In an exclusive briefing ahead of EXPO REAL 2026, ZAGA Capital Partner’s co-founding partner, Antonio Galea, shared his views on the company’s market expansion, strategic positioning in German residential real estate, and future growth vectors.

The European real estate market is exhibiting early indicators of recovery after an extended phase of market repricing, according to Michael Abel, founder and CEO of Greykite, the London-based independent real estate investment advisory firm.

Mario Costa, Mileway’s Head of Development, explains how customer demand, local insight and disciplined investment decisions are shaping a pipeline of urban logistics projects across Europe.

Across Europe, investors face looming deadlines to meet increasingly stringent minimum energy efficiency standards for both commercial and residential assets. Yet for firms managing large, pan-European portfolios one of the greatest challenges is often far more fundamental: making sense of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) across multiple jurisdictions.

Retail parks remain one of the more convincing formats in European retail real estate. In a market still shaped by cautious consumers, selective occupiers and higher financing costs, they offer a smart combination of everyday spending, easy access and a clear operating model.

Predictions that technology will empty our offices are nothing new. Even before the pandemic, high-speed internet and video technology were accelerating flexible working trends. Then, as they enabled home working to be widely adopted during Covid, some claimed a widespread return to the office would never happen.

The European logistics sector is entering a new phase—one shaped less by short-term cycles and more by structural transformation. For investors, this shift is decisive. It is redefining how markets are compared and how risks and opportunities are assessed across Europe.

Beneath the noise of a volatile start to the year, in our view Europe’s living sector is consolidating one of the most attractive long-term investment cases in real assets. It’s a sector where fundamentals are not only resilient but also strengthening.