Europe

Analysis and in-depth reporting of European real estate developments, plus all the latest news

Europe Special Reports

  • Tech and the city: AI and growing urban competition for talent

  • Life science real estate evolves from labs to urban innovation clusters

  • Does an ageing Europe create opportunities for real assets investors?

  • Can institutional investment in affordable housing keep up with demand?

  • European offices: Move with the changes

  • European logistics: E-commerce passes the baton to nearshoring

  • Demographics: Invest down the generations in Europe

  • Virtual realty: Tokenisation, blockchain, metaverse and digital twins

  • Europe’s living real estate sector comes of age

  • Housing affordability: Social impact funds to solve the UK puzzle?

  • CapMan Special Situations invests in Finland residential care

  • City in focus: Copenhagen, the Nordic urban hub

  • Nrep invests in Swedish care home developer Sehlhall Fastigheter

  • Catella sells Kaktus Towers residential property in Denmark

  • Catella sells residential project in Denmark to Barings

  • Blackstone makes Norway debt debut with €320m loan to MARK Capital

  • Greykite launches €1bn European industrial platform with 94,400sqm seed portfolio

  • CapMan Hotels II becomes leading private Nordic platform via Midstar Fastigheter deal

  • Blackstone sells €160m Nordic logistics portfolio to Ontario Teachers

  • ​AXA IM Alts secures €660m for European student accommodation strategy

Real estate

​European property market continues recovery with 0.8% growth in Q1

Altus report shows that the UK overtook continental Europe with UK office values rising by 0.9%

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Stoneweg enters Swiss residential sector with acquisition of majority stake in Lausanne-based Fundim

Fundim is a real estate developer and fund manager overseeing more than CHF400m (€425m) in assets across multiple regulated investment vehicles

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Nolmans Retail Support buys €42m Belgian distribution centre for ToyChamp

LCP sells 40,000sqm warehouse which will serve as new logistics hub for toy retailer ToyChamp

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Patrizia and Revive to convert Benelux offices to affordable housing

Joint venture to invest €75m in the repositioning of obsolete offices into sustainable housing

  • Prologis acquires Warsaw logistics park

  • Clarion Partners expands Polish logistics portfolio with €59m purchase

  • Could investors be overlooking CEE’s real estate markets?

  • CTP to build €57m Czech plant for Hitachi Energy

  • Kamco-backed EGLS to develop 74,000sqm Czech logistics park

  • Blackstone buys Central Europe logistics portfolio from TPG, Contera

  • Invesco acquires Polish hotel on behalf of German mandate

  • Nepi Rockcastle buys €373m Polish shopping mall from Union Investment

  • Greykite seeds new €300m European logistics venture with Polish assets

  • Nala Renewables expands CEE footprint with third deal

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​Ardian and Rockfield’s student housing venture buys second Italian asset

European student housing investment venture acquires 500-bed building in Bologna

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IPUT’s seeded logistics fund secures €115m from CBRE IM, ISIF

IPUT contributes to half of €230m fund through capital and landbank

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Patrizia and Urbania partner to develop €130m Spanish housing projects

Pair launch the Sustainable Communities Spain joint venture

Apartments

​Germany’s BVK buys Lenau Terrassen residential tower in Austria

Universal Investments buys  15,500sqm asset from Erste for Germany’s largest pension scheme

Redevco enters hotel sector with €80m foray into Iberian market

Move marks strategy shift to capitalise on post-pandemic resurgence and growth in youth tourism and experience travel market