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EXPO Real: Lack of product overshadows logistics sector

Strong demand driven by the inshoring trend is supporting the logistics sector, but lack of suitable space is putting a spanner in the works, experts agreed at Real Asset Media´s European Logistics Trends briefing, which took place yesterday in the International Investors´ Lounge at EXPO Real in Munich.
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Turnstiles open in Munich as crowds gather for EXPO Real

Verdion Danish acquisition to be first asset for VELF2 fund

Sirius sells in Kassel, buys in Barnsley as assets recycled

Aviva and Socius to develop a £1 billion London Cancer Hub

Weerts and SFRE to develop three logistics parks in Italy

Moorfield launches £500m REIT to target UK resi-for-rent

Bayes: 2023 toughest year for financing real estate in Europe

AEW costs climate premium for keeping assets unstranded

UK Proptech Association merger with BPF approved

London and Paris head cities index – climate to blight Rome

Patrizia acquires new logistics hub in Piacenza, northern Italy

Birchgrove forward funds senior community with £36m

PineBridge’s £300m facility will enable single family housing

Commerz Real and Bosch present new data platform

New JV targeting Greece with €100m for sustainable logistics

The Green Finance Institute extends to Denmark and Spain

Axa’s Paris letting to Suez reaffirms conviction to offices

P3 adds trio of logistics assets to its portfolio in Germany

Coima to redevelop Milan asset into a sustainable office project

Property holds its own against other asset classes: Savills

Trammel Crow expands scope of Berlin area logistics park

New definition of ‘the office’ required says Germany’s ZIA

Breakthrough to develop new biotech facility in Amsterdam

Covivio sells refurbed 1930s Paris office to luxury goods firm

WP Carey to shed office assets through sales and new REIT

Helaba launches its first Infrastructure Debt Fund

Debt still compelling although equity performance is on its tail

Experience in timber makes difference for new advisory firm

Asset selection centre stage as the slow correction continues

Three LaSalle office buildings Platinum WiredScore certified

Repriced Dutch retail property sector poised for rebound

Prologis Park Eindhoven, the world’s greenest warehouse

EIB backs CTP’s solar panel roll out with €200m finance deal

Looming regulations scare off resi investors in Dutch market

Axa starts development of Munich hybrid timber offices

Investors seek poor performers for sustainability upgrades: KF

Investors seek new price equilibrium in Dutch market

Logistics investors target Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia

Redos and Shell add charging infrastructure to retail parks

Economic outperformance attracts investors to CE3

Threestones Capital acquires German retirement homes

Cromwell’s Janki shopping centre gets €66m green loan

BTR sector has ‘huge potential’ in Poland and Czech Republic

Logistics: ESG a priority for investors but not occupiers

Quintain’s Wembley refinance one of largest UK deals of 2023

Supply chain improvements driving logistic sector forward

Greystar acquires Veld/Freo office-to-resi Paris project

Union Investment makes third investment in Irish resi market

Savills Logistics RE Census 2023 a ‘surprise on the upside’

Logistics market broadens out to new locations in Germany

UK’s EPIC resolves to sell entire portfolio of retail warehouses

Logistics has become ‘the queen of real estate’ in Italy

Orion buys Nexity Portugal resi arm: projected worth €450m

Multi Corporation plans hi-spec office and resi in Amsterdam

Garbe: now it’s the right time to invest in European logistics

KKR and Ikea retailer give grid-scale battery backup a boost

Serbian supermarket chain signs half of CTP Belgrade park

Goldman Sachs: investors are switching to sustainable funds

Capital & Regional REIT buys Edinburgh mall for £40m

BGO provides €115m debt to refinance Dutch retail portfolio

Praxis/Veld JV pays £125m for Birmingham’s Brindleyplace

First phase of Thames City mixed-use project completed

P3 expands French portfolio into Lyon and Rhône markets

Principal manage-to-core fund pays €10m for two data centres

Commerz Real buys solar and wind power plants in Spain

P3 Logistics boosts Germany portfolio with Bavarian assets

Rising costs taking the shine off London’s hotel resurgence

Union sentiment survey reveals European CRE mood sombre

CPI Property Group arranges new €635m bridge facility

Europe’s debt funding gap reaches 20-year record high

Urban Partners fund raising increases Nrep fund to €1.85bn

Logistics asset prices could stabilise by Q3 or Q4: Garbe

Verdion starts spec phase of €100m Berlin logistics project

New LondonMetric PV arrays cut tenants’ grid power needs

Bank rate takes toll on UK property investment totals

Surplus renewables to cut gas use in Vonovia apartments

First acquisition for Orchard Street’s new Impact fund

Patrizia’s Nordic JV buys Swedish urban logistics assets

Aermont Capital to invest €200 million in luxury hotels in Italy

New survey: ESG now a priority in RE investment strategies

Morgan Stanley and Crowley JV to support US offshore wind

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M&G taps into Spain’s demand with €98m Bilbao BTR project

Future-proofed Dublin project awarded WiredScore accolade

Nordic Nrep acquires majority stake in Polish logistics firm 7R

Patrizia refinances Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Tower: 55% LTV

Slate AM to acquire X-Bricks’ €1bn food retail portfolio

Hines planning 2 million sq ft office-led London project

Coima/QIA Milan sale marks Union’s Italian office debut

More science space needed for UK’s depleted ‘golden triangle’

ULI Europe selects six finalists for the Awards for Excellence

PGIM Real Estate enters JV focused on Italian residential

Price and valuation divergence stand out in Sweden and NL

More pressure on UK market after 14th rate increase by BoE

Singapore REIT buys London’s Cavendish and bets on hotels

Aviva Investors to finance offshore wind farm in UK

Investors seek different routes as uncertainty persists: Colliers

Macquarie core/core+ logistics fund final close hits €260m

Demand strong for France’s prime residential: Knight Frank

Lion Plaza in City of London sold for over £200 million

Aareal Bank refinances London PBSA portfolio for Chapter JV

Cadillac Fairview/Boreal JV buys Italian logistics portfolio

CBRE: University towns in UK facing a shortage of PBSA beds

German H1 resi portfolio sales lowest since 2011: NAI Apollo

Acquisitions put AEW among Spain’s largest retail buyers

Segro sale heralds P3 Logistic Parks’ move into UK market

Apex Group to build new green hydrogen plants in Germany

£100m debt secured for UK’s largest modular BTR scheme

European investment lowest since 2010 – no sector spared

Related Argent launches first BTR scheme in King’s Cross

Via Agora sells Madrid BTR project to Aviva resi platform

€45m Tristan loan backs Elfi office-to-BTR conversion in NL

M7 sells retail park in Portugal to Square Asset Management

Listed London office landmark to be reborn as life science hub

Aviva Investors takes 35% share in Italy’s Innovo Renewables

Cromwell/Bain JV targets Tuscany for logistics project

Holes in expertise challenge property’s enthusiasm for ESG

UK to relax planning rules and prioritise urban development

Schroders Capital wins consent for the City’s third tallest office

Deka Immobilien and VGP in €1.1 bn logistics joint venture

Investors should avoid certain German cities says new report

Sellar to go ahead with student housing scheme in London

CapMan’s €400m finance deal opens Finnish network growth

M&S loses battle to demolish and rebuild Oxford St flagship

Fabege’s €290m Stockholm office sale aids NREP strategy

KGAL wind and solar energy fund invests €1.3bn in Europe

International capital flooding back to Italian market in Q2

Canary Wharf life science development gets green light

SWF provides Azora vehicle with €500m dry powder

Delivery of UK build-to-rent slowing down as costs go up

Hines’s HEVF 3 expects to exceed €1.5bn equity target

La Francaise buys Marseille hotel project from BNP Paribas

More pension schemes join Cheyne’s RE Impact strategy

Power restrictions hinder some markets’ data centre growth

SpaceGenie targets Germany’s lack of self storage facilities

UK faces warehouse supply crisis as 60% likely obsolete

ECE Work & Live developing €65m of luxury resi in Rome

Mandarin Oriental checks in to Bankside scheme in London

Reform over-complex UK planning system say REITs

Commerz Real sells AEW hotel at Charles de Gaulle Airport

Coima refinances Milan’s Corsa Como Place with €137m facility

ECB rate rises set scene as volumes fall 64% in Germany

Clarion buys Blackstone German logistics portfolio

UK hotel volumes lower but revpar on the up: Knight Frank

E-Commerce still grows but buyers prefer physical shops

DFI and Argo platform invests £200m in UK logistics portfolio

Twin tower shuffle: S Immo buys Vienna towers for €116m

Unite: demand for UK student housing outstripping supply

Lifento invests in acquisition of new nursing home near Milan

BNP Paribas REIM buys off-plan resi asset in Bordeaux

Coima expands its footprint in Milan with new acquisition

CBRE IM secures finance for Pan Europe logistics strategy

NREP bags a majority stake in resi firm Klovern in €500m deal

ARCO summit: senior housing is attracting more investors

‘Meaningful discounts’ for rents on Cheyne’s Manchester BTR

Patrizia rooftop power plant joins Europe’s race to net zero

ARCO conference: quantity and quality for senior housing

Berlin Hyp’s social loan targets affordable housing supply

GLP’s Netherlands rooftop PV project one of largest in Europe

Cromwell enters JV in Italian logistics with Value Partners

Cambridgeshire barracks sale heralds start of 6,500 homes

Green roof requirements could make 76% of offices redundant

Investors focused on ESG, cautious on expansion: Patrizia

Axa and Neinor partner for €110m Madrid resi project

BTR high on UK investor wish lists but H1 volume fell: CBRE

Iberian Summit: Spain coping with macro headwinds better

Bain and Conren JV to invest €600m in Iberian logistics

Axa IM Alts completes mixed-use Milan redevelopment

Iberia Summit: BTR in Spain is ‘the best asset class to invest in’

Double-digit IRR for Savills IM and Vestas on Dutch asset sale

Panattoni begins spec logistics project next to Brighton airport

Iberian Summit: foreign capital more interested in Portugal

SHHA Summit: high investor interest but challenges remain

Five-asset deal starts new La Française/Elsan partnership

SHHA Summit: next year ‘real turnaround’ in care homes

Sonae and Signal to develop Lisbon mixed-use project

CPIPG agrees €500m of new bank loans for refinancing

CEE Summit: lack of exposure to listed market is a problem

£500 draw prize up for grabs for logistics census participants

Prologis pays Blackstone $3.1bn for 1.3 million sq m US portfolio

CEE Summit: logistics and office sectors outperforming

Timber-built city quarter to be developed in south Stockholm

£1.5bn Manchester project adapts to office demand shift

CEE Summit: crisis creates opportunities to buy assets

Valesco buys Accor Paris HQ in record-breaking €460m deal

Patrizia bags €70m portfolio of Nordic social infrastructure

Regal seeks investor for £200m Birmingham BTR project

AXA IM Alts acquires Oslo logistics assets for €125m

Round Hill ready to pounce as European resi fund closes

UK multifamily outperforms commercial property: CBRE

Olayan launches London’s first prime resi-for-rent complex

Boreal IM/Cadillac Fairview JV forward buys Madrid logistics

CBRE IM acquires resi asset in new Stockholm city quarter

Savills IM purchases two UK build-to-rent assets for £50m

Goodman creating one of Germany’s largest PV schemes

Manchester’s One Angel Square on market for £165m

Economic conditions cement stability of German rented resi

‘Milestone’ consent for £160m Manchester mixed resi project

Encouraging signs for property despite third negative quarter

FAP fund’s article 9 transition increases capital commitments

CBRE IM in deal to develop resi space in new Utrecht district

Price correction heralds return to logistics assets for DWS

Patron and Inbright target €250m German industrial RE

Deas picked for Finnish mixed-use urban quarter project

Property ‘not out of woods’ warns M&G in new report

Church plans office and resi tower in central Frankfurt

AEW retail acquisition is 7th asset in Paris’s rue de Passy

European office occupancy is largely back to normal: Colliers

Axa enters Italian care home market with six-asset portfolio

Commerz Real buys out Signa interest in Berlin office tower

Tenants and peer pressure to force positive change on ESG

Development now part of wider role for P3’s Spencer

Spec phase launched at GLP’s Magna Park in East Mids, UK

Tech will help solve ESG issues but there is no silver bullet

Working group offers solutions to help fit SFDR to real estate

Divall to head cross-border capital at London & Oxford

European corporate debt market hit by high LTVs

Juergen Fenk joins Eastdil Secured as MD in Frankfurt

Nordic logistics targeted in Panattoni and Cromwell deals

Real estate restructurings are ‘flavour of the day’ as crisis hits

56% of global corporates pick hybrid office policy: KF/Cresa

Redevco acquires Life Europe and launches residential arm

NPLs, there’s trouble ahead for German alternative debt sector

Axa IM Alts’ deal to gain from growing need for studio space

Tristan fund lends €80m for hotel’s switch to urban campus

Value creation the aim as focus shifts to existing buildings

NREP pays €420m for Swedish social infrastructure portfolio

Advisory council to boost BL’s science and innovation effort

Proptech to the rescue as resi tenants’ demands are evolving

Lenders worried about offices but retail’s making a comeback

Savills: demographic trends shaping future of real estate

ESG: a ‘tsunami of regulations’ will hit the real estate sector

ICG launches last mile platform with €500m assets in the bag

Slowdown creates opportunity in the Italian market: Coima

Crisis being handled well as professionals find solutions

Sentiment among German lenders finding ‘a stable basis’

Elithis fund buys Le Harvre energy-positive resi tower

Stranded asset risk is ‘the €1.5 trillion elephant in the room’

Mormon church buys London logistics investment for £74m

German American Realty US resi fund final close at $90m

Map and compass to navigate the ESG reporting jungle

Oversubscribed Urban Partners fund raises €3.65bn

France and US sales bring URW disposal targets closer

Caution on German offices while economy ‘on slide’: PBB

Deepki buys Nooco to optimise carbon footprint of buildings

Frankfurt business school launches property institute

S&P stress test indicates office backed CMBS are resilient

PV power plants move Finnish office investor toward net zero

UK commercial real estate chalks up 7% of UK GVA: BPF

Azora to reduce Spanish hotel portfolio’s energy consumption

London office refurbs hit high in race to avoid obsolescence

Four Portuguese supermarkets boost Savills IM’s food strategy

European resi deals to resume with consensus on lower prices

UK logistics owner occupiers boost supply by sub letting

Handover to SLC completes Glasgow wharf transformation

New MoU plots Edinburgh’s £2bn west-side resi story

Amro Partners and NTT UD team up for co-living project

Only London and Paris ahead of Warsaw in office demand

ESG ‘a must’ but logistics tenants may need convincing
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DWS: Europe’s seven best cities to invest in the office market

Business model changes make for rapid shifts in shed demand

INREV survey: top managers rule, dry powder at €215 billion

Segro commits £2bn to UK’s West Mids industrial strategy

Logistics sector sees first hints of rise in business confidence

CTP to invest €600 million in German and Polish logistics

Colliers’ sets up new unit as Poland’s power bill up 350%

Mind the gap: Paris market becoming ever more polarised

P3 buys a let investment in Germany’s deep water port

UK healthcare bed supply falls but demand growth continues

Luxury retail and hospitality back in vogue in France

Abrdn’s Slater to succeed Vaughan as Redevco chief

Ingka’s €30m wind stake could meet 1/3 of Finnish power need

International investors return to the French market after lull

Despite 57% dip CEE more resilient than western Europe

Green light for Bloom/Angelo Gordon ultra-urban warehouse

BPF and UKPA join forces to drive innovation in real estate

Industrial space demand surge likely due to EV battery boom

Greystar finances Wembley PBSA with £130m LaSalle loan

CBRE IM sells Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock to joint venture

Empira’s new Cologne resi quarter beats asbestos threat

CapMan Infra invests in data centres in northern Europe

New Nordic alliance to focus resources on urban challenges

Post-covid recovery suits outlets as visits increase

Hague offices have residential future following sale by Garbe

UKGBC sets up new task force to tackle embodied carbon

Education sector grabs London space at unprecedented levels

Swedish distillery’s conversion to conserve industrial heritage

€560m portfolio sale brings Vonovia near 2023 sales target

Union buys majority of MRP’s Mix resi project in Amsterdam

New €250m Azora fund to aid firms with carbon cutting skills

Tritax makes first acquisition for its new £500m mandate

Round Hill invests €32m in German senior living facility

BL to develop zero carbon logistics hub in central London

Patrizia picks former DWS chief for CEO as Egger steps aside

Aviva launches new LTAF fund seeded with £1.5bn portfolio

World’s first recycled concrete buildings under construction

Trianon’s €115m resi sale raises resources and focuses assets

’80s London printworks will be culture venue in BL masterplan