The French government recently passed a tax measure aimed at encouraging the transformation of vacant offices into housing in Paris. Over 800,000 square meters of office space in the city are reportedly unoccupied. New finance laws for 2016 include a tax measure intended to push commercial property owners to convert offices in Paris into housing. […]

The commercial real estate market in Paris and its region experienced a contrasted evolution over the past year, nonetheless remaining fairly stable year on year, according to real estate agency Knight Frank France. Real estate agency Knight Frank France has released an overview of commercial real estate in Île-de-France in 2015, taking stock of both […]

A yearly ranking of office property markets in 100 European cities puts Paris in second place behind London, in keeping with results for 2014. Eight other French cities also make the cut. Published last month, the results are part of an annual research report undertaken by investment management company LaSalle. The E-REGI (European Regional Economic […]

The office market in Paris and Île-de-France recorded 39% more sales and rental transactions between July and September 2015 than the same period the previous year, according to a new study. Demand for Parisian office real estate grew significantly during the third quarter of 2015, a net improvement on the mediocre performance of the commercial real […]

The world’s biggest sovereign investment fund, Norges Bank Investment Management, has bought Le Madeleine building in Paris for €425.6 million ($570 million) from a fund managed by Blackrock Inc.