The global real estate service provider CBRE supported a financing volume of around 1.66 billion euros in Germany in 2025. This involved real estate across almost all asset classes – and from core to value-add transactions to project developments, including speculative approaches and single-tenant structures.
The mandates went beyond pure acquisition financing and refinancing. CBRE also advised on intensive analyses in the course of M&A transactions, on the restructuring of complex capital structures for commercial properties and portfolios, on the restructuring of the capital structure of project developers and on efficient and innovative approaches for the capitalisation of large-scale “manage to green” projects, for example.
“Since the interest rate turnaround, many customers would like to see a much broader approach to financiers. Thanks to our extensive network, we have access to hundreds of banks and increasingly competitive alternative financiers such as debt funds. This allows us to select the right partners for each project, compare offers in a structured way and negotiate in the interests of our customers. The complexity is increasing more and more, because in addition to loan-to-value and bank margin, aspects such as solvents, increased fees, required collateral and liquidity costs have become increasingly important,” says Prof. Dr. Ralf J. Klann, Head of Debt & Structured Finance Germany at CBRE. “In view of the increased complexity, we are not only creating optimal conditions, but also a high level of financing security at an early stage.”
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CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment company (based on 2025 revenue). The company employs more than 155,000 people (including Turner & Townsend employees) and serves clients in over 100 countries. CBRE serves and advises its clients in four business segments: Advisory (letting, selling, lending, mortgage services, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (Facility Management, Property Management, Flex Space & Experience, Data Centre Solutions); Project management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (Investment Management, Development).
Since 1973, CBRE Germany has had its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, with further branches in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Essen, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich and Stuttgart. www.cbre.de
