe needs more planning flexibility: ULI/IREBS

Tritax and Verdion team up for €30m German logistics project

European Logistics Census : lack of supply the main issue

Prelios fund sells 1 sq km Turin site for car battery factory

Lab space at a premium as life-science boom lifts Cambridge

Associations back property business diversity survey

CA Immo to develop €300m Berlin bank headquarters

MNK fund makes Hungarian debut with university buy

€1bn student housing venture makes debut with Paris project