Real Estate has bought 13 hotels in Germany and the Netherlands for €530m on behalf of three mandates.

The portfolio was acquired for the newly-established and two separate account mandates, the company said.

In a , Danish pension fund ATP said Invesco had sourced its acquisition of a Munich hotel – in joint venture with a Dutch investor – for €187.5m.

Andy Rofe, managing director at Invesco, said: “In our view, hotels are now seen as mainstream real estate investments and we are delighted that the appetite from our growing client base into the sector supports this view.�

He said Invesco Real Estate’s investment in hotels was growing and that the unit had concluded two closed-ended hotel funds and transacted around €2bn in the sector on behalf of the pooled funds and separate accounts. 

“In 2017 we have already transacted or have in the pipeline around €900m of transactions for the new fund and our growing portfolio of separate accounts,� Rofe said.

In July, Invesco Real Estate said it had  for its third pan-European hotel fund.