Europe

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

Europe Special Reports

  • 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?

  • VH Global acquires portfolio of solar and wind energy assets in Sweden and Iberia

  • Slättö’s value-add fund invests SEK3bn in Swedish student housing

  • Nrep expands residential portfolio in Sweden’s capital

  • Rubik hired as manager of open-ended Commercial Real Estate Denmark fund

  • ​KPA Pension buys AMF’s central Stockholm office block for €264m

  • Nuveen’s European logistics platform adds €33m Danish asset

  • Savills IM sells Swedish logistics property on behalf of German club deal fund

  • Blackstone acquires €135m Finnish urban logistics portfolio from Nrep

  • Nordic real estate investor Slättö buys €130m Finnish residential assets

  • ABP advances €5bn Dutch affordable housing plan with Greystar venture

Waspik development

Clarion Partners Europe to forward purchase €40m Dutch logistics project

Deal takes Clarion Partners Europe’s committed investment in the Netherlands to €262m in 2024

Germany

Time to target DACH region for distressed real estate debt?

Oliver Platt explains how financing gaps in Germany, Austria and Switzerland mean it could be time for global opportunistic investors to step in

The City Center building in Brussels

MEAG buys City Center in Brussels from AG Real Estate

Munich Re’s asset management arm invests undisclosed sum to buy 31,000sqm office building

REInvest acquires Bronze Gate office property in Luxembourg for €65m

Nextensa and Promobe sell Bronze Gate office property to REInvest’s DEREIF SICAV-FIS fund

  • Invesco debuts mezzanine loan in Central Europe as fund strategy expands

  • Nala Renewables expands into Romania via solar project deal with Monsson

  • Globalworth sells Romanian industrial portfolio and 30ha landbank to CTP

  • Cromwell’s Polish retail property fund sells six malls to Star Capital for €285m

  • Sona invests €250m in Polish property portfolio from CPIPG subsidiary

  • ​Signal Capital, Griffin and Echo launch Polish student housing venture

  • Stokado acquires smaller Polish self storage firm Top Box

  • Polish logistics developer 7R welcomes Nrep as majority shareholder

  • AB Tewox expands Polish portfolio with five retail parks

  • Neinver and Nuveen secure €170m debt financing for Polish mall portfolio

Proprium Capital Partners

Proprium and Collegiate to invest $100m in Italian student housing

Partnership will develop projects in Milan and Padua

Cherrywood Square and Grand Parade

Hines and APG’s Dublin residential scheme secures PGIM Real Estate financing

PGIM Real Estate’s core debt platform provides €91.5m financing for 431-unit build-to-rent scheme

Solar farms and wind turbines in Germany

VH Global acquires portfolio of solar and wind energy assets in Sweden and Iberia

Investment is in 248.4MW solar & onshore wind portfolio in Spain, Portugal and Sweden

Logistics

Brookfield and Garbe partner for €100m European logistics investment

Brookfield acquires majority stake in a portfolio of seven industrial logistics assets as part of joint venture 

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