Partners Group has launched a new residential investment strategy in France, targeting a portfolio of approximately 2,000 rental apartments with a gross asset value of €300 million ($346 million), according to multiple sources.
The Swiss investment manager’s strategy, known as French New Living, will focus on class A rental housing for young adults, with plans to assemble the portfolio during the next 12 months.
Partners Group has secured 560 apartments through two forward-purchase agreements in Choisy-le-Roi and Pantin in the Greater Paris region. The properties are expected to be completed by mid-2028 and will be operated by Urban Campus.
The strategy reflects Partners Group’s continued expansion in Europe’s residential sector, supported by housing supply constraints, demographic trends and declining homeownership affordability in major metropolitan markets.
The French initiative adds to the firm’s existing European residential investments, in
