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Roman Müller has taken over as head of investment management retail at Union Investment Real Estate with effect from 1 August. In this role, he succeeds Henrike Waldburg, who moved up to the management board of the Hamburg-based real estate investment manager on 1 July. Müller has been with the company since 2015 and, following a two-year assignment at Union Investment Real Estate Austria in Vienna, has been responsible for retail and mixed-use acquisitions and sales in Europe since 2018...

Nathalie Viens has joined CBRE Investment Management as Managing Director and Head of Asset Management for the firm’s Private Infrastructure Strategies. In this role she is responsible for developing and managing CBRE IM's Private Infrastructure asset management strategy and implementation across the portfolio, including value creation, sustainability initiatives, risk management, reporting and other key activities. Nathalie is a member of the firm’s Direct Private Infrastructure investment committee. Nathalie has extensive operational and asset management experience in renewable energy, transport and...

Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors proposes to appoint Henk-Dirk de Haan as its new Chief Financial & Risk Officer (CFRO) effective 1 October 2023, when he will succeed Rianne Vedder. Henk-Dirk joins Bouwinvest from a.s.r. real estate, where he is also CFRO. Henk-Dirk has served as CFRO at real estate investment manager a.s.r. real estate since 2012. In this position, he was statutory director and managed around 35 employees in a number of departments, including Accounting & Reporting, Business Control &...

Frankfurt-headquartered KanAm Grund Group has appointed Matthias Euler as the firm's new head of tax as of 1 September. Euler has been with the company since April 2020 and will be responsible for the entire tax matters of the group. This includes tax structuring, tax compliance and tax planning in Germany and abroad for the entire group as associate director, head of tax. As part of the product tax activities, he and his team will work across all fund vehicles...

CBRE Investment Management has appointed Sheila Hicks as senior portfolio manager for its Dutch funds’ platform. Based in the Amsterdam office, Hicks will be responsible for designing and implementing portfolio strategies for the Dutch funds, including supervising performance, investments and projects. In this role, she will serve as the link between investors and the operator teams within CBRE IM’s investor and operator platform. Hicks will also be responsible for the ESG agenda for the Dutch funds. Hicks joins the Dutch...

Savills has appointed a CEO of Central and Eastern Europe and will bring together its established businesses in Poland and the Czech Republic, as well as its wider associate’s network, as a footprint to further grow its CEE platform. Stuart Jordan will lead Savills wholly owned offices in the Czech Republic and Poland, as well as coordinating cross border activity with Savills associate offices in Austria, Hungary, Romania, and Serbia. James Sparrow, CEO UK and EMEA at Savills, says: “Savills...

Niam acquires a new office building in Helsinki from Ylva. The building is part of the Lyyra block, a hybrid development in Hakaniemi with a hotel, offices, restaurants, and residential units. Completed in February 2023, Lyyra prioritizes sustainable construction and aims for LEED Platinum and WELL certifications to acknowledge its eco-friendly and health-oriented features. The joint venture between Ylva and pension insurance company Varma has sold an office building located on the Lyyra block in Hakaniemi, Helsinki to Niam. The...

Meag, the asset manager of Germany's Munich Re Group and Ergo, has picked up a prestigious office property in Central Brussels for €100 million from AG Real Estate. City Center is a modern office building has an area of 31,000 square metres spread over eight floors, as well as two floors in the basement. It is currently leased to a number of tenants, including Citydev.Brussels, the International Trade Union, the Wallonia-Brussels Community, and H&M. The average lease term is seven...

AEW has acquired two dominant retail parks outside Madrid and Valencia in Spain from Lar Espana. Rivas Futura is the largest prime retail park in the Madrid region, comprising 36,500 square metres of space. The asset, which is rated BREEAM ‘Excellent’, was refurbished in 2021 and offers 25 occupiers including Media Markt, Adidas, Puma, Maisons du Monde, Besson, Primaprix and Kiwoko. Rivas Futura is situated along the A3 motorway connecting Madrid to Valencia, with the area having established itself as...