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Oxford takeover of M7 gains it major European logistics platform
As we reported back in December, European property fund manager M7 Real Estate was in negotiation with - it was suggested – Canada’s Oxford Properties, with a view to the very serious matter of being taken over. A deal which has now been consummated, Read more
3 Feb 2021
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South Korean investors ‘anxious to re-establish their presence’ in Germany
One investor group very active in Germany has been institutional investors from South Korea, notable in the last few years for the sheer size of their individual property deals. Read more
1 Feb 2021
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Canada’s Oxford Properties lining up to buy M7 Real Estate
Canada’s Oxford Properties would appear to be the potential buyer of European property fund manager M7 Real Estate, in a move which would give the investor a greater presence in Europe and give it a platform to develop into third-party fund managemen Read more
15 Dec 2020
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DIC Asset launches €1.6bn core office fund – equity fully subscribed
The Frankfurt-listed DIC Asset announced at the beginning of December that it had raised more than €800m in equity commitments for a new special fund which will be the largest in the company’s history. Read more
9 Dec 2020
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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
