French real estate investment manager Viveris Reim has announced plans to start marketing a new Organisme de Placement Collectif en Immobilier (OPCI) investment vehicle focusing on sustainable, energy-efficient properties.

The Viveris Immo Environnement vehicle for retail investors will be seeking to build up a portfolio of 'green' properties with High-Environmental Quality or Bâtiments Basse Consommation energy certifications and with long-term rental agreements securing a stable cash-flow.

The fund will be 60%-invested in real estate properties, 20%-invested in financial assets such as listed real estate stocks and 20%-invested in Organisme de Placement Collectif en Valeurs Mobilières (OPCVM mutual funds), savings certificates or Euro-bonds.

'Viveris Immo Environnement will benefit from a favourable property market environment as it will be leading the way in sustainable development for the retail public,' said Frédéric Bol, founder and Chief Executive of Viveris Reim.

Created in 2007, Viveris Reim currently manages around EUR 2.2 bn worth of assets for its OPCI vehicles.