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DWS has sold office building Zilveren Toren in Amsterdam for an undisclosed sum. The multi-tenanted block is located at Stationsplein 51-71 next to Amsterdam's Central Station. The property measures approximately 5,000 square metres of office space and has been under management of DWS since 1998 on behalf of one of its funds. It is 80% leased to Albelli and The Organic Corporation (Tradin Organic Agriculture). The buyer has made plans to redevelop the property and to improve its sustainability in...

German investment manager Deka Immobilien has acquired the future corporate headquarters of online travel giant Booking Holdings for €566.3 million. The digital travel firm said it had inked a sale and leaseback deal for the property which was recently completed at the Oosterdokseiland to designs by UN Studio and Ben van Berkel. The mixed-use campus, which has achieved a BREEAM Excellent design certificate, was delivered in November after a construction period of several years. Booking.com will move operations there from...

Savills Investment Management has acquired two properties in Lyon and Milan for approximately €110 million for the investment mandate of a southern German pension fund. The real estate fund manager said they were the first purchases in France and Italy for the mandate which dates back to 2015. Previous investments have focused on Germany, with the portfolio also including a property in Luxembourg. The property in France is a 11,450 square metres, fully-let office building in the central business district...

Real estate investor Altera Vastgoed NV (hereafter: Altera) has taken delivery of the first 80 ground-level homes in Phase 1 of ’t Groene Wold in Almere from Vastbouw Vastgoedontwikkeling BV. All completed properties are fully let and residents will be welcomed in the coming weeks. The ’t Groene Wold project consists of eight residential courtyards with a total of 372 ground-level homes, to be completed in three phases. Altera has purchased 174 of these ground-level homes, spread across three sub-areas...

AXA IM Alts has added a 758-bed student accommodation scheme in Southeast London to its UK residential portfolio. The €184bn global alternative investments asset manager, investing on behalf of clients, has paid an undisclosed sum to buy Vita Student Lewisham Exchange in Southeast London. Vita Group, the developer of the purpose-built student accommodation, has been retained as the assets’ operator under its Vita Student brand. Vita Student Lewisham Exchange was constructed in 2021 and comprises a mix of fully equipped...

EBRD invests €50 million equity in green commercial real estate in central and eastern Europe. Co-investment with Adventum Penta Fund in Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the development of the secondary market for green commercial real estate in central and Eastern Europe (CEE) with an equity investment of up to €50 million, in partnership with Adventum Penta. The partnership will acquire commercial real-estate assets, which will then undergo upgrades...

CapMan and Agat Ejendomme have agreed to sell Denmark’s only outlet village Ringsted Outlet to Patrizia for DKK 390 million. CapMan Nordic Real Estate Investment S.À.R.L. in their joint venture with Agat Ejendomme A/S have signed a sale and purchase agreement for the sale of Ringsted Outlet to Patrizia for DKK 390 million (c. €52 million), representing one of the only outlet centre sales to take place in continental Europe since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Closing is...

HIH Invest Real Estate has expanded into infrastructure with the launch of an open-ended European renewable energy fund. The manager said the HIH Green Energy Invest fund, which is expected to grow to €750 million, has bought a 13.2MW wind farm in France as its first asset. The fund has invested an undisclosed sum to buy the Grande Lande wind farm in the French Loire region from BayWa re. HIH Invest said the Green Energy Invest fund targets long-term investments...

CBRE Investment Management has acquired a new affordable residential asset in Spain’s capital on behalf of a fund. The manager has invested an undisclosed amount to buy the 12,174 square metres asset located in San Sebastián de los Reyes in Madrid. The fully-leased asset, completed in 2009, comprises two adjacent buildings with 82 homes, 123 parking spaces and 82 storage units. CBRE IM said the acquisition was made in partnership with Elix and is in line with the recently signed...