Elbenwald rents 200 m² of retail space in Leipzig

Germany’s Largest Organic Food Supermarket: Catella Investment Management Leases approx. 2,000 Square Meters to Alnatura in Tübingen

The new store, scheduled to open in early 2026, will become the largest organic food supermarket in Germany in terms of floor space. The Depot site comprises a total of approx. 10,279 square meters of lettable space.

Solvency II vs. Solvency UK: Two paths, one goal – and how products can best match

Nursing Home Atlas 2025: Investment pressure, location quality and ESG requirements characterize the nursing home market

Wüest Partner expects an additional demand of up to 145,937 nursing home places by 2040. Nursing homes with good location factors and good operator quality or creditworthiness are once again becoming the focus of investors.

Navigating the Private Markets landscape in 2025 (so far)

Like other asset classes, Private Markets have had to navigate a 2025 strewn with macro uncertainty. Here, we look at assets we believe are screening positively in the current environment, while asking what needs to change to bolster other sub-sectors.

IMAXXAM buys part of the building of the “Reiterstaffel Offices” in Cologne as part of an exclusive club deal

The property at Gaedestraße 9 in the south of Cologne was developed by Bauwens Development and Swiss Life Asset Managers in Germany as a joint venture and completed in mid-2025. The joint transaction to IMAXXAM was carried out as an asset deal.

Dresden: Frittenwerk rents in Prager Straße

The restaurant chain Frittenwerk rented around 700 square metres of space at Prager Straße 4a in Dresden through the retail team of BNP Paribas Real Estate. The owner of the property on Dresden's main shopping mile is HansaInvest Real Assets GmbH.

Periskop Development sells part of the “Königspark” project to BImA

Periskop Development announces the sale of a portion of the "Königspark" project in Königs Wusterhausen (Brandenburg). The approximately 34,500 m² plot of land was sold to the Federal Institute for Real Estate.

Domicil Real Estate AG sells 68 residential units in Koblenz

Domicil Real Estate AG has sold 68 residential units and 64 garage parking spaces of a residential property in Koblenz to Primus Valor from Mannheim as part of an asset deal. The property was completed in 1980 and is currently 100 percent let.

Top 6 office markets: Office space take-up recovers, but remains below the long-term average

In the first half of 2025, the top 6 office markets* recorded take-up of around 1.3 million m², 17.8% above the level of the same period last year - but a decrease of 9.1% compared to the average of the past ten years.

Hotel investment and operator market between risk and return

In the exclusive quarterly LinkedIn live update "mrp hotels quarterly", the experts from mrp hotels, together with industry insiders, presented an up-to-date quarterly analysis for the second quarter of 2025 on July 22, 2025.

Completion of shell construction in the residential project Roelckestraße 111 in Berlin-Weißensee

Construction is progressing according to plan: the shell construction work will be completed in September. The project comprises 49 condominiums, of which around 50 percent have already been occupied. Occupancy is planned for spring 2026.

Trading: Specialist stores dominate the investment market in the second quarter

At the end of the first half of the year, the investment market for retail real estate continued its recovery and, with a transaction volume of EUR 2.9 billion, exceeded the previous year's figure by ten percent. However, the average of the past five years is still 15 percent short.

European real estate investment volume likely to exceed €50 billion in Q1 2025

According to the latest study by Savills, European real estate investment volume is expected to exceed €50 billion in the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 28% compared to the previous year.

Colliers: Industrial and logistics real estate market with positive half-year result

The German industrial and logistics real estate market generated take-up of around 2.9 million square metres in the first half of 2025. This corresponds to an increase of 12 percent compared to the previous year.

A sector approach: UK real estate in 2025

With January's bond yield-led volatility calming down, we take stock of real estate as an asset class, looking at which sub-sectors might be of interest to investors in the year ahead.

Invesco Real Estate acquires new hotel in Gdansk, Poland for German individual mandate

Invesco Real Estate has acquired a 327-bed hotel in Gdansk, Poland, for a long-standing German individual client. This is the client's first investment in the hotel sector.

Home & Co buys student residence with 164 apartments in Frankfurt am Main

Upgrading of the overall property through further investments in rooms and community areas as well as revised operating concept planned

NO REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION WITHOUT DIGITAL DATA ROOMS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (DMS)?

Due diligence plays an important role in real estate transactions. The larger the deals, the more complex the check. Without virtual data rooms, this is almost no longer feasible. But they are not only helpful for transactions, reveal Director Data Management Services Alexander Demmelmayr and Nicole Dittrich, Co-Head of DMS.

Problem properties – challenges and options for action

'From problem child to value driver: Creating new perspectives with clever strategies'

Office Property Study: The Concepts of Tomorrow

Office properties must adapt to the new hybrid working environments and redefine themselves accordingly. Which trends investors should keep an eye on.

Smart Cities – What makes them special. And what they mean for the future.

Cities create wealth, promote development, fulfill desires, harness human progress, and increasingly use new technologies to address multiple challenges.

Hines leases approx. 11,100 m² in Cologne’s “Panther & Leon” to a medical care centre

For an interdisciplinary medical care center, the "Leon", a former office building from the 1980s, is being converted into a health property.

Office renovation volume at record level

For the second time, we have analysed the renovation activities in the office segment in the German A-cities. The latest edition of the apoprojekt Inventory Compass shows that the importance of existing properties continues to increase – and with it the volume of renovations.

Colliers brokers over 5,500 m² of office space in Neu-Isenburg

The tenants include a leading Chinese car manufacturer with a growing presence in Europe, a provider of safety-critical communication solutions and an international company from the healthcare sector.