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Hotels and offices: From operational upside to demand uncertainty in the age of AI
AI is boosting operational efficiency in hotels, while the long-term impact on office demand remains uncertain. Over time, rising productivity could support renewed interest in high-quality office space.
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Research Report
Increase In Conversions Expected To Benefit European Office Market Recovery
In this publication, we update our analyses for European office markets. Our initial analyses show that GenAI is expected to have a positive impact on office employment as it will automate certain routine tasks, while creating new higher value-add AI-related jobs. London, Paris and Frankfurt are expected to benefit most from future AI adaptation.
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The Pan-European Office Investment Market: Trends and Insights
As the values of prime offices have stabilized after decreases of 10-30 % since the peak in 20221, office values became attractive. At Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management, we observe three main trends:
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Surging office lending
Office lending jumped 42% in early 2025, signaling renewed confidence. Banks and insurers led the rebound despite lingering sector challenges.
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Seizing the “Debt-First” Office Moment Timing: Extended, Opportunities Unlocked
As we progress into 2025, Hines Research believes market conditions continue to support the thesis for debt investment in the U.S. office sector.
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The office renaissance: Adapting to a new era
Multiple trends are currently influencing the office sector, such as working from home. While the author wrote part of this article from home, it was finished in the office, emphasizing the office’s role as an important venue for cross-fertilization. This is unlikely to change even though most work can be done remotely.
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Asset Manager News
Hines Announces Jones Day As First Office Tenant At South Station Tower
The Global Law Firm Will Relocate Its Boston Office to the Best-In-Class 51-Story Mixed-Use Tower Situated Over Boston’s Most Connected and Active Transit Hub
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Asset Manager News
Charter Hall reaches further milestone at its $4 billion Chifley two-tower precinct
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) is pleased to announce the latest milestone of its $1.8 billion Chifley South development in the super core precinct of the Sydney CBD, with construction progressing above ground level.
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Asset Manager News
Charter Hall’s first inner-city multi-level warehouse, Ascent on Bourke, reaches practical completion
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) is pleased to announce that its Charter Hall Core Logistics Partnership (CLP) has reached practical completion on its first multi-level warehouse known as Ascent on Bourke in Alexandria, Sydney.
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UK commercial real estate recovery
Real rental growth turns positive, but the devil is in the details
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Asset Manager News
Hines and Ivanhoé Cambridge Near Completion of CIBC SQUARE With Topping Out of 141 Bay Street
Trophy Office Tower Hits 80% Leased with Major Tenants
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Video
Global REITs Update – Q3 2024
In our video update for the 3rd quarter of the 2024 calendar year, Portfolio Manager, Julian Campbell-Wood covers key developments in the Global REIT sector and market insights, including:
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Asset Manager News
Invesco Real Estate Europe Fund III and Simten launch new platform ‘Original Works’ and exchange contracts for first London office development project
Invesco Real Estate, the USD 85bn global real estate investment business of Invesco Ltd. (NYSE: IVZ), and Simten, the London based developer of healthy and sustainable buildings, today announce that they are creating a new platform to combine their expertise in both real estate investment management and development.
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A New Dawn Seizing Real Estate’s Moment of Opportunity
As we enter 2025, we remain in the midst of a massive transition in the investment landscape. The momentum of the distant past (where unusually low interest rates helped propel growth, asset appreciation, and easy leverage) has long since faded, replaced by a more challenging, higher-interest- rate environment that requires an increasingly strategic, methodical approach.
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Asset Manager News
Charter Hall executes $3.35 billion Green Loan transaction, one of the largest in the sector
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) has executed a fully underwritten $3.35 billion of Green Loan facilities on behalf of one of its funds, marking the completion of one of the largest Green Loan transactions in the Australian real estate sector.
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Asset Manager News
Full potential
To maximise occupancy rates in its office lets, property investor Hines is on a mission to modernise the workplace. Here, the family firm’s co-CEO tells us why a focus on mixed-use developments will transform the office-goer’s everyday experience.
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Real Estate: The Red Thread – Private Markets - Edition December 2024
“Outside of offices, real estate capital values look to be bottoming out, while transaction activity has been trending up this year. We expect market recovery to take hold in 2025 and capital values to rise. Proposed tariff increases by Donald Trump will likely impact logistics markets, affecting assets at airports, ports and land borders, while consumer focused facilities are less at risk.”
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European Real Estate: Prime’s Time?
A cooling economic backdrop in Europe and prospects for further monetary policy easing favor core property—given its bond-like investment attributes—over secondary assets.
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IPUT releases second report in its long-term research study series, ‘Making Impact’.
IPUT Real Estate (‘IPUT’), Ireland’s leading property company and the largest owner of offices and logistics assets in Dublin, has launched the second annual report in its five-year ‘Making Impact’ social impact research. This innovative research project, led by IPUT’s Head of Research, Marie Hunt, is one of the world’s first ever studies to value the impact of placemaking on a city neighbourhood on a longitudinal basis.
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ISA Focus: Rebalancing past and present
We regularly receive questions about past property market dislocations and what they might tell us about today, such as: Is office the new retail?, Will the 7+ years it took retail to rebalance be a template for office? and Should we be worried about the wave of supply in US apartments?