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Controversy over rollback of Biodiversity Net Gain in UK

The UK Government is proposing a reduction in Biodiversity Net Gain requirements for small and medium-size developments, a move which has been criticised by environmentalists as a “watering down” of nature-friendly policies.
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Qair secures Brookfield loan for renewable projects in Poland

UAE developers post record backlogs amid warning signs of oversupply

Savills: logistics investment soars in Czechia and Hungary

Delancey and Aware Super acquire prime London office for £170m

Gresham House closes £375m UK forestry fund with institutional backing

Coima: Italy attracting more foreign institutional capital

UK office conversions surge as investors respond to post-pandemic demand shifts

Canadian apartment REIT InterRent to be taken private in US$2.88bn deal

Greystar invests in 836-bed PBSA scheme in Birmingham

Munich Re’s MEAG secures €1bn infrastructure debt mandate

Record take-up of data centre capacity in Europe in ’25: CBRE

Czech industrial market steadies as 1.6m sq m under construction

IULIUS and Atterbury secure record €400m Romanian real estate loan

Dutch real estate market adjusts to structural shifts as Eindhoven sees tech growth momentum

M&G Real Estate acquires €73.2m logistics hub in Germany’s Rhine-Main

Completions fall 14% as Germany misses housing target again

RAK Properties aligns real estate development with the emirate’s evolving needs

HUK-Coburg commits €50m anchor investment to European senior loan platform

British Land: return to office driving rents up in London

Brookfield and Lunate launch $1bn Middle East real estate joint venture

Savills: European office take-up volumes up by 5% this year

UK’s West Midlands unveils £19bn digital platform to lure real estate investors

Urban Partners and HIH Invest launch 37,000 sq m green logistics hub in Germany

US CBDs struggle with weak demand and falling prices

Hines: PBSA on the rise in Europe as demand grows

Schroders raises €2bn for European infrastructure debt strategy

L&G to acquire real estate private equity group Proprium

Prologis to build €6.4bn data centres in France in major logistics push

The Great North: UK mayors back £118bn growth vision

Gecina acquires €435m Paris office complex from Germany’s Deka Immobilien

ABP & CBRE IM launch Dutch affordable housing mandate

Lendlease strikes £144m UK joint venture with Crown Estate

Chelsea F.C. and DAMAC launch the world’s first football-branded residences in Dubai

HIH Invest enters Austrian resi market with Vienna acquisition

Aberdeen acquires Solihull retail park for £69.6m

Madison acquires 24.5% stake in UK lender Puma Property Finance

M&G acquires 296-unit resi development in The Hague

European property values post modest first quarter gains

Actis closes $1.7bn fund to expand emerging markets infrastructure play

Patron and Curation JV buys 418-bed PBSA asset in Durham

Second global tenant signs at Verdion’s Berlin logistics park

UK pension fund pledges £250m to data centre megaproject

ULI’s seven principles to avoid the risk of stranded assets

AMPERE raises €325m for French affordable housing fund

Cofinimmo rejects €3.1bn takeover bid from Aedifica

BlackChamber raises $2bn to expand hyperscale data centre platform

Northern Horizon expands healthcare portfolio in Finland

TPG Angelo Gordon raises $2.5bn for European property fund

LondonMetric worth £4.4 bln after acquiring Urban Logistics

Tristan acquires easyHotel for €242m

£1.3 billion mixed-use scheme in London gets the green light

Aroundtown issues €750m bond at 3.5%

Long Harbour to forward fund 105 homes in Essex

Asia-Pacific cross-border real estate investment surges 117% in Q1

Savills: ‘proximity premium’ for offices close to major stations

Barings exits £100m UK logistics portfolio in off-market deal

Dubai Holding to float $5.9bn residential REIT in landmark listing

Lysara expands fleet-charging infrastructure across Europe

German property market rebounds 12% in first quarter

UK BTR sector set for record £6 billion investment in 2025: LSH

Tokenised real estate tipped for $3tn growth by 2035

Aberdeen completes first commercial real estate loan in Europe

MSCI: recovery in European CRE market stalled in Q1 2025

Catella sells Kaktus Towers in Copenhagen to Quantum

Savills: property investment volumes in Ireland triple in Q1

Germany briefing: for investors residential is a ‘no brainer’

Bayes report: new lending for UK CRE up 11% in the last year

Ardian and Rockfield buy 596-bed PBSA asset in Amsterdam

Briefing: positive momentum as Germany turns the page

European real estate ‘resilient’ as Trump’s hard line bites: C&W

Blackstone backs Valor/Quadreal JV with £260m refinancing

Germany briefing: recovery is driven by domestic investors

Blackstone launches European logistics developer Proxity

M&G makes €82.5m German debut for living property fund

AXA IM Alts enters battery energy storage sector in the UK

BlueCastle buys former Brum M&S for 50+storey BTR project

Cheyne acquires 485-unit co-living scheme in south London

Tariffs won’t sway CRE recovery despite GDP hit: AEW research

C&W: office leasing deals, new record for the City of London

Segro adds to rail infrastructure in UK’s East Midlands region

Catella selects former DEAS CEO Rikke Lykke to lead group

KIA launches lawsuit against Axa IM Alts over ‘right to light’

Madrid and Paris offices: ‘most attractively priced’ markets

Colonial backs Deeplabs and launches €2.4bn science JV

Real estate groups join GREEN to align sustainability metrics

Barings makes Danish debut by buying Catella resi scheme

Yeldo mezzanine bond issue for luxury project in Sardinia

Aviva’s build-to-rent commitment over £500m after Beds deal

AEW last-mile purchase brings Netherlands AUM to €900m

Eight banks back Segro with renewed €1.6bn revolving loan

Kula launches new governance model for impact investments

Multi’s ‘going-concern’ office buy is future resi conversion

Logistics deals in Rouen and Paris underline draw of France

BL and Co-Laboratories partner on flexible London lab space

SevenAges & Blossem team up for new Dutch senior care fund

Berlin Hyp: Germany the most attractive RE market in Europe

Axa sells four-asset mixed Spanish portfolio for €300m

Investors to increase allocations to co-living as resi focus grows

Investment volumes in Italy up 128% to €2.8 billion in Q1: CBRE

Swedish assets seed Greykite MLI platform’s €1bn campaign

c€460m refinance for Kennedy Wilson-Axa JV Irish resi assets

Nobu Manchester to be the tallest tower outside of London

Owner-occupier forward buys City office block for £333m

Cambridge Uni team wins 6th ULI Hines Student Competition

Savills: global luxury retail sees rental growth & more openings

Dublin: M&G wins US AI firm in record post-covid office letting

Threestones’ Eurocare IV fund takes on assisted living sector

Survey on biodiversity in the real estate sector: have your say

Verdantix: more investment in decarbonisation is needed

Savills IM’s European Living Fund ventures into Germany

‘Miscommunication’ slows deal completions: Drooms, Statista

Patron Capital and Inbright to seek €100m Portuguese I&L

Schroders’ 5th acquisition for GMPF recycles £130m

Columbia Threadneedle bags £138m Nuveen fund for TPUT

Leumi UK refinances two London hotels for Splendid

Threestones fund buys five care homes in northern Germany

Skanska divests Romanian office building for €52m

Commitment to sustainability rewarded by €112m refinancing

Azora’s US resi venture with Advenir begins first projects

Data centre deal values rise 7.5% pa as demand escalates

UK healthcare investment to rise as aged dominate demand

Valor/QuadReal JV acquires first Amsterdam logistics plot

PGIM raises $2 billion at global data centre fund’s final close

Redevco debt fund kicks off with €56.8m City office loan

Insulation maker takes first steps in Ukraine rebuild effort

Egypt’s new capital advances as investment interest grows

Invesco buys InterCity hotel in central Berlin from CA Immo

Real estate is Europe’s second most distressed sector: WEDI

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 surpasses key milestones

US investors account for a third of capital deployed in UK CRE

SevenCapital plans London resi expansion with GDV of £1bn
Saudi Arabia’s ambitious New Murabba project in Riyadh is making significant strides, with excavation and groundwork nearing completion and construction set to begin in the summer. Michael Dyke, CEO of the New Murraba Developmemt Company, shared insights with Real FDI editor Courtney Fingar at MIPIM.

Saudi Arabia’s New Murabba project moves forward with groundwork and investor interest

Blackstone invests £235m to buy stake in three UK airports

New Segro JV plans £1bn data centre in London’s Park Royal

Knight Frank: more global investors opt for ESG strategies

Greystar targets Berlin and forms JV with Primus Immo

The Social Hub completes fourth hybrid hotel in Italy

ESG insight and optimisation for long-term value creation

IKEA pilots online fulfilment in revamped Hungary store

Germany’s Inbright to focus on brown-to-green in Portugal

CBRE: energy-efficient assets deliver better financial returns

Japan’s Nomura partners L&G to accelerate UK BTR provision

Value slide slows in France but improvement patchy: MSCI

Riga’s housing shortage creates opportunities for investors and developers

Dutch residential top of the list as investors turn to safe havens

Fidelity’s sustainable logistics fund raises another €110m

Make buildings adaptable to unlock real estate’s potential

British Land secures consent to redevelop London landmark

New study on how to leverage ESG shareholder engagement

‘Coalition of the willing’ needed to fight backlash against ESG

Europe’s growing refinancing gap a ‘lucrative opportunity’

Axa raises European student housing target to €1.3bn

Economic and political challenges hit property sector confidence

Mitsui Fudosan & Stanhope sign for £1.1bn library project

Amro student housing project in Salamanca certified ‘green’

Ikea to open its first West End store in London’s Oxford Circus

European hotel transactions reach five-year high: C&W

Redevco buys Dortmund retail park to grow German portfolio

LPA: Central London offices outperforming global rivals

Trinity Bank acquires Pankrác House office building in Prague

EPRA: renewed interest in European listed real estate

Sustainability the key feature of MIPIM 2025 Awards winners

Savills: Dublin office market set for significant recovery in 2025

Lendlease gets green light for BTR scheme in Birmigham

Knight Frank: households key demand driver for logistics

Azora to invest €2bn in data centre development in Aragon

RSM launches latest editions of European real estate tax guides

MIPIM: Student demand outpaces PBSA sector growth

US installed record-breaking 50GW of solar capacity in 2024

MIPIM: Media savvy cities increasingly turn to TikTok

ULI & PwC: uncertainty dims hope of new real estate cycle

Nrep in €400m push to tackle Finnish care home shortage

Dutch logistics specialist CTP places €1bn of green bonds

Eindhoven to buy Brainport campus as ASML expands

Europe’s property investment volumes to exceed €50bn in Q1

Round Hill Madrid deal boosts ERIF European living portfolio

Savills: investment volumes & confidence in office sector up

Investec loan to build first co-living scheme in Birmingham

ABG plans €250m revamp of historic Frankfurt landmark

Where are the world’s top investment opportunities?

UK property claimed to be ‘overvalued’ due to maths error

Skanska to develop new office complex at Solna in Sweden

Report highlights FDI’s impact on US jobs

Nonnengaesser to head PGIM’s German micro-living platform

BNP Paribas REIM launches healthcare & hospitality division

Canada braces for repercussions as tariffs threaten key industries

Resi decarbonisation specialist Reneo hires Lambros Reppas

Ardian and Rockfield JV buys new PBSA asset in Bologna

Nrep to build €100m hybrid living development in Helsinki

Investors shift focus as Europe’s markets evolve amid uncertainty, say experts

Aedifica completes disposal of its entire portfolio in Sweden

Arlington Advisors to supervise London college’s PBSA refurb

ZBI boosts residential-for-rent fund with Hague acquisition

Landsec sells offices and pivots to resi to rebalance portfolio

Skanska to invest in new green office project in Hyllie, Malmö

Principal grabs Irish life science sector asset for Log In fund

Drooms: complexity adds to transaction times for RE deals

Deka Immobilien pays ESR €86m for Ruby Molly Dublin

Cells buys former Signa-owned department store in Hamburg

Retail begins its slow ascent and France leads the way: AEW

Investec Realis and Keir create £400m logistics JV in England

Dandara Living and Gamuda JV to deliver PBSA in Glasgow

BauMont and Picture AM buy Square d’Orléans in Paris

Dils expands to Spain, takes majority stake in Lucas Fox

Hilton opens first Spark hotel in Germany in Sindelfingen

Government keeping investors in dark on energy reforms: BPF

AXA IM Alts to build new office tower in the City of London

GLP Clean Energy to deliver 10 new solar projects in Germany

Coima: Italy & Southern Europe a magnet for foreign capital

Azora buys resi development land in Madrid’s Valdecarros

Forward buy in mid-Stockholm boosts KKR’s Nordic resi assets

Stoneweg buys MC Property, new group has €8bn in assets

Greystar makes first acquisition in Toulouse area of France

CapMan acquires Midstar in Nordics’ largest hotel deal

Outlook Summit: data sharing is the key to ESG compliance

Berlin Hyp backs green and social housing with €170m loan

Dutch office market set to lead property demand in ’25: Savills

IHG Group buys Ruby Hotels for €110.5m – plans expansion

Henderson Park acquires French hotels and repacks

Patrizia to back Philippines sustainable parking start up

Trevian completes acquisition of Finland’s main event venue

Hines acquires fully let logistics property near Frankfurt Airport

Dublin I&L take-up hits 10-year low but rents set to rise: Savills

Bain buys Apleona from PAI to aid focus on decarbonisation

VIA Outlets records 6.8% rise in sales and 5% increase in footfall

£125m HSBC loan hastens Helical/TfL City development

CEO Outlook 2025: Spain and UK ahead as market recovers

European property deals now take almost a year to conclude

Schroders Capital buys Milan CityLife hotel from Invesco RE

CEO Outlook 2025: value-add strategies to the fore in Europe

Round Hill invests €100m in Berlin resi with dry powder ready

Lemli switches from Savills to CBRE Germany to head capital markets

CEO Outlook Summit 2025: real estate is attractive again

Property prospects improve owing to ‘construction crunch’

First phase of London’s Tribeca life science campus completed

Knight Frank: £5 billion to be invested in London core offices

Kuwaiti-backed EGLS to make its project debut in Ostrava

Retail leads UK’s recovery in property performance: CBRE

Savills: Spanish office sector recovers, investments up 50%

Funders line up to lend as UK hospitality sector refinances

CEE real estate investment volume up 70% in 2024: Colliers

Garbe: Spain’s logistics market offers excellent opportunities

Global office costs inch up but steepest rises in Dubai and LA

New Invesco JV will focus on multi-let UK industrial property

Investment activity in logistics market set to increase: Garbe

€1bn of financing awaits as Castlelake partners Niam

New INREV focus group aims to make ESG more valuable

Garbe Pyramid: the era of steep rental rises in logistics is over

Data centre hotspots blur as AI raises space and power needs

Daily commute the clincher as office-v-home battle hots up

Savills survey: Spain the most popular country to invest in

More pension schemes join L&G affordable housing fund

Ghelamco UK starts building The HiLight tower in London

Politics could thwart German market improvement: IVD

Luxury retailer Kering makes €350m from Italian outlets sale

Investment needed to support continued growth of Uzbekistan’s high-flying tourism industry

MSCI: investment activity up in Q4 but market recovery patchy

Prologis chosen to develop East Midlands logistics park

Kennedy Wilson JV swoops in on 650 new houses in England

Finnish pension giant Keva and Taaleri in €300m PRS venture

AshbyCapital sells retail park portfolio in UK for £220 mln

New JV enables start of £260m Birmingham housing project

Real estate recovery underway, led by UK and Europe: M&G RE

Prologis buys seven German logistics assets from Union

Patrizia pays €55m for SAP HQ in Milan’s Porta Nuova district

Worboys returns to European logistics with new company

Mapletree buys first warehouse in UK and ten assets in Spain

Project finance plummets in 2024, greenfield FDI remains weak and M&A is stable: UNCTAD report

Q4 ’24 kept take-up low for Rhine-Main warehouses: NAI

abrdn sells three warehouses in Spain and the Netherlands

Hyatt to expand in EMEA after improvement in key metrics

AXA IM Alts raises over €4bn for its global CRE debt platform

Henderson and Stoke Park start revamp of Berlin’s Mosse

Hotels make largest leap as property looks up: CBRE

Norges Bank buys £305m stake in Grosvenor’s Mayfair portfolio

ADR unveils Europe’s largest solar plant at Fiumicino Airport

Savills: Five themes emerge as Europe’s RE recovery begins

Milan’s Vertical Forest: ten years as a green inspiration

Poland leads CEE’s GDP race but growth universal: Colliers

Bain sale extends Greystar’s Spanish co-living portfolio

CBRE survey: Living sector top target for European investors

Administrator to sell Demire’s four-asset Limes portfolio

TPG buys half of M&G logistics portfolio as the pair plan capex

Outlook ’25: move West to East as German investors prefer CEE

Car makers and defence drive UK industrial space demand

LBBW Immobilien redevelops listed central Frankfurt space

Outlook 2025: Poland set for a good year as investors return

Real estate second in sectoral ranking of corporate distress

Aviva redoubles commitment to energy infrastructure

Garbe Retail & ICG RE buy 22 Coop supermarkets in Italy

Leumi UK provides £56m debt for care home company

Invesco partners Simten to focus on London projects

German insolvencies up and real estate feeling the pain

Fiera completes refinancing of W.RE’s period asset in Clapham

LCBI & Afilog JV to measure carbon footprint of logistics

Savills: H1 2025 last chance to shop around for logistics assets

Local authorities help Heim UK resi fund to £375m first close

AustralianSuper JV with Oxford and M7 targets European I&L

Civitas to double UK pipeline and expand further in Europe