Commercial real estate investment volumes in Europe reached €275 bn in 2020, according to global real estate advisor CBRE. This represents a 17% decrease from €331 bn in 2019, a better performance than was initially anticipated in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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French property developer Icade has announced the sale of 261 housing units to Aberdeen Standard Investments for nearly €64 mln.
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Austrian listed property firm CA Immo and joint venture partner Mainzer Stadtwerke have sold the so-called Hafeninsel I and Marina construction sites in Mainz, Germany, to LBBW’s real estate development arm.
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Deka Immobilien has exchanged contracts to buy a 38,000-m2 office building in Geneva under a sale and leaseback arrangement with the private bank Pictet & Cie SA.
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Savills Investment Management has appointed Andrew Allen in a new role as head of product strategy and development.
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Cushman & Wakefield has boosted its logistics team with the appointment of Sally Bruer as partner of logistics & industrial insight & strategy EMEA.
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French investor Mata Capital has acquired a portfolio of four Monoprix supermarkets from Novaxia Investissement for €117 mln.
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German asset manager DWS has signed Spain’s largest build-to-rent operation of the past few months with a commitment to acquire a number of BTR assets in the country from local developer Gestilar for around €240 mln.
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Rockfield Real Estate, the Dutch property development firm fully owned by Wouter van den Eijnden and previously known as IC Netherlands, has announced the appointment of Edvard van Luijn as new head of Acquisitions with effect from January 2021.
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Aviva Investors has acquired the 112 Wagram office building in the 17th arrondissement of Paris from French property firm SFL for a price of around €120 mln.
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Specialist office investor CA Immo has appointed Alexander Rafajlovic as head of market research & data analytics.
