People
New head of portfolio management for European real estate equity to rejoin in unconnected move
Office
Die Welle office being prepared for launch to market
People
Semih Bayar Eren is named France deputy director and partner
Co-living
Pair of advisers mandated with broad range of institutional players expected to bid
Distress
Hamburg-based company has taken over six German projects worth €500m on behalf of lenders
Residential
Existing chief executive will remain in situ for one year
Hotels & Leisure
Collection of 13 upscale urban hotels comprises 1,700 rooms with 740 more in the pipeline
Office
Fully let 13,000 sq m property was bought in 2017
Opinion
The specialist sector has shown impressive resilience and adaptability
Retail
Canadian giant’s leaders discuss moves to buy grocery-anchored retail as it prioritises asset class
Greycoat appoints former Ivanhoé Cambridge executive
Barings veteran fund manager departs
Why self storage still ticks all the boxes for investors
Christie & Co appoints capital markets director
LaSalle IM provides financing for German and Italian assets
Improved liquidity predicted for European property market
Vonovia management board member to exit
Swiss Life AM makes first Spanish outdoor hospitality purchase
Bain completes €300m Paris hotel acquisition
HIH Invest on its new troubleshooting business for defaulted loans
Blackstone sells €100m Amsterdam office to Japanese billionaire
QuadReal buys 6,000-home BTR operating business
Logistics titan launches €1bn data centre fund
Q+A: Savills’ EMEA CEO – “This year Expo will be about deals”
AustralianSuper recruits Canadian star as new European chief
The rise of the real estate data scientist
CBRE IM creates new EMEA logistics role
Barings veteran fund manager departs
GIC teams up with hotels guru
PGIM Real Estate appoints duo to global development roles
People
Sector specialist Liliya Larcombe assumes new responsibilities
People
Firm changes business structure to name Ibtissem Sfaxi and Dennis Martin as co-heads
Hotels & Leisure
171-room hotel and 72 residences planned in mixed-use scheme
Finance
Portuguese bank provides loan
Dan Griffiths rejoins property adviser after eight years
Firm has deployed €700m+ of debt across Europe in the last year
Signs of sentiment stabilisation seen in France and Germany, Inrev says
Daniel Riedl to leave role as chief development officer
Four-asset portfolio is located along the Mediterranean coast
Firm carried out transaction in partnership with Columbia Threadneedle and QuinSpark
Issue matures in three years
Mathias Grüning will lead the new unit
Townsend led the investment on behalf of NPS
Nina Meier joins from Tristan Capital Partners
Retail
JLL is handling the disposal of landmark asset
Student Accommodation
Portfolio comprises around 3,000 beds
People
Capital markets boss and research specialist have moved firms
London
John Forrester was brought in as UK chairman in June
Data centres
Gabriel Khodzitski discusses critical infrastructure and the emergence of a new hotspot
Occupier
JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have all opened offices in Bavarian capital
Investment
Green Street News plots the big-ticket assets currently on the market across the continent
Investment
Green Street News maps some of the largest continental single-asset transactions so far in 2025
Sustainability
Focus intensifies on protecting investments from flood, fire and storm damage
Data engineers are playing a more prominent role and the work of investment professionals is also changing
With global trade dynamics evolving, Europe represents a stable and commercially attractive region for long-term investment
The return of urban hubs and a buoyant M&A market are creating fresh opportunities
Markets remain largely ignorant of the risks, leaving portfolios exposed to sudden and severe revaluations
Higher-for-longer rates are fuelling unusual behaviour and favouring the big
Executive moves from Values Real Estate to succeed Peer Neiser
Head of flexible workplace consulting lands new role
Enterprise Land makes two appointments as it continues to bet on operational real estate
Sector specialist leaves private equity firm after 20 years
Plesman takes over from Daniel Fournier
A$368bn investor’s portfolio includes giant M7 logistics joint venture and famed King’s Cross estate
Investment
James Sparrow on Europe’s biggest real estate conference, sector opportunities and the return of transaction appetite
Corporate
The independent property consultancy has been making eye-catching hires
Investment
Kirill Zavodov discusses why careful asset selection and active asset management are more important than ever