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Entering the next cycle now?

How the residential real estate market is stabilizing after the crisis and what opportunities are emerging for investors

Sustainable logistics halls: The path to environmentally and socially responsible construction

37% of global CO2 emissions are related to energy and operational processes in the construction sector. Solutions for a change of perspective using the example of logistics real estate.

Energy storage on the rise: Growing demand for land

With the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2045 using renewable energies, energy storage systems are rapidly gaining in importance. This also increases the demand for corresponding plots of land and offers owners attractive sales opportunities.

Special AIFs as Secondaries: The Time for Secondary Markets Has Come

The secondary market for special funds is gaining in importance and offers investors flexible entry and exit options. Secondaries offer attractive opportunities, especially for real estate – now is the right time to take advantage of this market.

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In the first part of our 2025 private credit outlook, we offered a broad overview of the prospects for the asset class over the next 12 months. Now, we assess some sectors in a little more depth – namely infrastructure and real estate.

Income and impact: Opportunities in affordable housing

Why we see a potential opportunity for private institutional capital to work in partnership with the public sector to address the UK's affordable housing needs.

Cradle to Cradle® – Houses like trees, cities like forests

If buildings are built according to the Cradle to Cradle® principle, they become long-lasting raw material depots that return resources in a targeted manner. Just like in nature, where waste is not left behind, but becomes nutrients for something new.

Investing in Green Hydrogen: Market Trends & Price Forecasts

How will the production and customer markets develop, and what influence will this have on the future price of "green hydrogen"?

DATA CENTER: STATUS QUO AND PERSPECTIVES

The demand for data centers is increasing – they have now developed into an attractive and high-performance asset class. Advancing digitalization in all areas of life and business is causing the need for data centers to continue to increase.

REPOSITIONING: WHICH REAL ESTATE REUSE MAKES SENSE?

In today's podcast episode, we want to deal with one of the trending topics of recent years: repositioning. Together with Andreas Völker and Christian Hotz, we clarify why this topic is currently so relevant and which subsequent use actually makes sense.

The most important trends in real estate management for 2025

The real estate industry is on the verge of change: sustainability, digitalization and data-driven decisions will shape the development of real estate management in 2025.

enfinium and the Carbon Capture Question

Simon Montague and Mike Maudsley explore the highly innovative, highly debated and highly complex opportunity for the energy transition that could be made possible using Carbon Capture and Storage technology.

Beyond the energy certificate: Circularity Passport

The Circularity Passports® Building or material passport records building products and materials, their ecological footprint, recyclability and the value of the materials used.

On the way to becoming a circular city

Heidelberg wants to become a circular city. In the Patrick Henry Village pilot project, urban mining is to be practiced in existing buildings. The starting point was set with the Urban Mining Screener program developed by EPEA and the Madaster building database.

Beware of tax traps

The fact that the customs authorities – the "weapon-carrying troop of the tax administration", so to speak – stood at the door of some companies unannounced in the run-up to Christmas must have caused some red-hot faces.

New opportunities and a 2-class society on the office market!

The office segment has lost favor with investors. Weak economy, geopolitical crises and changed working environments are the main reasons. Nevertheless, a distinction should be made as to which offices meet the requirements of users and investors in the long term

Micro-apartments: High demand and potential returns

Thanks to growing internationality in the training and work areas, Magdeburg is experiencing an increasing demand for micro-apartments.

European Real Estate Debt

Although the market is not free of risks, there are three main reasons why real estate loans are a compelling investment opportunity – however, a selective approach across sectors is crucial.

SUSI Partners sells German wind power portfolio

Data centers are evolving into core assets

Thanks to long-term growth in demand, high interest in German locations, long-term leases, low vacancy risks and high, stable yields, data centers are developing into core assets. However, they must meet certain requirements.

Private Debt in Digital Infrastructure – Q&A with DigitalBridge Credit

Joshua Parrish and Christopher Falzon discussed the clear advantages that personal loans offer in the digital infrastructure sector over traditional SME loans.

Smart Cities – What makes them special. And what they mean for the future.

Cities create wealth, promote development, fulfill desires, harness human progress, and increasingly use new technologies to address multiple challenges.

Data centers as an investment product

The data center market is booming – between 2010 and 2022, the capacities of data centers in Germany grew by over 90 percent in terms of IT contract performance. The driver of the current growth is the increased use of cloud services by companies and private households.

Evos & European Bulk Liquid Storage

Simon Montague and Jan Doude van Troostwijk explore examples of technical applications, automation and cultural change, and the role these together play in driving innovation and creating long-term sustainable value across the business.