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Orpea selling 32 Dutch nursing homes and paying back €55.8m to French government

Orpea is selling 32 of its nursing homes in The Netherlands to Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance (a REIT) for approximately €125m, as part of the asset disposal part of its plan to clean up its finances. The company, which is also trying to clean up its reputation in light of accusations of malpractice, has agreed to pay back €55.8m to the French government after public investigations following the suggestion it misappropriated public funds.

Icade Santé buys in Spain, and sells in France

French REIT Icade Santé is on a buying and selling spree. On June 30, the company finalised the purchase of Spanish care facilities for €60 million. Two days before it sold four healthcare facilities in France for €78 million.

HBI 2022: ESG important for property investors as well

Property investors have become increasingly attracted to healthcare assets in recent years, driven by a juicy combination of low risk and high yields. But recent scandals have highlighted the reputational risks of the sector, which property investors are not entirely immune from, and so a focus on ESG that goes beyond energy efficiency requirements for buildings has become essential.

Investing in Healthcare Property

Investors, in pursuit of steady returns and limited risk, are in love with the healthcare sector. How can operators best exploit this and what impact does divesting property really have on valuations? What is likely to happen to yields in the near future and how much appetite for risk to specialist investors have? What do […]

Icade Sante considering H2 for IPO attempt part deux

At the end of last year, healthcare specialist REIT Icade Santé looked to fall victim to capital markets' apathy for European healthcare services, postponing its IPO. Could it be looking to try again in H2 2022 - or is it too soon to try?

Interview: Dagmar Dvorakova, CEO and Prof. Dr. Roland Staudinger, managing director, Aquilia Health Group

Smart reha, medical malls, how to best deploy new medtech, Fresenius Vamed veterans both, Dagmar and Roland are full of ideas on how to best build and run health care service models from acute hospitals to rehab and outpatient. Two and a half years ago they quit the mothership to set up Aquila which now employs 45 and runs projects in China, SE Asia, Austria, Germany and the Czech Rep.

What is behind Korian property deals?

Care group giant Korian has signed a second property deal with another big institutional investor, in this case, BAE Systems Pension Funds. This partnership leaves Korian in control of its property whilst giving the investor protection from the volatility of the stock market and guarantees on minimum returns.

Labs could be next on property block

Life science properties that incorporate some laboratories in one form or another could be the next property boom says Piers Scrimshaw-Wright, who has just joined Knight Frank as Life Science and Innovation partner. So has anything been sold in Europe so far?

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