Tritax Big Box has announced the acquisition of a £1.04 bn (€1.21 bn) logistics portfolio from Blackstone, comprising 32 urban logistics and 5 big box assets.

Pan-European platform Assembly has partnered with French real estate investment manager Eternam to convert two empty office buildings in western Paris into Purpose-Built Student Accommodation (PBSA). 

LaSalle Investment Management has purchased a fully leased office building at Charlottenstraße 82 in central Berlin for a German institutional investor. 

Swiss real estate company Mobimo Holding is reorganizing its management structure by creating a dedicated "Acquisition" division and reducing the Executive Board from six to five members. 

Pan-European logistics developer VGP has purchased the 280,000 m² site of the former Kabel Premium Pulp & Paper paper mill in Hagen, near Dortmund, with plans to develop a modern business park. 

Dominique Moerenhout, CEO of the European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA), noted a sense of "cautious optimism" across the European property market at Expo Real 2025. 

Austria’s Erste Group, through its real estate fund Reico, is acquiring the Palladium shopping centre in Prague. 

The Bouwinvest Dutch Institutional Residential Fund has acquired OurDomain Rotterdam Blaak, a mixed-use development located in central Rotterdam. 

Equilis Europe has announced the appointment of Laurent Tirot as the group's Chief Executive Officer, effective November 1st. 

European student accommodation provider Nido Living, backed by CPP Investments, has named Jeremy Marcazzan as its new CCO.

Gerhard Schmidt has been elected as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board for German real estate listed specialist Branicks Group. 

Storebrand Real Estate has launched its second Nordic real estate fund, Storebrand Nordic Real Estate Fund II (SNRE II), aiming to secure €300 mln in investments, with about two-thirds already pledged.

The John Lewis Partnership has received unanimous approval from the Council's Planning Committee for a build-to-rent (BTR) project in Reading, UK.

Simon Tang has been appointed as director and head of Building & Project Consultancy – Region West at Savills Germany, effective immediately. 

While the commercial real estate investment market's recovery has been gradual, there are signs of improvement on the occupier side. 

According to Christopher Mertlitz, managing director, head of European Investments at W. P. Carey, Expo Real 2025 suggested a market that has stabilized.

The atmosphere at Expo Real 2025 was more upbeat compared to the previous year, yet investors are exhibiting increased caution, according to Polish real estate agency Walter Herz.

The Deepki 2025 Index, a European benchmark of real estate environmental performance based on real consumption data from over 400,000 assets, indicates improvements in energy performance across European real estate.

Walker & Dunlop (W&D) has expanded its London-based Europe/Middle East (EMEA) office with the appointment of Aaron Knight as senior managing director, co-head of Capital Markets - EMEA. 

Swiss Life Asset Managers and Club Estate are partnering to launch a Swiss prime commercial real estate investment strategy.

Strabag has secured a €134 mln contract from Mendota Invest, part of the OTP Group, to build the southern phase of the Emonika development in Ljubljana, Slovenia. 

Puma Property Finance has appointed Dee Korab as its new head of Impact, taking over from Sarah Milne.

Belgian real estate developer and investor Revive is partnering with Mome to launch a €140 mln residential development in Porto's Amial district. 

European PBSA platform Nido Living is expanding its Italian presence through the forward-funded acquisition of the Scalo Vallino student housing development in Turin. 

European hospitality platform Numa Group is launching a multi-brand strategy, introducing 'Native by Numa' as its premium, high-touch lifestyle hospitality brand. 

Real estate investor Stoneweg sees the current real estate market as being in significant transformation, with investors requiring strong conviction, local knowledge, and scale for effective execution. 

Invesco Real Estate anticipates a robust year-end, with an intake of £1.5 bn (€1.7 bn) from their UK SJP mandate, the completion of €2 bn in acquisitions and €1.5 bn in disposals, involving around 40 separate transactions.

Despite a challenging real estate market, asset manager ESR Europe believes its core asset classes (office, logistics, credit, and living) are supported by positive long-term economic trends. 

Aviva Investors believes that Spanish multi-family housing is performing exceptionally well due to strong market dynamics and plans to scale these investments.

EGLS, a leading pan-European developer, investor, and asset manager specializing in sustainable logistics real estate, has announced at Expo Real its expansion into Spain.

Rachel Shone, managing director of EMEA Real Estate at Principal Asset Management, offered positive reflections on Expo Real 2025.

German real estate developers, Landmarken and ehret+klein, announced during Expo Real in Munich the setting up of a strategic alliance to create German Development Partners (GDP). 

Another year, another EXPO done and dusted. It was once again a lively event and one that brought to the surface some key themes. Retail is experiencing something of a renaissance, albeit cautiously, and investors are still wary of the office market. But perhaps most importantly, the supply/demand imbalance in the living sector is providing opportunities. 

Despite current challenges like evolving work environments, elevated construction and acquisition costs, and Germany's broader economic slowdown, the Rock Capital Group continues to rank Munich as Germany's most dynamic real estate market.

Drooms has released a White Paper highlighting the significant surge in non-performing loans (NPLs) within the European real estate market. 

A new report from global property consultancy Knight Frank reveals that the EMEA data centre sector faces a demand for over €422 bn in development capital to fund its burgeoning pipeline, with €122 bn announced in just the first half of 2025.