Real Estate

Savills: Logistics market in the storm of world politics – New opportunities through the customs agreement?

While the recent agreement between the EU and the US is an important signal, it does not yet mark a return to the trade stability of previous years.

Savills: Yields for European office properties in the premium segment fall – buyers return

According to Savills, average prime yields for office properties in Europe fell by 5 basis points (bps) in the second quarter of 2025. This means that offices remain the most heavily traded sector in the region.

Quantum acquires modern residential and commercial building in Hamburg-Ottensen

Quantum has purchased a modern residential and commercial building on Bahrenfelder Strasse in Hamburg-Ottensen for an institutional investor. The property comprises 33 residential and four commercial units in a highly sought-after location.

Deutsche Investment acquires residential and commercial property portfolio in Leipzig

Deutsche Investment has acquired an attractive residential and commercial portfolio off-market as part of an individual mandate. The seven properties comprise a total of 97 residential units, 12 commercial units and 12 parking spaces on a total lettable area of around 10,800 m². The total investment volume is around 21 million euros.

Proposals of the EU Commission for amended implementing provisions of the Solvency II Directive: What is included for ELTIFs and other “Lower Risk” funds as preferential “Long-Term Equity Investments”

Following the EIOPA drafts published on 10 July 2025, the EU Commission has now also submitted its proposals for amended Level II implementing provisions to the Solvency II Directive for consultation on 17 July 2025.

SUBSIDIZED CLEAR-CUTTING FOR ENERGY-EFFICIENT RENOVATION – A FATAL SIGNAL FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION AND THE ECONOMY

What is sold as "budget consolidation" is in fact a step backwards with an announcement.

Repositioning by adding future-proof asset classes

'New Stability through Diversity: How Resilient Asset Classes and Locations Future-Proof Portfolios'

TSO achieves sales success: innovative self-storage property sold

The property is a prime example of innovative real estate development and was sold to a renowned Florida family office for a gross sales price of $17.5 million.

Catella Investment Management: First tenants move into Bahrenfelder Carré in Hamburg after successful completion

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.

Hotel investment and operator market between risk and return

In the exclusive quarterly LinkedIn live update "mrp hotels quarterly", the experts from mrp hotels, together with industry insiders, presented an up-to-date quarterly analysis for the second quarter of 2025 on July 22, 2025.

Office market Germany 2025: robust demand until 2030 – investor opportunities in Regensburg and Karlsruhe – highest yield in Ludwigshafen

Wüest Partner publishes new office market study with details on demographics, employment, rent spectrums and yields for 37 German cities

Rosenheim: Physiotherapy and fitness centre opens in the Lokhöfe

The Erlangen-based real estate developer S&P Commercial Development has found a new tenant for the Lokhöfe: The physiotherapy and fitness centre Zero – The Health Club has rented around 600 m² of space in the building complex on Münchner Straße.

IPH Group gains two new tenants for “HUMA Shopping & Outlet” in Sankt Augustin

Australian jewellery brand Lovisa opened on 28 June 2025 and global sneaker and streetwear retailer SNIPES is renting 340 square metres.

Non-food discounter Action becomes new anchor tenant in Munich’s Mira

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

Savills: Investments in European care properties pick up again

According to a recent analysis by the international real estate consultancy Savills, investment volumes in the European nursing home market have recovered significantly in the second half of 2024 and in the course of 2025 so far.

Generative AI in data centres part 2: The evolution of GenAI and data centre investment implications

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

blackprint “PropTech Report H1/2025”: Maturity test for the innovation sector

More active PropTechs than ever – but declining start-up momentum, stagnating financing and the first signs of saturation in the energy efficiency segment

Colliers: Hotel investments on the road to recovery – first half of 2025 significantly above the level of previous years

According to Colliers, the German hotel investment market reached a transaction volume of around 830 million euros in the first half of 2025. The market thus continued its recovery.

Logistics leasing market stable at the end of the first half of the year with an upward trend

Global challenges could become an opportunity for Germany as a business location

Shortage of supply for student housing leads to high rents

Student housing moves into the focus of investors

Back leverage – an underestimated financing instrument in Germany

Although back leverage is still a relatively new concept in commercial real estate financing, it has already established itself as a staple in some markets. US and British investors in particular use this instrument to manage capital structures more flexibly and thus achieve double-digit target returns. In their investment decisions, they are strongly oriented towards real estate cycles and have no reservations about complex financing structures.

Problem properties – challenges and options for action

'From problem child to value driver: Creating new perspectives with clever strategies'