October 29, 2025
Brookfield prefers refinancing to a sale for Castignac
Brookfield Asset Management has decided against a sale of its French logistics platform Castignac, and is considering refinancing instead.
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October 29, 2025Invesco Real Estate acquires a 4-star hotel on Marseille's Old Port
Invesco Real Estate is heading for Marseille's Vieux-Port.
October 24, 2025Accor considers spinning off lifestyle division Ennismore, raises 2025 earnings outlook
French hotel firm Accor has raised its earnings outlook for full-year 2025 and is considering spinning off its its lifestyle hotel and restaurant division Ennismore as a separate publicly listed company.
October 13, 2025'The future of real estate will be increasingly operational,' KKR's Stephanie Morelle says
From offices to housing, hotels and even logistics, the American giant KKR approaches the real estate asset class with an operating company strategy, in line with its private equity DNA. Stéphanie Morelle, head of KKR's European Core+, Real Estate Private Equity, talks to Business Immo Global about the benefits as well as the risks, of a more operational approach to real estate investment.
October 13, 2025A duo invests in the conversion of office space into PBSA in Paris
Discreetly, Assembly, the French investment and development subsidiary of British asset manager Mark Capital Management, and management company Eternam have acquired two office buildings in the west of Paris. Their objective? To transform these vacant assets into PBSA — purpose-built student accommodation — residences for students and young professionals.- October 13, 2025
Vincent Jeanbrun named French housing minister; knows the scale of the task
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 hoping for, more incensed than ever about this "total paralysis," to use the words of Pascal Boulanger, president of the Federation of Real Estate Developers, FPI, a few hours before the announcement of Sébastien Lecornu's government; a Government II after the about-face of the last few days. 
October 10, 2025'Blackstone would absolutely like to do more in France,' says European chairman
By winning a highly competitive tender for the acquisition of the Paris Trocadéro business center with a bid in excess of €700 million, then by recently acquiring the Proudreed platform and its industrial portfolio for €2.3 billion, Blackstone has signed two of the most emblematic deals of the French real estate year in 2025. James Seppala, chairman of Blackstone Europe and head of real estate Europe, talks to Business Immo about the American giant's roadmap for France in general, and for these two new assets in particular.
October 9, 2025Will political and economic instability hamper French real estate markets?
On Monday morning, as Expo Real opened, the resignation of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and the collapse, once again, of the new French government inevitably fueled discussions in the aisles of the Messe München convention center, with a mixture of weariness and apprehension. Yet another blow for a property market that has already been struggling with a lack of visibility for some time.
October 8, 2025'With Blackstone, we have the capacity to increase the portfolio to €3.5 billion, or even €4 billion'
Christophe Le Corre, chairman of Proudreed, explains the 500-asset transaction with Blackstone to Business Immo.- October 8, 2025
Back in the office, but not without obstacles
In a more than uncertain economic climate, we need to close ranks. And, as is increasingly the case, the movement back to the office is set to accelerate significantly in the months and years ahead. Against this backdrop, CBRE has conducted the European Office Occupier Survey 2025, involving 117 European companies from a wide range of sectors, including financial services, technology, media and telecoms, energy and healthcare. 
October 6, 2025[EXCLUSIVE] AEW (again) acquiring French logistics
Having already acquired a portfolio of five assets earlier this year, AEW is back at work in the French logistics market. According to our information, the management company, acting on behalf of an institutional client, has this time set its sights on a warehouse developed by Faubourg Promotion in Cavaillon, Sout-East of Avignon.
October 6, 2025How the year is shaping up differently for real estate in the UK, US, France and Germany
September, traditionally the month when the real estate industry gets down to some serious work after the summer break, has come and gone. As Expo Real, the key international real estate conference, gets underway Monday in Munich, Germany, here's a comparison of the performance of four of the largest commercial property markets, the United Kingdom, United States, France and Germany, and a review of the major themes of 2025 for each.
October 2, 2025Blackstone inks €2.3 billion deal to buy Proudreed's industrial platform
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 largest such transactions in France in recent years.
October 1, 2025Shein chooses France to open its first physical stores
Asian platform Shein has chosen France to open its first permanent physical stores, a world-first and a "commitment to revitalizing city centers", says the brand regularly accused of unfair competition for flooding the market with discount products sold online.
October 1, 2025Tishman Speyer acquires second logistics center in France
Tishman Speyer continues to invest in the French industrial and logistics sector. It has acquired its second asset in France, a 40,000 m² warehouse located in Le Plessis-Belleville, in the Oise region.
September 29, 2025'Europe is seen as a safe haven in a difficult world,' says Invesco Real Estate executive
When we last spoke to him in July 2024, Mike Bessell was predicting "a pick-up in activity in the 2nd half of 2024" in European real estate markets, and that "more transactions should be signed in the 4th quarter." A little over a year later, speaking to Business Immo TV, the managing director and European and global investment strategist at Invesco Real Estate paints a mixed, but nonetheless optimistic picture.
September 22, 2025A retail recovery takes off on the Champs-Élysées
Newmark has published a study on the Champs-Élysées, which sheds light on recent changes in retailing by comparing the Parisian avenue with other iconic shopping thoroughfares, including 5th Avenue in New York and Oxford and Regent streets in London.- September 19, 2025
Long live Spain!
Not a week goes by without a French investor announcing an acquisition in Spain. Why the frenzy to cross the Pyrenees? 
September 17, 2025In one of French capital’s largest single-asset deals, Paris’ Pullman Montparnasse sells for €300 million
Investment firms Bain Capital, Columbia Threadneedle and QuinSpark Investment Partners acquired the 957-room Pullman Montparnasse in Paris for €300 million ($355 million) or €313,480 ($370,477) per room, according to CoStar.
September 17, 2025Bain Capital completes acquisition of Pullman Paris Montparnasse from URW
It's now a done deal. Bain Capital, in partnership with Columbia Threadneedle and QuinSpark Investment Partners, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Pullman Paris Montparnasse. The 957-room, four-star hotel was sold by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield for just over €300 million, or more than €315,000 per key.
