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

The broad-based recovery of Europe’s real estate market is now well underway according to property advisor Savills. The firm said that preliminary data indicates investment in European real estate during Q4 2024 was about €53 billion, 31% up on the corresponding period of 2023
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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

Modernised CEE cities feeling benefit of “greener” office stock

Barings sells logistics portfolio in Sweden for €122 million

Berlin Hyp chair calls for end to Germany’s ‘political gridlock’

Patrizia and Revive JV to build affordable housing in Benelux

Study shows solar motorways a viable solution for Germany

Property fund outflows rose to £1.16 billion in 2024: Calastone

Union sells Doppio Offices in Vienna to Austrian company

Catella acquires Instone resi project in Nuremberg area

CBRE setting up new Global Financial HQ in Manhattan

Wind energy the largest source of electricity in UK for first time

Norway’s SWF invests $1bn+ in US logistics JV with Goodman

URW sells stake in shopping centre in Paris for €235 million

Q4 ’24: German resi’s strongest since interest rate hikes began

Principal acquires Tuscany asset in sale-and-leaseback

Seasonal good wishes from all the team at Real Asset Insight

ASR Dutch Science Park fund expands presence to Leiden

Oaktree, Greycoat and Homes England launch £250m JV

Savills raises outlook on total returns for UK real estate in ’25

GSA and Nuveen partner to acquire Gecina PBSA portfolio

Living index finds investors now more at home in London

Landsec buys Liverpool One shopping centre for £490m

Sienna IM creates first private debt biodiversity impact fund

Boost for flex-offices as return to in-person work gathers pace

Valesco refinances Brussels office setting post-covid record

Too many barriers to retaining women in real estate sector

Multi to repurpose former Dutch department store

Hines: 2025 a ‘pivotal moment’ for global real estate markets

Segro sells three logistics assets in Germany to GCP

Supermarket Income REIT obtains second listing – on JSE

PGIM RE and Pithos Capital JV to invest in French self-storage

Skanska sells major Warsaw office building for €100m

Savills IM’s Iberian supermarket buy raises strategy to €470m

Offices to lead 2025’s ‘period of recovery and growth’: C&W

Swedish Brinova swaps €938m shares for K-Fast resi portfolio

Savills: indoor air quality is a problem for real estate industry

Knight Frank: UK’s healthcare sector continues to outperform

Redevco buys £518m UK retail park portfolio from Oxford

Planning victory a green light for Patrizia data centre site sale

Outlook 2025: competition for deals returns to French market

Invesco acquires new Motel One hotel in Poland’s TriCity

Fidelity kicks off LOGICs fund with Dutch and Spanish assets

Outlook ’25: bottom reached, French asset values set to rise

NEPI Rockcastle buys Katowice shopping centre for €405m

Backdrop to WAIPA World Investment Conference is possible FDI recovery

Outlook ’25: three reasons to be cheerful about French market

CBRE IM scoops up Italy’s second largest PBSA project

US Treasury moves to regulate outbound investments

€2bn Mareterra waterfront project launched in Monaco

Art-Invest buys Swedish resi and retail assets from Patrizia

pbb lends Trei RE €38m against Vendo Park assets

European I&L investment begins to recover: Savills

M&G’s 40 Leadenhall bets on amenities to lure workers back

New Greykite-Equilibria JV to convert Munich hotel to PBSA

Recovery in sight for office sector, London points the way

Second Crossbay fund hits final close with €1.5 billion to spend

Internal sale brings Skanska Investments Malmö office asset

€120bn of UK projects showcased at EXPO Real

‘Team glass half-full’ prevails on prospects for German market

Coima: market recovering in Italy, volumes up by 68%

Patron and Santander resi unit aim €365m at 16 sites in Spain

BNP Paribas: the worst is over for Europe’s real estate market

Valesco pays €200m for stake in Moncler’s global HQ in Milan

Erste refinances Vienna mixed-use asset in largest loan to date

Savills IM/Greystar JV acquires €150m rental asset in Madrid

CTP and Raben install Europe’s largest heat pump in Warsaw

Catella merges CREAG and CRIM to form €10m platform

Blackstone pays €235m for revamped Grand Hyatt Athens

LCBI and One Click LCA team up to decarbonise real estate

£102m Catella fund targets the hidden value in UK listed sector

Opportunities in all sectors in Germany but caution needed

DWS forward funds Park’s €97.5m Dublin PRS project

Sofidy bags asset in London’s jewellery quarter on 8% yield

The funding gap in German market is ‘yet to be bridged’

Q3 Global I&L spend up 4.3% – funds raise €69.5bn for more

Ontario Teachers/Boreal JV adds four assets to I&L portfolio

German market still in holding mode as uncertainty prevails

BNP Paribas AM launches fund to invest in sustainable forestry

£180m Tristan loan backs BGO’s Oxford life science project

C&W: world’s most expensive retail is in Via Montenapoleone

Bruntwood SciTech teams up with Imperial on new tech hub

Eurofund launches Luana, new senior living platform in Spain

Talent availability driving most Life Science location decisions

Clarion secures €240m green NAV loan from NatWest

Nordics’ Citycon sells Estonian shopping centre for €129m

Hines acquires French Onyx logistics portfolio from Segro

Royal London AM buys 50% of Milton Keynes shopping centre

Rooftop solar system installed at GLP’s Belfeld logistics centre

C&W: 70% of European offices at risk of becoming obsolete

Ikea lines up €1.5bn for energy improvements to retail units

Europe’s data centre vacancy rate in single figures by year end: CBRE

Europe still not keeping pace with demand for PBSA: CBRE

Entries are open for the 2025 ULI Hines Student Competition

Alecta buys pair of Gothenburg office projects for €190m

Market conditions favour sale and leaseback deals: Colliers

Royal London & Graftongate buy land to develop in Coventry

Stoneweg partners Lopesan Hotels to buy Madrid landmark

Panattoni report: sustainability still a challenge for logistics

Research indicates UK property lags European energy savings

Brookfield to sell rival Segro part of Tritax Eurobox portfolio

Garbe Industrial Real Estate establishes Romanian unit

Solivus’ solar installation for Farnborough Airport complete

Dunmoore snares RHP to fund 1st phase of west London PRS

Theatre signs 10-year lease on Westfield’s former Debenhams

Brookfield buys Atrato for £220 million in bet on rooftop solar

Homes England provides £124m boost for Barking

$10.5 trn global food market driving demand for real estate

King Street and Alea JV aims €375m at Portuguese PBSA

Eastnine set to pay Ghelamco €280m for Warsaw office tower

Amundi-Koramco partnership refinances NL’s The Atrium

UK property bodies discuss merger in face of ‘significant structural change’

Optimism with ‘strong caveats’ prevails in Europe: PwC/ULI

ING and Delancey team up to refinance Notting Hill Estate

Greykite and Gatehouse plan £750m SFR campaign in UK

PIC, Muse and Homes England join to target UK housing crisis

M&G acquires 65% stake in BauMont, aims for growth

Krakow’s Wesoła set to be hub for creativity and innovation

Helical realises £71.4m selling 50% share in City office block

Panattoni and GFH to invest $500m in I&L projects in Saudi

Amro/Invesco student housing JV kicks off with Madrid project

PGIM launches German logistics development platform

M&G ‘living’ property fund makes first French acquisition

L&G’s Managed Fund chalks up £370m in ’24 with Soho asset

Madrid leads European return to the office: Savills research

Funding gap fall reduces debt threat – legacy loans still at risk

Empowering investment promotion agencies: a critical step for global FDI recovery

Subdued FDI is another sign of ‘slowbalisation’: Research

Cheyne and Apollo back Castleforge with £115m loan

New software first step in giant ‘Sandcastle’s’ sustainability bid

Metrovacesa/Vita JV to develop flex-living building in Madrid

EXPO Real: ‘United front’ by UK cities as sentiment improves

Slower office fitout cost rises cut more slack for occupiers

ZIN project in Brussels to set new standard for sustainability

Aware Super and Delancey JV targets UK with £1bn platform

Auction plays to potential of Tuscany’s upscale hospitality market

Berlin Hyp: Germany’s CRE market seen as ‘less attractive’

CPP/Kennedy Wilson JV aims for 4,000 BTR units in the UK

Case for office retrofitting stronger as rent gap hits 35%

HNWIs lift luxury outlook as sector sees post-Covid bounce

France proves the exception to Europe’s recovery: La Francaise

Niam increases Swedish BTR portfolio with Stockholm buy

Oxford refinances Paris office with €182m Aareal green loan

UK’s Simply Affordable Homes fund makes first acquisition

Valor-Quadreal JV acquires €90m French last-mile assets

Brownfields are a ‘fantastic opportunity’ for logistics: CTP

More developers seek to satisfy seniors’ love of London

Czech motorway upgrades will reshape CEE logistics markets

Five winners announced at the 2024 ULI Awards for Excellence

Torus secures £217 mln to build affordable homes in Liverpool

Matter and GCM Grosvenor to invest €500 mln in resi projects

Ardian and Rockfield team up to invest €500 million in PBSA

Elizabeth Line in London wins the UK’s top architecture prize

LCBI awards first European labels to low-carbon projects

Savills: London prime logistics are the world’s most expensive

First close for BNP Paribas AM’s Euro Infrastructure Debt Fund

CBRE: self storage performs well, is in demand across Europe

Bayes report: new lending for CRE down 10% in the last year

CapMan Infra investing in energy network in Finland

Segro sells industrial estate in London to Imperial College

US tech firms to invest £6.3 bln to build new data centres in UK

CBRE 2024 Survey: European retail sector in expansion mode

Montea’s Antwerp project wins EXPO Real Impact award 2024

Ingka’s stake in energy project puts more wind in its sales

Azora BTR platform acquires Emerige project in Madrid

BayernCare forges ahead with care home in south Germany

Saudi Arabia to host World Investment Conference 2024

$41.5bn raised globally for logistics investments in H1

Diversification is a key priority as economic models change

Developing countries move to entice more investment inflows

Commerz Real’s €168m sale of Girona mall shows 25% uplift

EXPO Real: €120 bn projects showcased at UK pavilion

Axa begins reworking listed Rotterdam office tower

EXPO Real: Expect exponential growth of science park tenants

EXPO Real: Knight Frank wraps up global Tetra Pak mandate

Tuscan villa with scope for hotel to utilise new auction platform

EXPO Real: Germany launches AI-driven brownfield ID system

Invesco Real Estate acquires its first data centre in Europe

EXPO Real: European living sector ‘fundamentally solid’

Savills: recovery in European market, volumes up 15% in Q3

Drees & Sommer acquires Northern Ireland construction consultancy

AEW secures €375 million European Value-Add mandate

EXPO Real: 40,000 expected at Munich’s property trade fair

ESG compliance ‘critical’ for senior living in the Nordics

Patrizia to turn City of London asset into ‘best-in-class’ office

Growing demand for senior housing across the Nordics

Panattoni Group’s Newport launches new logistics fund

Atrato sells portfolio of rooftop solar assets to Brookfield JV

Nordics senior housing sector attracting investors’ interest

Civitas enters German later living market with €300m buy

AXA IM Alts presses ahead with Milan affordable housing block

Habyt strengthens presence in Germany with Leipzig project

Nrep and Garbe to develop logistics centre in Germany

Colliers: the European office market will recover in 2025

NEPI Rockcastle buys Magnolia Park in Wroclaw for €373m

AEW: decarbonising real estate more costly but still achievable

Kaktus Towers in Copenhagen ‘best tall building in Europe’

Abrdn Trust sells its portfolio to GoldenTree for £351 million

Tikehau Capital buys portfolio of 26 hypermarkets in France

KGAL energy transition fund bets on green hydrogen plant

Kingstone launches affordable housing fund in Germany

M7 sells mixed-use portfolio in Paris to Foncière Pierreval

Construction first as work starts on 3D-printing a Texas hotel

Patrizia: institutions expect a strong pick-up in investments

PGIM RE grants €300m loan for German logistics portfolio

Amro Porto: first new-build in Portugal rated ‘Outstanding’

Panattoni launches €600m open-ended logistics fund

Verdion gets green light for €1 billion Rhine-Ruhr I&L park

High Court frees BC Partners to develop London office tower

Fashion takes lead as European retailers’ letting deals stabilise

Evercore set to leave Mayfair for Victoria in record letting deal

FBK acquires Nuremberg resi following Alpha insolvency

Olympics push Paris ahead of London in Global Cities survey

Eight finalists announced for 2024 ULI Europe Awards for Excellence

CA Immo starts development of hybrid Berlin office building

INREV: Recovery underway in European non-listed real estate

Green light for Mission Street’s Cambridge science project

£625m finance deal will boost Panattoni’s UK spec build plans

Flexible & sustainable buildings help deliver social impact

URW sells Munich retail asset as deleveraging continues

PGIM Real Estate and M7 launch €100m German JV

Climate risk has risen to the top of investors’ agendas

Aviva and Layetana acquire BTR project in Palma, Majorca

Germany turns to geothermal energy in the quest for ‘green’

Logistics and Resi the sectors to bet on in the Dutch market

Berlin’s Ziegert Group wins €50m backing from HIG

Logistics specialist P3 prices new €500m green bond

Social impact and good returns go hand in hand, experts say

Garbe: shift to value-add in tight Dutch logistics market

Green light for Torsion-Zenzic JV’s 200-bed Leeds PBSA

Dutch market ‘at a turning point’ as investors cherry pick

Improving economy will lead to more demand for logistics

Return to the office: Employers’ need to get chequebooks out

Garbe: five more years of rental growth for European logistics

Polish logistics portfolio first buy for Greykite/White Star JV

Barings secures central Paris refurbishment opportunity

PBSA rent growth outpaces inflation in Europe: Bonard

Cheyne finances Dunas Capital cold storage project in Spain

Stringent environmental rules having an impact on logistics

Knight Frank launches new Social Value Consultancy team

Aedifica targets UK with £61.5m care home portfolio acquisition

Core capital targets logistics again as sentiment improves

Second Proximus healthcare RE fund slated as first deployed

Fabrix gains consent for “ultra-urban” London industrial space

European Logistics Census ’24: ESG top of occupiers’ concerns

Garbe/Blackrock JV identifies first targets for development

MEAG gains consent for central London office extension/refurb

Tritax Eurobox accepts Segro’s all-share £552m offer

Kryalos establishes a new €300m direct lending fund

ESG upgrade-rate needs to double to meet targets: KF

KGAL acquires Vienna office building from CA Immo

EQT Exeter pays Delin €100m for Spanish logistics assets

CSC: project finance use for renewable energy set to surge

Empira Group buys 400 resi and commercial units in Berlin

French car park specialist Indigo buys Apcoa Belgium

Garbe and Invesco team up to develop logistics site in the UK

Fusion and Cheyne buy site for PBSA scheme in Brent Cross

Data centre vacancy rate decline likely for fifth year

Summer break!

Hammerson secures €350m loan to reposition Dundrum

KGAL acquires timber-hybrid office building in Wiesbaden

British Land acquires retail warehouses from M7 for £45m

Blackstone sells 3,000 homes to UK fund for £405 million

UniCredit finances CA Immo Berlin offices with €90m loan

Verdion completes Danish asset – VELF 2 fund’s first

Savills: $41.5 bln raised globally for logistics investments in H1

Tite Street Capital to back CV Real Estate Frankfurt project

Panattoni Gatwick project part of focus on south eastern UK

Northwest sells UK hospital portfolio to Assura for £500m

JP Morgan to extend and upgrade London office block

EMEA opportunities emerge as confidence improves: Colliers

Henley to start £300m resi and last mile project in London

Branicks realises €94m from sale of nine office assets to VIB

KGAL forms JV to develop 1.1 GW of battery storage in Italy

Green light for Derwent Lazari’s mixed-use scheme in London

Revetas sells developer Trigranit to Czech DRFG

German housing shortage will persist as construction declines

Canada Life partners a Bristol uni in 330-bed PBSA project

MSCI: positive capital growth for UK commercial real estate