The retail sector is burdened by the weak overall economy

Digitalisation and European Debt Investing

As global megatrends around urbanisation and digitalisation accelerate, real estate markets are being reshaped in ways that present compelling opportunities for alternative lenders.

Aengevelt Residential Investment Index AWI continues to rise

Aengevelt Research has been publishing the AWI index since 2008 as a qualified scientific guide to the residential investment market. After the worst result in the 2022/2023 winter survey with 47.9 points, its value rose again afterwards.

Airbus signs lease for 30,000 sqm logistics site in France with Invesco Real Estate

Invesco Real Estate has leased 30,000 sqm logistics space to Airbus at its Montbartier (82) facility in the Montbartier logistics zone, in Tarn-et-Garonne, France. The asset is owned by Invesco Real Estate’s flagship European strategy.

Aroundtown secures long-term new lease for office space in greater Frankfurt

A manufacturer of information and communication systems leases 640 sqm of office space on a long-term basis at Hugenottenallee 175.

HSP CONCEPT Bremen leases around 888 m² of office space in Bremen’s Überseestadt

Robert C. Spies Gewerbe & Investment GmbH & Co. KG has brokered office space in the Überseestadt Bremen region of Bremen to HSP CONCEPT Bremen GmbH. The move to the new premises will take place on March 1, 2026.

Focus on regional cities: Colliers launches research series “Growth Cities Germany”

Publication series shows investment prospects in the regional growth markets. Regional cities offer an attractive risk-return profile.

Hotel investment market: Not yet high turnover, but a good number of deals and positive market sentiment for Q2

Even though the upward trend has not yet been sustainably reflected in the investment data, the hotel division has continued the recovery course of its market environment unabated in the first quarter of 2025.

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.

Family office sells residential complex in Berlin to Domicil Real Estate AG

The complex was built in 1996 and consists of 18 houses with a total of 143 residential units and 75 parking spaces. The properties have a total area of around 11,350 m² and are almost fully let. The seller of the residential complex is a family office from southern Germany.

US Multifamily Monitor 2nd half of 2025: Ownership crisis leads to dynamism in the rental sector

The housing crisis is changing the market, the multifamily segment is facing a new phase of growth and attractive conditions for an anti-cyclical market entry.

Catella European Residential III expands portfolio with the purchase of a student residence in Dublin

European real estate transaction volume expected to reach EUR 130 billion in Q1 to Q3 2025, up 1.5% year-on-year

According to a recent analysis by Savills, the European real estate investment market remained robust overall in the third quarter of 2025. According to preliminary results, transactions worth almost 37 billion euros were recorded.

Investment market Germany: Large volumes especially in residential and logistics

After the high-volume months of September and October, the transaction volume on the German real estate investment market declined again in November.

Study by Wüest Partner: Cologne area in transition – rents rise sharply, region moves more into focus

Wüest Partner examines 23 cities and municipalities in the Cologne area. Asking rents will increase by an average of 18 percent between the third quarter of 2022 and the third quarter of 2025.

Ampega Asset Management secures first pan-European office property investments in Paris and Brussels

Ampega Asset Management GmbH has successfully completed the first two real estate investments in Europe for a group company. Together with Savills Investment Management (Savills IM), two core office properties in Paris and Brussels were acquired.

Economic. Approaches to the housing crisis

Thesis: The misallocation of housing is greater than the housing shortage. The reason: This misallocation is partly due to rent regulations, which largely override the price mechanism.

Leipzig: Aengevelt brokers a new location for IMMANO Immobilien Verwaltungs GmbH.

Whole loans are an important financing component to ensure the feasibility of many projects

The market for alternative real estate financing remains challenging, but the mood is brightening. The financing environment has stabilised slightly compared to the previous year, and the new reality of high interest rates has reached market players.

LIVOS Group leases retail space to Berlin supermarket chain Eurogida in the local shopping center at Britz-Süd underground station

Listed building ensemble with a total of over 2,720 square metres of rental space

Mark Aengevelt: “EXPO REAL 2025 – more concrete, more solution-oriented and forward-looking!”

EXPO REAL 2025 has come to an end. The weather in Munich was much worse than the mood in the exhibition halls.

OFB buys land at Berlin’s Holzmarkt – development of an urban mixed-use quarter

OFB Projektentwicklung GmbH has acquired a 7,100 square metre plot of land on Holzmarktstraße in Berlin-Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. A sustainable, mixed-use quarter with 35,000 square metres is being developed on the site, combining working, living and shopping.

Dresden: Aengevelt and CBRE broker around 1,600 m² of office space in the Deka property “WTC-Dresden” for the DNV Group

The landlord of the property, which comprises around 90,000 m² of rental space, is WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH, which belongs to the Deka Group and is represented by RECO Immobilien- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.

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.

Transformation of the Senior Living segment

In Germany, there is a shortage of around 400,000 senior living units, especially in serviced and assisted living. New generations of seniors are demanding more autonomy, digital services and community-oriented forms of living.