GIEAG Immobilien AG successfully uses Acquirepad Exposé Reader AI in its operations

Office investment markets: strong start to the year

In the first quarter of 2025, office properties have regained their traditional leadership role, which they had lost in logistics real estate over the past two years.

Leverage effect: Up to what purchase factor is real estate financing worthwhile?

Financing is an indispensable part of investment real estate – as long as the return after costs is higher than the interest costs, the return on equity can be increased by the leverage effect. But since 2022, sharply rising interest rates have put pressure on the market.

Dr. Peters Group realizes follow-up leases for three nursing homes with a term of at least 20 years

Funds and operators agree on investments for €6.6 million with extension options of two 5-year extensions. The fund continues to pay out 5% to 7% per year.

AVENTOS Group acquires Berlin commercial property for new BENTO-Box concept with small-scale commercial space

AVENTOS has acquired a plot of land of around 14,600 m² in Berlin-Spandau. There, 11,500 m² of co-industrial space is being created in a new BENTO-Box concept with around 45 units of 150–400 m² each.

Beckmann Turm & Wilhelm Haus: Completion and full occupancy of 196 apartments in Copenhagen

Quantum achieves leasing success in Copenhagen. The sophisticated new building is special in its quality and as the first purchase of Quantum on the Danish market.

Healthcare provider rents approx. 1,500 m² in EDDI

A Düsseldorf-based healthcare provider has signed a long-term lease agreement for around 1,500 m² of office space and will move into the space before the end of this year.

BF. Quarterly Barometer Q3 2025: Significant upturn in sentiment among real estate financiers

The main reason is better refinancing conditions. New business is increasing, but less strongly than in Q2. Banks are financing on a larger scale again. Falling margins as a sign of increasing competition.

New CBRE survey: Increase in lending expected in the professional real estate market

According to a recent survey by global real estate service provider CBRE, lenders in the professional real estate market in Europe are planning to expand their lending in 2025. Almost 80 percent of the institutions surveyed want to increase their activities.

BNPPRE meets CyrusOne: Data centers and their role in digital transformation

Data centers are the backbone of modern digital infrastructure and are the focus of investors. But what requirements must be taken into account, and what opportunities does their development offer?

BearingPoint relocates its headquarters in Düsseldorf’s Kennedydamm submarket

JLL advises users and brokers 1,540 m² of office space.

“Buy in May”? – Psychological pitfalls and real opportunities on the housing market

Every spring, it haunts the financial world again: the stock market wisdom “Sell in May and go away – and come back on St. Leger's Day”. But can this capital market logic be transferred to the real estate market?

Software company Eplan rents 8,000 m² of office space in Monheim

JLL brokers completely new development on the Rhine promenade.

Dr. Peters Group cooperates with wiwi consult and Wi IPP on real asset investments in renewable energies

Dr. Peters sees great demand among high-net-worth private investors as well as semi-professional and institutional investors

Things are looking up – at a snail’s pace

DIR Deutsche Investment Retail acquires portfolio “Handelsquartett Süd”

Acquisition of a portfolio with 4 properties in Legau, Mühlhausen im Täle, Schefflenz and Ölbronn-Dürrn • Anchor tenants: EDEKA, NETTO Marken-Discount and PENNY • The transaction was carried out for the special fund "Deutsche Investment - Food-Retail I"

Closing ranks for the housing industry: Westbridge acquires energy service provider EKB

The Westbridge Group (Westbridge) and EKB GmbH (EKB) are joining forces to support the housing industry even more comprehensively and efficiently in energy and supply management in the future.

European Energy Performance Certificates before rescaling, harmonization of European EPCs

The new version of the European Building Directive (EPBD) brings about a fundamental change in the way energy performance certificates are handled. The recalibration of the so-called Energy Performance Certificates, or EPCs for short, plays a central role in this.

Inconsistent standards make it difficult to compare the energy efficiency of buildings in Europe

The energy efficiency classes of commercial real estate in Europe are only comparable to a limited extent. Savills points this out in a recent article as part of the Impacts publication series.

HIH leases approx. 1,000 square metres of retail space in Lehrte to Action

The non-food discounter Action will open its new store on Saturday, November 29, 2025, with a total area of around 1,000 square meters.

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Mainz: Beyond Real Estate Holding secures the “Station West” at the main station, managed by Montano Real Estate

Beyond Real Estate has secured a property in a prime location opposite Mainz Central Station with long-term leases. The property is characterised by a high credit rating, which is based on a broadly diversified tenant structure.

Silverton leases office space to Corall Ingenieure GmbH in Meerbusch

The Silverton Group (Silverton) has leased around 950 square meters of office space at Otto-Hahn-Straße 10 in Meerbusch near Düsseldorf to Corall Ingenieure GmbH on a long-term basis.

HIH Invest acquires completed logistics property in Bensheim

Total lettable area of 13,010 square metres, leased on a long-term basis to MSK Pharma Group

Savills: European prime office yields harden as buyers return to markets

According to Savills, average prime office yields in Europe compressed by 5 basis points (bps) and offices remained the most transacted sector in the region.