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Europa Capital, the pan-European real estate investment manager, announces the promotion of Lynn Smith to the newly created role of Head of Sustainability & Development, formalising the business’s approach and commitment to ESG and ahead of a number of new environmental and social initiatives. Based in London, Lynn will be responsible for creating a holistic and comprehensive approach that ties together and builds on Europa Capital’s existing ESG achievements. As part of the role, Lynn will also focus on maintaining...

The seventh fund in PGIM Real Estate’s European flagship high yield debt fund series, PGIM Real Estate Capital VII (PRECap VII), has closed on EUR1.82 billion (GBP1.53 billion/USD2.07 billion), the largest European real estate debt fund closed in 20211. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the USUSD1.5 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM Real Estate’s European debt platform provides alternative financing, including senior debt, whole loans and...

Ares Management Corporation (“Ares”) (NYSE: ARES) announced today that Philip Moore, Alessandro Luca and Anisa Dudhia have joined Ares to expand its real estate debt presence in Europe. These additions reflect a natural evolution of the Ares Real Estate Group’s 25-year track record in European real estate equity investing and its 10-year track record in U.S. real estate debt. The team expects to continue adding additional professionals in the near-term. The team focuses on originating and managing commercial real estate...

M&G to channel major investment into building energy efficient homes which are climate positive in both construction and operation M&G plc has acquired a majority stake in sustainable housebuilder Greencore Construction (“Greencore”), on behalf of policyholders in its GBP143 billion Prudential With Profits Fund. The investment will help Greencore to significantly expand its capacity and increase its impact across the UK. M&G also plans to invest up to half a billion pounds over the next three to five years in...

Following its launch into Poland, Logicentres is now beginning the expansion of its logistics facility in Wroclaw, Poland. The expansion will add 22,500 square metres of space and the new section is scheduled for completion in the last quarter of 2022. In the summer of 2021, the logistics property company announced its intention to expand its presence outside the Nordic region with its first venture in Poland. As a first step, Logicentres acquired the Polish company BIK SA and its...

PATRIZIA AG, a leading partner for global real assets, has acquired a residential turnkey development opportunity in Hamburg, Germany, from the residential developer Instone Real Estate. PATRIZIA made this off-market acquisition on behalf of its institutional clients. Scheduled for completion in autumn 2024, Urban.Isle Campus is aimed at students and young professionals and will provide c. 10,100 square metres of residential rental space across 469 fully-furnished, high quality micro apartments, with an average size of 23 square metres. Amenities include...

AEW has bought a last-mile logistics and business park development in Germany on behalf of an unnamed German pension scheme. The real estate manager said it has acquired the asset in Hanau, close to Frankfurt for the pan-European separate account mandate it manages on behalf of the pension scheme. The logistics park project was acquired from Inbright and Convalor for an undisclosed amount. The project, which is due to complete in early 2023, will comprise three warehouse buildings totalling 28,000...

Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing properties, today announces it has signed an agreement with developer Stebru for the acquisition of 406 private-sector rental flats in the new development, Levels in The Hague. The agreement follows the recent successful co-operation between the two parties in the realisation of OurDomain Rotterdam Blaak, a large-scale residential complex in the centre of Rotterdam. Levels is a development of Stebru in...

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar”), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing, has agreed to acquire four purpose-built student accommodation (“PBSA”) buildings and a build-to-rent (“BTR”) asset for GBP388 million from Downing on behalf of a managed fund in an open market bidding process. The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals. The four PBSA assets comprise a total of 1,807 beds in the leading university cities of London, Manchester and Coventry. The Build...