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Union Investment concludes two of year’s biggest office deals
German fund giant Union Investment obviously believes in the strategy that “the best form of defence is attack”, as it concluded a number of mega-investments over the past month, both in the office and the logistics sectors. Read more
9 Nov 2020
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LaSalle, Invesco and Cheyne beefing up Euro debt lending platforms
News from the debt markets recently largely concerns LaSalle Investment Management’s first close for its latest debt fund, and the entry into the European debt investing market after taking over the real estate financing business of Swiss... Read more
9 Nov 2020
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P3 buys 33-asset logistics portfolio for €800m, doubles German size
The Prague-based P3 Logistics Parks, owned by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, is buying a 33-asset retail logistics portfolio across Germany in one of the biggest deals of the year. The seller is Aroundtown. Read more
3 Nov 2020
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Slate makes further €72m investment in German grocery-anchored retail
The Toronto-based Slate Asset Management has invested €72m to buy grocery-anchored and ‘essential-use’ properties in Germany for its first pure Europe-focused fund. The alternative asset manager said the two portfolios were acquired in separate... Read more
3 Nov 2020
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Tristan scoops AEW’s City Office fund, Berlin residential
It’s been a busy couple of months for pan-European investment manager Tristan Capital Partners, with two sizeable acquisitions in Germany, both commercial and residential. Read more
9 Oct 2020
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Sweden’s Heimstaden invests €830m in fresh Berlin resi deal
The Swedish housing company Heimstaden Bostan is buying nearly 4,000 apartments in Berlin for €830m, in a significant deal representing a strong vote of confidence in the German capital’s residential housing market, despite the threat of... Read more
28 Sep 2020
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ECE Real Estate Partners launches new preferred equity fund
Luxembourg-based investment manager ECE Real Estate Partners has launched a new preferred equity fund, targeting shopping centres. The ECE Preferred Equity Fund (EPEF) said it has so far secured capital commitments of more than €100m from... Read more
19 Aug 2020
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Phoenix Spree revalues Berlin holdings despite rent freeze threat
London-listed Berlin residential specialist Phoenix Spree Deutschland issued a trading update recently, and marked up the value of its residential holdings, while at the same time re-iterating its view that the Berlin Mietendeckel, or five-year... Read more
17 Aug 2020
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FCR Immobilien issues €30m bond for further grocery-led expansion
Yet another specialist for food-anchored retail real estate has actively shopping for assets, and that company is the listed, Munich-based FCR Immobilien AG. (We feature recent deals from competitors Greenman and x+bricks in this issue, and other... Read more
13 Jul 2020
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LIP Invest launches third logistics fund, closes on €100m centre
Munich-based logistic investor LIP Invest is launching its third logistics real estate fund. Like its predecessors, the open-ended real estate special AIF "LIP Real Estate Investment Fund - Logistics Germany III" (LIP Logistik III) will invest... Read more
13 Jul 2020
