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Sentiment is slowly improving in Europe
At PERE Europe’s latest roundtable, Randy Giraldo, Head of Europe at Nuveen Real Estate, participated in a group discussion with other managers highlighting the pockets of resilience in the region, the impact of steady or falling interest rates on commercial real estate and the potential for a prolonged buying window.
We have been concerned that the window of opportunity would shut when everyone got the memo to start investing again. However, it seems this window will be wider than we thought.
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