EQT Real Estate said it acquired a 230 million euros worth portfolio of 12 logistic assets based between Milan and Verona (see here a previous post by BeBeez). EQT carried on the transaction through a fund that Kryalos manages. The assets have a surface of 265000 sqms. John Toukatly, partner, is the Chief Investment Officer of the European Logistics unit of EQT Real Estate. Paolo Bottelli is the founder and ceo of Kryalos.
Rocco Forte Hotels, a company that belongs to the Forte Family and Public Investment Fund (PIF – 49%), attracted a 15 million euros financing facility from BCC Banca Iccrea and Banca di Credito Cooperativo di Pachino for refurbishing Palazzo Castelluccio di Noto (Syracuse) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Concetto Costa and Massimo Sena are the chairman and coo of BCC Pachino. Carlo Napoleoni is the head of the corporate division of BCC Iccrea.
CS Real Estate, a family office that acts as real estate investor and developer, sold to an undisclosed private investor Torino 66, a building in Milan’s Via Torino with 11 flats for Short Term Rental (STR) (see here a previous post by BeBeez). JLL assisted the vendor. Andrea Armanini is a managing director of CS Real Estate. Fabio Pompignoli is the head of JLL’s private wealth capital markets Italy unit since April 2024. CS Real Estate belongs to CS Capital, an investor with an ESG approach that David Armanini and Andrea Armanini founded.
Recrowd, a lending crowdfunding platform that in 2021 attracted the resources of Esperia Investor, and Gabetti Lab, part of Gabetti, renewed their partnership Gabetti Lab 8 (see here a previous post by BeBeez). On 30 January, Thursday, the partners will launch an eight-months crowdfunding campaign for raising 3 million euros and invest the proceeds in acquiring and refurbishing assets for improving their energy efficiency. The assets are based in the North of Italy. Gabetti Lab 8 has an annual yield of 7% – 10.5% with a monthly payment of interest. Gianluca De Simone, Simone Putignano and Massimo Traversi are the founders of Recrowd.
Homepanda, a digital realtor that Alessandro Alberta and Andrea Conte founded in 2018, acquired the majority of Relab Italia (see here a previous post by BeBeez). The new entity will have 200 workers and handle assets worth a total of 177 million euros. Maria Laura Tresoldi is the coo of Relab Italia.
Gruppo Statuto acquired Capri’s luxury hotel Caesar Augustus from the Signorini Family that purchased it in 1940 from Russian prince Emmanuel Bulhak (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Canada’s Four Seasons, a company that belongs to Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment and Kingdom Holding Company, will manage the resort that has 49 rooms. Società Amministrazione Gestione Alberghi, the holding of the Signorini Family, sold Caesar Augustus. The firm has sales of above 15.5 million euros, an ebitda in the region of 8 million and debts of 2.7 million.
Musei Reali di Torino and Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo signed an agreement for relaunching Turin’s Giardini Reali (see here a previous post by BeBeez).
AXA IM Alts, an investment firm with aum for 185 billion euros, raised more than 4 billion for its global platform of commercial real estate (CRE) private credit commerciale (see here a previous post by BeBeez). Antonio de Laurentiis is the Global Head of Private Debt, Real Assets of AXA IM Alts.
