Cecilia Reyes - Zurich

Zurich Insurance to provide debt finance, boost own property holdings

Zurich Insurance Group, Switzerland’s largest insurer, is getting into the market for European direct lending to commercial real estate projects, including infrastructure lending, as low interest rates bite into the company’s earnings from... more »

Stephan Bone-Winkel - BEOS

BEOS adds three new assets to popular fund for €135m

The Berlin-based BEOS, which develops and manages mixed-use light industrial properties throughout Germany, has just bought a further three assets for its second Spezialfonds, the BEOS Corporate Real Estate Fund Germany II. more »

Claudia Hoyer - TAG Immobilien

TAG lightens up on Berlin holdings in end-of-year sale

The MDAX-listed TAG Immobilien AG has been taking advantage of frothy prices in German residential to lighten up on part of its Berlin holdings in an end-of-year balance-sheet cleaning-up operation. It recently sold 2,600 apartments to housing... more »

Opening Lilien Carre

Landmark Wiesbaden shopping centre bought by Orion

The Lilien-Carré in Wiesbaden has become a landmark building since its construction in 2007, both for its elegant and distinctive architecture as well as its central location right next to the main train station and terminus for thousands of... more »

Andreas Pohl - Deutsche Hypo

End of year German property sentiment stabilises – Deutsche Hypo

The latest reading of the monthly Deutsche Hypo Property Climate Index shows sentiment in the German real estate market stabilising after a notable drop in August, when a number of political factors seem to have combined to scare investors. more »

Rheinterrasse - Deutsche Annington

Annington issues formal Gagfah offer, further takeovers mooted

Deutsche Annington kicked off its campaign the week before Christmas to win the hearts and minds of rival Gagfah’s shareholders, who have until 21st January to decide on Annington’s takeover for their company. The company tabled its official offer... more »

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According to Jean-Edouard Carbonnelle, Cofinimmo’s CEO, “After Belgium, France and the Netherland, Cofinnimo is now extending its healthcare portfolio to Germany, where we plan to increase our presence and to partner with new operator tenants."

Cofinimmo

Belgian Cofinimmo makes first foray into German healthcare

Listed Belgian real estate company Cofinimmo Group has made its first sortie into the German healthcare sector by buying a revalidation clinic located in the spa resort of Baden-Baden in southwest Germany. more »

Dec 31, 2014 10:00 AM Companies

Independent London and Berlin-based financial advisor, investor and asset manager CR Investment Management managed to clinch the 127-unit “Project Sunrise” German retail portfolio for a price thought to be more than €350m.

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CR wins €350m+ bid for ex-Treveria German portfolio

Independent London and Berlin-based financial advisor, investor and asset manager CR Investment Management managed to clinch the 127-unit “Project Sunrise” German retail portfolio for a price thought to be more than €350m. The deal will see note... more »

Dec 30, 2014 10:00 AM Investment

Strong demand, insufficient building activity and the unchanged interest rate environment still argue in favour of a continued rise in house prices, say the Helaba researchers, even if individual indicators are suggesting the opposite.

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Helaba report sees German housing remaining dynamic through 2015

The latest Real Estate Report from Frankfurt-based landesbank Helaba sees little change on the German housing market over the next twelve months, with housing construction continuing to lag demand in the larger cities. more »

Dec 29, 2014 12:00 PM Markets

Henri Vuong, INREV director of research and market information, said there would be a peak in upcoming terminations next year with 42 funds – representing almost €17bn – due to terminate.

INREV

Sharp rise in number of funds heading for liquidation

The latest research into fund terminations from INREV shows a sharp rise in the number of funds heading for liquidation. The European non-listed funds association’s Fund Termination Study 2014 found that almost one in two participating funds (47%)... more »

Dec 29, 2014 11:00 AM Markets

Amy Erixon, a principal at Avison Young, said the deal represented another important step in the company’s expansion outside North America. “Acquisition of this high-quality, mixed-use property at a discount to replacement cost complements our existing German portfolio by providing retail exposure and critical mass for our apartment holdings."

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Canadian broker Avison Young clinches second German deal

Fast-growing Canadian commercial property advisory Avison Young tied up its second deal in Germanyy recently on behalf of two Canadian pension funds. The company has wasted little time in getting active in Germany since opening a new office in... more »

Dec 29, 2014 10:00 AM Investment

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