Anyone travelling into the city centre of The Hague along the A12 motorway in the coming months will encounter the art of Piet Mondrian in various public spaces, thanks to a major city dressing project. As the owner of one of the tallest buildings in the city, Union Investment is also taking part. The De Haagsche Zwaan office building rises to 73 metres, which together with its central location ensures maximum visibility for the chosen Mondrian tribute.

Real estate investors seeking the right balance between caution and necessary risk-taking: Options for investment in real estate in Europe are shrinking, while the risk of misallocating capital is rising as new money continues to pour in. Investing is thus a balancing act in which the capital side has become a decisive factor. By more actively managing liquidity and constantly balancing lower returns against higher risk, property investors in Europe are attempting to solve the dilemma caused by high levels of available liquidity. Those are the findings of the latest property investment climate study carried out by Union Investment twice a year, which this time involved a representative survey of 161 professional property investors in Germany, France and the UK.

- Union Investment and bulwiengesa establish size of investable hotel market - 9% of market value traded in Germany in 2015 The size of the investable hotel market in Germany is now a known quantity. Union Investment Real Estate and bulwiengesa have developed a new market value model which can be used to calculate the monetary size of the investable hotel room market. The market can also be broken down by segment.