Vincent Jeanbrun named French housing minister; knows the scale of the task
Conservative MP appointed Minister for Town and Housing amidst great real estate industry expectations
Following the appointment of 41-year-old Val-de-Marne MP Vincent Jeanbrun as Minister for Town and Housing, it's time for action. That's what real estate industry players are hopin...
Blackstone inks €2.3 billion deal to buy Proudreed's industrial platform
The deal involves around 500 properties in France
The asset management firm Proudreed has signed a binding agreement with funds managed by Blackstone to sell its industrial portfolio and platform for €2.3 billion, one of the large...
Danish pension fund PenSam targets pan-European logistics
Vengrove to invest an initial €200 million in equity for PenSam
The Danish pension fund PenSam has teamed up with Vengrove to invest in and build up a portfolio of industrial and logistics real estate assets in the UK, Germany and France.
Socri Limited sells Miami home for record price
Sale is culmination of the first US project by the French group chaired by Nicolas Chambon
Nearly ten years ago, Montpellier, France-based Socri Limited was in the news. And with good reason: the links between commercial real estate, the specialty of the group chaired by...
Ireland, Netherlands, Italy, United States, Portugal... Corum is open to them all
Zoom in on Corum's eight acquisitions for the first half of 2025 via an interactive map
Corum' s biggest transaction of the first half 2025 was in Ireland. In Dublin, to be precise. On behalf of its SCPI Corum Origin, whose capitalization stood at €3.51 billion on Jun...
Arkéa REIM announces a €400 million acquisition pipeline for its SCPIs
In the middle of the summer, the company acquired the Transformers portfolio for...
According to Aspim figures, Arkéa REIM raised €302 million for its two SCPIs, Transitions Europe and MomenTime, in H1 2025.
Prologis submits big bid for Aréfim's Nest portfolio across France
Bid in excess of €300 million attracts attention for portfolio originally marketed in 2024
Buoyed by the sale of half a dozen portfolios in the first half of 2025, including Occident sold by Blackstone to EQT Real Estate for €150 million, the French logistics market, whi...
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield sells Pullman Paris Montparnasse hotel
957-room hotel sold for over €300 million
URW has made a habit of livening up the investment market. Remember the Ateliers Gaîté offices, sold for €172.5 million to the joint venture formed by Swiss Life Asset Managers and...
Paris home of Mayer Brown law firm to be sold to German investor shortly
Deka is 'in exclusivity' with seller Aberdeen
German investor Deka Immobilien has entered into an exclusive agreement with British investment manager Aberdeen for the acquisition of 10 avenue Hoche, in Paris's 8th arrondisseme...
Warenet portfolio finally changes hands
After a lengthy process, this group of four assets has been transformed into a JV.
You could call it the soap opera of last winter.
Iroko Zen signs third deal in the UK
SCPI keeps diversifying in British markets
Iroko Zen has done more than make itself at home in the UK. As revealed by Business Immo on July 11, the SCPI has signed its third deal in London, with the acquisition of four reta...
EMEA data center capacity soon to exceed 24 gigawatts, says Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield France's latest report details data center growth
Cushman & Wakefield's latest EMEA data center survey for the first half of 2025 reveals a 21% annual increase in operational capacity in the region.
Iroko Zen makes London its playground
The French fund signs for third acquisition on the banks of the Thames
Just a few hours ago, Iroko Zen made its third acquisition in London, "where we never thought we'd be able to make a name for ourselves", admits Gautier Delabrousse-Mayoux, co-foun...
Aurèle Gouy moves from URW to Hackman Capital Partners
Based in Los Angeles, Frenchman becomes vice president of asset management
A new challenge arises for Aurèle Gouy, who has left Unibail Rodamco-Westfield tojoin Hackman Capital Partners as vice president of asset management in California.
Blackstone continues to think and transact big in France
Whether buying or selling, American giant has multiplied XXL deals since 2023
Blackstone is about to strike hard in France, once again, one might be tempted to write.
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield to be delisted from ASX shortly
Delisting in Australia will take place on August 27
Via a press release, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield announced this morning that it had "applied for" and "received" formal approval from the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX, to be d...
Concentration in global real estate market 'set to increase'
Anrev, Inrev and NCREIF publish results of the Fund Manager Survey 2025
Total global real estate assets under management fell to €3.6 trillion in 2024, down 2.7% from €3.7 trillion the previous year, according to the Fund Manager Survey 2025 published ...
La Française REM is the latest French asset manager to gain a foothold in Aberdeen
To acquire business premises in Scotland, the management company paid £5.4 million off-market
Aberdeen is an ideal base for French asset management companies. After MNK Partners, Remake and Advenis REIM, it's now La Française REM's turn to deploy the funds of its LF Opportu...
Ares Management acquires the Sun portfolio
Represented by Factor'Industrial Real Estate as operating partner, Ares acquires three logistics properties
In the logistics market, lead times are getting longer, but that hasn't stopped some portfolios from swapping hands.
[EXCLUSIVE] Mission accomplished for Weinberg Capital Partners and Diderot Real Estate
A "premium" platform should soon be on the market...
One year after its acquisition by Weinberg Capital Partners on behalf of its value-added fund WREP#3, as revealed by Business Immo, the logistics platform designed by Diderot Real ...