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A fund managed by Abrdn has acquired an office project in Helsinki from Nordic construction firm NCC for around SEK770 million (EUR70 million). The scheme, Fredriksberg D, is the fourth phase of NCC’s development project in the Konepaja district, downtown Helsinki. The project is expected to complete in the third quarter of 2022. Joachim Holmberg, business area manager, NCC Property Development, said: 'We have developed a unique office project in Fredriksberg, with a modern, sustainable design, sense of community and...

Group OTT, family office of Jean-François OTT, announces the acquisition of the former Campanile Cannes Mandelieu. The 97-room hotel is located right next to the Cannes Mandelieu airport, specialized in private flights. The hotel that offers a swimming-pool and large outdoor areas to its guests is surrounded by trees and is an ideal location for guests willing to work remotely or tourists visiting Cannes wanting to enjoy the quiet and relaxing surroundings. The property benefits from several demand generators such...

Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management has acquired a modern light-industrial facility in Vossendonk, Etten-Leur, in the Netherlands, for an undisclosed amount. The facility at Munnikenheiweg 63 (Etten-Leur) comprises a modern production and warehouse complex and is located at businesspark Vossendonk, a multi-modal logistics hotspot located in between the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. The asset was acquired for the Edmond de Rothschild Euro Industrial Fund (EIREF) in a sale-and-lease-back transaction. The asset comprises a freehold plot of 27,500...

CapMan Nordic Real Estate Fund, a 2013-vintage value-add fund, has signed and closed several exits recently. The fund will start distributing carried interest once these exits are completed. At the end of December, the fund exited Vesterbrogade 80, a 7,955 m2 mixed-use property in central Copenhagen originally acquired in 2015, to COPI. The building has been refurbished under CapMan’s ownership with conversion of the currently unused attic space into apartments expected to be finalised in Q1 2022. At the end...

Generali Real Estate has completed the acquisition of 7R Park Kraków IX, a core logistics asset in Poland, located in the Krakow, on behalf of the pan-European Generali Real Estate Logistics Fund (GRELF) managed by Generali Real Estate SGR. The seller of the asset, which is situated in Kokotów, is 7R SA. This is the second transaction in the logistics segment in Poland, that Generali Real Estate has completed with 7R this year, after the acquisition of a warehouse complex...

German investment manager Deka Immobilien has acquired the Cubes office property in Düsseldorf from Axa IM Alts. Financial details were not disclosed. Axa IM Alts divested the property on behalf of a client. The office, which was completed in 2012 and is located at Cecilienallee 6–7, comprises a leasable space of 15,000 m2 and 225 parking spaces. It will be added to the portfolio of the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa. The three offset cubes that form the property have...

German property firm Patrizia has emerged as the buyer of a large EUR314 million student accommodation portfolio in Denmark from European private equity real estate investor Deutsche Finance International (DFI), acting on behalf of DFI’s inaugural fund, DFI Value-Add Fund I (DFI EVAF). The 40,500 m2 portfolio known as Blækhus was established by DFI in 2018 with the intention of creating the leading Danish student accommodation brand. It consists of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) assets in Copenhagen and Aarhus, comprising...

European ‘dark green’ residential impact fund, Catella European Residential Fund III (‘CER III’) has hit over EUR750 million in AUM at the end of 2021, after acquiring a senior living property in Brussels for over EUR50 million from Bassem Certificates, a real estate company managed by the Belgian Bank Degroof Petercam. Maastricht-based Catella Investment Management Benelux (CIMB) and Berlin-based Catella Residential Investment Management (CRIM) bought L’Ecrin Vert, on the corner of Rue Jacques Bassem and Chausse´e de Wavre in the...

Principal Real Estate Europe has acquired a core logistics asset for EUR25.73 million in Milan, Italy, for the Principal European Core Fund. Located at Via Molina 76, Milan in Italy, Vignate is a newly developed 29,000 sq m logistics asset fully let on a long-term lease to Multilogistics S.P.A., a 3PL company serving the local and international markets. As part of the Principal European Core Fund’s strategy to become carbon neutral by 2030, Vignate has excellent asset management opportunities, with...