The future lies in projects and their realization. Only through innovative ideas is it possible to change a city
landscape and set off a true upturn in the real estate market.
Italy Moves Forward 2024
In this new part of the Forum we’ll be presenting some projects or companies that should be of special interest for the nation, for institutional investors, and for the market in general. They’re real – not just ideas on paper – and offer hope for a return to an Italy that improves and grows.
Urban Up | Unipol
Urban Up is a real estate project developed by the Unipol Group that is dedicated to enhancing the value of some of the most important properties of the Group’s Italian architectural portfolio througn modernisation and renovation that combines innovation with respect for tradition.
The Urban Up project was launched in the city of Milan with the renovation of some of its most iconic buildings, and has been continued in several Italian cities with work done to both promote its trophy assets and regenerate suburban areas, deploying the value of sustainability in the area of real estate by adopting environmentally friendly solutions.
Investire Sgr
Investire SGR is an leading independent fund, asset and investment management company, reference point for the Italian real estate sector.
With approx. 7 billion euro AuM through more than 60 real estate funds and SPV across all different asset class managing more than 2.000 single asset, Investire SGR is the partner of choice for more than 200 institutional national and international investors.
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Considering the expertise and solid track record developed over more than 20 years of market presence, Investire SGR is active in all the different asset class ranging from yielding trophy assets to redevelopment and vale-add projects. The actual portfolio AuM breakdown is mainly composed by 48% of office assets, 34% residential (BtS, PRS, Student Housing and Social/Affordable Housing) and, for the remaining portion focused among special assets class as retail, healthcare, leisure and distressed asset, with a risk/return profile differentiated along all the different managed asset (core/core+, value added, opportunistic).
Main clients include pension funds, insurance companies, banks and other institutional national and international investors (i.e. private equity real estate), as well as family offices, UHNWI, HNWI and professional clients.
Investire SGR is part of Banca Finnat Group with 59% ownership and can leverage over a solid shareholding structure providing a strong financial stability and a flexible corporate governance.
Investire SGR is a pioneer in the Italian market regarding sustainability (both environmental and social) and one of the first player that starts to adopt ESG policies in its investment criteria and corporate governance. Moreover, since 2021, Investire SGR adopts, both on a corporate and funds level, the GRESB rating (Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark).
Contacts
Investire SGR S.p.A.
Via Po 16/A 00198 Roma | Tel. (+39) 06 696291 | Fax. (+39) 06 69629212
Largo Guido Donegani 2 20121 Milano
www.investiresgr.it
Edison Next
Edison Next leads clients and communities throughout their decarbonization and ecological transition journey, enabled by a platform comprehensive of innovative and efficient solutions targeting energy consumption optimization and decarbonization, in which technology and digital tools play a key role, aiming at maximizing competitiveness and performance.
Edison Next is keen also on circular economy and environmental services, focused on the development of biomethane and hydrogen.
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Edison Next has competences and assets to provide integrated solutions through an end-to-end approach: from energy and environmental advisory and definition of decarbonization objectives, to the identification of a roadmap identifying solutions, planning, and realizing interventions and monitoring results.
Technological innovation, research and development are essential, as to grab new opportunities concerning energy topics but also for successfully copy with climate change and economic current challenges. Therefore, Edison Next is strongly committed to environmental protection, energy optimization and green gases development.
Edison Next transforms cities in sustainable and intelligent realities, not only through digital solutions, but also empowering local resources and creating user friendly and sustainable spaces. Interventions on neighborhood, buildings, and their plants are core for social and real estate valorization, also co-planning new buildings which are sustainable from an energy perspective, smart and comfortable.
Planning, realizing, and managing solutions based on interconnected and coordinated objects may improve the security and quality of life for city users and mobility sustainable, transforming data into a heritage that administrations and city users could dispose of.
Edison Next is present in Italy, Spain, and Poland, in more than 70 industrial sites, 2.300 public and private structures and 300 cities, with more than 3.700 people.
Contacts
Edison Next S.p.A. | Via Acqui, 86 | 10098 Rivoli (TO) – Italy
www.edisonnext.it
Protos
Since its inception in 1986, on the initiative of Assicurazioni Generali and several banks and industrial groups, Protos has brought together, in a single, flexible and multi-sector structure, multi-sourcing skills and expertise capable of providing clients with valid support tools in the most delicate decision-making phases related to development and investment programmes and operations, financing and refinancing, insurance and reinsurance, as well as the acquisition and divestment of companies, tangible and intangible company assets and all other operations connected to the production, execution, distribution, supply and installation of goods, works and services.
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Thanks to its consolidated experience with clients in various public and private sectors in Italy and abroad, Protos is able to develop constantly evolving products and service lines based on the requirements of each project, adopting market best practices, compliance rules and business drivers in order to obtain a clear vision of a project’s sustainability, the feasibility of an M&A transaction essentially from a technical and assessment standpoint, and the potential risks and options for their mitigation.
The technical expertise developed by the Protos teams in large projects makes them ideally placed to follow small projects as well, following an iterative method through sourcing and co-sourcing agreements with banks, leasing companies, investment funds, and insurance and reinsurance companies.
Protos’ various activities are conducted according to principles of independence, transparency and utmost rigour which have established the company as a key player on the national and international scene.
Over the last decade, Protos has increasingly turned towards internationalisation, with a businessmodel that involves exporting the know-how acquired in key markets and the same modus operandi. Protos currently works with a number of international clients in Israel, Eastern Europe, Venezuela, Africa, Costa Rica, Latin America, China and South East Asia.
Our values have always been the driving force behind our brand.
Our ethics form the compass that guides us on the shared ‘map of values’.
The ‘checkpoints’ that mark the start and finish of our professional journey are integrity, independence, transparency and confidentiality.
All our professional decisions are made with the utmost respect for our clients first and foremost, and for all the professionals who work with us. Our code of conduct, as well as all our certifications, represent an effective modus operandi, recognised by the market as an added value of our work.
The work environments are organised in full compliance with the principles of protection of physical and moral integrity, with the utmost attention to any form of harassment or abuse that may affect health and safety.
Svicom
For more than 25 years, Svicom has offered a comprehensive and integrated consulting service in the real estate management, establishing itself as one of the leading companies in Italian real estate.
The company boasts a portfolio of 150 assets – for a GLA of more than 1.9 million sqm. – including shopping centers and parks, stand-alone and high street, food halls, logistics and office properties. The subsidiaries: Svicom Agency and Svicom Condominium Management are part of the Svicom Group.
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Property, Asset Management, Mall Management and Leasing activities are complemented by services such as: Advisory, Legal Consultancy, Technical Services, Marketing & Digital Strategies.
Svicom constantly looks beyond the box and focuses on innovation, in its different facets, to increase the effectiveness of its work and always guarantee high quality standards.
The Group is a Proptech Company that successfully integrates different levers in a new Smart Real Estate concept: from digital transformation to process automation, from the use of artificial intelligence and IoT in many phases of management, to BIM in the facility field, as well as the first blockchain tests in ESG initiatives involving several assets in the portfolio.
Further information: www.svicom.com