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JLL has today announced that Sandra Ludwig has been appointed as Head of Retail Capital Markets EMEA, starting on 1 March. Ludwig returns to JLL having worked at the firm from 2010 – 2020 where she previously held the role of Head of Retail Investment for Germany. Ludwig returns from a Hamburg-based real estate advisor, where she has been responsible for commercial and residential investments as Managing Director since the beginning of 2021. In her new role, Ludwig will be...

Schroders Capital’s real estate team has made Hideki Kurata head of France. Hideki, who has been with Greystar since 2018, will start in his new role on 1 March 2023, and will also be part of Schroders Capital’s global real estate management team. He will also assume the newly-created role of Head of Living to source new strategic capital and investment opportunities in the residential property space. In particular, he will target ‘operationally intense’ residential strategies encompassing senior, student and...

CBRE Investment Management (“CBRE IM”) has appointed Antonio Tarroc to Retail Property Platform Lead EMEA. In this newly created role, Antonio will help deliver on CBRE IM’s ambition to create a market-leading EMEA retail operator platform. Antonio’s appointment completes CBRE IM’s operating model evolution in EMEA regarding Property Platform Leads as each sector now has in place a dedicated Lead for retail, logistics, offices and residential. As part of this evolution, the business also has fully empowered local sector asset...

Fiera Capital Corporation, a leading independent asset management firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Wenzel Hoberg as Global Head of Real Estate, effective January 16, 2023. Wenzel will be based in Toronto. Bringing over 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, Wenzel will lead the growth of Fiera Real Estate's Canadian and UK platforms in key markets, with a focus on bringing best-in-class strategies to investors and efficiently allocating capital. Building on the firm's existing footprint...

Sienna Investment Managers (“Sienna IM”), GBL’s alternative investment platform, has appointed Floris Van Maanen as the new CEO of Sienna Real Estate. Floris will lead Sienna Real Estate Group, which has offices in Paris, Hamburg, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Seoul, Zurich, and Amsterdam. As of the first of January, Floris has taken over the CEO position from founding partner Didier Unglik. Didier Unglik, Founding Partner of Sienna Real Estate, will leave his duties as Chief Executive Officer and will bring his...