A deluge of rain greeted the members of the 2025 Institutional Real Estate Europe Editorial Advisory Board when they gathered in Amsterdam on 17 September to share insights into the fears, concerns and hopes of the European real estate investment community. And with a highly disruptive strike held by KLM airport staff that morning at Schiphol airport, as well as the spectre of another divisive Dutch general election to be held in late October, the location and weather provided an apt metaphor for the state of the European real estate market.
Prior to the board meeting — which was held over two days through to 19 September at the Rosewood hotel in the centre of the Dutch capital — members had submitted a number of topics they wanted to discuss, many of which reflected today’s tumultuous real estate investment environment. These ranged from subdued transaction activity and a lack of liquidity through to the minefield that is artificial intelligence (AI).
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