Compared to the market value after purchase of approx. EUR 75 million, this corresponds to an increase of around 73 percent. Commerz Real was advised on the transaction by Ambas Real Estate as well as by Cuatrecasas (legal), Pricewaterhouse Coopers (tax) and PKF Portugal (financial and accounting issues).
Commerz Real AG reports that Lio Technologies, a startup specializing in AI, has rented 2,400 square meters in the Seidl Forum in Munich. This underlines the importance of high-tech as a location factor, as fund manager Mario Schüttauf emphasizes.
Commerz Real has acquired the student housing complex "One Sevilla" in Seville for its special fund. The acquisition is part of Commerz Real's fund portfolio optimisation.
The international software company JetBrains is moving its Munich headquarters to the Rufhaus and renting the entire building for 21,500 square meters. The move and the redesign of the area in Tucherpark are to be completed by 2029.
Commerz Real has leased a logistics area of 4,300 square metres in Munich to Deutsche Post/DHL. From September this year, the delivery of parcels with electric cargo bikes and vans will take place there.
One of the first so-called AI factories in Germany and the first in Bavaria has gone into operation in Munich's Tucherpark. The operator is Polarise. The Tucherpark is a joint project of Commerz Real and Hines.
Commerz Real welcomes the new Economic Development Act, which enables open-ended real estate funds to invest in renewable energies. Mario Schüttauf, fund manager, sees new opportunities for sustainable investments in this.
Commerz Real relies on colocation IT safes to increase the security and efficiency of its IT infrastructure. These mini data centers will remain in Commerz Real's office space in Wiesbaden and Düsseldorf, which guarantees physical access.
Henning Koch, Chairman of the Board and CEO at Commerz Real, comments on the German real estate investment market in 2026 at an online press conference.
Commerz Real has sold the residential complex 'Pallars' in Barcelona from its portfolio. The buyer is a fund of Ardian and Rockfield. The purchase price was not disclosed.
The office tower of the building complex "The Berlinian" on Berlin's Alexanderplatz celebrated its topping-out ceremony on January 14, 2026. The shell construction work was completed in December 2025 and the interior work began in January 2026. Completion is scheduled for May 2027.
The seller is the Iveragh Group, which completed the property in 2018 and has held it in the portfolio ever since. The purchase price is around 22.35 million euros.