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Achmea Real Estate leases over 7,000 sqm to international retailers in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and The Hague
Achmea Real Estate has leased a total of 7,260 sqm of retail space to new tenants on behalf of the Achmea Dutch Retail Property Fund (ADRPF) in recent months. In addition, several existing leases were extended on a long-term basis.
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Slättö announces investment from Ares Management
Slättö and Ares Management Real Estate Secondaries funds (“Ares”) have agreed to support the recapitalization of a market-leading light-industrial and logistics portfolio, which is managed by Slättö. The portfolio comprises 28 assets with value concentrated in the Stockholm and Helsinki metropolitan areas.
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Actis Backs Solar Platform Argo Energy In First South Korean Energy Investment
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed its investment into Argo Energy, a South Korean renewable energy platform focused on the development of small utility scale and rooftop solar.
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Actis Agrees Sale Of Fibre Operator Octotel
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has signed an agreement to sell leading South African fibre network operator Octotel to a consortium of investors, led by African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) and also comprising STOA and Thebe Investment Corporation.
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Actis To Acquire Swiftnet For US$355m With Plans To Create A Leading Independent Telecom Tower Platform In South Africa
Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, together with Royal Bafokeng Holdings as its empowerment partner, has entered into an agreement to acquire a 100% stake in Swiftnet, a leading telecom tower portfolio in South Africa, from Telkom for an Enterprise Value of ZAR6.75 billion (c.US$355 million).
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Bouwinvest raises €520 million in new commitments and executes €503 million in real estate transactions in the Netherlands in 2023
In 2023, investors committed €520 million of capital to Bouwinvest’s Dutch strategies. This is split between €120 million for investments in the Residential Fund, Retail Fund, and Office Fund, and €400 million for the new Impact Partnership. At the same time, Bouwinvest made €288 million in real estate acquisitions and €215 million in divestments on behalf of investors in 2023.
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Redevco and SFP launch ‘Next Gen Stays’ Iberian Hotel Joint Venture with Portfolio Target of c. €300 Million
Redevco and Swiss Finance & Property Group (SFP Group) have formed an Iberian hotel Joint Venture. Following a first close, a fund managed by SFP has indirectly taken a majority stake in ‘Next Gen Stays,’ currently comprising a seed portfolio of six assets in Portugal and Spain in the Lisbon, Porto, Bilbao, Malaga and Seville. The strategy is targeting a net levered IRR of 15%+ over a five-year period and aims to build up a portfolio of around €300 million.
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Actis Backed Nozomi Energy Significantly Expands Solar Portfolio To Reach 100MW Milestone
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has announced that its Japan-focused renewables platform, Nozomi Energy, has reached an operational project portfolio of 100MW within just 10 months of operation. The portfolio company reached this milestone in renewable generation capacity following a series of acquisitions, including a 70MW solar project in Tochigi and another solar project in Chiba.
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Bouwinvest invests USD 75 million in serviced residences and co-living concepts in Asia Pacific
The Bouwinvest Asia Pacific Mandate has invested USD 75 million in the CapitaLand Ascott Residence Asia Fund II (CLARA II), a private fund managed by CapitaLand Investment Limited (CLI). The investment strategy focuses on furnished serviced accommodation and co-living concepts in gateway cities within developed markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Australia and Hong Kong.
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KGAL successfully closes a challenging 2023
Despite market turbulence, KGAL exceeded its earnings target in the past financial year. Highlights from 2023 include the renewable energy flagship funds KGAL ESPF 4 and ESPF 5, which continue to outperform expectations, as well as important transactions in the residential sector and new investors in the aviation segment. KGAL is well-positioned to benefit from the anticipated market recovery.
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Pro-Invest Group Recipient Of Aareal Bank’s Largest Green Hotel Portfolio Loan In Asia-Pacific
Pro-invest Group a leading private equity real estate asset manager and investment firm and Aareal Bank AG, a leading international property specialist in the global real estate banking market, today announced a significant milestone in their commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship.
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Redevco Living Targets 10,000-Plus Units for Residential Development Pipeline to Enter Top Ranks of European Residential Managers
Redevco, one of Europe’s largest private real estate companies with about €9.0 bn in AUM, has created a pan-European residential asset management platform named Redevco Living, by combining the housing projects of Dutch residential real estate specialist LIFE Europe it acquired last year, with its own residential assets.
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Robert Schneider Appointed CEO Germany of DeA Capital Real Estate
The Pan-European real estate platform to expand its real estate investing business in Germany
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Deka Immobilien buys top properties in Canada
Deka Immobilien has entered into contract to acquire a Class-A office complex in Vancouver, Canada from a joint venture between Oxford Properties and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
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Renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 commissions first solar park
The renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 has successfully progressed its first asset from project development to grid connection. The Spalletti solar park in northern Italy has a capacity of 17 megawatts (MW) and sells green electricity via a 20-year feed-in tariff. Further solar parks with a total capacity of 100 MW are due to come online in the course of the year. KGAL ESPF 5’s core-plus strategy – investing early in the value chain to achieve higher returns – is paying off.
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Portfolio resilience: European property investors focus on modernising their portfolios
Decarbonisation, digitalisation and demographic change: the property industry is facing a wide range of transformation challenges.
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GLP Capital Partners recognized in eight categories in the 2023 PERE Global Awards, including Global Logistics Investor of the Year
GLP Capital Partners (“GCP”), a leading global alternative asset manager with $128 billion in total assets under management (AUM), today announced that it has won eight awards in the 2023 Private Equity Real Estate (“PERE”) Global Awards, including Global Logistics Investor of the Year and Global Data Centers Investor of the Year.
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Deka Immobilien sells hotel in Sweden
Deka Immobilien has sold a hotel in Gothenburg. The property belongs to the portfolio of WestInvest ImmoValue, an investment fund designed for institutional investors. Sinoma Fastigheter AB, a company owned by Swedish investor Balder and pension fund Folksam, has acquired the property. The parties have agreed not to disclose the sales price.
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Navigating the global ESG regulatory landscape
For years now, it has been apparent that leading property funds and developers have been significantly ahead of government when it comes to environmental sustainability. In short, regulation has failed to keep pace with advances at the upper echelons of the market.
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FY 2023 preliminary financial results in line with guidance
EBITDA of EUR 54.1m impacted by market headwinds and reorg - PATRIZIA proposes sixth consecutive increase in dividends and signals cautious optimism for FY 2024