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Niek van Genugten, Fund Manager at Edmond de Rothschild REIM, leads the firm’s newly launched European value-add strategy focused on light-industrial and logistics real estate.
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Edmond de Rothschild REIM Launches European Value-Add Industrial Strategy, Names Niek van Genugten as Fund Manager

Edmond de Rothschild REIM has launched a value-add investment strategy targeting European light-industrial and logistics assets, appointing Niek van Genugten as fund manager. The new strategy builds on the firm's existing industrial platform and is designed to generate alpha through active asset management across established European markets.

•Edmond de Rothschild
TARAF and Mubadala representatives sign the MoU to explore a 5.4 million-square-foot mixed-use waterfront development on Abu Dhabi’s Al Reem Island.
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TARAF and Mubadala Investment Company Sign MoU for 5.4M-Square-Foot Mixed-Use Development on Abu Dhabi's Al Reem Island

TARAF, the real estate division of Yas Holding, and Mubadala Investment Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore a large-scale mixed-use waterfront development on Al Reem Island in Abu Dhabi. The proposed masterplan spans 10 plots totaling approximately 655,000 square feet of land with a planned gross floor area of approximately 5.4 million square feet.

•Mubadala Investment Company
An architectural rendering of Thameside West, Arada’s proposed Royal Docks regeneration project, showing residential towers set within extensive landscaped open space.
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Arada Submits Planning Applications for AED 12 Billion Thameside West Development in London's Royal Docks

UAE-based developer Arada has submitted planning applications to Newham Council for the first phase of Thameside West, a Royal Docks regeneration project valued at AED 12 billion that would deliver approximately 1,500 homes across six buildings. The scheme, developed in partnership with the Greater London Authority, is part of a broader masterplan capable of delivering at least 5,000 homes on a more than 47-acre brownfield site in east London.

•Arada
Waterfront residential homes illustrate the type of modern housing in Hearthstone Investments' UK portfolio, which Sentinel Real Estate acquired to expand its affordable rental platform.
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Sentinel Real Estate Acquires Hearthstone Investments to Accelerate UK Affordable Rental Expansion

Sentinel Real Estate has acquired Hearthstone Investments, a UK-based investment manager focused on affordable private rental housing, adding more than 1,800 homes across England, Scotland and Wales to its portfolio. The deal, announced Sept. 30, 2026, accelerates Sentinel's UK expansion just months after the firm formally entered the market.

•Sentinel Real Estate