Europe

Amid a stalled private real estate marketplace, institutional investors at the PERE Network Europe Forum contemplated how now could be a good time to buy large office and retail properties.

Markets that are non-regulated or have distress potential are at the top of the menu, investors told delegates at the PERE Network Europe Forum.

A senior representative from the central bank played down the risks associated with banks’ commercial property exposure at the PERE Network Europe Forum this week.

Speaking at the PERE Network Europe Forum, the CEO and CIO of real estate at the asset management giant said Europe’s debt funding crisis is about to intensify.

In PERE’s latest podcast episode, PIMCO’s CEO and CIO of real estate discusses how his firm will not touch new assets if they do not meet the CRREM pathway.

Industry practitioners anticipate embodied carbon will become a greater focus for prospective buyers in the future.

The global head of the insurer’s alternative business said performance is the top priority as it works to decarbonize its €85bn real estate portfolio.

Heim Global Investor is targeting a combined €1.6bn capital raise across its first two funds, one aimed at the UK and the other Europe.

CREFC Europe, INREV and the Alternative Credit Council hit back at ECB warnings about risks posed by commercial real estate.

Proprium has exited its 35% stake in the European hotel business to its co-owner, 17 years after making its original investment.