The main results presented by Sigrid Duhamel, member of the ULI France Advisory Board and CEO REIM France BNP Paribas Real Estate, revealed that Paris had dethroned Lisbon and was at the top of the ranking of the most attractive European cities, that Lyon was still the second French city preferred by European investors, and that environmental issues impacted the real estate market for more than 65% of the professionals questioned; and finally that urban mobility was a crucial criterion for 80% of real estate professionals.

“Climate issues are definitely at the heart of investors’ concerns, as evidenced by the exponential consideration of ESG criteria in their strategy. This socially responsible investment approach is accompanied by a transformation of cities and their territorial logics, following the example of major urban development projects such as the Grand Paris Express, which bring value to the territories, and therefore to the real estate assets located there,” analysed Nathalie Charles, Chair ULI France and Global Head of Investment Management of BNP Paribas Real Estate.

The panellists, Stéphane Theuriau, Managing Partner at BC Partners Real Estate, Sophie Colin Sansier, Director of Investments and Arbitrages at Generali Real Estate France, Audrey Camus, Director of Development and Asset Management Europe at Ivanhoe Cambridge Europe and Catherine Henry-Limononon, Director of Group Real Estate at SUEZ, reacted and answered questions from Kosta Stanimirovic, Executive Director, Deals M&A, Real Estate & Hospitality at PwC.