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September 2, 2025
Anticipating storms... at the risk of taking on water?
While adapting investment strategies to the vagaries of the weather is far from a new phenomenon for the real estate industry, the acceleration and increasing intensity of extreme weather events are forcing its protagonists to review their allocation and asset management strategies. While the damage is likely to be felt over the long term, the coming storm is sure to shake up real estate portfolios... at the risk of stranding certain assets.
August 4, 2025
What impact will the energy transition have on real estate yields?
Real estate investment and asset management consultancy AEW has published a study on climate transition risk and its impact on the European real estate sector. Covering 196 market segments in 20 countries and five sectors, the study examines the impact of expected costs associated with the energy transition on expected total returns from prime real estate .
March 19, 2025
How important are North American investors in France?
Newmark dedicates a study to North American investors and their key role in the French market. The study deciphers the evolution of their investment strategy, which has become increasingly diversified, and provides an insight into the reasons behind the attractiveness of the French market.
January 3, 2025
The most popular articles on Business Immo in 2024
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November 18, 2024
Consortium provides €456 million green refinancing for Duo towers
A consortium has granted a €456 million green refinancing of an existing loan for the Duo towers in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.
November 15, 2024
Founding developer of Europe's leading technology park speaks with Business Immo Global about development potential and legacy
The founder of one of Sophia Antipolis' leading developers looks back on his involvement in Europe's leading technology park, which covers 1.5 million square meters or more than 16 million square feet, and takes stock of an area with strong potential for redevelopment.
November 8, 2024
When it comes to AI, French real estate players get ready for action
Some analysts call artificial intelligence the fifth industrial revolution, others classify it as a technological disruption on a par with the invention of the printing press. Made accessible to the greatest number with the emergence of platforms such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini, AI is advancing at breakneck speed and disrupting all sectors of the economy. To take advantage of its many promises, real estate players need to get in on the action today — or risk being left behind.
October 4, 2024
Patrizia begins her rise to power
" Patrizia will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2024," says Mahdi Mokrane, newly appointed Co-Head of Fund Management and Head of Real Estate Fund Management, who sees the period of multiple financial crises as a period of increasing separation of delegation between ownership and asset management, as well as the emergence of real asset classes in institutional portfolios.
September 5, 2024
Developers call for 'immediate action' from Michel Barnier
"The situation is serious:" the French Federation of Property Developers (FPI) today once again warned of the critical situation in the construction sector and called on the new Prime Minister to "take immediate action."
June 4, 2024
Data Centers Take on Sustainability
France is increasingly attracting players in the data centre sector. Europe's cheapest and cleanest electricity is the main reason. This is a step towards sustainable data centres, a criterion that is becoming essential.
March 9, 2020
Did You Hear? Outdoor Spaces at Office Buildings Grow in Importance Globally, Developer Says
As head of a development firm with major projects underway across the United Kingdom and Germany, Basil Demeroutis rarely uses what he learned studying aerospace engineering at Cornell University. Instead, his hobby as a part-time farmer seems more applicable at times, when he works to incorporate sustainable elements and rooftop terraces with gardens in commercial properties he renovates.

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