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Interview with Raoul Thomassen, Chief Operating Officer, AEDIFICA

Meeting the demographically driven demand for healthcare real estate

Interview with Raoul Thomassen, Chief Operating Officer, AEDIFICA Aedifica has had an intensive time in terms of its development in several European markets, while at the same time it has stepped up its sustainability ambitions by developing a new CSR framework. Can you tell us about the context of the new strategy? We have structured … Continue reading Meeting the demographically driven demand for healthcare real estate

Aedifica invests €16 million in the development of 2 care properties in Finland

Aedifica tops up pipeline with Finnish healthcare projects

Belgian healthcare property specialist Aedifica is to invest €16 million in the development of two care properties in Finland. The firm’s Finnish arm, Hoivatilat, will develop a children’s day-care centre in Espoo. Espoo Ylismäenkuja will accommodate up to 42 children and has been designed and will be developed by Hoivatilat on the ground floor of … Continue reading Aedifica tops up pipeline with Finnish healthcare projects

Jan-Bastian Knod, Cushman & Wakefield

German healthcare investment volumes hit €1bn in H1: C&W

Germany’s healthcare real estate market saw investment transactions worth a total of approximately €1 billion take place in the first half of this year according to Cushman & Wakefield. The figure was down on the same period last year when assets worth €1.14 billion changed hands, but it was still the second strongest first half … Continue reading German healthcare investment volumes hit €1bn in H1: C&W

70-bed nursing home in Dettenheim, Baden- Württemberg

Dettenheim deal kicks off Kingstone’s €400m care fund

Munich-headquartered Kingstone Real Estate has acquired a 70-bed nursing home in Dettenheim, Baden- Württemberg, in an off market deal with GFS Bauträger und Immobilienvermittlungs. The asset has been bought as a seed investment for open ended healthcare fund Kingstone Living & Care I, which is targeting a volume of €400 million. Kingstone launched the open-ended … Continue reading Dettenheim deal kicks off Kingstone’s €400m care fund

senior housing in Europe

Kryalos and Euryale team up to create Italian healthcare fund

Kryalos, the Italian asset manager, has signed a deal with Euryale, the French senior living and nursing home specialist, for a €300 million healthcare fund that will target new builds, pre-constructed or refurbished assets in Italy. Italy has an acute shortage of healthcare facilities and nursing homes, yet it has one of the fastest-ageing populations … Continue reading Kryalos and Euryale team up to create Italian healthcare fund

Senior living in the Nordics

New needs of wealthy seniors open gap in Nordic healthcare

The lack of provision of hybrid and novel concepts of senior housing in the Nordic countries and the unsatisfied and potential demand from comparatively wealthy seniors is creating a market opportunity for real estate according to Riikka Moreau, fund manager at Copenhagen-headquartered asset manager Northern Horizon. Writing in the latest edition of Real Asset Insight … Continue reading New needs of wealthy seniors open gap in Nordic healthcare

Résidence Véronique, is located in the Somme-Leuze

Aedifica to spend €21m on new Belgian continuous care facility

Belgian healthcare specialist Aedifica has acquired a care home in Belgium which it plans to extend, investing a total of €21 million. The facility, Résidence Véronique, is located in the Somme-Leuze area of the Namur province and currently has capacity for 72 residents needing continuous care, but the planned extension will expand this to 131. … Continue reading Aedifica to spend €21m on new Belgian continuous care facility

Carestone development at Unna-Hemmerde, North Rhine-Westphalia.

German Carestone sells nine senior facilities for €168m

German senior housing and care home developer Carestone Group is to sell a portfolio of nine facilities for €168 million to an international institutional investor. Carestone development at Unna-Hemmerde, North Rhine-Westphalia.The Hanover-based company has agreed the sale of six standing assets and three development projects that will provide a total of 1,000 senior living units … Continue reading German Carestone sells nine senior facilities for €168m