The property investment arm of Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has secured $2.5 bn (EUR 1.64 bn) in funding for the joint venture purchase of the Chelsea Barracks in London. Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment in what it describes as one of the 'UK's largest Islamic finance deals'.
Swiss real estate group Investis has boosted its real estate holdings with the CHF 139 mln (€149 mln) purchase of prime residential properties in Vaud canton.
