All Retail articles – Page 15
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White papersMagnify Asia: Retail
We remain positive on retail in the developed Asia Pacific markets despite headwinds from structural changes in the sector driven by the growth of e-commerce and changing consumer shopping behaviour.
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White papersGlobal Real Estate Summary: Edition 2 2018
The global economic backdrop is supportive of real estate although growth has eased slightly. Central bank policy is diverging as the US leads the way with rate rises. Strong occupier and investor demand has fueled outperformance of industrial property and we expect this to continue into 2019. Some investors looking to alternatives and value-add to boost returns.
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Strategies
Union Investment Real Estate’s Strategies
We take a forward-looking approach to investment
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White papersFrom uncertainty emerges the value-add opportunity
2017 saw investment volumes in the UK commercial property market rise by over 10% on the previous year. Much of this was helped by overseas buyers and a weak Sterling, which remained 10% on average below pre-referendum lev- els. Whilst an improvement on a subdued 2016, the year of the EU referendum, transaction activity was notably still nearly 30% down versus its 2015 peak, reflecting Brexit-related macro uncertainty. Underneath the 2017 headline figures, non-currency driven activity was also relatively quiet.
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White papersEurozone Real Estate Outlook: 1H18
Economic growth was strong during 2H17 and for the year as a whole. The year ended well with robust growth of 0.6% in 4Q17. GDP growth reached an exceptional decade high of 2.5% in 2017 and according to survey data, it seems the eurozone economy got off to a good start this year.
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White papersUK Real Estate Outlook: Edition 1H18
The all property total return for UK commercial real estate of 10.3% in 2017 exceeded even the most bullish forecast expectations from the start of the year, and by some margin.
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White papersOpportunity amidst converging returns and shrinking risk premia
In the early months of 2018, economic fundamentals are supportive of another solid year of real estate performance. But monetary conditions are tightening and our central preoccupation persists: how will this affect the risk premium for real estate?
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White papersEurope Real Estate Market Outlook
Economic growth in the Eurozone consistently beat expectations throughout 2017. Following growth of 0.6% in Q3 and 0.7% in Q4, Eurozone GDP reached 2.5% for 2017, well above the ECB’s forecast of 1.7% at the start of the year. This marks the fastest pace of growth since 2007.
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White papersLuxury Retail Real Estate: Poised for Growth or Close to The Limit?
The retail real estate sector is increasingly polarised. Rents have stagnated or declined in secondary shopping centres and high streets since the global financial crisis.
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White papersUS Mall REITS: Diverging paths and changing tides
A review of the last 10 years in the US mall sector shows the diverging paths of high-quality mall operators versus their lower-quality peers. Ironically, under the strain of rapidly-changing market forces A-malls (malls that generate sales per square foot over $400 per annum) have emerged in even stronger shape than has been the case historically.
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White papersFrance to lead European recovery
France is projected to post a strong increase in GDP growth in the next five years, while German and UK growth is shifting down in the same period
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Asset Manager News
Deka Immobilien acquires retail portfolio in Spain and Portugal
Deka Immobilien has acquired the “Mistral portfolio” containing 16 retail properties. The clothing retailer Zara España S.A. sold the properties under a sale-and-leaseback transaction. Eight of the properties will be added to the open-ended real estate fund Deka-ImmobilienEuropa and eight to WestInvest InterSelect. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
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White papersUK Real Estate Market Outlook: January 2018
The UK economy continued to defy gloomy market expectations during the third quarter of 2017, with GDP expanding by 0.4%. The latest set of positive data saw the Bank of England lift interest rates to 0.5% in November, a sign of their overall confidence in the market.
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White papersAsia Real Estate Market Outlook: January 2018
In 2018, the regional output from Asia Pacific should follow a similar pace of growth at 4.8% y-o-y, versus the expected growth from Europe at 1.9% y-o-y and from the US at 2.5% y-o-y.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street makes £35 million Hermiston Retail Park acquisition
Orchard Street Investment Management (‘Orchard Street’), the specialist commercial property investment manager, has acquired Hermiston Retail Park in Consett, County Durham on behalf of St James’ Place UK Plc for £35.31 million from Aviva Investors. The purchase price reflects a net initial yield of 6.25%.
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White papersAre affordability pressures starting to bite in London?
Are business rate hikes in London starting to hurt retailers?
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White papersGlobal Real Estate Securities: 2018 Market Outlook
Our bottom-up fundamental analysis currently suggests that global REITs are priced to deliver another year of positive total returns for 2018 in the range of 8%–10%.
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Magazine
Retail investment tables 2017
Top managers with retail investments in the Top 100 Real Estate Investment Managers survey 2017
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Asset Manager News
M7 Real Estate Investment Holdings acquires the M7 Multi-Let Seed Portfolio for circa £117 million
M7 Real Estate announces that it has acquired 92 primarily UK regional multi-let assets comprising the Marble Portfolio and M7 REIP II (from separate vendors) for a combined purchase price of circa £117 million.
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White papersInside Real Estate: Annual strategy outlook for 2018
A growing sense that both the economic and real estate cycles are past their primes has investors asking, “Where do we go from here?” In an environment of heightened political stress and potentially discordant monetary policies, we recognize that a complex path lies ahead. The themes we’ve identified will help you navigate through 2018 and beyond.
