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This edition includes: 

SPECIAL REPORT - OUTLOOK

Year in Review
PropertyEU’s pick of the highlights of 2016, from mega deals to major geopolitical and economic events – plus what experts had to say about their impact on European real estate

INVESTMENT
The first of PropertyEU’s Outlook Briefing series looks at what the New Year has in store for Europe’s real estate markets

DEALS

Awards
Nominees for PropertyEU Deal of the Decade Awards

Blackstone coup 
Blackstone’s acquisition of the €3.3b OfficeFirst portfolio from IVG provides the US private equity giant with a platform for all its German office holdings

GIC scoops P3
GIC’s acquisition of P3 gives the SWF a rapidly growing logistics business in the European market which has hitherto been dominated by Prologis and Logicor

South Africans dig deeper in CEE
A JV acquisiton of Futureal’s Nova Park in Poland caps a busy year for South African investment in CEE

On the market
Danish pension fund Danica is preparing a major property sell-off, while Asian buyers are looking at offices in Brussels and Vienna

INVESTMENT & FINANCE

Italian renaissance
Private investment in Italian real estate is due for a renaissance as local and foreign investors gear up to spend

Property stocks
UK and Swiss property stocks bucked the downward trend seen across the rest of the eurozone in November

Development fund
AXA IMRA's Denis Morel details the company’s plans for a new €2 bn fund focusing on development

SECTORS & MARKETS

Brexit impact
From Asian money to German funds, foreign investors’ sentiment on the UK is improving as the country is seen as a long-term safe haven, despite Brexit

Dublin office starts
Dublin is positioning itself as an alternative financial centre to post-Brexit London, with 136 new office buildings planned over the next five years

Retail on a roll
Retail real estate continues to generate consistent returns in an uncertain political climate despite the economic challenges

RICS NEWSLETTER - DECEMBER 2016