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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
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Vonovia moves into Dutch housing market, issues €1.2bn bonds
Germany’s largest housing company Vonovia SE has bought a a 2.6% stake in Dutch residential investor Vesteda Residential Fund, in its first step into the Dutch residential property market. Read more
13 Jul 2020
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Saudi group SEDCO exits ABC West in Frankfurt for 30% IRR
Global Shariah-compliant asset manager SEDCO Capital turned a decent profit when exiting its investment in ABC West, a multi-let office property in Frankfurt am Main recently. Read more
13 Jul 2020
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Greenman’s €95m deal with Schoofs includes residential element
In an innovative new form of deal, German food-retail real estate fund manager Greenman Investments has entered into a €95.5m framework agreement with developer Schoofs Immobilien. Among the terms of the deal, the agreement will allow... Read more
10 Jul 2020
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Sustainability – lip service, or genuine commitment?
It will surely come as no surprise that sustainability is a big issue for German asset managers – it has been the word on everybody’s lips for several years now. A recent survey by consultants EY attempts to quantify just HOW important it really... Read more
7 Jul 2020
