All Real Estate articles – Page 68
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White papersReal Estate: Global Opportunities vs UK 2021 and Beyond
In this update we are focusing on global vs domestic UK real estate investments. Typically a domestically invested asset class, we explore the return opportunities offered overseas and the benefit of international diversification (a philosophy taken for granted in most traditional asset classes). This is supported by empirical data that reflects on a tumultuous year in 2020 and, using Invesco Real Estate’s “on the ground” experience, looks toward the investment opportunities in 2021 and beyond.
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White papersEuropean Hotels Checking in for the Recovery
We believe that the recent repricing in European hotels could represent a good opportunity to acquire either core hotels for a long-term hold or value-add projects following a manage-to-core strategy.
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Asset Manager NewsGenerali Real Estate awarded three times by MSCI at the European Property Investment Awards 2020
At the annual MSCI UK and European Property Investment Awards, based on the 2020 performance, Generali Real Estate has been recognized as the winner in three categories:
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Asset Manager NewsManchester’s Bauhaus becomes UK’s first refurbished building to be awarded WELL Gold status
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, announces that its Bauhaus Office scheme, located between Manchester’s Spinngfields and St. John’s districts , has achieved a WELL Gold accreditation by sustainability and wellness certifier, the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI). The certification makes Bauhaus the only refurbished building in the UK to have received the accreditation, and just one of only three UK buildings in total, following its comprehensive upgrade by Orchard Street.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street signs three tenants in quick succession at prime Farringdon office scheme
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has completed three further lettings at its newly refurbished 75 Farringdon Road office building in London’s Midtown, leasing c.11,000 sq ft of space and bringing the scheme to over 60% let.
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Asset Manager NewsBusaba makes Welsh debut with 4,000 sq ft letting at Orchard Street’s Brewery Quarter, Cardiff
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has signed a c.4,000 sq ft letting with Thai restaurant chain Busaba at the Brewery Quarter, one of Cardiff’s leading leisure destinations. The company has agreed to a 15-year lease across the ground and terrace floors of the property, which will be home to Busaba’s first restaurant in Wales.
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White papersThe Future of Office: From Uncertainty to Opportunity
There are three key drivers that will shape office demand in the recovery ahead—and ultimately determine which assets and markets will be the winners and which will be the losers.
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White papersDisclosures, trade-offs and green premia: The future of sustainability in real assets
The path to a sustainable future for private markets is full of opportunity but also complexity, as Laurence Monnier and Ed Dixon explain.
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Asset Manager NewsGTIS Partners and Southern Land Company Complete Sale of Office Component of Rêve Boulder to Google
GTIS Partners (“GTIS”), a real assets investment firm that manages in excess of $4 billion in gross assets with a US focus on residential investments, and Southern Land Company (“SLC”), a national real estate developer of mixed-use developments and master-planned communities, completed the sale of the office component of Rêve Boulder, a mixed-use community located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ) at 30th & Pearl Streets in Boulder, Colorado to Google.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL back in London: acquisition in West End
As conditions in the London commercial real estate market have become increasingly attractive for investors, KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG is investing in London again. The German asset manager has acquired the office building “101 St Martin’s Lane” in London’s West End for its fund KGAL Core 4. The seller is Legal & General Investment Management Limited. The building offers a total of approximately 47,600 square feet of leasable space.
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Asset Manager NewsBusiness Park Life is Sweet
“Occupiers are demanding more space for the sort of collaborative working that is best suited to face-to-face contact rather than virtual conversations.”
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White papersTake Care, BentallGreenOak’s Annual Philanthropy Report
The continuing ravages of the pandemic have been most acutely felt in the sub-sections of our communities where poverty and insecurity persist. In this intensifying need for social care and relief, BentallGreenOak (BGO) employees dove heart-first into 2021 with a commitment to serving our communities.
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White papersFour Top of Mind ESG Challenges in the Quest for Net Zero
If this moment in time—when the world’s fixation on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues touches every facet of life—feels different, it’s because it is. For all the motivations that should have led to an urgent response on the climate crisis decades ago, one catalyst has energized public and private stakeholders into collective action: obsolescence.
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Asset Manager NewsEdmond de Rothschild REIM promotes Ben Tijhuis to Head of Asset Management Benelux
Edmond de Rothschild Real Estate Investment Management has promoted Ben Tijhuis as the Head of Asset Management for its Benelux activities. In this newly created position, he will oversee the execution and development of asset management for all of Edmond de Rothschild’s REIM office and industrial mandates in the region.
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Research ReportAEW Monthly Research Report - September 2021
Debt used to fund new real estate acquisitions was €129bn for 2020. This is down by 15% from 2019 due to the Covid-19 lockdowns. Across the entire European market, the average annual acquisition LTV remained at under 50%,
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White papersFrom real-world problems to real-asset solutions
How real-asset investors must decarbonise to future-proof portfolios.
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White papersThe Great Reckoning—Reflecting on the Evergrande Saga
China’s economic growth deceleration, triggered by a zero-COVID-19 policy and multi-faceted regulatory tightening, has been of increasing concern to global markets. Removing excesses and improving the health of the property sector have been objectives of the more stringent regulatory environment, but these efforts have resulted in acute financial duress for Evergrande, one of the China’s largest and most indebted property developers.
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Asset Manager NewsOffice specialist plans to invest EUR200m over three years
With a presence in Limerick, Shannon, Dublin, Cork, Athlone and Galway, Fine Grain’s CEO, Colin MacDonald, spoke to the Irish Examiner about the company’s plans for further commercial real estate investment acrose Ireland.
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White papersEvergrande Heads for Default
We believe systematic risk beyond the Chinese property market remains limited.
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White papersLetter from Asia: Evergrande is no Lehman
For more than two decades, Evergrande’s journey to become one of China’s largest developer has come at a huge cost: ever rising indebtedness. At US$300 billion, the world’s most indebted property developer is now facing judgement day. Already falling behind on payments to banks, suppliers and holders of onshore wealth management products, interest payments on two Evergrande notes due on September 23 will provide a key test if the developer can meet its obligations to bondholders.
