Catena has agreed to divest ten light industrial properties in Sweden to Emilshus for SEK 614 mln (€53.2 mln).

Digital bank OakNorth has provided a £50 mln (€58.5 mln) Revolving Credit Facility (RCF) to CLS Holdings, a London-based, publicly listed specialist in sustainable office and commercial properties.

French SCPIs (real estate investment funds) are increasingly investing in Central and Eastern Europe, and showing initial interest in the Nordic region, according to Savills. 

Swedish real estate company Eastnine has agreed to sell two office properties in central Riga, Latvia for approximately €38 mln, matching their book value.

Global real estate investment manager AEW has acquired a high-quality life science property in Nijmegen, Netherlands.

German real estate advisory firm Periskop Partners and Japan's Kensho Investment Group have formed a strategic partnership.

The acquisition of Life Science REIT by The British Land Company through a Scheme of Arrangement has become effective on 20 April.

Munich-based real estate investor Manova Partners and Spanish insurance company Mapfre have jointly acquired the One Haddington Buildings office property in Dublin.

CEE commercial real estate investor and manager GTC has refinanced a significant portion of its German residential portfolio.

In the first quarter of 2026, Germany's retail real estate investment market saw a transaction volume of €1.1 bn, a 13% decrease from the previous year.

VIA Outlets has expanded its Landquart Fashion Outlet in the Greater Zurich region, increasing its size by over 20% to approximately 27,000 m² of gross lettable area (GLA).

Dutch real estate investor Altera Management has appointed Marleen Bosma-Verhaegh as CEO, starting 1 July 2026.

UK REIT NewRiver has secured a new £240 mln (€281.3 mln) unsecured debt facility, allowing it to return to a fully unsecured debt structure.

Parisian real estate company SCBSM has acquired the historic "Saint Frères" building, located at 34-36 Rue du Louvre and 112 Rue Saint-Honoré.

Germany's real estate investment market is showing signs of a gradual recovery at the start of 2026, with transaction volumes up almost 20% year-on-year to €8.6 bn in Q1.

Frasers Logistics & Commercial Asset Management, the manager of FLCT, has acquired a freehold logistics property in Hapert, the Netherlands, for €43.0 mln.

The Crestyl Group and Spravia have secured €165 mln in financing from funds managed by Apollo, a global alternative asset manager. 

European investment manager Arrow Global Group (Arrow) has promoted Carla Langerhorst to managing director within its Client and Product Solutions (CPS) team.

Investment in European serviced apartments reached €1.2 bn in 2025, accounting for about 5% of all hospitality investments, according to Savills research.

UK REIT LondonMetric Property reported that it has made significant progress in selling off non-core assets.

German real estate company Industria has purchased the Carl Living residential and commercial building in Mannheim from alstria.

Real estate investors and developers Nextensa and Promobe, through their Grossfeld joint venture, have announced a significant deal in Luxembourg's Cloche d'Or district.

Private equity real estate firm HighBrook Investors has announced a partnership with StepStone Real Estate (SRE) to recapitalise a portion of its Dutch CityLink portfolio, a European platform focused on last-mile logistics.

Covivio, through its subsidiary Covivio Hotels, has acquired a portfolio of four 4-star hotels in Milan for a total of €217 mln, with Covivio’s share amounting to €115 mln.

Knight Frank has appointed Max Cergneux as head of Hospitality within its European Cross-Border Capital Markets team.

CBRE IM has appointed Paul White as head of the CBRE Europe Value Partners series, its value-add strategy for the EMEA region.

WDP has appointed Benjamin Khafi Grynfas as its new country manager for Italy, effective 1 May 2026.

Germany's five largest office leasing markets (Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich) experienced varied results in the first quarter of 2026.

The Polish property investment market saw a total investment volume of €1.02 bn (+43% year-on-year) for the first quarter of 2026.

Swedish real estate company NP3 has purchased 23 industrial properties for approximately SEK 1.2 bn (€104.3 mln) as part of one transaction.

Private equity real estate company Invel Real Estate has agreed a €65 mln financing facility with UniCredit.

European hostel network a&o Hostels has finalised an €874 mln refinancing deal with funds managed by Apollo.

Pan-European investment and asset manager M7 Real Estate has purchased two newly constructed, high-quality logistics properties in Germany.

German logistics real estate fund specialist LIP Invest has purchased a contemporary transhipment logistics facility within the Bremen Freight Village (GVZ).

The German industrial and logistics real estate investment market saw a strong start to 2026, with a transaction volume of €1.4 bn in Q1, representing a 16% increase compared to the previous year.

Despite an uptick in new lending and a decrease in non-performing loans (NPLs), sentiment among commercial real estate lenders in Germany remained cautious during Q1 2026.