The European self-storage sector is at an earlier stage of development compared to its US counterpart. Institutional investment in the sector has yet to take off in a meaningful way, despite strong underlying fundamentals and attractive investment performance. Between 2015 and 2018, just €1.2 billion was invested in the sector, less than a tenth of the amount channeled into US self-storage over the same period.

Risk. It’s been defined by some as the fact that more things can happen than will happen. It’s also been equated to degrees of uncertainty, although some would argue that uncertainty and risk are not the same thing.

For the private market, return premiums over 10-year government bonds have widened over the past six months for Continental Europe, the UK and the US.

Ares Management has completed a final closing of its Ares European Real Estate Fund V, which has raised €1.78 billion from investors.

Office transaction volumes in Spain, Norway and Poland have soared in the first half of 2019, in some cases more than doubling the amount registered during the same period last year.

WeWork’s IPO prospectus has been mocked and vilified for its eyebrow-raising calculations, loose corporate governance and bizarre internal dealings with its CEO and co-founder Adam Neumann.

Europe remained the top destination for Asian outbound capital in the first half of 2019, according to a recent report by CBRE.

Despite a weakening in economic growth in Europe, real estate fundamentals in the region remain healthy, particularly in the prime CBD office and industrial markets.