https://www.scmp.com/rss/326249/feed Keith Breslauer is managing director of Patron Capital, the pan-European opportunistic property investor en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com With lockdown restrictions to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic still in place across most of Europe, the continent might seem a surprising commercial real estate investment destination for Hong Kong investors. Yet, one of the largest deals to take place in 2020 was the purchase of the Cabot, a prestigious office complex in Canary Wharf, London, by Hong Kong’s Link Reit, for £380m (US$520m). This sale concluded despite the UK being plunged into its first lockdown. So, why are Hong Kong investors... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3130088/uk-eu-still-beacon-commercial-property-opportunities-end-pandemic-sight?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3130088/uk-eu-still-beacon-commercial-property-opportunities-end-pandemic-sight?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:00:20 +0000 2019 looks to be another year of troubling headlines about geopolitical turmoil and global trade risks. But, despite a backdrop of Brexit and rising populism, last year saw significant investment into European commercial property. European destinations dominated cities across the world for the volume of inward property investment, with London at the top and Paris, Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin and Helsinki in the top 10, according to international real estate consultancy CBRE. In the UK alone, CK... https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/3010957/opportunities-abound-experienced-investors-europes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/3010957/opportunities-abound-experienced-investors-europes?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 May 2019 04:00:03 +0000 The euro zone in 2017 likely recorded its highest level of GDP growth for a decade, with the figure forecast to come in at around 2.2 per cent. Today’s outlook for Europe is in sharp contrast to when the European Union was reeling from the sovereign debt problems of its member states of Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain, known by the acronym PIGS, triggered by the financial crisis of 2008. Initially, the bad news was focused on Greece, where the true scale of government debt was revealed in... https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/2128438/europes-laggards-mend-are-they-now-good-bet-commercial?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/property/international/article/2128438/europes-laggards-mend-are-they-now-good-bet-commercial?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:03:44 +0000