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The Schroder UK Real Estate Fund (SREF) has announced it has partnered with Zurich Investment Foundation Immobilien Europa Direkt (‘IED’, a Schroders Capital managed, pan-European strategy) to acquire “The Brewery”, a prime supermarket anchored, retail warehouse and leisure scheme in Romford, Greater London for GBP162 million in a 50:50 joint venture. The Brewery comprises a 21-acre site with 545,478 square feet of retail and leisure space anchored by national operators including a Sainsbury’s superstore, Nuffield Health, The Range, Boots, Pure...

PATRIZIA AG, a leading partner for global real assets, has acquired a newly built cold storage logistics asset near Milan, Italy, from Savills Investment Management SGR S.p.A., on behalf of its institutional clients through one of its flagship logistics funds. The c. 31,000 square metres cold storage asset was completed in Q2 2021 and is fully let to Kühne & Nagel, a leading pan-European 3rd party logistics company, and Movi.Log Srl, a frozen food distributor, with a WALT of 7.5...

Hines, the international real estate firm, is set to launch Hines European Property Partners (HEPP), its new diversified, open-ended core-plus fund focused on key European markets. Jorge Duarte, who joins Hines from Barings, has been appointed as Fund Manager. HEPP will leverage Hines’ expertise and boots on the ground presence in 16 offices across Europe to identify investment opportunities in Europe’s most dynamic urban centres and gateway cities. The Fund will seek to acquire and develop sustainable assets across a...

CBRE Investment Management, on behalf of a fund it sponsors, has acquired a portfolio of three logistics assets in a joint venture agreement with the developer and seller, MG Real Estate. The three assets are in different phases of construction and are located in Belgium, Sweden and Denmark. The portfolio will offer a total of circa 62,000 square metres of newly built, grade A high-quality warehouse space, all of which will be completed in line with CBRE Investment Management’s Sustainability...

COIMA SGR, a leader in the management of real estate assets for institutional investors, has purchased a retail building in Piazza XXV Aprile in Milan for EUR60 million from Eataly Real Estate S.r.l.. Subsequently, COIMA has signed a 21-year lease agreement with Eataly S.p.A. for the retail spaces of the building, which will see the popular gourmet shopping and dining concept continue to serve customers in Porta Nuova as part of the neighbourhood’s expanding retail and hospitality offering. The acquisition...

Hines, the international real estate firm, has reached a binding agreement for an off-market investment to acquire 20 logistics assets located between Emilia Romagna and Lombardy through the Italian fund HEVF II Italy managed by Prelios SGR on behalf of the Hines European Value Fund 2 (HEVF 2). The transaction involves the acquisition of the real estate portfolio from four different selling companies and the simultaneous 15-year lease of the same portfolio to Snatt Logistica Group, a leader in the...

Real estate investor Altera Vastgoed (hereinafter “Altera”) achieved strong returns on its residential and retail portfolio in 2021. Altera also widened its shareholder base by attracting new capital from investors in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy. New and existing shareholders committed a total of over €279 million of capital, over €72 million of which was deployed in 2021. The retail portfolio generated a total fund return of 5.1% and the convenience real estate share grew to 84%. The Brouwhorst neighbourhood...

PGIM Real Estate, the property investment arm of PGIM, has further strengthened its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, with the addition of Julie Townsend as ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific, based in London and effective immediately. Joining PGIM Real Estate’s global ESG team, Townsend will oversee the ESG strategy and implementation across the European and Asia Pacific regions. She will report to Christina Hill, global head of ESG and head of Americas Asset Management. Since...

Investment manager Barings has grown its Real Estate Debt team in Europe with the appointment of Kasimir zu Eltz as a director. Based in Frankfurt, Zu Eltz will be responsible for helping to grow the debt business in Europe, originating new business and loans with borrowers across the continent and the sourcing and closing of senior, whole loan and construction lending opportunities. He brings more than 15 years of experience in the sector, most recently at PGIM Real Estate where...