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Gecina chief executive officer Beñat Ortega talks to Jason Mitchell about the REIT’s focus on the French capital after disposing of €3bn of assets.
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Data4 to invest €5bn in 700MW French data centre campus

VGP commits more than €1.5bn to French industrial and logistics expansion

Ardian and Verne plan €5bn AI infrastructure campus in France

French data centre industry calls on government to cut red tape and capture €109bn AI boom

French new-build housing market sinks deeper into crisis despite sharp rise in permits

How AI is redrawing Europe’s data centre map

Jason Mitchell

Amazon to invest more than €250m in 189,000 sq m France logistics hub

France CRE investment falls 48% as Paris office values near cycle lows

French court backs CyrusOne data centre in phased development ruling

MSCI: French CRE returns reach 3.3% in 2025 as recovery continues

Ardian and Rockfield enter French student housing with 1,500-bed European expansion

Crossbay expands its urban logistics portfolio in France

French logistics take-up falls 4% in 2025 as vacancy tightens to 6.3%

M7 Real Estate buys 31 logistics assets in the UK and France

Yard Reeas acquires VSA Property Group in France

France’s new build market could face its worst year in three decades

Azora enters French market buying senior housing portfolio

Virtuo and TPG launch €200m French logistics platform

Blackstone acquires €2bn French logistics platform from Proudreed

Valor and QuadReal expand Paris logistics footprint with 10,000 sq m sale-leaseback deal

M7 buys logistics portfolio in France for Oxford/Australian JV

Patron Capital and Mindston acquire Nailloux Outlet Village to reposition French retail

Savills: foreign capital boosts investment in French retail

French asset manager LBP AM raises €235m for new private markets fund

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

Logistics deals in Rouen and Paris underline draw of France

Value slide slows in France but improvement patchy: MSCI

French asset values set to rise in 2025 after market recovery

Nicol Dynes

Greystar makes first acquisition in Toulouse area of France

Henderson Park acquires French hotels and repacks

Luxury retailer Kering makes €350m from Italian outlets sale

GSA and Nuveen partner to acquire Gecina PBSA portfolio

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

Outlook 2025: competition for deals returns to French market

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

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

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

Hines acquires French Onyx logistics portfolio from Segro

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

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

Oxford refinances Paris office with €182m Aareal green loan

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

Invesco Real Estate acquires its first data centre in Europe

Tikehau Capital buys portfolio of 26 hypermarkets in France

M7 sells mixed-use portfolio in Paris to Foncière Pierreval

Barings secures central Paris refurbishment opportunity

Garbe/Blackrock JV identifies first targets for development

Austria’s Real Outlet Shopping bought out by French Frey

Crédit Agricole Immo to buy Nexity Property Management

Covivio and AccorInvest in €393m opco/propco swap

Planning regulation changes set to revitalise Paris market

French resi and logistics easy to finance as demand stays high

Resilient France expects pick-up in H2 and rebound in 2025

Tristan backs French hotelier with €165m expansion loan

Ares buys French logistics portfolio from Blackstone

Paris Region goes for FDI gold

Courtney Fingar

Hines’ student housing arm plans 4,000 beds in France

ARA buys last-mile asset in France’s logistics corridor

French Clariane sells UK care homes to Elevation for £207m

Deka invests €160m in Zalando fulfilment centre close to Paris

Catella buys energy-positive PRS project in France for €29m

Ontario/Boreal JV raises French profile with 5-asset portfolio

AEW raises healthcare exposure with Lyon clinic buy

Outlook 2024: transition time for the French office market

Outlook 2024: Logistics and Retail to rebound in France

Outlook 2024: no ‘big crisis’ ahead in the French market

Green light for LaSalle IM’s ‘revolutionary’ Paris offices

Outlook 2024: less pain ahead, repricing will trigger a rebound

Savills IM bags French logistics asset in sale and leaseback

Disneyland Paris presses ahead with real estate development

URW realises €272m from sale of Riviera shopping centre

Axa’s Paris letting to Suez reaffirms conviction to offices

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

P3 expands French portfolio into Lyon and Rhône markets

Demand strong for France’s prime residential: Knight Frank

International investors return to French market after lull

Nicol Dynes

La Francaise buys Marseille hotel project from BNP Paribas

Commerz Real sells AEW hotel at Charles de Gaulle Airport

BNP Paribas REIM buys off-plan resi asset in Bordeaux

Five-asset deal starts new La Française/Elsan partnership

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

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

Elithis fund buys Le Harvre energy-positive resi tower

France and US sales bring URW disposal targets closer

Deepki buys Nooco to optimise carbon footprint of buildings

Luxury retail and hospitality back in vogue in France

International investors return to the French market after lull

World’s first recycled concrete buildings under construction

Persistence of remote working threat to Paris & London offices

Kering buys €600m central Paris project to house Gucci

La Francaise enters medical market with Paris clinic buy

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

It’s a good time to invest in the French logistics market

Nicol Dynes

La Francaise buys healthcare centre in Paris suburb St Ouen

Catella Elithis fund acquires green resi project in France

Hines strengthens France offer with management unit launch

Eagle-eyed Tikehau spots Paris hotel repositioning opportunity

Boreal/Cadillac logistics JV expands into France and Spain

Strong fundamentals attract logistics investors to France

GARBE: now is a good time to invest in French logistics sector

Paris declares support for river delivery following IKEA lead

Outlook 2023: resilient France weathering the crisis better

American Realterm makes first French logistics acquisitions

Catella fund buying Paris car parks from AG Real Estate

Valor invests €30m in four last-mile assets in Lyon and Paris

Savills IM pays €72m for last-mile trio in French regions

Abrdn eyes new French assets’ management opportunities

Global events cloud favourable domestic picture in France

Nicol Dynes

M&G increases exposure to defensive French food sector

ICG and Atlantic target €500m assets with last-mile platform

Conditions are favourable for French real estate market

Tristan raises €35m following French hypermarket revamp

France: Resi in demand as investors become less risk averse

Nicol Dynes

Wider remit sees La Francaise bag Lyon healthcare asset

AEW’s urban logistics allocation reaches €200 million

Cheyne Capital enters the logistics sector in France

Schroders and Extendam sell four-star French Riviera hotel

Barings forward funds logistics scheme in south of France

Great demand for French resi but hard to build critical mass

More competition in France as investors go up the risk curve

BNP provides €140m finance to expand Uxco’s Paris PBSA

€1bn student housing venture makes debut with Paris project

Former Prologis exec to head Panattoni’s new French unit

International investors make headway with French logistics

International capital gears up for return to French market

Nicol Dynes

French logistics is a market that cannot be ignored

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Catella’s €2bn energy-positive resi roll out adds Dijon scheme

Ampère Gestion launches resi fund with €2.5bn portfolio

Huge demand for ESG-compliant assets in France

International capital keen to invest in French market again
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Housing and urban logistics on AEW’s radar in resilient France

Ken Baccam, Director Research & Strategy, AEW.

Domestic investors ensure French market keeps ticking amid crisis

Nicol Dynes

Clarion targets France’s online boom with €47m funding deal

PGIM partners Alderan to target French logistics market

Main trends in France this year: Green and residential

Offices resilient as French investment dives 35%: BNP

Axa sells three-asset French logistics portfolio to Real IS

French market rebounds after tough first half

Nicol Dynes

€85m sale & leaseback deals build Tristan/Catella platform

German and French investors fill cross-border gaps: Savills

France: Banks’ focus on core affects prices of value-add

Virus-hit French property market on road to recovery

France senior living: Demand highest in areas with low stock

France real estate: Distress will create opportunities for investors

Growing demand for services in senior housing

Cautious overseas money while French investors increase hold

Flight to quality real estate assets in French market

Repurpose existing assets to meet senior living demand

Office rents still rising in Paris

‘How to understand the French senior housing market’