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BNP Paribas Real Estate has advised Elia Transmission Belgium on the acquisition of the Lebeau office building – Justice (± 12,000 m²), located in the Sablon district of Brussels.

Over the past 12 months, commercial real estate investment in Europe has increased by 10%, despite a more subdued first quarter (-7% compared to Q1 2025). In this context, the retail sector shows a stabilisation in invested volumes year-on-year, while the hotel sector recorded a slight decline of 2% in commitments. Office and logistics stood out with growth of 11% and 7% respectively over the last 12 months.

Thierry Laroue-Pont has been appointed Executive Chairman and Jean-Maxime Jouis Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of BNP Paribas Real Estate.

The growth in investment in European commercial real estate assets has stabilised since the beginning of the year (+17% y-o-y in Q3 2025). Investment in retail grew 26% y-o-y in Q3 2025, maintaining its momentum and enjoying the strongest growth of all the real estate asset categories, outpacing hotels (+15%); offices (+13%) and logistics (-7%).

Always striving to better respond to the new service-related challenges in real estate and to develop synergies for the benefit of the company's clients, BNP Paribas Real Estate announces new appointments effective as of January 1st, 2026.

Investment in industrial and logistics assets increased by 7% in H1 2025 (versus H1 2024) while it rose by 4% in overall commercial real estate during the same period. 

BNP Paribas Real Estate Belgium announces its upcoming move into the iconic Royale 52 building, located in the heart of Brussels. The 1,700 m² property, listed in the inventory of the Brussels-Capital Region’s heritage, will be entirely dedicated to all BNP Paribas Real Estate services in Belgium.

BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management (BNP Paribas REIM) presents its Lighthouse Report for H2 2025, an outlook for the European real estate market using its in-house forecasts, analysis, and the expertise of its local teams. In this new edition, BNP Paribas REIM defines its convictions and provides the investment strategies for the rest of the year.