Real Estate

Logistics real estate investment market gains momentum despite lower volume

Number of trades increasing, but only one major transaction registered

Hotel valuation report: German hotel industry on the upswing – real estate values exceed pre-Corona level

The German hotel investment market has achieved a turnaround. The first half of 2025 shows positive market dynamics and the half-year transaction volume for hotel properties is significantly higher than the level of the past four years.

Long-term lease prolongation with a health insurance company and new letting to TimeLEAN GmbH

Leases concluded for around 3,000 sqm of office space at Große Steinstraße 82 / Brüderstraße 2 / Full occupancy of the office building in the centre of Halle (Saale)

CBRE brokers premium location in the Hanseviertel to ZARA Home

The global real estate service provider CBRE has brokered 600 square meters in Hamburg's Hanseviertel to ZARA Home. The interior brand of the Spanish fashion group Inditex will open the prominently located area at the small rotunda before the end of this year.

Union Investment sells hotel in Munich

Courtyard by Marriott München City Center goes to Blue Coast Capital. Property from the UniImmo portfolio: Europe.

Industrial and logistics real estate market in North Rhine-Westphalia falls back to 2023 levels

After a solid start to the year, the industrial and logistics real estate market in North Rhine-Westphalia recorded a decline of 14 per cent in the first half of the year as a whole, with take-up of 609,000 square metres compared to the same period last year.

Munich’s logistics real estate market with a cautious first half of the year

In the first half of 2025, Munich's industrial and logistics real estate market achieved take-up of 44,300 square metres. This was 56 percent below the result of the same period last year.

Industrial and logistics real estate market in Central Germany with mixed first half of the year

The industrial and logistics real estate market in Central Germany recorded take-up of 235,300 square metres in the first half of 2025, 53 per cent higher than in the same period of the previous year.

Hamburg’s industrial and logistics real estate market was driven by owner-occupiers in the first half of 2025

Hamburg's industrial and logistics real estate market achieved take-up of 230,500 square metres in the first half of 2025. This corresponds to an increase of 89 percent compared to the same period last year.

Berlin’s industrial and logistics real estate market recovers in the first half of 2025

The Berlin industrial and logistics real estate market achieved take-up of 217,500 square metres in the first half of 2025. This means that it exceeded the take-up of space in the same period of the previous year by 72 per cent.

GreenPlaces Germany acquires land in Mannheim for the development of modular commercial units

The seller of the 7,200 square metre plot at Radeberger Straße 11 is MWS Projektentwicklungsgesellschaft

Rethinking the real estate market: New environment places higher demands on owners and investors

Savills takes a look at the German real estate market in his current spotlight.

Data center opened in the “Hulb-West” industrial park in Böblingen

Periskop Development GmbH, an international investment consultant headquartered in Berlin, is developing the Hulb-West site in Böblingen, which originally covered around 15 hectares, into a sustainable commercial location on behalf of the owners.

Office real estate investment market in Germany remained subdued in the first half of 2025

At 2.1 billion euros, investments in the German office real estate investment market were made in the first half of 2025, around 23 percent less than in the same period last year.

New CBRE survey: Increase in lending expected in the professional real estate market

According to a recent survey by global real estate service provider CBRE, lenders in the professional real estate market in Europe are planning to expand their lending in 2025. Almost 80 percent of the institutions surveyed want to increase their activities.

Social or critical infrastructure is establishing itself as an investment target – real estate or real assets?

Pembroke acquires building plot for rental apartments in Munich and collaborates with ehret+klein

Pembroke drives global diversification strategy – companies want to convert Alramstraße 14 into high-quality apartments with extensive furnishings

International luxury brand Diptyque moves to Le Coeur

Hines, a global real estate investor, developer and manager, has been able to win another retail tenant for its refurbishment project "Le Coeur" on Düsseldorf's Königsallee.

Senior citizens’ residence “Auf der Litten” in Essen successfully completed and contributed to special fund

The new-build property comprises around 3,000 square metres of gross floor area and was built in accordance with the KfW Energy Efficiency House Standard 55. It has eight assisted living units and four outpatient assisted living communities with a total of 48 places.

Market for residential and commercial buildings is growing – major transactions slow down the overall picture

In the first half of 2025, the market for residential and commercial buildings in Berlin experienced a further revival in terms of numbers. According to the latest evaluation by the Berlin Valuation Committee, 318 properties were sold – this corresponds to an increase of 10% compared to the same period last year.

Savills: European prime office yields harden as buyers return to markets

According to Savills, average prime office yields in Europe compressed by 5 basis points (bps) and offices remained the most transacted sector in the region.

Tenant electricity from photovoltaics: Answers to readers’ questions

After the publication of the column "Tenant electricity from photovoltaics: possibilities and models from the point of view of the property owner", the author received a lot of feedback – especially from institutional investors.

BRAWO REAL ESTATE starts marketing the ParkVillen Potsdam with STRATEGIS

The new quarter is divided into seven representative buildings according to a design by the multi-award-winning office of Hilmer Sattler Architekten, which has already planned the reconstruction of the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, among other things.

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.