Institutional Real Estate Europe
Institutional Real Estate Europe provides readers with the news, information and insights necessary to stay abreast of the dynamic and diverse property markets throughout Europe. Leading industry executives and thought leaders share their insights on market trends and investment opportunities. The magazine also features the latest information on capital flows, new investment products, investment strategies and activity by the region’s most active investors.
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Issues from 2022
December 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 11
- Pinpoint accuracy: Regeneration projects and new infrastructure continue to open up new possible locations for real estate investors. But allocating capital to new destinations remains fraught with risk
- Past the inflection point: Tough times lie ahead but there are reasons for cautious optimism in some real estate investment quarters
- Under the surface: A new UK building-safety initiative could leave residential investors and lenders exposed to remedial work risks
- Retail confidence drops across most main European markets
- Office picture remains unclear despite improved usage rates
- Equity and debt expectations drop to lowest level since GFC
- A big black hole: Can nontraditional lending really plug the upcoming debt funding gap?
- The next level: Advancing global ESG integration and impact in real estate investment
- Shine a light: Climate change, real estate and a decarbonisation price bubble
- MARK targets €2bn with second fund for last-mile assets
November 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 10
- The road to diversity and inclusion: Attracting and retaining young talent in the real estate industry
- Watching the knife fall: The Institutional Real Estate Europe editorial board meeting finds investors and managers playing a waiting game
- Grand Paris: Investors can find compelling openings in France’s capital as it supercharges its transport infrastructure
- Doing well, getting better: What does the continual push to help tenant wellbeing mean, in practice, for landlords?
- Living up to our standards: On reflecting the concerns and meeting the needs of the wider institutional real estate investment community in Europe
- To the rescue: Institutional investment into the UK private rental market is a mutually beneficial arrangement
- Case closed: Examining the role of closed-end real estate funds in adding value to portfolios
October 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 9
- Shades of green: The integration of ESG standards into real estate funds remains a mixed picture
- Above and beyond: Rooftop use is changing rapidly. What does the future hold for the once-neglected outer space?
- Reconstructing development risk: Could innovation mitigate construction cost risks and support a green post-pandemic recovery?
- Unlocking the virtuous circle: Valuation and the transition to net zero
- Distinct challenges: Europe-wide real estate investment strategies can still be very successful — but only if they take into account very different national regulations and mentalities related to ESG
- Local matters: Small businesses may not be the best tenants, but they remain the backbone of our economies
September 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 8
- Remaining resilient: The market environment for properties has changed in recent months, but a look at the past shows that there is no cause for concern — yet
- Living it up: As the German market has shown, investors remain confident about the residential sector, despite consumer anxiety and the threat of further regulation
- The art of repurposing: Shifting urban landscapes, housing demand and decarbonisation are leading to a growth in adaptive reuse across the globe
- Winter is coming : Be prepared, and be careful
- A positive impact: Tailwinds are coming from a new, unsteady direction. But real estate can still prove itself to be attractive to investors
July 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 7
- Blowing hot and cold: Tackling the ESG valuation conundrum
- Rethinking real estate: Navigating market uncertainty and the changing operating landscape by reconsidering the real estate frame of reference
- More than just a helping hand: Proptech’s ability to help buyers, sellers and owners understand property may be more profound than anticipated
- Adding value: Investors targeting Europe are displaying an increased preference for value-added strategies. Where should they be looking?
- Better late than never: European retirement village–type communities have lagged their US counterparts for many years, but that is beginning to change
- Hines holds €800m first close of core-plus fund
- Property securities ‘well placed’ in current environment
- UK residential investment set to grow by 25% in 2022
- Time to view the European logistics market with caution
- Real estate less exposed to effects of deglobalisation
- Social benefits: Why UK social infrastructure is a compelling investment in the current market environment
- Le bureau est mort. Vive le bureau!: Prime office space continues to attract tenants. Could secondary stock soon follow suit?
June 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 6
- What investors want: The results of IREI’s annual survey of investors
- The liquidity riddle: Is there a way to measure unlisted fund liquidity?
- Different worlds: Structural trends are bifurcating global office markets
- The sign of our times: Incoming higher interest rates suggest an eventual repricing of all real estate assets. Is it time to bank performance?
- Creating a marriage of convenience: With incumbent supermarket groups operating from huge store footplates and largely enjoying strong sales, can Amazon Fresh really reshape convenience grocery retailing?
- Catella raises €280m for first resi “dark-green” ESG fund
- Germany experiences large rise in residential new builds
- Pension funds warn of looming “brown discounting” danger
- Retailers across EMEA plan to expand store portfolios
- European markets can cope with economic “double trouble”
- Avalanches in slow motion: Beware megatrend investment perils
- Testing times: Rattled global economic sentiment and net-zero ambitions are set to stress test portfolios
- Hedging your bets: Navigating a new real estate and inflation investment
May 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 5
- In tech we trust: How AI can help shape the new office workplace
- Map reading: Why investors should take close notice of the UK government’s levelling-up agenda
- The built environment: Creating new assets to meet shifting market, capital and tenant demand in the United States
- The trouble with going green: A lack of available data, realistic costings and universal benchmarks are some of the obstacles that stand in the way of net-zero ambitions. Can they be overcome?
- Optimism drops among investors in wake of Ukraine war
- Yield hungry: New trends point away from core and inner-city locations for German food retail post-COVID
- High time for a change: What the industry really needs is to create and adopt one single universal data-collection, data- analysis and performance-reporting ecosystem
- One step ahead: Why the halo of responsible investment is driving institutional rigour
- COIMA launches second logistics fund, aiming to raise €1bn
- Life sciences sector poised for growth in Europe
April 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 4
- In good shape: Germany has shown that healthcare properties are well on their way to becoming an established asset class
- True colours: It’s all about character
- Slight slump in new funds launched in Q4 2021
- Managers called to focus on affordable housing in the UK
- The jury is out: The full impact of flexible working on long-term investment allocations to offices is hard to assess
- Tumultuous times for office: If office properties do not address changes in workplace patterns and wellness concerns in a post-COVID world, they will fail
- Perfectly positioned: A new golden age looms for future-proofed physical retail formats
- Bumpy road ahead: Despite heightened uncertainty, cross-border investors are deploying capital in Europe
- Choose carefully: Opportunities abound in hospitality’s post-COVID-19 recovery phase — but so do pitfalls
- Harrison Street closes its largest European fund
- European offices show increased pandemic resistance
March 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 3
- The last frontier: Rating unlisted funds will meet the increasing need of investors for market transparency
- The robot effect: Growing automation in logistics facilities is raising a number of questions for the sector
- Lighting the way: Virtual reality areas, mixed-use offerings and a focus on local, independent retailers could reignite the shopping centre
- Investors plan to invest at least €60b into global real estate
- Demand growing for German and UK healthcare assets
- Half of all companies still not ready for flexible working
- Doors opening for nonbank lenders due to regulation
- Lockdowns have not affected attitudes towards UK cities
- Stepping up to the plate: The European real estate industry has increased its efforts in the fight to control climate change
- Which way GDP?:Europe is about to find out whether or not it will suffer a long-lasting economic fallout from the pandemic
- A safe port in the storm: European real estate returns will remain competitive in the coming years
- A tale of two countries: A look at the UK and Italy shows that ecommerce and the rise in consumerism in Europe is maintaining investment appetite for industrial and logistics assets
- Europe opens 2022 with flurry of last-mile logistics deals
- PGIM Real Estate holds €1.82b close for debt fund
February 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 2
- The next frontier: Investors with a strong ESG-lens could soon be taking a fresh look at real estate
- Outlook for 2022: COVID-19 propels real estate into the future
- Box stacking: Building portfolios in the fragmented European self-storage sector is hard work. Is it worth the trouble?
- Build the tech and they will come: Office return will hinge on ‘smart’ solutions
- Empira holds €1.3b close for resi development fund
- Real estate recovery continues across the globe
- ESG and limited supply spur race for quality offices
- UK pensions turn towards vehicles with a social benefit
- European and US cities outpace those in Asia Pacific
- Supply chain disruption boosts emerging logistics hubs
- No need for investors to “overreact” to inflation
- Refurbish or rebuild?: Renovation alone will not get German residential stock to net-zero by 2050
- When less is more: Introducing our IREI.Q database
January 1, 2022: Vol. 16, Number 1
- Coming of age: Is UK build-to-rent at an allocation tipping point?
- Green is the new black: Sustainable real estate is the only option if investments are to last
- Lending in volatile markets: Commercial real estate debt investors face headwinds from many directions
- Up and away: Take-off for European nonlisted real estate debt
- The money talks: The most pressing issues discussed at the 2021 Editorial Advisory Board meetings
- Rethinking niche: Ignore alternative sectors at your own peril
- Invesco offers direct global fund to DC pension plans
- LaSalle Investment Management holds €1.1b final close
- Managers have to work harder to create genuine value
- Unique times: Is there still a place for value-add in a post-pandemic landscape?
- Prime shopping centres most attractive sector for 2022
- Europe’s first commercial real estate CLO closes
- It’s a brave new (but still very wacky) world: Pay close attention to what’s happening at the margins