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Investors resilient as deals are still being done in lockdown

The pandemic has shown how resilient real estate investors can be, delegates heard at Real Asset Media’s Global Outlook 2021 – Europe & UK investment briefing, which was held online yesterday.
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Recore: City office market ‘strong and stable’ in 2021

M7, just acquired by Oxford, bets on UK retail warehouses

Patrizia creates a new role of Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing

Europa Capital will target resi opportunities in 2021

Asian investors planning to return to CEE in 2021

New PwC report puts the spotlight on Data centres

Double whammy for UK bricks and mortar retail

Spike in investment volumes in CEE expected in H2 2021

Big rewards but also big risks in life sciences sector

US capital keen to invest in life sciences sector in the UK

Resilient CEE: lower volumes but deals were bigger in 2020

Barings buys Gothenburg shed as targets €400m at Nordics

Scotland to benefit as life sciences attract investors

Developer DVI acquires site close to Berlin’s new airport

Poland’s shopping habits changed by pandemic: JLL

Co-living firm Quarters closes in US – will focus on Europe

CEE countries could feel chill of political winds of change

Covid spares Logistics – 2021 take up growth could be 14%

Healthy Cities: Make way for life sciences in Europe and UK

Catella buys €30m German affordable housing for bank

ULI publishes best practice guide to climate resilience

Aviva allocates £100m for London south bank scheme

Vaccine gives hope of a 2H 2021 global recovery: Colliers

RCA: About 30% of institutions’ funds into apartments in 2020

German investment headed for €50 billion in 2021: Savills

Proptech company Finloop targets Europe’s debt market

Panattoni Netherlands launches sixth project

Patron’s new €844m fund buys first asset in Brussels

Colliers Germany directors form Lang & Cie industrial arm

Promising outlook for the London office market: KF

Investors target Europe with half their 2021 RE spend: INREV

International Campus to spend €1bn on expansion in Europe

Allianz Real Estate debt portfolio grows 15% in 2020

Patron closes fund on €844m despite ‘extreme uncertainty’

Savills IM acquires 38 Danish supermarkets to launch fund

Offices resilient as French investment dives 35%: BNP

UK hotel investment trading down 70% in ‘turbulent’ 2020

Cromwell acquires Italian logistics asset ‘off market’

Fifth development start for Panattoni’s Netherlands unit

High hopes for Italian real estate’s prospects in 2021

Avison-Young links with Budapest firm for wider CEE coverage

2020 among best years ever for German industrial: Colliers

Kryalos deal flow continues in up-and-coming areas of Milan

Patrizia fund pays €73m for Netherlands logistics asset

CBRE GI boosts European resi holdings with Dutch buy

Nordics’ Pangea hires DNB team for project finance arm

Prelios pays €200m for Banca di Roma pension fund assets

No rapid rebound for property in 2021: Capital Economics

Grosvenor Europe sells Malmö asset to focus on Stockholm

Aberdeen Standard targets Oslo – buys asset from Mark

Belgian Aedifica buys Dutch care campus in €20m deal

Versey takes the reins at Aviva Investors as Munro moves on

Colliers launches EMEA location strategy service

Barings plans South Verona project as ups logistics spend

M&G buys €148m Finnish resi assets in European expansion

Axa sells three-asset French logistics portfolio to Real IS

Further Berlin retail sale boosts Stenprop industrial transition

€85m sale & leaseback deals build Tristan/Catella platform

Patrizia panEuropean fund on target for €1bn AUM in 2021

LIP taps into logistics boom with acquisition of Hermes depot

Sustainability key as Nuveen bets on Italian logistics and ‘living’

New partnership to develop data centres in the Nordics

Greystar completes €98m Utrecht PBSA deal with KKR

Heimstaden’s €1.6bn resi deal largest ever in Denmark

AEW pays €500m for Patrizia German logistics portfolio

Panattoni begins south Holland logistics project

Axa expands logistics portfolio with €720m US purchase

Dutch transfer tax increase brings out buyers: Savills

DWS pays €141m in second Swedish shed deal this month

Aareal refinances two CTP Czech parks with €403m loan

Ion purification system aims to make space pathogen free

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Tristan sells landmark Oslo building to Arctic for €210m

Domicil buys €252m German micro-apartment portfolio

Panattoni commences third Netherlands logistics project

Hines to invest €1 bn in last mile and green logistics in Italy

Kajima and Tonsa JV targets Europe’s BTR housing market

AEW fund’s €410m first close – aims at office, logistics and resi

Ghelamco obtains £175m finance for London scheme

ECE reasserts faith in bricks-and-mortar with Cano opening

Investors still drawn to London following weakest ever quarter

Technology is key to better buildings and happier cities

Korea’s NPS and Hines join for $1.5bn build-to-core venture

The future of the workplace is hybrid, says global survey

Glasgow’s goal to be a carbon neutral European city by 2030

Axa IMRA pays €270m to grow footprint in Italian logistics

German residential investment volumes highest since 2015

Offices move from battery hen to free-range scenario

BNP REIM nursing home buy kicks off healthcare fund

Well being triumphs in Savills’ top 12 Tech Lifestyle Cities

Partners Group buys €500m assets in Italy and Poland

PAI Partners buys facility manager Apleona for €1.6bn

Construction to proceed on £500m luxury London housing

Axa IMRA’s 22 Bishopsgate ‘vertical village’ completed

DIC Asset fund launched with €800m equity committed

Singapore’s Sun Venture splashes £552m in London

Covid-19 has changed the landlord/tenant dynamics

Patrizia plans prime office development in Munich

Axa IMRA Tokyo buy lifts global data centre portfolio to €1bn

Data have the answers and proptech has the solutions

Arminius buys Commerz Real’s €500m+ Frankfurt Campus

Scape lands €60m Aareal Bank loan for London PBSA scheme

Airbnb: Could it be the model for the office of the future?

DWS to develop €146m high-end logistics asset in Sweden

Q4 deals boost PGIM portfolio of European logistics loans

Proptech summit: ‘The office’ – still here, but smarter and safer

London-listed property firms up Q3 rent collection rate

Koreans back Savills IM and Vestas’ €500m logistics fund

Student housing continues as Germany’s residential favourite

Axa gains access and scale in European life science sector

Local capital dominates CEE as foreign investors apply brakes

Class of 2020: Goalposts move for educators and investors

Proptech: Less but better space awaits in office of the future

CEE Summit: PBSA attracts but Poland has crucial scale

Demand for German assets remains ‘as strong as before’

CEE Summit: Far East land link set to boost logistics sector

CEE summit: Nearshoring and increased trade benefit region

CEE Summit: Recovery will take region out of crisis in 2021

CEE Summit: Poland’s new infrastructure unlocked Tricity

CEE capitals outperform western counterparts: Savills

CEE Summit: REITs on agenda as Poland gets back on track

Catella residential fund buys Austrian and Dutch assets

Dutch Bouwinvest buys €50m stake in US life science space

UK care homes robust despite government underfunding: KF

Global real estate debt funds hit record levels: INREV

Poland’s big five account for 70% of industrial take up: JLL

UK’s Helical sells Powerhouse Manchester office portfolio

Aareal €210m loan enables Tishman JV to buy Paris office

Deka buys refurbished Rome HQ of PwC and Prelios

Gdansk captures Czech Zeitgeist with PRS project

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€350m first close for Europa fund that shuns legacy sectors

Study shows PRS the solution to Europe’s housing shortage

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Patrizia sells Spanish logistics assets to Real IS for €150m

German senior housing market needs international investors

New study reveals potential of German senior housing

Refurbishment needed to save planet not new build

Madison builds European logistics stake with Dutch buy

Full extent of coming re-set revealed in CMS property poll

Round Hill and Quadreal pay €123m for north Dublin PRS

KanAm Grund buys Brussels building for banking fund

Coima consortium’s €180m bid wins Milan rail regeneration

Invesco targets €500m with open-ended residential fund

Prologis sale boosts Clarion’s Spanish portfolio in Spain

Private-public convergence enables winning city strategies

Hines pays ASI £80m for Heathrow logistics park

Pradera buys NAEV a €130m hypermarket portfolio in Spain

Covid shifts outlooks and assists delivery of Green Cities

‘Now or never’ to safeguard offices say IPUT and ARUP

Greystar/Axa/CBRE GI buy four more PBSA assets in Spain

UK healthcare sector attracts record investment volumes: KF

Proptech stake buys Patrizia early lead on innovation

Savills’ app launch eases mall management in Rome centre

The Class of 2020 ‘graduates’ online – lineup confirmed

Capital Economics predicts German office downturn

European hotel investment down 56% – occupancy ticks up

Returns from real estate put sector ahead: PwC/ULI report

Cofinimmo pays €310m for eleven German care assets

Yield advantage gives Poland’s residential sector an edge

M7 joint venture fund makes its €41m Portuguese debut

More sale & leasebacks help data centre investors: Savills

Real IS buys Invesco’s ‘Prime Four’ for €300m special AIF

Covid and Brexit threat hold back Irish market: CBRE

World volumes fall 44% in Q3 as investors stay at home: JLL

WP Carey grabs €87m Spanish supermarket portfolio

Colliers International hires C&W France head Antoine Derville

QuadReal and Valor JV targets €1bn of last mile logistics

Deka buys refurbished Dublin office asset for €141m

European deals slumped 43% as Covid takes its toll: RCA

M7 enables Croatian pension fund’s €21m start in property

P3 scales up in Germany with 33-asset retail logistics buy

Multi-platform Meyer Bergman rebrands to make its MARK

AEW boosts build-to-rent portfolio with Mallorca buy

Real estate’s path is ‘digital and green’ says Carlos Moedas

Rare city centre housing site hits market in Stockholm

Primonial refinances €400m German healthcare portfolio

Portugal’s high transaction volumes seem to defy crisis

EMEA offices to recover in second half of 2021: Colliers

Whitbread grabs 15 German hotels despite £725m H1 loss

Technology firms dominate Poland’s office deals YTD: JLL

Sweden’s Nyfosa gains new CEO and two portfolios

Carlyle fund buys French and German logistics portfolio

Mediobanca consortium wins Blackstone’s Milan jewel

UK elderly attracts Lone Star bid for McCarthy & Stone

Germany firms up – expect €70 bn full-year volume

Retail: It’s people and places not just buildings and spaces

DWS makes its mark in Dublin’s multifamily market

Patrizia pays €100m for Malmo build-to-rent housing project

Kuwait’s SWF to invest €500m in Milan mixed-use project

Moorfield locks into UK’s nascent self-storage business

Grocery is 2020’s strongest retail sector in Germany: CBRE

Rent collection: Investors’ patience is being tested

NL’s APG and Korean NPS link to invest in real assets

DWS takes first step in Spain’s rented residential sector

Offices will survive but expect a more discerning occupier

ECE’s Google partnership to make centres ‘omnichannel’

P3 buys Dutch project as part of European acquisition plan

Resi and logistics favoured in investment reallocation

Alexa, logistics and business services boost Baltic’s Gdansk

German housing ‘unscathed’ but Berlin concerns persist

Growing overseas interest in Europe awaits easier travel

Swedish SBB agrees largest ever Finnish healthcare deal

German and French investors fill cross-border gaps: Savills

UK deals down 40% as cross-border capital diminishes

US PineBridge buys European fund manager Benson Elliot

NREP builds record solar plant, urges change in tax regime

Offices lose shine but more investors eye French resi

MAGAZINE: Real estate’s search for new opportunities

Pandemic blights another annual property milestone

France: Banks’ focus on core affects prices of value-add

Singaporean buyer pays £430m for 50% of London’s Nova

Increase in data centre investment ‘monumental’ : KF

Student housing asset class defies bubble suggestions

Korean Hyundai’s new JV with La Française buys first asset

Ecommerce makes industrial 70% of Polish Q3 investment

Virus-hit French property market on road to recovery

Berlin’s new airport boosts real estate prices despite delays

More overseas investors drawn to UK build-to-rent resi

More capital heading for Europe’s counter-cyclical PBSA

Pandemic not sole influence on CEE industrial space growth

Multifamily investment swells Swedish volumes: Savills

REALX: Property will be a pillar in Greece’s economic recovery

pbb and Helaba refinance €107.5m in Prague for Caerus

Stanhope starts work on L’Oreal’s post-Covid UK HQ

REALX: Holistic approach needed for future city quarters

DTZ Investors funds second coliving scheme – targets £1bn

Europe’s full-year investment total could be 14% shy of 2019

REALX: Desire for ‘the uni experience’ benefits PBSA

Yield gap makes some office markets look cheap: Savills

Dominvs responds to bids for London Midtown site

REALX: Confident Spain proves resilience through crisis

€300m Bouwinvest and Clarion jv targets logistics

Multifamily dominates Irish Q3 volume as YTD hits €2.4bn

REALX: Uncertainty reigns but too soon for distressed deals

Rita-Rose Gagné to succeed Atkins as Hammerson CEO

Mitsubishi investment kicks off East Croydon resi project

REALX: Greece bounces back as a compelling opportunity

GLP closes European logistics fund with €1.1bn committed

German logistics investment set to equal last year’s €5.4bn

REALX: Covid accelerates pace of proptech adoption

Foreign investors push Nordic CapMan first close to €313m

US-geared products strong among German property funds

REALX: PBSA investors still confident – more expected

Chancellor prepares UK for bleak economic winter

ICT steps up share of office space in Europe – Savills

REALX: Senior living and healthcare – not just real estate

Logistics bagged 20% of world investment volumes in H1 2020

Segro to develop last-mile logistics beneath Paris streets

REALX: Record $70bn dry powder but some concerns

INREV measures Covid’s impact on unlisted real estate

Tristan fund buys AEW’s seven-asset German office portfolio

REALX: Iberia’s investment case clear but price is the question

Limited scope for retail-to-logistics conversions: Prologis

PGIM deals target European demand for non-bank lending

REALX: ‘Mixed-use and repurposing are the biggest trends’

ESG will be front and centre when markets recover: CMS

REALX: Europe ‘performed better than Asia or the US’

REALX: Asia’s pandemic slowdown ‘only temporary’

REALX: Data key as ESG policies become the norm

REALX: Crisis added ‘rocket fuel’ to logistics’ evolution

REALX: Germany, ‘the most resilient market in Europe’

REALX: North American real estate avoids worst of Covid

AXA IMRA buys UK’s largest private residential complex

Developers may rethink housing designs post Covid

UK year-to-date volumes slip 30% but prospects improve

Moorfield partnership aimed at UK senior beds shortfall

Henderson Park pays €421m for Lisbon technology hub

Beard to head KF’s Europe and Asia data centres push

Survey finds more optimism among German financiers

Grocery-based retail assets high on funds’ shopping lists

Prologis Europe confirmed as exhibitor at REALX.Global virtual property event

Deals underline relative strengths of UK logistics

Post Covid 20% may work from home long term

British Land CFO Carter to replace departing CEO Grigg

Pandemic puts spotlight on Poland’s convenience stores

Uranium beats construction index for property forecasts

Infrastructure lures Allianz in €500m west Paris deal

EPRA to focus on ESG as Gecina CEO Brunel takes chair

Covid-accelerated trends drive Madrid logistics deals

EPRA: Awards show property committing to sustainability

Blackbrook deal to share in Danish industrial attractions

LIM boosts Helsinki market as Covid hinders total volumes

Iberia: ‘market dislocation lifts value potential’ says DFI

Covid boosts investment in UK build-to-rent sector: KF

Moorfield to go zero carbon – ‘property must be proactive’

Covid impacts “immaterial” as Vonovia raises €1bn cash

H1 investment “solid” in circumstances: Savills

Add co-working space to hotel mix – lift turnover up to 20%

UK housing “disconnected from economic reality”

BE’s Berlin buy underlines strength of food-led retailing

Forward deals reveal office investment endures: RCA

Cushman calibrates Covid-19 impact on hotel investment

Germany’s top seven office markets courting recession

Barings keeps faith in offices with €72m Scandi purchase

Investors select Nordics as “anchor of stability”

Record Romanian deal paves way for strategic investors

New urban logistics needs infrastructure innovation

Growing cyber security need is opportunity for real estate