The listed socimi Colonial, which until now only dedicated itself to the office building market, has entered the student residence market with the creation of a joint venture with the British group Vita, which will begin with a portfolio of three assets located in Madrid valued at 1 billion euros, the company reported this Wednesday. In a first phase, Vita Group contributes to the joint venture Vita Student Oria South, which opened its doors this September; Oria North will join in 2027, and Santa Hortensia, one of the projects in Colonial SFL's urban transformation plan, will be added after the delivery of the assets, scheduled for 2028.

Colonial SFL, until now focused on the office markets of Barcelona, Madrid, and Paris, has overcome one of its pending tasks: setting foot in Berlin. For some time now, the top executives of the Catalan real estate company, Juan José Brugera (president) and Pere Viñolas (CEO) had expressed interest to bring its business model to the German capital.

The arrival of spring not only brings the time change and milder temperatures. For investors in the Spanish stock market, it is the starting gun for the most lucrative period of the year. In 2025, the Ibex-35 reaffirmed itself as the one with the most generous remuneration in the Old Continent. According to the latest market data, the Spanish selective index leads dividend yield in Europe, thus breaking its own record of payments in a year marked by the strength of business results.

Both Sabadell and CaixaBank were the two Catalan (or Catalan-origin) companies on the Ibex 35 that grew the most in 2025. The year was marked by strong growth in the Spanish stock market and, from a Catalan perspective, by the recovery of Grifols and the notable declines of Puig.