The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has launched a Europe-wide initiative aimed at tackling the interconnected challenges of climate change and housing affordability. 

Global real estate assets under management (AUM) dropped to €3.6 tn in 2024, a 2.7% decrease from 2023, marking the third consecutive year of contraction. 

Savills IM has added a prime logistics facility near Valencia, Spain to its European logistics fund. 

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan is expanding into the Swedish residential market, acquiring two new Stockholm-area properties with 425 units from Nordic real estate company SBB for SEK 1.2 bn (€109.7 mln).

Verdion has sold a 21,600 m2 logistics facility in Nettetal, Germany to Irish Life Investment Managers and Aberdeen Investments. 

French retail group Carrefour raised approximately €171 mln by selling 7% of its stake in shopping centre operator Carmila.

Global private investor Bain Capital and alternative investor Stoneweg are boosting their Italian logistics venture with a €200 mln investment. 

Private investor Ardian and living platform Rockfield have received a €300 mln boost from CBRE Investment Management for their European student housing venture.

EQT Real Estate has purchased a prime logistics portfolio in Southern France on behalf of its EQT Exeter Logistics Value Fund IV.

Student housing has surpassed multifamily residences as the most sought-after sector for European real estate investors focused on operational assets.

European Green Logistics Space (EGLS), led by industry expert Ian Worboys, has appointed Maciej Krzyżak as director of Development & Construction for Poland. 

Custodian Property Income REIT (CREI) has acquired a £22.1 mln (€26.2 mln) property portfolio from a family-owned company in a tax-efficient, all-stock transaction. 

Daniele Provenzano has joined real estate family office Pamera Real Estate Partners as head of transactions. 

Global real estate investor PGIM Real Estate has purchased a Berlin office building from PIMCO Real Estate on behalf of Allianz.

Spanish businessman Amancio Ortega, through his investment firm Pontegadea, has purchased Grupo Planeta's Barcelona headquarters from Blackstone for an estimated €250 mln.

Savills' latest report reveals a significant 11% year-on-year increase in data centre power capacity across EMEA, reaching 10,850.71 MW across 2,641 live sites by Q1 2025. 

Principal Asset Management has acquired Connecta Park, a data centre complex located in Düsseldorf, Germany's Rhine-Ruhr region.

Sirius Real Estate has finalized two German property deals totaling €43 mln.

Swedish real estate company SBB is selling four newly built residential properties to a North American pension fund for roughly SEK 1.18 bn (€108.3 mln).

Italian real estate investor, developer, and manager Coima has announced plans to invest approximately €5 bn for the implementation of its 2025-2027 strategic plan.

Global asset manager Aviva Investors and Canadian pension fund PSP Investments have complete the sale of a freehold office and retail property in London’s West End.

European retail markets continued their strong recovery in the first quarter of 2025, reaching a new high since 2018, according to research by Union Investment.

CEE real estate developer and investor GTC has named Małgorzata Czaplicka as the new president of its Management Board.

UK social infrastructure investment manager Newcore Capital sold two Greater London industrial open storage properties for a combined £22 mln (€26 mln).

Real estate investment manager Deka Immobilien has divested two Paris-area logistics properties to an institutional investor for an undisclosed sum.

French asset manager Corum Asset Management, through its Corum Eurion fund, has bought Worten's logistics park in Azambuja, Portugal for €34 mln.

Fiera Real Estate is expanding its presence in Spain by appointing Ignacio Ruíz Gallego as an investment associate in its European Real Estate Debt team. 

Specialist property lender ASK Partners has promoted Joe Freedman to head of Origination. 

Global investment firm Tikehau Capital and Frankfurt-based real estate specialist Dunman Capital Partners have acquired an office building located on Querstraße in central Frankfurt. 

Real estate developers Aedas Homes and Neinor Homes, two of the dominant firms in the Spanish homebuilder market, are in discussions over a potential merger.

While 2024 saw a 15% year-over-year rise in European logistics real estate investment, reaching €38.2 bn, momentum slowed considerably in Q1 2025, according to Savills research.

Swedish real estate company Catena has inked a deal to purchase a logistics facility in Brøndby, Greater Copenhagen, Denmark from PFA Real Estate for DKK 285 mln (€38 mln). 

London-based property company Great Portland Estates (GPE) is selling the Corner Hotel (Challenger House) and adjacent land in Whitechapel, East London, for £42 mln (€50 mln). 

The German federal government has approved a draft law extending the rent control measure until 31 December 2029, in a move aimed at maintaining affordable housing.

Due to market demand in the life sciences and residential sectors, 548,128 m2 of UK office space was sold for repurposing between 2022 and 2024, totaling £3.44 bn (€4.10 bn), according to CBRE research.

Europe's housing shortage worsened in the first quarter of 2025, with rents rising significantly, up 2.4% over the past six months.