Investors

Starting with a hefty €2.5 billion, the Kingdom of Morocco is looking to the world of private equity to attract international capital to its property market.

The London-based firm has reached £120 million in a first close of a fund targeting property and property-backed operating businesses targeting niche real estate sectors.

The London-based firm, formerly known as Duet, has surpassed its target for European Real Estate Debt Fund II.

The two firms have bought the Equinox Portfolio of office buildings in the Netherlands that were originally acquired by Deutsche Bank on behalf of its DB Real Estate Opportunities IB fund in 2005.

The Canadian pension plan has taken a 15 percent stake in the €1 billion owner and developer of shopping centers in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

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French insurance giant AXA and Denmark’s largest pension fund have teamed up for the first time to acquire the North Galaxy office towers in Brussels.

The Project Tower portfolio acquired by the New York firm contains loans backed by assets mainly in Ireland, the UK and Germany.

The Beijing-based boutique firm is hoping to raise $100 million from Chinese high net worths and institutions for investments in existing properties with stable cash flows stateside.

Investment volumes in Europe ‘slow’ to €35.2 billion in the first quarter of the year according to Real Capital Analytics, claiming a pause has taken as investors struggle to locate suitable investment grade property.