Paris commercial real estate

Buy, hold or sell: Paris strategy for international capital.

Independent, argued opinions on Paris offices, retail, logistics and hospitality, asset by asset or across a portfolio, for family offices, institutional allocators and private investors.

Strategy

One decision per asset, backed by the numbers.

Every position in Paris commercial real estate ends in the same question. We answer it with underwriting built from primary sources (ownership chains, debt maturities, effective rents, valuation trails) and stress-tested against rates, vacancy and refinancing.

Buy

Is this the right entry point?

Underwriting, pricing and debt analysis for capital entering Paris CRE, including off-market situations surfaced from loan maturities, ownership stress and regulatory pressure.

Hold

Keep, reposition or wait?

Re-underwriting and stress-test of an existing Paris position against today's market: valuation versus appraisal, hidden leverage, lease roll and the window to exit.

Sell

Sell now, or after the refinancing?

For owners of Paris CRE above €5M, including assets under refinancing pressure: a defensible value range, the right buyer universe and the timing.

You get a written opinion on each asset or portfolio: the call, the numbers behind it, and what would change it. Either as a one-off or on an ongoing mandate.

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Research

Paris CRE Intelligence

The analysis behind the dashboard: mispricing, hidden leverage, and the debt walls driving the next wave of distressed disposals across Paris CRE.

Concrete Under the Cloud, 1: The Substation

8 GW of data centres are queuing for the Île-de-France grid, against 0.64 GW connected. What the queue means, and why the connection sets a site’s value.

November 9, 2026

Listed vs Appraised: Two Prices for the Same Building

Gecina, a listed Paris office landlord, trades at €63.9 a share. Its appraisers say €141. What a 55% stock market discount says about Paris offices.

October 26, 2026

Hekla Tower: What a Shock Reveals

The developer received €59.3M at delivery. The funds that bought the tower now hold it marked down by 2/3.

October 12, 2026

Why Nobody Is Building Anymore

The mathematics of new construction have broken down. It is an equation problem, good thing I like maths.

September 28, 2026

Why Income Return Now Matters More Than It Has in a Decade

"Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked". In Paris CRE, the tide went out in 2022.

September 14, 2026

Two Markets, One Shock: Why US CRE Has Cleared and Paris Hasn't

The US market took the pain and moved on. France deferred it into illiquidity.

August 31, 2026

The Hidden Leverage: How Paris CRE Debt Is Calibrated on Values That No Longer Exist

A 60% LTV on a La Défense office looks conservative. On economic value, it is above 150%.

August 17, 2026

The Rate Nobody Publishes: Paris CRE's Hidden Cap Rate Gap

Published cap rates don't account for rent incentives. The economic cap rate does.

August 3, 2026

The Vacancy Illusion: Why the Number Investors Use for Paris CRE Is Not the Number That Matters

The official vacancy rate is 11%. On the stock that matters to investors, it's closer to 22%.

July 20, 2026

Extend, Pretend, Repeat: How Paris CRE Book Values Survive Without Transactions

A 150bps rate shock should have repriced the market 30–35%. Almost nobody sold.

July 6, 2026

The Tenants' Revenge: Paris CRE's Silent Repricing

Headline rents are rising. Effective rents are not.

June 23, 2026

The Mis-Priced CRE Market: Why Global Capital Is Wrong About Paris in 2026

International investors apply a Frankfurt discount to a fundamentally different credit landscape.

June 8, 2026
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SaCRE Advisory - Paris, France