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Valor Real Estate Partners and QuadReal Property ’s European logistics investment venture has made over €200 million deals year-to-date, including the acquisition of a 4,100 square meter UK property, representing their fourth transaction of 2025. The partnership has acquired the single-tenant light industrial unit in Silvertown, London, leased to storage and records management company Restore, with seven years remaining on the lease. So far this year, the joint venture has acquired assets in the UK, France and the Netherlands. Source...

While Hines has worked with institutional investors in Europe for decades, this latest push will bring access to Hines-sponsored solutions to individual investors in the region for the first time. To spearhead the effort, Hines has appointed Eugenio Cicconetti, previously the Head of the Global Financial Client Group at Schroders, to serve as the European Head of Hines PWS. With 20 years of experience addressing complex investor needs through tailored strategies, London-based Cicconetti has the ideal background to lead the...

Pan-European private real estate investment manager Boreal IM has ramped up development and leasing activity for its portfolio of logistics assets in Spain. The industrial specialist has commenced development of a 16,000 square metres build-to-suit extension at a scheme it manages in Girona, Barcelona, and has reached 70%occupancy at its 54,500 square metres warehouse in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid. The extension in Girona – scheduled for completion in Q3 2025 - is being developed as additional space for the global...

Real estate investor Altera , Dura Vermeer and private buyers celebrated the official start of construction of the Baltimore and Boston residential towers on Maasboulevard, part of the Waterfront property development. The project will add two new icons to Spijkenisse’s skyline, enhancing the living environment in Spijkenisse and offering a sleek, forward-looking addition to the cityscape. The Waterfront features around 750 homes spread across six contemporary residential buildings, with Boston and Baltimore set to be the first to be completed...

AXA IM Alts has secured €660 million in third-party capital for its European Student Accommodation Strategy (ESAS), nearly doubling the strategy’s total committed equity. The asset manager said the additional capital was secured from new international institutional and sovereign-wealth investors, bringing the total amount raised for ESAS to €1.3 billion, without disclosing details of the investors. AXA said it has seeded ESAS with The Boost Society, a student housing and co-living platform formed in October 2019 through the acquisition of...

Clarion Partners Europe has invested €59 million to acquire two logistics properties in Poland on behalf of one of its funds. The real estate investment fund manager said it has acquired the 78,486 square meters portfolio near Gdansk, but did not identify which fund had made the purchase. The adjacent properties in Pruszcz Gdánski, completed between 2021 and 2022, are fully let. Source: realassets.ipe.com on the 19 March 2025 https://realassets.ipe.com/news/clarion-partners-expands-polish-logistics-portfolio-with-59m-purchase/10129514.article

Aviva Investors is providing the forward forwarding to a pre-let logistics project in France for an unspecified amount. The global asset manager is funding the logistics centre in Rennes which upon completion, will offer over 30,000 square meters of warehouse and office space. The project in northwest France, developed by Primelog, is scheduled for completion in late 2025 and is let to Groupe Mutual Logistics/ENF. Source: realassets.ipe.com on the 19 March 2025 https://realassets.ipe.com/news/aviva-investors-forward-funds-french-logistics-project/10129513.article

Bouwinvest has named Jeroen Reijnoudt, former principal portfolio manager at MN Services, as head of Dutch transaction management and development. Reijnoudt will assume responsibility for all aspects of Dutch real estate transactions, including sourcing, delivery, development, redevelopment and sales when he takes on the role in May. At MN, where he worked for 15 years, Reijnoudt managed real estate portfolios across North America, Europe and the Netherlands. Source: realassets.ipe on the 18 March 2025 https://realassets.ipe.com/news/bouwinvest-names-reijnoudt-head-of-dutch-transaction-management/10129496.article

CapMan Real Estate , in collaboration with Scandic, is carrying out an extensive renovation of Hotel Laajavuori located in Jyväskylä, Finland. The historic hotel will be modernized by significantly improving its energy efficiency, renovating rooms and spaces, and implementing a large-scale geothermal heating project. The geothermal heating project is executed by LeaseGreen in cooperation with Heatly. The renovation, which began this month, will bring the historic 24,000 square metre hotel property up to current standards in one go. The property...