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Hines European Real Estate Partners III and Grupo Lar announce a Voluntary Cash Tender Offer for 100% of Lar España share capital
On July 12 2024 - the consortium formed by the Real Estate fund Hines European Real Estate Partners III (“HEREP III”) and Grupo Lar (Lar España’s asset manager) has announced a Voluntary Cash Tender Offer for 100% of Lar España through a Spanish SPV that has been incorporated to launch the Offer: Helios RE, S.A. Helios is owned by the following entities:
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Relative Value & Tactical Asset Allocation Q3 2024
We are not expecting a U.S. recession in 2024. We are looking for credit spreads to remain rangebound in the near future, and we prefer high carry while considering downside risks. Consumers and housing fundamentals continued to be solid, while CLOs fundamentals weakened further. Commercial real estate fundamentals are stable, but performance divergences are wide. We are neutral for both corporate equity and cash investments.
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Beyond bricks: Innovation is driving the future of real estate
While market turbulence will likely continue in 2024, we believe select real estate opportunities will continue to present compelling investment opportunities. Real estate portfolios that allocate to alternative property types and are focused on large-scale trends could benefit from enhanced diversification and superior resiliency.
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Multifamily Gap Capital
Dags Chen and Lincoln Janes discuss that while the cooling of the Sunbelt multifamily property market is creating cracks in the capital stacks of owners, it is also presenting potential opportunities for investors.Many recent buyers and developers of Sunbelt multifamily properties are overleveraged and need capital to bridge the gap between their debt balances and the significantly depreciated equity value of their holdings. The current pall over the asset class, however, obscures its long-term attractiveness for patient investors.
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Are We There Yet? The Road to Recovery for CRE
Stickier than expected inflation and robust economic activity have delayed and diminished expectations for rate cuts in 2024.
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Borrowing Costs Come Down While Refinancing Challenges Remain
Eurozone inflation came down faster than expected, pushing 5 year Euro swap rates down more than previously projected. Central banks rate cuts are now expected to be delayed with swap rates forecasted to come out just above 2% by year-end 2025. As a result. Eurozone CRE ...
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Avoid, reduce, remove, align: Finding climate transition investment opportunities in real assets
In this article, Luke Layfield and Zoe Austin explain four key pillars that can help real asset investors align their strategies with the climate transition and uncover opportunities to deliver attractive returns.
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Real estate déjà vu - Has life sciences real estate become the next logistics sector?
A bit more than a decade ago, in 2011, a (at the time) somewhat obscure real estate sector was in the initial stage of its S-shaped growth trajectory. Its share in global real estate investment portfolios was less than 10% and concentrated in the US. This was the industrial (logistics) sector.
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Slättö enters into a joint venture with K2A and acquires 40% of a purpose-built student housing portfolio valued at SEK 3.1 billion (EUR 270 million)
A fund managed by Slättö has agreed to acquire a 40% stake in a high-quality student accommodation portfolio with assets strategically located across Sweden’s university cities. The acquisition is made through a joint venture with the Swedish real estate company Knaust & Andersson Fastigheter AB (publ) (“K2A”).
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Powering the future: the strategic role of data centres in the AI evolution in Europe
Data centre demand is surging, driven primarily by the rapid evolution of AI technologies. In PIMCO’s view, this represents a significant opportunity for investors in European data centres.
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Listed vs. private infrastructure: Why not both?
Investing in listed infrastructure may provide benefits that make a strong case for a larger allocation to listed markets relative to private investments than is currently observed by institutional investors. At Nuveen, we strongly believe in the infrastructure asset class.
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Operating expertise essential for delivering core-plus returns in European real estate market
Chase McWhorter, Institutional Real Estate, Inc.’s managing director, Americas, recently spoke with Jorge Duarte, fund manager of Hines European Property Partners, a diversified, open-end core-plus real estate fund focused on quality, stabilized assets in European markets with embedded growth potential. Following is an excerpt of that conversation
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Generating alpha returns in energy infrastructure
Actis invests globally in critical, sustainable infrastructure, not only because we view it as our mission to transform infrastructure for a better tomorrow but, above all, because we know that our investment approach, and experience investing in critical infrastructure in more than 35 countries over the last 20 years, delivers competitive, alpha returns.
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Viva México: hola! to logistics and industrials
Mexico is a key area of growth for industrial and logistics real estate. We explain why.
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Actis Publishes First TCFD Report With Climate Scenario Analysis Across 225 Asset Locations And 10 Sectors
Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has published its first Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report, which aims to inform and deepen understanding of climate risks and opportunities across its portfolio.
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IPUT welcomes Stripe to Wilton Park
Stripe has chosen One Wilton Park as the location for its new Irish headquarters. The payments giant, which is owned by Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison, signed on 28th June. The company has confirmed it will be the second half of 2025 when it moves into the building.
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A bigger splash: How much liquidity do I need?
The importance of holding liquidity is well understood by large institutions. But how much is enough? In the first part of our new article series on liquidity optimisation, Alastair Sewell investigates the key considerations for different investor types.
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The Role of Cold Storage in the Supply Chain
Food, one of life’s basic necessities, relies on cold storage for its safe, efficient and effective distribution to U.S. and global populations.
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Prime Time For Cbd European Offices While Non-Cbd Offices Trail
In this publication, we cover for the first time the European office markets beyond the usual prime segment of the market, to fully capture the polarisation between prime and secondary buildings which has accelerated with the increase in remote working capture the polarisation between prime and secondary buildings which has accelerated with the increase in remote working.
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Real Estate Outlook – US, Edition May 2024: Cautiously optimistic
After more than two years of adjusting to higher interest rates, private market real estate results were mixed during 1Q24, with value declines offset by income in several sectors. Returns for retail and industrial warehouse turned slightly positive. Self-storage returns were flat. Apartments and office buildings experienced negative total returns; though niche segments of the sectors, like medical office, manufactured and student housing outperformed.