Spanish banking group BBVA has sold their Paris headquarters and agreed to a leaseback for the space, as the company aims to optimize its property holdings, according to a new release.
During the first quarter of 2013, office space take-up dropped 24 percent to 393,500 square meters in the Paris Ile-de-France region, according to Immostat and IPD France data.
Overall, Europe commercial investment has been strong in the first quarter, according to the latest CBRE report.
Cushman & Wakefield and BNP Paribas Real Estate advised BBVA.