29 May 2019 – Eje Prime
The insurance company AXA is holding negotiations with the construction company ACS to build two office buildings on plots that it owns on Paseo de la Dirección in Madrid.
The towers would be similar in height to the residential skyscrapers that Stoneweg is planning to build on the same street. They would include restaurants and shops, which would serve to regenerate activity in the Tetuán neighbourhood.
Original story: Eje Prime
Translation/Summary: Carmel Drake
20 May 2019 – Eje Prime
Stoneweg is joining the rental home development market. The fund is going to build a 300-home tower block on the land that it purchased from Dragados, the subsidiary of ACS, on Paseo de la Dirección in Madrid. The operation will amount to €130 million.
The company is holding advanced negotiations with the manager Ares and the US group Greystar, which specialises in student halls, regarding the development. Ares had been the favourite to acquire the tower but now Greystar is gaining ground.
Ares is on a mission to buy up rental homes. In the last few months, the company has agreed to buy 500 rental homes from Aedas Homes, 121 homes from Metrovacesa and 223 homes from Momentum.
Stoneweg purchased the plots from Dragados with the aim of building two residential blocks containing 600 homes in total. The first block will be handed over as a turnkey operation containing rental homes, whilst the second will contain homes with asking prices of €4,500/m2.
Original story: Eje Prime
Translation/Summary: Carmel Drake
13 December 2018 – Idealista
The real estate market has broken a new record in Madrid: the Spanish-Swiss fund Stoneweg has purchased a residential plot from Dragados for €130 million, the most expensive operation in the history of the capital, according to Idealista News. The plot, located on Paseo de la Dirección, 246, spans 40,000 m2 and two luxury residential towers are going to be built on the site, which will be sold for €6,000/m2.
The project, which is going to be constructed by Dragados, comprises two towers that will have 700 homes in total, and which will go on sale for around €6,000/m2. The land will also be home to two tertiary-use towers, destined for offices, which do not have an operator yet. The operation has been advised by the firm Colliers.
According to sources consulted by Idealista News, these two towers will change the skyline of Madrid and will open the door to a change in the physiognomy of the Tetuán district. The property developer is whereby continuing to take advantage of the real estate cycle and, specifically, of the good times that the luxury residential business is experiencing, which is attracting attention from local and international buyers alike.
Over the coming weeks, Stoneweg is going to open a selection process to choose a company to take care of the sale of the 700 luxury homes. Candidates are expected to include CBRE, Savills-Aguirre Newman, BNP and Colliers (…).
Original story: Idealista (by Custodio Pareja, P. Martínez-Almeida & Ana P. Alarcos)
Translation: Carmel Drake
14 December 2018 – Eje Prime
Stoneweg is buying land in Madrid. The Spanish-Swiss investment fund is finalising the purchase of a plot located in the Spanish capital from Dragados for €120 million. The operation, which is expected to close within the next few days, will represent a record in Madrid in terms of the volume of finalist land sold.
The plot spans a total buildable surface area of 45,000 m2 and is located on Paseo de la Dirección, in the Madrilenian district of Tetuán. Stoneweg plans to build two residential-use towers on the site comprising 25-storeys each. The price for the land could amount to around €5,000/m2, according to reports from Expansión.
CBRE has participated in the operation, as advisor to the buyer, whilst Colliers International Spain has advised the vendor. The residential development in Madrid will be added to eight other projects that Stoneweg has underway in Spain, four in Barcelona and another four on the Costa Brava.
The investment platform was created in 2015 by the former private banking real estate team at Edmond de Rothschild and by the founding partners of CBRE in Switzerland. Currently, the fund is chaired by Claude Messulam and its management team includes Jaume Sabater as the CEO and Joaquín Castellví, as the Director of Investment and Acquisitions.
Original story: Eje Prime
Translation: Carmel Drake
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