Volker Wanka has moved from the Frankfurt office of Savills Investment Management to lead the fund management of its Asia-focused property funds.
2 min read · 09 January 2017
The number of the funds that reached a final close in 2016 was the lowest in eight years, according to new fundraising data.
2 min read · 06 January 2017
South African property investor New Europe Property Investors (NEPI) has acquired Croatia’s largest shopping center from a JV between Chicago-based investment manager Heitman and Budapest-based property firm Granit Holdings.
2 min read · 05 January 2017
The US capital has dropped off the list of foreign investors’ top 5 US cities for the first time in the 25-year history of the real estate association’s annual survey.
2 min read · 04 January 2017
The deal for the headquarters of Swiss healthcare company Novartis was the Korean investor’s fifth overseas property transaction in a year.
1 min read · 04 January 2017
The San Francisco-based private equity firm has acquired a 20,000-bed hostel and hotel platform which has 31 assets in 19 major cities across Europe.
2 min read · 04 January 2017
The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has invested £48.5m in a 50% stake of the newly-opened Watermark leisure and dining development.
2 min read · 03 January 2017
The new year could see an uptick in the volume of transactions, while co-investments will continue to gather strong interest from limited partners.
2 min read · 21 December 2016
Despite the seismic macroeconomic events seen in Europe in 2016, Germany’s and Central and Eastern Europe’s property markets continued to be magnets for institutional capital in the region.
2 min read · 21 December 2016
The London-based private equity real estate firm has bought the fully-leased Kingsgate Shopping Centre, located in East Kilbride, 10km south of Glasgow, from Aviva Life & Pensions.
2 min read · 23 December 2016