Thematic trends in real estate investment
Thematic trends in real estate investment The trend towards thematic investment is reaching into real estate. In the past, property fund managers usually divided their assets into offices, retail and industrial; these days, they are more likely to do so on the basis of life sciences, the future of work and sustainability. Fidelity International’s recent investment in a Dutch science park – its first acquisition in the life-sciences market – reflected this shift. Fidelity bought Mirai House at the Netherlands’ Leiden Bio Science Park from a pharmaceuticals company for €54 million. ...