Invesco Real Estate closes second hotel fund with €200 mln of equity (EU) Simon Redman, Managing Director – Client Portfolio Management, Europe comments: “We are delighted to have had a final close of our second hotel fund. The current assets plus the additional equity we have raised will allow us to grow the fund to circa €400 million with leverage. More »

Invesco Real Estate bags prime French assets (FR) Alpha Park 2 is located in one of the best retail park areas in the west of Paris. These latest investments add further strength to IRE’s 2012 strategy... More »

IPD: European hotels deliver stable returns in the latest IPD results (EU) Graham Craggs, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels, points out that, "Hotels have continued to see strengthening capital flows from institutional investors attracted to long term income profiles. More »

Invesco Real Estate expands operations in Luxembourg (LU) “The growth of our team in Luxembourg to 11 staff is part of our objective to enhance the operational support provided to our established and recently launched Luxembourg-domiciled funds and subsidiary companies. More »

Invesco Real Estate sells 148 rue de l'Université (FR) The property was purchased in 2009 on behalf of a US pension fund client as part of their strategy to diversify their real estate portfolio outside of their domestic market. More »

IPD: Increasing interest in institutional hotel investment leads to enhancement of IPD Pan-European Hotel Performance report (EU) According to Tim Smith, Director of HVS, “Despite the concerns over the euro, investors have continued to show interest in the key European... More »

Invesco Real Estate appoints Timothy Bellman as Head of Global Research (US) Invesco Real Estate (IRE), the global real estate investment manager, today announces that Timothy Bellman has joined as Head of Global Research, based in IRE’s Dallas office. More »

Invesco Real Estate buys prime Swedish retail park for ca. €63 mln. (SE/DE) Bettina Knirsch, IRE’s Director - Fund Management, says: “This high-quality property is located in one of Stockholm’s dominant retail warehouse parks. More »

Invesco Real Estate invests in two logistics properties in Germany and Sweden (DE/SE) The first acquisition is a 29,500 m² logistics center in Frechen near Cologne, Germany, which was built in 2006 and extended at the end of 2011. More »

Invesco Real Estates hotel fund portfolio reaches 25 with new Berlin acquisitions (DE) This brings to 25 the total number of hotels IRE now has under management within its two dedicated hotel funds, with eight assets within the firm’s second hotel fund portfolio. More »

Invesco Real Estate buys prominent Cheapside property for German fund (UK/DE) The investment has been made on behalf of the iii-BVK Europa-Immobilien-Spezialfonds, an institutional real estate fund of Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), which Invesco Real Estate has managed since 2000. More »

Invesco Real Estate extends hotel portfolio into Eindhoven with Holiday Inn acquisition (NL) The acquired hotel is long-let on a 25-year hybrid lease subject to a franchise agreement with the InterContinental Hotel Group, an established international operator, under the Holiday Inn brand. More »

Invesco Real Estate expands UK Fund Portfolio with £41.65 mln. Manchester investment (UK) 1 New York Street was constructed in 2009. Toby Simon, Invesco... More »

Invesco Real Estate ramps up cross-border client focus with key appointments (FR) Sebastien Daguenet (34) has joined as Product and Fund Manager focusing on developing and managing IRE’s fund management business in France, by providing cross-border property investment solutions to French investors. More »

C&W to close biggest industrial transaction of the year (HU) The subject built-to suit building was developed in 2002 especially to serve Auchan’s needs for a main DC serving 12 hypermarkets in Hungary (nine in the Budapest area, three in countryside cities). More »

Invesco Real Estate: Despite recent market turmoil, history will not repeat itself (EU) These forecasts are highlighted in the Invesco Real Estate Autumn House View, which explains that the significant differences between 2008 and today lead us to be optimistic for 2012 and beyond. More »

Invesco Real Estate completes investment in Central Europe with Futurama acquisition (CZ) The investment has been made on behalf of the iii-BVK Europa-Immobilien-Spezialfonds*, an institutional pan-European core real estate fund... More »

Invesco Real Estate spends ca. £48 million on two acquisitions for UK Fund (UK) Toby Simon, Invesco Real Estate’s Director of Fund Management, says: “The two investments fit the Fund profile well by focusing on strong real estate fundamentals. More »

Rotaria acquires Alma office building in Warsaw (PL) Alma Office Building is located in the most prominent part of the Mokotów district. More »

Invesco Real Estate acquires Prague CBD office building (CZ) This is the second property that IRE has purchased in the past month on behalf of a pan-European separate account mandate, which IRE manages for German client Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung. More »