All Office articles – Page 2
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White papersASR Dutch Science Park Fund acquires second office and laboratory building at Leiden Bio Science Park
a.s.r. real estate acquired, on behalf of the ASR Dutch Science Park Fund, the SL Plaza office and laboratory building at Leiden Bio Science Park from Caransa Groep B.V. on 6 January 2025. This is the second building the fund has purchased in a short period at the renowned Leiden Bio Science Park. In December 2024, the fund already acquired the Avery Dennison European HQ office and laboratory building.
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White papersA 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 NewsCharter 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 NewsFull 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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White papersReal 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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White papersEuropean 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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White papersIPUT 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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White papersISA 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?
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White papersThe U.S. Office Debt Opportunity
We see a compelling thesis, with multiple complementary investment approaches, forming for investors around the office sector’s current and anticipated capital needs.
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People NewsIPUT strengthens Board with appointment of Ian Gleeson
IPUT Real Estate (‘IPUT’), Ireland’s leading commercial property investment company and the largest owner of offices and logistics assets in Dublin, announces the appointment of Ian Gleeson to its Board as a non-executive Director. Ian brings significant expertise in the Irish and international real estate markets, having worked in a diverse range of roles covering Europe, the US, and Asia Pacific.
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White papersNorth America real estate market outlook Q4 2024
What are the the trends in North American real estate? Read more about our outlook.
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White papersAsia-Pacific real estate market outlook Q4 2024
We have raised our near-term total return forecasts for APAC’s property market.
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Asset Manager NewsHines Opens Office in Jeonju, South Korea
Hines, a leading global real estate investment manager, today announced the opening of a new office in Jeonju, South Korea. This strategic expansion reflects Hines’ commitment to strengthening its partnership with South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) and helping to foster the development of Jeonju’s financial sector.
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Asset Manager NewsEdmond de Rothschild REIM sees strong increase in GRESB results
Through the ongoing efforts of its local teams, Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management (“REIM”) displays consistent improvement in the results of the annual Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (“GRESB”). Our UK Affordable Housing strategy scored the maximum of 5 stars and is recognized by GRESB as the global #1 most sustainable affordable housing fund.
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Asset Manager NewsHines Acquires Office Building in Seoul’s Digital Media City
Hines, a leading global real estate investment manager, today announced the acquisition of a fully stabilized office building in Seoul, South Korea. This sale and leaseback transaction highlights the firm’s deep local expertise and its focus on deals with alpha potential.
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White papersReal Estate Perspectives
Has Alternative Real Estate Become The New Core Real Estate? We’ve been through a series of repeated crises over the past four years. The unprecedented market context has reshuffled the cards between asset classes, and alternative real estate has emerged on the back of favourable fundamentals.
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Asset Manager NewsHines Launches The SQ Collection - A Global Network Of Diverse Space Solutions
Clients Have Exclusive Access to On-Demand Office, Collaboration and Event Spaces
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White papersBuying, building and managing to core
There are two main benefits to having a core-plus approach in today’s market: flexibility and keeping the portfolio young. In terms of flexibility, we can take advantage of market dislocation, as we are seeing right now. And we can benefit from the whole cycle – secular dynamics and shifting demand – in any style or sector.
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White papersA new cycle commences
The last two years have been testing for real estate investors in Europe. From the post-pandemic highs to a sharp reversal driven by inflation and interest rates, the investment environment feels as cold as the year to date has been warm. But just as past cycles turned, so will this one. And there are indications that it is.
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White papersWhat You Didn’t Know About European Offices
Are European offices broken? We don’t think so. They’re just different.
