CDP Real Asset at the Sole24Ore Real Estate Summit

CDP Real Asset at the Sole24Ore Real Estate Summit

Not just a trailblazer and lead investor in social housing, but also a significant contributor in the student housing sector, CDC Real Asset is prepared to expand its footprint into senior housing, considered to be the next frontier in social housing. This is the image that emerged of CDP Real Asset at the Real Estate Summit, an annual event hosted by Sole24Ore in Milan on 20th March.

Participating in the investor-focused meeting was Filippo Catena, the head of Fondi Abitare Sociale (Social Housing Funds) at the CDP Group's real estate asset management company. Mr. Catena contributed to a panel exclusively reserved for investors, in collaboration with a partner entity of the event, tailored to industry insiders. Catena stated:“The real estate landscape is undergoing transformation due to shifting socio-demographic trends. Currently, we observe the rise of new social segments, including remote/off-campus university students, researchers, and professionals embracing agile way of workings. New working methods such as smart working and co-working are becoming more established, while there's a growing portion of the elderly population enjoying good health”.
For CDP Real Asset, the pioneer of social housing in Italy since 2010, the focus is now also on the other two 'S's of social housing: Student and Senior housing. Mr. Catena noted that “In the student housing sector, we've launched investments to create 5,000 new beds across the country, with a special consideration for the most vulnerable, allocating a percentage of beds at reduced rates." Simultaneously, we're exploring initiatives in senior housing, considering it an advancement of the social housing framework - a mechanism that blends social housing with healthcare services, including Technology Enabled Care Services accessed remotely, where technology plays a pivotal role“.