M&G European Property Fund grows core exposure (EU) According to Rob Tidy, investors remain risk averse in the current economic environment and place particular value on funds with exposure to prime assets. He commented: "The purchase of these three northern European assets reflects institutional investors’ continuing preference for core European property over exposure to riskier assets and locations. More »

CBRE: Case for investing in real estate augmented by economic environment (EU) The report discusses the fact that against the background of the Eurozone crisis and GDP growth downgrades, both prices and investment activity in the commercial real estate sector have held up remarkably well and institutional allocations to property have continued to increase. More »

ING and Gillion Family sell Toison d'Or Gallery shopping center in Brussels for €62 million (BE) The Toison d’Or Gallery shopping center. The Gillion family originally developed Toison d’Or Gallery in the late 1960s. More »

CBRE: Retail strongest performing real estate sector in Europe in 2011(EU) Despite a slight contraction in capital values in the final quarter of 2011 (-0.2%), retail real estate delivered a 1. More »

CBRE: European real estate investment in 2011 reaches €115 billion (EU) The strong finish in the fourth quarter of 2011 (Q4 2011) saw investment activity rise 15% compared with the previous quarter to €32 bln. More »

aik acquires another office building in Brussels (BE) The asset is located at the Avenue de Tervueren. The total investment cost amounts to approx. More »

CBRE: Retailers to continue EMEA expansion in 2012 despite economic challenges Nearly three quarters of international retailers (71%) are planning to open more than five stores in the Europe, Middle East and Africa... More »

IVG to sell Regent 37 in Brussels (BE) Regent 37 in central Brussels. The property has a total of nine... More »

CBRE: European governments face challenges in disposing of property assets (EU) In 2010, government property sales around Europe totaled approximately €1.1 billion, which is well above the absolute scale of sales in 2009 but down to only around 7. More »

CBRE: Global office rental cycles vary across borders The City of London has shown exceptionally strong rental growth over the past year. Prime rents increased in Q3 2010 to £52. More »

Retailers step up expansion plans as confidence returns (EMEA) CBRE's research report – How Active are Retailers in EMEA? – examines the attitudes and 2011 expansion plans of 212 leading retailers, based on interviews conducted over the summer of 2010. More »

Prime retail rents stabilize in every region across the world Prime retail rents globally increased by 0.2% from the second quarter to the third quarter of 2010. Rents on a year-on-year basis grew in... More »

CB Richard Ellis Investors appoints Jean Lamothe as President Europe (EUR) Jean has more than 24 years of experience in the real estate and private equity industries, including two decades on the European market. More »

CBRE: Global investor demand and rents recovering for industrial property Richard Holberton, Director of EMEA Research, CBRE, said: “Once the path to recovery becomes more robust across EMEA, demand for prime industrial and logistics properties will increase throughout Europe. More »

European Office Rents Grow For First Time in 18 Months (EU) Richard Holberton, Director of EMEA Research, CBRE, said: “The severe slowdown in office leasing activity which characterised 2009 appears... More »

CBRE appoints McKinnon & Clarke as international utilities procurement partner (UK/EU) M&C is Europe’s largest energy buying group and provides services in over 20 countries worldwide. The company helps organisations to reduce... More »

CBRE appoints new heads of capital markets and valuation in Sweden (SE) Daniel Andersson has been appointed Head of Capital Markets, CBRE Sweden. Daniel joins from fund and asset management company, GPT Halverton,... More »

Prime rents stabilize across global markets (EMEA) As the global economic recovery begins to gather momentum, consumer and retailer confidence have started to improve. More »

UK retains title as most international retail market in the world (UK) CBRE’s annual survey – now in its third year – mapped the global footprint of 294 of the world’s top retailers across 69 countries, exploring... More »

European real estate investment up 65% Y-O-Y, hits €19.1billion in Q1 2010 (EUR) As expected, however, the Q1 2010 figures showed a decline compared to Q4 2009 volumes. As the last few months of the year are traditionally... More »