French asset manager Perial Asset Management will seek to raise its exposure to alternative living asset classes such as nursing homes and student housing with new European investments as part of a diversification strategy, according to chief investment officer Stéphane Collange.
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Institutional investors are increasingly prepared to provide upfront capital at more competitive rates than the banks to finance logistics and residential projects in a bid to get ahead of the competition as the weight of capital targeting these assets continues to outstrip supply.
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Commercial property deals of around €2 bn are currently being negotiated in Portugal, suggesting investment volumes this year should surpass the €3 bn threshold, according to agent CBRE.
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Tikehau Capital, pronounced as if spelling out ‘T-K-O’, is a listed Paris-based firm with a certain French entrepreneurial flair. With €10 bn of real assets and a reputation for being a fast-growing ‘teenager’, it has grown in leaps and bounds in recent years.
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After starting out with a traditional fund model, Astarte Capital Partners has since developed an unusual co-investment approach and fee system which is finally gaining traction.
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Although transactional activity stalled everywhere in Europe following the coronavirus outbreak, cross-border investment in particular has suffered the most, according to Larry Young, head of international investment group at BNP Paribas Real Estate.
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While Italy’s hotel sector slowly begins to reopen, it is clear that international hotel chains are being hit harder than independent, family-run or budget hotels, according to Francesco Calia, senior director and head of hotels Italy at CBRE.
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As companies start rethinking their office requirements following the coronavirus outbreak, Aviva Investors’ CIO of real assets Mark Versey says secondary office locations will struggle in the short run, while city hubs 'should be fine’.
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The hire of a Brookfield duo in Germany is another step of an ambitious growth plan to expand across Europe’s largest markets.
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The logistics real estate sector will see massive inflows over the next 12-18 months in a major capital reallocation by institutional investors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Umut Ertan, founder and partner of Germany’s Realogis-RLI Group.
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Two long-standing real estate finance professionals have joined forces to launch a new independent debt advisory boutique known as Art Capital.
