Dutch election winner Geert Wilders, whose far-right PVV party claimed a landslide victory in one of the biggest political upsets in the Netherlands since World War II, has fairly mainstream views on tackling the national housing shortage, but says fighting climate change is ‘unaffordable madness’.
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Signa Holding, the European property group that aggressively acquired retail real estate in Europe, has filed for insolvency proceedings in Vienna.
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Charles Irvine Group and ARC Capital Markets have formed a strategic alliance to expand and enhance their real estate capital markets and advisory services.
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Cheyne Capital’s massive £7.5 bn target for two new funds highlights the scale of solutions required.
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has an astonishing plan for development under a national blueprint called Vision 2030. Robin Marriott travelled to Riyadh to find out more
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How does a developer handle procurement when so many massive projects are happening all at once in the same nation? ‘You could liken what is happening in Saudi Arabia to a single ignition firework box,’ says Roshn CEO, David Grover (the type you light once, step back, and watch in wonder as the spectacular choreographed firework display takes place).
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While mitigating factors are supporting banks’ large mortgage portfolios for now, their smaller commercial real estate exposures appear to be more vulnerable.
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The UK government, Hammerson, Landsec, Apollo and Warehouse REIT all put chunky investments on the market.
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Clariane, one of the leading European community for care companies with operations in seven countries, has revealed a disposal programme of real estate assets as it struggles to access financing at a time of heavy interest costs and looming debt maturities.
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Hotels, shopping centres and a Nordic portfolio are among €4 bn of refinancings this week, the majority of the capital from non-bank lenders.
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Amro Partners and Flemyn have secured planning approval to construct a new £220 mln (€253 mln) build-to-rent (BTR) development on the site of the former Croydon Park Hotel.
