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The recovery of the investment markets continued in the first quarter

The increase in investment turnover in Germany not only continued in the first quarter of 2025, but even accelerated slightly. With a total result of just over €8.4 billion, the transaction volume increased by a good third compared to the previous year.

The ever-changing future of retail

IRE|BS Standpunkt No. 141 by Prof. Dr. Tobias Just, FRICS, University of Regensburg and IRE|BS Real Estate Academy, with an outlook on the challenges and prospects for retail real estate.

Office markets compared: Berlin vs. Munich

German office markets thrive on the individual DNA of the respective city. User and thus demand structures often differ greatly from each other.

Office Property Study: The Concepts of Tomorrow

Office properties must adapt to the new hybrid working environments and redefine themselves accordingly. Which trends investors should keep an eye on.

Further signs of a market recovery in Europe: The Catella Macroeconomic Dashboard

After difficult years on the European residential real estate market, there are increasing signs of stabilization. Macroeconomic factors continue to be the most important drivers of market development and shape investment decisions.

MIPIM 2025: Trust as a business basis for liquid new business.

Statement by Mark Aengevelt, Managing Partner of Aengevelt Immobilien, on the MIPIM real estate fair in Cannes

Office renovation volume at record level

For the second time, we have analysed the renovation activities in the office segment in the German A-cities. The latest edition of the apoprojekt Inventory Compass shows that the importance of existing properties continues to increase – and with it the volume of renovations.

Things are looking up – at a snail’s pace

European real estate investment volume likely to exceed €50 billion in Q1 2025

According to the latest study by Savills, European real estate investment volume is expected to exceed €50 billion in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 28% compared to the previous year.

500 billion euros that change a lot

Market in Minutes: Investment Market Germany

Webinar: InfraGrowth: What’s driving Europe’s infrastructure transition?

Senior portfolio managers from L&G and NTR recently sat down for an IPE-led webinar to discuss the key drivers behind Europe’s transformative infrastructure journey.

Investments in grocery stores: year-end spurt in the portfolio segment sends a positive signal for 2025, average deal volume rises

Despite a decline in the retail park investment volume in 2024, the asset class is off to a positive start in 2025. The market picked up at the end of the year with 41% of annual sales in Q4. This is the result of the first Grocery Investment Market Report by BNP Paribas Real Estate.

Declining prime yields amid rising transaction volume in the European industrial and logistics real estate market

according to Savills' latest European Logistics Outlook, total investment reached €37.9 billion in 2024, up 14% from 2023 and the fifth-strongest year in history, just behind 2019.

Entering the next cycle now?

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

BNPPRE meets Prologis – ESG & Digitalization in Logistics

Logistics real estate is becoming increasingly interesting for many investors, and seemingly niche products such as data centers are also becoming increasingly important. Where does that come from?

Global real estate investment increased by 8% last year to just under USD 830 billion

The recovery extends beyond individual markets and regions and is not limited to specific sectors. The volume of office investment also increased by 7% compared to the previous year.

Digital infrastructure: Charting the course in 2025

After proving fairly resilient in 2024, we look at what the remainder of 2025 may have in store for digital infrastructure – including the potential impact of DeepSeek's* R1 model release.

Gap of 20 billion euros

After the interest rate turnaround comes the wave of refinancing

The rays of hope are increasing

Real estate markets offer opportunities to build strategic allocations

ESG Update 2025: Large Corporates (still) set the tone

The topic of ESG should not be missing from any real estate conference or magazine or podcast – that much is clear. But is the topic still a trend or is it already part of the new normal in the finance and real estate industry?

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.

Innovative water management: the future of data centres

From water treatment technologies to smart water management, water tech innovations are increasing the efficiency of data centres.

The AI Revolution in Real Estate: Leaders, Moderate Gainers, and Laggards

Principal Asset Management's new analytics model sees the top performers in data centers, life sciences & healthcare real estate, logistics, and retail warehouses.

Investors want to focus more on real estate in Europe and the Middle East in 2025

According to a Savills survey of real estate investors with total assets under management (AuM) of over €800 billion, more than half of respondents plan to invest in real estate in Europe and the Middle East in 2025.