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KGAL concludes largest single letting in Munich with BSH

With a gross floor area of around 60,000 square metres, this is the largest single letting in Munich for more than five years. BSH Hausgeräte GmbH will continue to use the property as its corporate headquarters in the future as part of a green lease lease agreement.

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Deglobalisation 2.0: Real estate

Real estate has shown it can perform even amid higher inflation and rising rates, providing growth is strong. How does a ‘deglobalising’ world change the picture?

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Beckmann Turm & Wilhelm Haus: Completion and full occupancy of 196 apartments in Copenhagen

Quantum achieves leasing success in Copenhagen. The sophisticated new building is special in its quality and as the first purchase of Quantum on the Danish market.

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Catella Logistik Deutschland Plus leases around 17,000 square metres of production and logistics space in Bavaria to easy2cool

The property is located on a plot of around 36,000 square meters in the Redwitz-Ost industrial park at Dr.-Ludwig-Straße 7.

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Dresden: Aengevelt and CBRE broker around 1,600 m² of office space in the Deka property “WTC-Dresden” for the DNV Group

The landlord of the property, which comprises around 90,000 m² of rental space, is WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH, which belongs to the Deka Group and is represented by RECO Immobilien- und Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.

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The time of waiting is over. Aengevelt expects yields on real estate to rise again.

Further key interest rate cuts promised by the ECB are counteracted by the federal government's borrowing ("debt package"), so that Aengevelt expects an average interest rate of 2.8% for ten-year German government bonds in the course of 2025.

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Retail investment market in Germany: High momentum in the portfolio sector continues; However, sales drivers are still missing

The retail investment market carried the momentum from the year-end business in 2024 into the first quarter of 2025, but without being able to report an extremely high total volume in the interim balance sheet.

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Office investment markets: strong start to the year

In the first quarter of 2025, office properties have regained their traditional leadership role, which they had lost in logistics real estate over the past two years.

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“Every property needs a story!”

Real estate market commentary by Mark Aengevelt, Managing Partner of Aengevelt Immobilien.

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Hotel investment market: Not yet high turnover, but a good number of deals and positive market sentiment for Q2

Even though the upward trend has not yet been sustainably reflected in the investment data, the hotel division has continued the recovery course of its market environment unabated in the first quarter of 2025.

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Logistics investment market: Individual deals determine market activity

The logistics investment market started 2025 with an investment volume of just under €1.3 billion, around 8% below the comparable figure for the previous year and 31% below the ten-year average.

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Top6 office markets: More dynamism through large-scale lettings

Savills examined the German office leasing market in the first quarter of 2025. Here are the most important results.

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Residential investment remains the asset class with the highest turnover

The German residential investment market was able to transfer the market recovery that began last year to the new year 2025. The investment volume increased significantly in the first three months compared to the previous year, and € 2.5 billion was invested in larger residential portfolios (from 30 residential units).

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Resilience in the property sector: challenges and opportunities in a dynamic world

The ability to survive crises and adapt to new market conditions has become essential for success in the property sector. Resilience is no longer a buzzword, but a fundamental principle influencing both investors and companies.

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International executives in the sights of the German tax authorities

In particular, the tax authorities are taking a closer look at managing directors and board members of German corporations who are domiciled abroad and work for a German corporation from there.

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Savills: German real estate investment market records slight increase in transaction volume in turbulent environment

On the German real estate investment market, commercial and residential real estate* changed hands for around EUR 34.6 billion in the past twelve months.

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The recovery of the investment markets continued in the first quarter

The increase in investment turnover in Germany not only continued in the first quarter of 2025, but even accelerated slightly. With a total result of just over €8.4 billion, the transaction volume increased by a good third compared to the previous year.

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Invesco Real Estate acquires hotel in Berlin Mitte for institutional client

Invesco Real Estate has acquired the 412-room IntercityHotel Berlin Hauptbahnhof in Berlin Mitte for an institutional portfolio that manages Universal Investment Group's Luxembourg fund service platform for a single client of Invesco.

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Invesco Real Estate and Propel ONE to develop industrial park near Frankfurt am Main

Invesco Real Estate has further strengthened its commitment to the European logistics sector with the acquisition of a plot of land for a speculative development project in Langenselbold near Frankfurt am Main.

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The ever-changing future of retail

IRE|BS Standpunkt No. 141 by Prof. Dr. Tobias Just, FRICS, University of Regensburg and IRE|BS Real Estate Academy, with an outlook on the challenges and prospects for retail real estate.

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KGAL acquires “Streitfeld Lofts” office complex in Munich

KGAL has acquired the high-quality "Streitfeld Lofts" office complex with 8,400 square metres of rental space and 54 underground parking spaces for one of its institutional special funds.

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Quantum lets 3,800 m² in Limespark in Sulzbach near Frankfurt

After repositioning and modernisation, 90% of the space in Limespark (LMPK) has been let. The German Service Company for Financial Service Providers will move into the MY CUBE as a single tenant, and FITSEVENELEVEN will open a new Pink Label fitness club.

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“Discretionary vs. Non-Discretionary Real Estate Funds: Differences, Advantages and Risks

In the context of real estate funds, "discretionary" and "non-discretionary" refer to the degree of decision-making power that the fund manager has. It determines how actively or passively a fund manager manages the investments.

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From Real Estate to Real Assets: The Role of Renewable Energies in the Energy Transition

Without the consistent expansion of renewable energies, it is impossible to achieve the climate goals for a sustainable future. In this context, traditional real estate offers not only economic, but also environmental and social added value.

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