Die Catella Investment Management GmbH (CIM) ist ein unabhängiger und unternehmerischer Investment-Berater für Fonds und Mandate mit einem verwalteten Immobilienvermögen von ca. EUR 10 Mrd. Das Tochterunternehmen der in Stockholm ansässigen Catella AB berät mehr als 25 Publikums- und Immobilienspezialfonds sowie mehrere Mandate in 15 europäischen Ländern mit Fokus auf die Nutzungsarten Wohnen, Mixed-use, Parken und Logistik. Die CIM bietet (beratende) Dienstleistungen in den Bereichen Research, Portfoliomanagement, Akquisition, Veräußerung sowie Asset-Management an. Das Unternehmen unterhält Büros in Berlin, München und Wien.
Affordable housing emerges as a cornerstone of Catella’s House View for 2026, reflecting both the structural urgency and the strategic opportunity shaping Europe’s residential markets.
Berlin's residential construction is stabilizing with around 16,300 completed apartments. The average asking rents in privately financed new buildings are 20 euros per square metre, which is unaffordable for many Berlin households.
Catella Investment Management publishes an office market overview for Q4/2025, which shows that prime rents for office space in Europe are rising moderately and prime yields remain largely stable. With a focus on conversions from office to residential properties, the market potential for cities such as Berlin and Dublin is highlighted.
Prices for residential real estate in Germany are expected to continue to rise over the next four years. Asset managers are planning investments in core properties as well as subsidised housing, with additional opportunities in the Netherlands, Spain and Ireland. Experts see low completion figures as a growing problem.
Catella Investment Management has acquired the residential project 'Sea Tower' in Zoetermeer, expanding the CER portfolio. Completion is scheduled for November 2026. Michael Keune emphasizes the ecological and social importance of the project.
Catella Investment Management has acquired two planned residential buildings in the Liesel Quartier in Göttingen from WERTGRUND Wohnpartner GmbH. The buildings comprise 118 privately financed apartments and a daycare area, with construction starting in December 2025 and completion in 2027.
Catella Investment Management has acquired a residential complex in Fürstenfeldbruck, consisting of three existing buildings and a planned new building. The new building is scheduled to be completed by 2027 and the existing buildings will be renovated to make them more energy-efficient.
The Catella Residential Market Overview Q3 2025 shows increasing differences between new contract and existing rents in Europe. With an average increase in rents of 4.5% in the previous year, Dublin is in the lead, while purchase prices for condominiums have risen by 2.7%.
The apartment building was acquired for the real estate public AIF Catella European Residential (CER). The seller is OTTO WULFF Projektentwicklung GmbH.
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.
Catella has published a new logistics map for Europe. The European Logistics Market Overview Q2 2025 covers 50 markets in 21 countries and provides an up-to-date overview of prime net yields, rent levels and export/import dependency of each country.
The property has around 15,900 m² of gross living space and offers apartments with sizes ranging in size from 53 to 127 m². It is classified in energy class B (HWB), is heated by district heating and uses solar thermal energy on the roof.
Berlin-based Catella Investment Management GmbH (CIM) has completed the Bahrenfelder Carré in Hamburg Altona. CIM acquired the construction project in 2021. At the end of 2023, CIM released the former developer from its construction obligation and completed the project on its own responsibility.
The transaction was carried out for an individual mandate and together with the KVG platform Catella Real Estate AG (CREAG) for the Catella European Residential fund.
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.
