Articles by Dalia Fahmy and Oliver Suess

Allianz Set to Begin $3.3B Asia Property Push over Next 3 Years

Allianz Real Estate is set to make its biggest Asian investment to date, in a first step toward adding as much 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) of real estate in the region within three years. The $150 million pan-Asian fund …

AXA Awaits Result of Brexit Vote Before Building London’s Tallest Tower

AXA SA’s real estate unit is awaiting the outcome of the Brexit referendum before deciding whether to proceed with a plan to build the tallest tower approved in the City of London. “We have not launched the project because we …

Axa Buying France’s Tallest Building, Tour First

Axa Investment Managers Real Assets, the property unit of the French insurer, agreed to buy France’s tallest skyscraper from affiliates of Beacon Capital Partners. Axa is buying Tour First on behalf of a group of investors, the asset manager said …

China’s Fosun and Ping An Insurance Vying to Buy $1.6 Billion Berlin Complex

Fosun International Ltd., backed by Chinese billionaire Guo Guangchang, is vying with Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. to acquire 18 buildings on Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz square, people with knowledge of the matter said. Fosun and Ping An, China’s second-largest insurer, …

AXA Buys London Pinnacle Site for Redesigned Skyscraper

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, the property unit of France’s AXA Group, has bought the London site of the halted Pinnacle skyscraper and plans to build a tower of its own design. The building at 22 Bishopsgate will have more …