Investors | Mar 9, 2026 KKR, Puma Property finance form JV of up to $667m to expand U.K. living sector lending by Released KKR and Puma Property Finance have formed a joint venture.
Fundraising | Mar 9, 2026 ZAGA Capital Partners secures €500m of equity commitments for flagship German residential-for-rent strategy by Released ZAGA Capital Partners, a private real estate investment firm, has achieved a first close.
Transactions | Mar 6, 2026 Catella, Pictet Alternative Advisors launch development JV in Copenhagen by Released Catella and Pictet Alternative Advisors have formed a joint venture to deliver 205 apartments in Greater Copenhagen.
Transactions | Mar 6, 2026 Patron Capital, INBRIGHT JV acquire Berlin logistics asset for refurbishment by Released Patron Capital and INBRIGHT have acquired a 10,300-square-meter (tk-square-foot) GLA logistics and warehouse property south of Berlin in Germany for redevelopment.
Investors | Mar 6, 2026 Northern Horizon secures new equity commitments of €140m and invests in Nordic social infrastructure assets by Released Northern Horizon has completed an additional capital raise of €140 million ($163 million) for its flagship Aged Care Social Infrastructure Fund.
People | Mar 6, 2026 M&G’s BauMont strengthens European value‑added platform with senior appointment in Germany by Released M&G Real Estate has announced its specialist real estate manager, BauMont, appointed Ibrahim Awan as investment director, Germany, further strengthening its ability to source and execute value‑add opportunities in Europe.
People | Mar 6, 2026 PGIM appoints head of France for real estate business by Released Zineb Jamai has been appointed as head of France for PGIM’s real estate business.
Transactions | Mar 6, 2026 Helical, Places for London JV sells 429-studio PBSA, 44 affordable homes project In Southwark by Released Helical plc, in joint venture with Places for London (Transport for London’s property company), has conditionally exchanged contracts on the sale of its purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme at the Southwark over station development, via a forward funding agreement, to a vehicle wholly owned by Places for London.
Research | Mar 6, 2026 Sentinel Real Estate CEO on global residential investment opportunities by Andrea Zander Institutional investors are becoming more selective in residential real estate as capital costs and return expectations evolve. In an interview with IREI, Michael Streicker, president and CEO of Sentinel Real Estate, discusses shifting risk appetite, global market differences and the factors supporting long-term rental demand.
Fundraising | Mar 5, 2026 Barwood Capital launches its sixth Growth Fund targeting its largest fundraise by Released Barwood Capital has announced its biggest fundraise target for its Growth Fund VI, a six-year closed-end vehicle designed to capitalize on the profound industrial, technological, occupational and economic shifts defined as the United Kingdom’s Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Investors | Mar 5, 2026 Octopus Capital welcomes the Henry Smith Foundation into Affordable Housing Fund by Released Octopus Capital has raised an additional £10 million ($tk million) for its Affordable Housing Fund from the Henry Smith Foundation. This brings the total the fund has raised to £500 million ($667 million).
Research | Mar 5, 2026 European commercial real estate institutional investors continue to face falling asset values due to poor energy performance by Released More than three quarters (76 percent) of European institutional investors with stranded commercial real estate assets — buildings experiencing reduced capital value, leasing or future liquidity due to poor energy performance — have seen their value decline by between 20 percent and 40 percent over the past three years.
Transactions | Mar 4, 2026 Harrison Street sells U.K. student housing portfolio in U.K. to Ottoway Portfolio Holdings by Released Harrison Street Asset Management (HSAM) has sold a purpose-built student accommodation portfolio in Bristol, United Kingdom, to Ottoway Portfolio Holdings.
People | Mar 4, 2026 DFI appoints Dipayan Chakraborty from J.P. Morgan as head of capital markets by Released DFI has appointed Dipayan Chakraborty as managing director and head of capital markets.
Research | Mar 4, 2026 Savills: European real estate investment volumes to reach $60b in Q1 2026 by Released According to Savills latest research, European real estate investment volumes are forecast to reach €52 billion ($61 billion) in first quarter 2026, a 6 percent year-on-year increase. Finland, Ireland and Poland are all expected to post volume growth of 50 percent or more compared with first quarter 2025.
Investors | Mar 3, 2026 Savills forms Iberia platform by Released Savills has combined its Spanish and Portuguese businesses into Savills Iberia.
Fundraising | Mar 3, 2026 Castleforge partnership, Catenary Capital, raises $133m SMA to invest in Malaysian, U.K. and European real estate by Released London-based real estate investment firm Castleforge has launched Catenary Capital Sdn Bhd.
Transactions | Mar 3, 2026 StepStone, Proprium’s a&o Hostels acquires former office in central Berlin for conversion into Europe’s largest hostel by Released a&o Hostels has purchased vacant office building in Berlin.
Transactions | Mar 3, 2026 Grupo acquires Azora’s 75% stake in Mediterranean hotel JV in $348m deal by Released Grupo Empresas Matutes has reached an agreement with Azora to acquire its 75 percent stake in the joint venture created in 2019, which includes three five-star hotel assets located in strategic Mediterranean destinations: Ibiza (Spain) and Sicily (Italy).
People | Mar 3, 2026 Guido Beddig appointed managing director in Principal Asset Management by Released Principal Asset Management has appointed Guido Beddig as managing director, heading the asset management team in Europe. In this role he will strategically and operationally develop Principal Asset Management's European platform focusing on real estate.
