AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets News

AXA Real Estate Unit Confident About Its London Skyscraper, Despite Brexit Uncertainty

It was a tricky time for the commercial real estate business in London. Within days, Britons would be voting on whether to remain in the European Union or leave. The French insurance giant AXA SA was trying to figure out …

AXA Awaits Result of Brexit Vote Before Building London’s Tallest Tower

AXA SA’s real estate unit is awaiting the outcome of the Brexit referendum before deciding whether to proceed with a plan to build the tallest tower approved in the City of London. “We have not launched the project because we …

Axa Buying France’s Tallest Building, Tour First

Axa Investment Managers Real Assets, the property unit of the French insurer, agreed to buy France’s tallest skyscraper from affiliates of Beacon Capital Partners. Axa is buying Tour First on behalf of a group of investors, the asset manager said …

AXA’s Property Unit to Develop Tallest Skyscraper in City of London

AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets, the property unit of Europe’s largest insurer, won approval from the City of London borough to develop an office tower at 22 Bishopsgate near the skyscrapers nicknamed The Cheesegrater and The Gherkin. The 62-story …

AXA Buys London Pinnacle Site for Redesigned Skyscraper

AXA Real Estate Investment Managers, the property unit of France’s AXA Group, has bought the London site of the halted Pinnacle skyscraper and plans to build a tower of its own design. The building at 22 Bishopsgate will have more …