Infrastructure

The importance of the infrastructure asset class is increasing continuously: transportation, energy and communication projects as well as social infrastructure properties are of great social importance and have a sustained need for capital.

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Infrastructure Investments: The Cat and the Sack

Why merchant risk is not a flaw, but must be designed

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KGAL ESPF 6 and PtX Development acquire majority stake in Lhyfe hydrogen project in Lubmin

The energy transition fund KGAL ESPF 6 and PtX Development GmbH have acquired a majority stake in the Lhyfe hydrogen project in Lubmin. This is to create Germany's largest hydrogen project with a production capacity of up to 1,700 megawatts.

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Construction Financing for IAB-Driven Renewable Energy Projects in Germany

The Investitionsabzugsbetrag (§7g EStG) is a German tax incentive for small businesses and investors. It allows up to 50% of planned investment costs to be deducted up to three years in advance, improving liquidity, plus accelerated depreciation of up to 20% over five years.

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GRR GARBE Retail and Eviny launch partnership for the expansion of ultra-fast charging infrastructure in Germany

GRR GARBE Retail and Eviny have opened their first jointly operated fast-charging park in Blaufelden. The long-term partnership aims to expand an ultra-fast charging infrastructure throughout Germany.

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KGAL ESPF 5 invests in FENECON’s German battery storage project

The renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 has invested in a battery storage project in Grevesmühlen, which is being developed by FENECON. The project is intended to help stabilise the electricity grid and benefit from price fluctuations on the electricity market.

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The new location factor is electricity

Why Data Centers Are Becoming Perhaps the Most Exciting Infrastructure of the Digital Economy

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FRiG follows StoFöG – double blow for German funds

Since the beginning of April, the Fund Risk Limitation Act has been taking effect. Together with the StoFöG, which was already passed at the beginning of the year, it makes the German fund location competitive. This pays off especially for private market funds, explains Robert Guzialowski from HANSAINVEST.

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Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe REIM acquires health centre in Mannheim

Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe REIM has acquired the 'Am Sonnengarten' health centre in Mannheim for its special real estate fund. The fully let property was originally built as an office building and later converted into a health centre.

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Market comments on the climate protection programme of the German government: “The direction is right, but the effect is not decided on the street, but in the building.”

Patrick Lange, Managing Director at agradblue | part of Westbridge, and Markus Hamacher, Managing Director at Westbridge, with statements on the climate protection program of the German government.

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Digital infrastructure: AI keeps the pressure on

2026's opening months reinforced the reality that AI and digital infrastructure are co-evolving.

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European e-charging infrastructure for trucks – a scalable investment case for institutional investors?

The European market for electric trucks may be entering a new phase – also under the uncertainty about the price development of fossil fuels – away from pilot projects and towards a "real" infrastructure ramp-up.

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HAL market report on outpatient healthcare real estate: Transaction volume more than doubled in 2025

The current market report by Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe shows that the transaction volume for outpatient healthcare properties rose to 200 million euros in 2025. This development is driven by structural changes in the healthcare system and the increasing importance of outpatient care structures.

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Periscope Logistics publishes white paper on Defence Properties

Periskop Logistics has published a new white paper on Defence Properties in the logistics real estate market. In it, Dr. Kilian Mahler and Prof. Dr. Thomas Beyerle analyze the development of this new investment segment.

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Cell Chemistry at BESS Plants – Developments in Technology, Delivery Times and Costs

While institutional real estate investors are primarily concerned with the development of construction costs and material prices, infrastructure investors are concentrating more on the costs and characteristics of the plant technologies used.

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Montano Real Estate acquires University of Applied Sciences in Bremen for a new individual mandate

Montano Real Estate has acquired a university in Bremen on a long-term lease as the first investment for a new individual mandate. The property offers stable and predictable income due to the public user.

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Northern Horizon secures new equity commitments of EUR 140 million and invests in Nordic social infrastructure assets

Northern Horizon has raised €140 million for its Aged Care Social Infrastructure Fund and plans to acquire six properties in Sweden. The fund size now exceeds 1 billion euros.

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Introduction of grid charges for large-scale battery storage systems – Which skills are crucial in a “restructured market”?

On 16 January 2026, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) presented its guidelines for future storage network charges. Until now, grid-connected battery storage systems built up to August 4, 2029 were exempt from grid charges for 20 years - this could now change.

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PwC projects $127B Moon economy; nuclear power and mobility emerge as key challenges

As NASA revises Artemis and PwC outlines $127 billion revenue by 2050 for the Moon’s economy, experts warn that alternative energy infrastructure, not just transportation, will determine whether lunar surface activities will survive long-term.

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Economic Development Act is having an effect: One in three respondents adapts strategy

According to a flash survey by INTREAL and Wüest Partner, a third of the investors and asset managers surveyed are adapting their strategy due to the new Economic Development Act. Photovoltaics and battery storage systems are particularly popular as investment fields.

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Webinar: Hungry Like the Wolf: Exploring the rapid growth and energy demand of data centres

With AI adoption accelerating and digitalisation surging, our recent webinar unpacked the rise of data centres, their electricity demand, and how we believe clean energy and grid supporting technologies can help provide solutions.

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CBRE and HAMBURG TEAM publish new report: “Social Infrastructure – An Investment in the Future”

CBRE and HAMBURG TEAM have published a new report on social infrastructure, which describes current developments and investment opportunities. Experts emphasize the importance of educational and health facilities for society as well as the increasing investor interest.

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Data centers will account for around five percent of commercial transaction volume in 2025

In 2025, data centers will have accounted for around five percent of the total transaction volume on the German real estate market. Most transactions took place in the Frankfurt and Berlin area, where the prices for land have risen significantly.

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Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe REIM acquires medical and health centre in Landshut

Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe REIM has acquired an outpatient medical and health centre in Landshut for its special real estate fund. The centre will be fully let and will offer various services from the health sector.

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