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Union Investment swallows up Logistrial from Garbe after failed IPO
Germany’s Union Investment has bought Logistrial Real Estate AG from GARBE Industrial Real Estate, buying all the shares in the company, which gives it ownership of a logistics portfolio of 13 existing properties and 6 development projects. Read more
13 Mar 2020
Catella
Family offices: focus shifting to higher-risk sectors
German family offices are looking to increase the proportion of their investments held in residential property to around 40% by 2025, says a new report by Catella Research. Investor focus is steadily shifting from offices to higher-risk sectors... Read more
2 Mar 2020
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Optimum gives vote of confidence to Berlin with new €300m fund
Boutique real estate investment manager Optimum Asset Management is launching its fourth German real estate fund, GREF IV, which is targeting a diversified portfolio of residential and commercial properties in Germany, particularly in Berlin. Read more
26 Feb 2020
HPR Capital Management issues first German fund for equity release properties
Investment management company HPR Capital Management has issued a closed-ended special AIF for semi-professional and professional investors, the first fund of its kind in Germany to invest in equity release properties. Read more
21 Feb 2020
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Peakside, Partners Group in joint deal for €550 office and logistics portfolio
Peakside Capital Advisors and Partners group have teamed up to buy a majority stake in a sizeable office and logistics property portfolio for €550m. The sellers were Austrian group Imfarr Beteiligungs and Swiss concern SN Beteiligungen Holding. Read more
17 Feb 2020
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EU delivers plan for financing of €1trn Green Deal
The European Commission has revealed its plans for the financing of the €1 trillion so-called “Green Deal”, which aims to make the continent climate neutral by the year 2050. In the newly published investment plan, the greatest requirement for... Read more
7 Feb 2020
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Real estate investors eyeing riskier strategies– INREV
A survey carried out by real estate associations has revealed that institutional investors plan to increase their preference for riskier strategies, partly due to low-interest rates and a shortage of core assets.The global Investment Intentions... Read more
29 Jan 2020
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Savills’ recent investment in Germany for South Koreans tops €1bn
Savills Investment Management has acquired two German logistics properties €140m on behalf of a consortium of South Korean institutional investors. The real estate investment manager said the 88,884sqm portfolio was acquired from the Dubai based... Read more
20 Jan 2020
Raimond Spekking
Korea’s Mirae Asset exits Cologne property with 8% annual return
Listed German property investor DIC Asset AG bought the Cologne City Hall office complex near the city’s Bahnhof Deutz train station from Korean investment manager Mirae Asset Global Investments for €500m just before Christmas. Read more
17 Jan 2020
Bühler
Sirius’ added firepower boosts further business park deals
Sirius Real Estate, the operator of branded business parks across Germany, is continuing on its acquisition trail with a couple of notable deals in the last quarter. The company’s stock has been a stellar performer as it prunes existing holdings... Read more
8 Jan 2020
