Publications: Real FDI

CEE Special – Industrial & logistics projects

Continuing Real FDI’s series spotlighting the top investable projects across Europe, in this edition we focus on industrial & logistics.

Infrastructure: London Gatwick

A new Airport Economic Zone has been launched with the UK’s second-largest airport at its centre.

City focus – Warsaw

Warsaw New Centre aims to attract talent and business through projects that include sustainable transport and a focus on pedestrians.

Country focus – Iceland

The Keldur development on the eastern edge of Reykjavik will provide
a sustainable urban quarter to alleviate the city’s housing shortage.

Country focus – Seychelles

The country has taken fiscal and regulatory actions to encourage inward investment and signal that its financial services meet global standards.

CEE Special – Top CEE Investable Projects

Continuing Real FDI’s spotlight on global investor-ready projects, in this edition we feature schemes from across Central and Eastern Europe.

Interviews

• Elin Guðnadóttir – Programme director at Iceland developer Kadeco on the K64 project.
• Rudiger Dany – NEPI Rockcastle’s CEO explains how CEE’s largest operator of retail
  centres is not merely a landlord, but a community-focused placemaker.
• Rui Moreira – Porto’s mayor is committed to bringing international business to the city.

Country focus

• Seychelles – The country is aiming to attract FDI through its good natural resources,
  sustainability-led strategies and investor-friendly government policies.
• Saudi Arabia – A significant residential development opportunity exists in the kingdom.

Expert view

• FDI, not tariffs, is key to bringing manufacturing back to the US

UKREiiF Special – Top UK Investable Projects

Continuing Real FDI’s spotlight on global investor-ready projects, in this edition we feature schemes from across the UK.

Interviews

• Elin Guðnadóttir – Programme director at Iceland developer Kadeco on the K64 project.
• Rudiger Dany – NEPI Rockcastle’s CEO explains how CEE’s largest operator of retail
  centres is not merely a landlord, but a community-focused placemaker.
• Rui Moreira – Porto’s mayor is committed to bringing international business to the city.

Country focus

• Seychelles – The country is aiming to attract FDI through its good natural resources,
  sustainability-led strategies and investor-friendly government policies.
• Saudi Arabia – A significant residential development opportunity exists in the kingdom.

Expert view

• FDI, not tariffs, is key to bringing manufacturing back to the US

Real FDI – March/April 2025

Cover story

REAL FDI has scanned the globe to find some of the hottest current opportunities for investors. From Scotland to Saudi Arabia, and points in between, we present 10 projects worthy of immediate investor attention.

CEO Outlook

In a rapidly changing world, four heads of investment organisations discuss what it all means for foreign direct investment.

City Focus

• Eindhoven moves to acquire Brainport campus amid ASML expansion plans.
• Riga eyes public-private partnerships.

Expert views

• Dr Martin Kaspar and Dr Douglas van den Berghe look at how governments should respond to global economic and political shifts.
• Dr Kaouthar Lbiati explains how blended finance can help African and Latin American nations develop healthcare systems.

Real FDI – October 2024

Cover story

• Sustainability comes to the fore in site selection
  An increasing corporate focus on being responsible tenants is changing companies’ location criteria

City focus

• Paris: Val d’Europe adds solar energy to sustainability mix
• Eindhoven: Deputy mayor Stijn Steenbakkers explains how the Brainport region is managing growth
• Newcastle: A former industrial site is to be transformed into a mixed-use development
• Katowice: Mayor Martin Krupa speaks to Real FDI about attracting investment and regeneration in the city

Country focus

• Iceland: The country has a series of developments underway to diversify its economy and capitalise on sustainability

Real FDI – May/June 2024

Cover story

• 20 years on: what EU accession has done for us
  Six investment promotion leaders reflect on two decades of EU membership

Country focus

• Iceland: airport developments ready for take-off
• Netherlands: Defying the downturn; Eindhoven embraces collaboration
• UK: How FDI can help solve the housing crisis; Newcastle promotes innovation to attract investment

Real FDI – March 2024

Cover story

• 2024’s hottest CRE sectors

City focus

• Paris Region goes for FDI gold
• Baku – hosting COP29 is a call to action
• Newcastle looks to social impact
• Eindhoven aims to solve housing puzzle

Country focus

• Iceland: a land of opportunity for investors

Plus news, statistics, World Investment Conference, Eurodisney

A special edition circulated at the World Investment Conference – India, December 2023

Inside

• Joining up of FDI and real assets brings a multitude of opportunities
• Three FDI trends impacting real estate
• Scottish city opportunities
• FDI opportunities as sun shines again on global tourism
• Interviews: Focus on Ukraine and Eindhoven

Real FDI – December 2023

Feature

• FDI opportunities as sun shines again on global tourism

Plus

• Why FDI cannot ignore housing
• Global FDI hits $727bn in H1 2023

Interview

• Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Mayor of Eindhoven

Cover Story – Three FDI trends impacting real estate

In a quickly evolving investment market, which current FDI trends are having the biggest impact on real estate requirements?

Features

• Holland Metropole: creating affordable cities
• Why Scottish cities are magnets for investment

Plus

• Courtney Fingar: why IPAs and real estate advisory teams must work together
• Interview: Sergiy Tsivkach, UkraineInvest
• Interview: Andreas Dressler, FDI Center

Cover Story

• Changes in consumer behaviour and disruptions to
  supply chains have resulted in growth in nearshoring –
  and opportunities for foreign direct investment

Interviews

• Ismail Ersahin, chief executive and executive director of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA)
• Ihor Terekhov, mayor of Kharkiv

Plus

• Welcome from editor Courtney Fingar
• Key stats from the FDI sector