Grant Thornton moves into 1,820 m² in Stuttgart’s “Degerloch Office Center”

Invesco Real Estate acquires 99-unit UK forward-funding rental housing project for German mandate

Real I.S. leases 1,220 m² in Darmstadt’s “ZENTRALBÜRO” to GMV GmbH

Following the triple letting success in the first half of the year, Real I.S. AG has recorded another new letting for the "ZENTRALBÜRO" office building in Darmstadt. The international technology group GMV has leased around 1,220 m² of office space.

HIH Invest and Nrep buy logistics development in Bensheim/Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region in joint venture

HIH Invest Real Estate (HIH Invest) has acquired a logistics project in Bensheim, southern Hesse, as part of a joint venture with the Northern European investment company Nrep, the real estate company of Urban Partners.

HIH Invest buys education campus in Fellbach near Stuttgart

The Bauknecht Forum offers more than 13,000 m² of lettable space. The main tenants include the Kolping-Bildungswerk and the SIS Swiss International School Deutschland. The average remaining term of the leases is over 21 years.

“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?

New ESG paper from Colliers: Focus on monument protection and sustainability

The paper sheds light on the topic of "architectural monuments" with regard to sustainability requirements. Market participants are rather critical of the sustainability performance of architectural monuments.

KGAL invests in leasing deal for three more aircraft for pension fund

KGAL, through its subsidiary GOAL, the long-standing joint venture between KGAL and Deutsche Lufthansa AG, has successfully concluded a leasing agreement with the Canadian regional airline Porter Airlines for three De Havilland Dash-8 Q400 aircraft.

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.

Housing market Germany 2025: Trend reversal so far has failed to materialize, prices are rising, opportunities in regional markets

Wüest Partner publishes new study format: Germany-wide analysis and in-depth look at 30 cities

Peach Property Group has exclusively commissioned Aengevelt Immobilien with the sale of the OWL portfolio.

The portfolio comprises around 140 properties with approx. 840 residential and 16 commercial units and a total lettable area of around 58,000 m². The properties are located in established and sought-after residential districts in Osnabrück, Bielefeld, Hamelin and Minden, among others.

Arjun enters data centre sector with stake in Data4 assets

Supported by Arjun’s latest fund and co-investors, this transaction marks Arjun’s inaugural investment in the data centre 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

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.

Urban mining: outsmarting the scarcity of raw materials

Urban mining means "mining in the city". The principle: extract raw materials from existing sources such as buildings instead of extracting them from nature. To extract secondary raw materials from them, to conserve natural resources and to reduce expensive imports. To secure the livelihoods of existing and future generations.

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Bumpy recovery expected in real estate investment markets in 2025

Although the latest transaction data suggest a recovery in the German real estate investment market, the situation remains volatile: the risk premium of real estate compared to long-term government bonds has fallen significantly since the beginning of December.

Deutsche Investment extends lease for 7,000 m² in Magdeburg

The largest share of contract extensions is represented by the Fit Training Academy, which uses around 4,200 m² as office and training space. The long-standing tenant is extending and expanding.

Logistics investment market: Individual deals determine market activity

The logistics investment market started 2025 with an investment volume of just under €1.3 billion, around 8% below the comparable figure for the previous year and 31% below the ten-year average.

Deka commissions IPH with the center management of the Kamp Promenade in Osnabrück

The IPH Group will take over the center management of the Kamp Promenade of Deka Immobilien in Osnabrück on January 1, 2026. The mandate also includes commercial and technical property management as well as leasing.

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

JLL brokers completely new development on the Rhine promenade.

RQI Monument Boutique buys landmark property in Heidelberg’s old town

As part of the "monument-to-core" strategy developed by RQI Denkmalboutique, the existing areas are largely converted into living space and renovated in accordance with ESG standards,

The global uncertainties are also reflected in the investment markets

The recovery trend of the German investment markets observed at the beginning of the year took a little breather in the second quarter. Nevertheless, the previous year's result was exceeded by around 2% overall.

Patron Capital and Sonar bring Compass Group to revitalized PRISMA in Frankfurt

Patron Capital and Sonar Real Estate (Sonar) have won the next user for the PRISMA office building in Frankfurt's "Lyoner Quartier", which is currently still under renovation. The Compass Group has signed a lease agreement for 1,345 m² of catering space.

Deutsche Investment Retail acquires paddock site in Bad Wildbad-Calmbach

Deutsche Investment Retail has acquired an established paddock location in the spa town of Bad Wildbad Calmbach in the northern Black Forest for the first local supply fund of Deutsche Investment Kapitalverwaltung.