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

Italian investor and developer Coima has obtained a new €137 million green financing agreement from Banco BPM, Bayerische Landesbank, Crédit Agricole and ING Bank.

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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

Stoneweg Hospitality spends €83m on Spanish hotel duo

Pain in US office sector could be ‘at least as bad as 08-09’

£1.5 billion revamp of London’s Liverpool St station planned

Orion and 4 More repositioning boosts Wiesbaden retail centre

MSCI: Q1 CRE investment in Europe slumps to 11-year low

UK banks back L&G’s suburban BTR platform with £150m loan

Attention continues to focus on Warsaw’s Wola office district

Vonovia sells €1 billion stake in German resi portfolio to Apollo

Panattoni steps up brownfield sites development in Europe

Wing completes Bauwert acquisition in expansion drive

Aviva invests in TopHat’s low carbon modular housing

Bayes research: new lending to real estate still strong in UK

IHG to open the first luxury branded hotel in Liverpool

Living sector the most resilient in Germany, offices in demand

UK logistics demand slips back to near pre-pandemic level: KF

Henderson Park lets Los Cubos in Madrid after refurbishment

ESG compliance now driving market valuations in Germany

Bouwinvest’s Canadian PRS debut – JV with Woodbourne

Westfield owner URW to buy Hammerson out of Croydon JV

German transactions on hold but rebound expected in Q4

SHHA expands coverage opening membership to US

La Francaise buys last-mile logistics asset in NW Spain

Savills IM buys safe-as-houses Swedish resi in €100m deal

Partners Group signs carbon removal deal with Climeworks

Patrizia plans community-friendly London office project

Savills: best cities attract Clean & ClimateTech companies

Empira buys second Miami site – aims to exploit lack of US resi

Persistence of remote working threat to Paris & London offices

Intreal research: Article 8 funds earn positive returns earlier

Berlin resilient despite dip in Q1 demand for German offices

AXA IM Alts acquires the 5* Hotel Sofia in Barcelona

L&G backs Glenbrook BTR in Leeds’s biggest ever funding

Industrials REIT accepts £511m Blackstone acquisition bid

Panattoni secures funding for latest phase of Lublin project

CTP plans to double in size to exploit CEE logistics promise

Fiera RE in affordable housing partnership with SimplyPhi

Azora takes stake in Abatable in decarbonisation drive

LaSalle Debt Investments to expand sustainable lending

Kering buys €600m central Paris project to house Gucci

Savills: Offices and logistics shielded from energy shocks

Chayton and Montenegro sign €700m new infrastructure plan

Blackstone holds final close on record $30.4bn property fund

AXA IM Alts agrees sale of Data4 platform to Brookfield

Automating resi rental process could cut manual work by half

La Francaise enters medical market with Paris clinic buy

Focus on interest rates and ESG as lenders revert to core

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CBRE: large deals propel Irish market beyond expectations

LIP Invest acquires pre-let logistics asset near Stuttgart

Aeon: family offices in US and Europe turning to real estate

DWS and GIC defend REITs despite pressures on US offices

Tristan fund’s €52m loan from Berlin Hyp includes green slice

Cooperation not competition to promote sustainability in RE

Cheyne lends £150m for office upgrade in City of London

Garbe pushing ahead with first development project in Italy

Ingka to create mixed-use ‘urban meeting place’ in Paris

CBRE: Asian interest driving Central London’s office market

Australian pension giant Aware Super buys into UK BTR sector

Ingka buys Dublin distribution centre for Ikea UK & Irish arm

Plans for new Berlin quarter firmed up as concept selected

Second Newport Logistics Fund is targeting €100m

Resi will retain its attraction despite yield increase in 2023

Harrison St JV to fund £302m Birmingham BTR project

Maersk hires CBRE for property drive to smooth supply chains

Accurate data is essential for achieving sustainability goals

AIF Capital adds three German healthcare facilities to portfolio

Garbe plans €76m multi-let logistics scheme near Leipzig

Fund launch and partnership start Coima in social housing

PIC pays Schroders £267m for UK government Croydon space

76% of Europe’s offices may be obsolete as expectations rise

SHHA report: challenging times but bright prospects

40% rent increases needed to restore German resi’s attraction

Mainz office campus improved and sold to Gold Tree Group

Trei quits Czech and Slovak markets with c€250m sale

New report looks at European bank charging characteristics

CBRE IM sells two Swedish shopping centres to NIAM

Heimstaden establishes new green financing framework

Crestbridge improves access to Europe with depositary licence

£52m East Mids buy signals Clarion’s return to UK market

L&G: impact investing delivers benefits and good returns

Hines gets ‘disruptive’ with launch of new business unit

Catella fund buys affordable green PRS scheme in Berlin

S Immo sells Berlin portfolio as shifts to higher yield CEE assets

Rural-urban migration driving PRS demand and prices in CEE

Drooms launches Lifecycle, free software product for real estate

Nuveen launches Global RE Carbon Reduction Strategy

Heitman buys Norwegian student housing platform

Eurazeo sustainable infra fund hits €420m and spreads reach

MIPIM: FDI expanding scope to encompass more real assets

Aggregate sells Portuguese unit to focus on Germany

Hines-Acciona Spanish BTR scheme a ‘cornerstone’ project

MIPIM: cooperation the key to more sustainable real estate

MIPIM: Cut carbon now using existing solutions says report

MIPIM: Residential sector to become more institutional

MIPIM: the market now driving progress on ESG compliance

ULI: Landlords may need to ‘act soon to preserve rental income’

Research: London & Paris top digitally visible European cities

MIPIM: logistic sector strong but barriers getting higher

Northern Horizon buys Danish aged care home portfolio

MIPIM: excessive volatility spooking the debt market

Life science and innovation heading for Canada Water

Europe can expect improving growth but risks remain: C&W

BentallGreenOak/Mission St JV targets science space shortage

Two major deals on the North and South bank of the Thames

Gerald Eve joins BH2 and HDH in US firm Newmark’s stable

Greenman fund acquires three Edeka stores in sale/leaseback

Coima: new opportunities from the slowdown in Italian market

Mark obtains £381m financing for two London developments

Germany faces shortage of life science and tech space by 2025

ReInvest acquires sustainable office project in Barcelona

ECE to convert Rome office space into €60m luxury hotel

La Francaise buys healthcare centre in Paris suburb St Ouen

Real Asset Media adds foreign direct investment to its brief

Deas buys IQ Energy Nordic in digital transformation drive

Manchester pension equity aids Heimstaden buy back

Apleona raises annual sales to €3.5 bn with Gegenbauer deal

First healthcare acquisitions in Benelux for BNP Paribas REIM

Berlin maintains appeal for rented residential investors

JLL: Asia and Europe lead back to the office trend, US lagging

Survey finds UK firms unaware of imminent energy measures

P3 expands Dutch portfolio with Amstelveen acquisition

Poland’s PRS only 1% of rental market even after 40% growth

Record renewable energy production for Commerz Real

Niam is to push ahead with Helsinki’s tallest office tower

High demand for Berlin Hyp’s €750 million mortgage bond

Propreal buys two prime office buildings in central Barcelona

NatWest backs Macquarie BTR unit’s Edinburgh community

European key cities attracting more people back to the office

Hamleys picks Rome for its first Continental European store

Juli Living uses Spaceflow app to ‘elevate tenant experience’

More transformation loans as ESG compliance now a must

Savills: European tech cities rising up global rankings

P3’s Panattoni deal is fifth Sth Poland purchase in 12 months

Decline in inflation and interest rates is the key to recovery

New £8 billion masterplan to regenerate Earl’s Court site

Glenbrook gets green light for 600+ unit BTR project in Leeds

European markets badly hit but recovery is on the horizon

Germany’s office space and investment markets diverging

Cheyne backs €62m revamp of classic 5-star hotel in Helsinki

WorldGBC demands strict EU rules on buildings’ emissions

M&G European ‘living’ fund acquires Dublin PRS project