About €515 million ($607 million) was invested in European senior housing assets in the first half 2020, an increase of 25 percent year-on-year as the sector’s long-term fundamentals are proving its resilience despite COVID-19. Over the past five years, investment activity in the sector has been mainly concentrated in France and the United Kingdom, together accounting for 68 percent of the share (38 percent and 30 percent, respectively), followed by Italy (9 percent), the Netherlands (7 percent), Sweden (5 percent), Germany and Belgium (4 percent each), according to the international real estate adviser.
Lydia Brissy, director of European research at Savills, said, “During the first half of the year, cross border capital accounted for 64 percent of all senior housing investment, a record high in a sector that is traditionally led by domestic investors. Cross border investment still comes predominantly from Europe, notably from France, the UK and Sweden. However, U.S. in
