Managers

The firm’s head of Europe real estate, James Seppala, expects buyers and sellers to emerge from the sidelines from here on out, creating further opportunities to deploy in the region.

The former Apollo senior executive has left the Swiss investment group less than a year after he joined in April last year.

The London-based manager is winding down two entities in the country amid efforts to simplify its corporate structure across Europe.

With the enforcement of CSRD directive in Europe this year, it will only get harder to lease real estate that is environmentally obsolete, says ICAWOOD’s Laurence Desmazieres.

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Lauren Hochfelder, co-chief executive officer for Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing says logistics will remain a favorite asset class for her firm. But she predicts there will be less of a rising tide lifting all boats now.

Bastian Wolff, founding partner at Aquilius Investment Partners, expects more European and North American investors to pivot back to their home markets.

Delayed sale and recap processes are expected to be launched early next year, says Mark Allnutt, executive director, Europe, at Greystar.

Private real estate executives have mixed views on the impact of expected rate movements on investment activity next year.

The joint venture partners have agreed to a sustainability-linked loan from lenders HSBC and OCBC.