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04 November 2026

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Merlin secures €3.75bn financing to refinance debt and fund data centres

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Merlin Properties has secured €3.75 billion of bank financing to refinance debt and support its data centre development programme.

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Savills: rental premium of up to 23% for the greenest offices

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German data centre fund acquires two Hamburg facilities

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Office buildings that have strong environmental accreditation can command a potential rental premium of up to 23% and longer leases, according to a Savills global study of over 2,000 offices across five major global cities.

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Westend Real Assets has acquired two colocation data centres in Hamburg on behalf of its HAL Digitale Infrastruktur Deutschland 1 fund.

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Savills: rental premium of up to 23% for the greenest offices

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German data centre fund acquires two Hamburg facilities

Westend Real Assets has acquired two colocation data centres in Hamburg on behalf of its HAL Digitale Infrastruktur Deutschland 1 fund.

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Martin McGann to retire as LondonMetric’s chief financial officer in 2027

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IFM Investors appoints David Cienfuegos to lead global product strategy

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Martin McGann will retire as chief financial officer of LondonMetric Property, the UK property company, in summer 2027.

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David Cienfuegos has joined IFM Investors, a global asset manager, as global head of product strategy.

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Martin McGann to retire as LondonMetric’s chief financial officer in 2027

Martin McGann will retire as chief financial officer of LondonMetric Property, the UK property company, in summer 2027.

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IFM Investors appoints David Cienfuegos to lead global product strategy

David Cienfuegos has joined IFM Investors, a global asset manager, as global head of product strategy.

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Redevco sees private debt opportunity as banks retreat from financing transitional assets

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Joep Hamers, Citco: ‘AI will change our industry for the better’

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Redevco head of real estate debt Richard Craddock tells Insight about the locations and sectors – and the type of assets – its debt platform is targeting across Europe.

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Joep Hamers, head of real assets at Citco Fund Services and member of INREV’s Technology Committee, says good governance and a human in the loop will ensure technology plays a positive role.

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Redevco sees private debt opportunity as banks retreat from financing transitional assets

Redevco head of real estate debt Richard Craddock tells Insight about the locations and sectors – and the type of assets – its debt platform is targeting across Europe.

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Joep Hamers, Citco: ‘AI will change our industry for the better’

Joep Hamers, head of real assets at Citco Fund Services and member of INREV’s Technology Committee, says good governance and a human in the loop will ensure technology plays a positive role.

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The case for investing in Dutch residential

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Decisions made from the occupier’s point of view

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The Netherlands living market is worth another look for long-term investors, writes Thomas Heijdendael.

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Logivalue’s Raimund Paetzmann explains why the company prices buildings based on their likely use, not comparables.

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The case for investing in Dutch residential

The Netherlands living market is worth another look for long-term investors, writes Thomas Heijdendael.

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Decisions made from the occupier’s point of view

Logivalue’s Raimund Paetzmann explains why the company prices buildings based on their likely use, not comparables.

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Fuel costs set to widen rent gap across logistics micro-locations

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Rising diesel prices are likely to widen the rental gap between central and peripheral European logistics locations as distributors seek to minimise fuel costs, according to Daniel Mahoney, Europe head of strategy and research at LaSalle Investment Management. Speaking to Real Asset INSIGHT from the International Investors Lounge at EXPO Real 2026…

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Reframing Later-Senior Living and Healthcare in Europe and Germany

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05 Nov 2026 | @Swiss Life Asset Managers Deutschland GmbH, Chilehaus – Eingang A, Fischertwiete 2, 20095 Hamburg

Sharing cross-border perspectives, inspirational-foreward thinking speakers and interactive setting: the magical concept of our in-depth focus group briefings. In the next Germany briefing, we will exchange perspectives with international and domestic investors on current market momentum across the healthcare spectrum, both in Europe and Germany.

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European Logistics Real Estate Census 2026

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06 Nov 2026 | @Real Asset Live | Live Online Event: Timezone CET

Produced by Savills in partnership with the specialist real estate research firm Analytiqa, the 6th annual census gathers the views of occupiers, investors, developers and consultants across the EMEA region. The survey covers Europe’s logistics and industrial real estate markets and informs an annual report on market conditions, occupier sentiment and investment trends.

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Netherlands Leadership Meet-up

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17 Nov 2026 | @DLA Piper Nederland N.V. | Amsterdam | Netherlands

Every year, MIPIM brings together investors, developers and public-sector decision-makers from around the world to address the key challenges shaping our cities and regions. As the real estate sector looks ahead to MIPIM 2027, the Dutch market has an opportunity to reaffirm its international presence and ambition, strengthen cross-border connections and explore new avenues for investment and collaboration.

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Savills: rental premium of up to 23% for the greenest offices

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ULI Europe's new framework to measure social impact of resi

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ULI Europe has launched a new framework and report to measure social impact across residential real estate, because the lack of consistent measurement approaches by the industry means that the full social dimension and impact of housing is often under-represented.

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Savills: rental premium of up to 23% for the greenest offices

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ULI Europe's new framework to measure social impact of resi

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Energy and property lead UK industry growth, pointing to real asset demand

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US office sector faces $289bn refinancing test as cities compete for corporate investment

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Energy is the UK’s fastest-growing industry by business numbers, especially in the East Midlands, South West and West Midlands.

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Office loans that are recently matured or are due by the end of 2028 are putting further pressure on US cities to generate new occupier demand.

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Energy and property lead UK industry growth, pointing to real asset demand

Energy is the UK’s fastest-growing industry by business numbers, especially in the East Midlands, South West and West Midlands.

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US office sector faces $289bn refinancing test as cities compete for corporate investment

Office loans that are recently matured or are due by the end of 2028 are putting further pressure on US cities to generate new occupier demand.

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