Fundraising
Value-add vehicle is Paris-based firm’s second real estate fund
People
Ahead of International Women’s Day on Saturday, senior female execs discuss challenges and opportunities, building a career and how to improve diversity
Fundraising
German lender held first close of €500m European vehicle in October
People
The appointment comes as Stephen Screene will leave the company to take on a new role
Logistics
Six assets and one plot near Milan span 120,000 sq m GLA
Logistics
German scheme is firm’s 10th speculative logistics project in Europe
People
Nicolas Roy’s departure follows restructuring of broker’s sectoral leadership
Residential
Exec talks debt maturities, disposal plan and long-term outlook for Nordic resi giant
Opinion
If you don’t have a defined proposition, it is a struggle for property firms’ brands to have an impact
Q+A: Canadian giant Starlight on growing a £1bn rental portfolio
French manager plans €400m equity raise for European fund
Prime Capital lines up €200m second close of whole loan fund
Polish Football Association acquires Warsaw office
Aareal’s Ricken calls “the beginning of the end of the property financing crisis”
Skanska earmarks €90m for first phase of Swedish office scheme
Mileway to develop Bordeaux industrial park
A&O Hostels names chief investment officer
One IM names manager for €423m Cosmopolitan portfolio
Colliers names Swedish industrial and logistics leasing director
Hines creates new European leadership roles
SVP hires former Marathon MD for European investment drive
Family offices and high-net-worth investors lead global real estate rebound
US banking deregulation: race to the prize or the bottom?
IWD25: “Gender balance at board and senior levels is still a big challenge”
Senior vice president to leave Brookfield after 15 years
Cushman names new head of EMEA living capital markets
Q+A: Nido on expanding to 25,000 student beds by 2031
French manager plans €400m equity raise for European fund
Blackstone finds buyer for €120m Italian logistics portfolio
People
Krystian Pachówka has also worked at DWS, First Property Group and Echo Investment
Corporate
Andy Martin, Liz Peace and Roger Orf working with communications and investor relations consultant
Residential
Pair of brokers appointed to sell two buildings in central Paris
Occupier
New operator BaseStack expanding to new locations across Europe
CA Immo marketed the building as part of €150m office portfolio
German lender issued €10.9bn of property loans in 2024
Around 16,000 sq m of leasable space to be developed
Project is owned by opportunistic funds managed by Blackstone
Julien Mattei was formerly investment director at The Social Hub
New residential mandate takes Aam2core’s assets under management to €3.4bn
Rikard Lindkvist joins from Newsec
Assets are fully let to renowned grocery distributors such as Rewe, Schwarz and Edeka
Modular timber construction is at the heart of the initiative
Proceeds to partially repay loan signed with controlling shareholder CPIPG
Ireland
Eastdil Secured mandated to explore exit and recapitalisation options for Dublin platform
Logistics
Impact of geopolitical volatility on market sentiment likely to be short-lived, says LSH report
People
Charlie Nelmes joins the firm ahead of a busy 2025 development pipeline
London
Fund manager ends talks with buyer in favour of recapitalisation
Finance
Cheaper lending regulations are forcing UK and European rulemakers to follow suit
Politics
Real estate topics barely featured in polarising election campaign
Student Accommodation
City has lowest provision rate of the great European centres
Secondaries
Structural factors combine with weak investment market to propel growth
People
Late Capital & Regional founder also launched what became the largest US industrial REIT
And what will the next 30 hold as we push towards net zero?
German landlords could find inspiration in UK flex playbooks
More lenders are looking to deploy capital as developers seek competitive finance
Seven points to consider when deciding whether to make a career change
European student housing strongest conviction theme for most LPs
New strategy will develop residential properties with focus on Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt
Christian Kadel joins as managing partner
Philip Thomas joins US-headquartered firm
“Low double-digit number” of employees to leave the company
Living specialist has sat on the boards of several companies in mammoth portfolio
Big-name adviser is switching agencies
Residential
Toronto-based investor on its UK build-to-rent strategy and next steps in Europe
Student Accommodation
Planned rate of increase unprecedented on the continent, say Darren Gardner and Carlo Matta
Retail
Carsten König on the competitive shift in grocery retail and its real estate