All Office articles – Page 10
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PGIM Real Estate acquires stake in leading UK commercial property company
PGIM Real Estate has acquired a 25 per cent stake in Langtree, on behalf of an investment strategy, in a multi-million pound deal. Langtree is a leading UK regional property development and management business.
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Virtual reality: How COVID-19 is reshaping the world of work
While the coronavirus pandemic has devastated livelihoods, it also presents an opportunity for companies and policymakers to reinvent the world of work. The future is full of possibilities – but no easy answers.
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M7 acquires Hungarian office property for M7 CEREF II and secures €57m new loan facility with Erste Group
M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan-European investor and asset manager, has acquired a modern, multi-tenanted office property in Budapest, Hungary on behalf of M7 CEREF II (the “Fund”), for €12.35 million. The acquisition is in line with the Fund’s strategy which targets value-add and core-plus office and logistics / industrial properties in key Central European markets, including Croatia, Hungary and Poland.
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Trends for 2021: Real Estate Trends Set to Shape the Next 12 Months
As a new year gets under way, we turn our attention to the outlook and identify nine major occupier and investment trends we expect will influence market conditions and investment performance in 2021 and beyond.
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Deka Immobilien purchases office property in Switzerland
Deka Immobilien has exchanged contracts to secure the purchase of an office building in Geneva under a sale and leaseback arrangement with the private bank Pictet & Cie SA. The property is to be transferred to the two open-ended real estate funds WestInvest InterSelect (66%) and Deka-ImmobilienEuropa (34%) by means of a joint venture.
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European real estate: Searching for opportunity in a new era
It’s difficult to think of a scenario more impactful to real estate markets than COVID-19. The pandemic has been a direct hit on European real estate, and much uncertainty remains regarding the ultimate long-term effect.
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COVID, remote working and building back better: The stories that defined real assets in 2020
We select some of our key pieces of content on real asset markets in a dramatic year.
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Generali Real Estate acquires prime office complex in Issy Les Moulineaux, Paris
Generali Real Estate has completed the acquisition of the prime office building “Bords de Seine 2” on behalf of “Generali Europe Income Holding (GEIH)” and “GF Pierre”, two pan- European funds managed by Generali Real Estate SGR. The seller is BNP Paribas REIM for the fund BNP Paribas Diversipierre.
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Real estate 2021 outlook
No one can deny how challenging 2020 has been. As coronavirus spread around the globe, life for many was put on hold. Unprecedented government-imposed measures curtailed social and economic activity to protect people’s health and save lives.
Looking to 2021, the pandemic continues, but people continue to adapt, adjusting to the new normal as treatments for the disease improve and vaccine hopes are high. -
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Generali Real Estate acquires landmark office building in the center of Prague
Generali Real Estate S.p.A. (GRE) has completed the acquisition of International Business Centre (IBC), a prestigious office building in Prague, from Mint Investments, on behalf of the pan-European “Generali Real Estate Core Plus” fund managed by Generali Real Estate S.p.A Società di gestione del risparmio.
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M7 completes final acquisitions for new regional UK value add fund, M7 REIP IX
M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan European investor and asset manager, announces that it has acquired four industrial and office assets in four separate transactions for a total of £16.5 million on behalf of the latest fund in its regional UK value add series, M7 Real Estate Investment Partners IX (“M7 REIP IX” or the “Fund”).
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OREIMA Raises Funds To Pursue Its Investment Strategy
Oreima has closed a capital raising from European institutional investors for an amount of 215 million euros for its OREIMA IV fund. Thanks to this level of equity, Oreima will be able to invest, using a leverage of 50%, approximately €400 million in buildings, mainly offices or mixed locations (with some residential), and in related renovation works, in Paris or in regional metropolises.
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The new Citi headquarters: a Generali building in the heart of Milan
Citi and Generali Real Estate announce the finalization of the agreement about the transfer of the Italian headquarters of the US bank to the renovated building in Piazzetta Maurilio Bossi 3, in the heart of the financial district in the immediate surroundings of Piazza Scala. An important choice for Citi, which consolidates the two offices in Via dei Mercanti and Viale Brenta into a single building conceived for maximum functionality and designed with employee well-being and environmental sustainability in mind.
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Inside Real Estate – Annual Strategy Outlook for 2021
Under our base case the global economy will continue down the path of recover but with a wider range of possible outcomes. Normalization in advanced economies will likely start in the second half of 2021 following the distribution of vaccines, though full global herd immunity will be further away. We expect the world economy to be dealing with a “new normal” for a few years.
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Adoption of a New Urban Design Practice
IPUT, in conjunction with multinational consultancy firm, Arup is proposing the adoption of a new urban design practice, workplacemaking, to ensure office buildings and the neighbourhoods around them are more appealing for a new digitally enabled workforce, while retaining their important economic and social function in our cities. Workplacemaking is also key to building long-term resilience into commercial property assets.
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Real Assets Study 2020 - Navigating disruption: challenges and opportunities
Real assets have been in the eye of the storm during the coronavirus pandemic – but according to our study, the worlds of infrastructure, real estate and private debt, still retain their appeal, even if fundamental changes are affecting them.
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Remote working is on the rise, but the office remains indispensable
While the COVID-19 lockdown has highlighted the possibilities of home working, bringing people together in offices is still the best way to spur innovation and productivity, says Jonathan Bayfield.
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PGIM Real Estate Sells Toyobo Building In Osaka, Japan
PGIM Real Estate has sold Toyobo Building, a 12-story high-rise office building located in Osaka, Japan, on behalf of its investors. PGIM Real Estate is of PGIM, the US$1.4 trillion global investment management business of U.S.-headquartered Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).