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White papersPioneering European Alternatives
Global black swan events, generally considered to be once-in-an-economic-cycle occurrences, have been disrupting investment markets with alarming frequency. In the past few years, we have experienced Brexit, the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical conflicts. Europe’s surge in inflation was significantly fueled by the economic shockwaves from the Ukraine crisis. The crisis significantly affected global energy and agricultural supply chains, driving up the cost of fuel, gas and essential commodities, which quickly fed through into consumer prices across the continent. In response to this inflationary shock, European central banks implemented a series of aggressive interest rate hikes, shifting from historically low rates to multi-year highs.
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White papers2025 Europe Senior Housing Sector Update
The senior housing sector is benefitting from record levels of occupancy and strong income growth, which is beginning to attract a greater array of capital to the sector.
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White papers2025 Europe Self Storage Sector Update
The self storage sector in the Europe continues to see strong fundamentals, with strong rental growth and stable occupancy despite a marked increase in supply reflecting demand for the sector
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White papersHarrison Street 2025 Europe Outlook
Europe’s Inflation Story: Significant Progress Has Been Made but Risks Remain
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White papersThe golden years for European senior housing
Europe’s most frequently discussed demographic shift is its fast-ageing population. The European population is forecast to continue getting older, shifting the demographic framework in Europe to an unprecedented extent. In turn, the senior housing sector is expected to experience a significant surge in demand over the next decade, driven by the unprecedented acceleration of the 75+ population whilst the rest of the population is already in decline.
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White papersNavigating Europe’s Data Centre Market
The demand for data and the growth of the data centre market in Europe has been remarkable. Since 2019, the European colocation market has grown at a 24% CAGR, from 1,806MW to 5,833MW by H1 2024.
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White papersEurope’s emerging alternative sectors
When Harrison Street entered Europe in 2015, alternative sectors like Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and Build-to-Rent (BTR) were considered niche real estate asset classes.
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White papersTime for Core European Alternatives
2024 is an attractive entry point for European alternative real estate sectors. The current market dislocation that has arisen from changing capital market conditions has led to significant repricing in the past year, providing an opportunity to acquire core, well-performing alternative assets at an attractive basis discount.
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White papersUnleashing the power of the “S” in ESG
The “E” in ESG is fairly well understood in terms of what environmental stewardship entails and how to measure it. Not only is it critical to improve operational efficiency of buildings to save on utility spend, but with the building sector being responsible for 40% of all emissions, there is a heightened focus on reducing the industry’s carbon footprint.
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White papersThe case for alternatives in uncertain markets
Investor demand for alternative real estate sectors in Europe continues to remain at record levels. Sectors once viewed as niche have established themselves as part of well diversified real estate portfolios, with specialised strategies such as student accommodation, build-to- rent, life sciences and healthcare now regularly featured among the top of investor’s sectoral wish-lists.
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White papersThe growth of European Life Sciences Real Estate
COVID-19 has magnified the importance of life sciences by highlighting the need for the critical innovation life sciences firms are using to solve the current health crisis and to assist with solutions to other long-term health challenges.
