Paul Strohm

Market conditions for sale-and-leaseback transactions are currently favourable, providing corporations with opportunities to unlock asset value to fund debt reduction, M&A, and R&D initiatives according to Colliers' latest EMEA Corporate Capital Outlook Report (Q3-2024).

The supply of student-specific housing is failing to keep pace with growing demand in Europe and the level of Purpose Built Student Accommodation provision in many of the region's key university markets is less than 10% of the student population, according to research published on Thursday by CBRE.

Swedish property company Alecta Fastigheter is to acquire two adjacent office buildings in central Gothenburg, paying developer NCC SEK 2.2 billion (c€190.2 million) for the assets which provide a total of 27,000 sq m of space.

A surge in demand for data centre capacity will bring the vacancy rate across Europe's colocation data centres below 10% by the end of 2024 according to research from CBRE.

Ingka Group, the largest franchisee of retailer IKEA, is to invest €1.5 billion in energy efficiency improvements and renewable heating and cooling technology as part of its renewable energy transformation to phase out the direct use of fossil fuels.

Hines has acquired Segro's 130,000 sq m Onyx portfolio in France on behalf of the HEPP (Hines European Property Partners) fund.

The US dominates the league table of top locations for life science occupiers, but the UK's Golden Triangle is third and Beijing is seventh according to Savills which has just published its Life Science Markets Index. However, more European and AsiaPac cities are set to rise through the table, the firm said.

Logistics and industrial specialist Clarion Partners Europe has agreed a €240 million NAV (net asset value) Line facility with UK-headquartered bank NatWest for one of its co-mingled funds, which reports under Article 8 of the SFDR.

BGO and joint venture partner Mission Street have obtained a senior £180 million loan through Tristan Capital Partners to finance a portfolio of life science assets in Oxford and Cambridge.

The global industrial and logistics sector attracted almost $46.6 billion of investment capital in the third quarter of 2024 according to Savills data. The firm said this is a 4.3% year-on-year increase and a 2.1% rise on the preceding quarter on a seasonally adjusted basis.