Quantum Launches New Light Industrial Fund and Acquires City Dock Mannheim Süd from Panattoni

Economic. Approaches to the housing crisis

Thesis: The misallocation of housing is greater than the housing shortage. The reason: This misallocation is partly due to rent regulations, which largely override the price mechanism.

Savills: Darktrace rents 950 m² of office space on Munich’s Altstadtring

The owner of the new office space is a private investor. Savills acted as an advisor to the tenant throughout the brokerage process, while the landlord was advised by CBRE.

Global investment market to grow by 34 percent in the first quarter of 2025

Global real estate transaction volume reached $185 billion in the first quarter of 2025, up 34 percent year-on-year. EMEA achieved the largest increase in sales among the world regions at 41 percent.

Vienna: HT Group leases around 3,400 m2 of office space to VAMED Engineering

HT Group has leased around 3,400 m2 of office space in Vienna to VAMED Engineering on a long-term basis. In the future, the company will move into space in the office property in Vienna's 11th district. The lease is one of the largest lettings in Vienna in the current year.

Peper & Söhne relies on a complete solution for energy monitoring at SPURWERK Bremen

In Bremen, Peper & Söhne is building the DGNB Gold pre-certified commercial quarter SPURWERK. The project developer from Bremen not only places ecologically sustainable demands on the quarter, but also wants to meet the needs of the new tenants for digital, innovative and user-friendly solutions in the best possible way.

Deka Immobilien leases 4,000 sqm in Hamburg

Deka Immobilien has signed a new lease agreement for 4,000 sqm for the "Metropolis-Haus" property in Hamburg. Limehome will use the space at Dammtorstraße 29-32 on a long-term basis.

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.

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.

Real Estate Debt: Market Observations on the Structuring of Whole Loans in Europe

The financing landscape in the real estate debt sector has undergone a profound change in recent years. Understanding the complexity of loan structuring is critical to successfully navigating this dynamic environment.

AVENTOS Group acquires Berlin commercial property for new BENTO-Box concept with small-scale commercial space

AVENTOS has acquired a plot of land of around 14,600 m² in Berlin-Spandau. There, 11,500 m² of co-industrial space is being created in a new BENTO-Box concept with around 45 units of 150–400 m² each.

Catella Investment Management completes acquisition of two new buildings with 154 modern new apartments in Hanover-Kronsrode

The transaction was carried out for an individual mandate and together with the KVG platform Catella Real Estate AG (CREAG) for the Catella European Residential fund.

100 days of the Federal Government: Statement by Arnaud Ahlborn, INDUSTRIA Immobilien GmbH

100 days in office: The new federal government has set the first course for housing policy – some of them in the right direction, others with problematic side effects. Above all, the 'construction turbo' sends an important signal to the industry.

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.

Upturn in investment markets continues

In the first three quarters, turnover on the German investment markets was noticeably higher than in the same period last year. This is shown by the latest analysis by BNP Paribas Real Estate.

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

BlueRock Group fine-tunes its portfolio – office sale in Cologne as an example of strategic development

BlueRock Group AG has sold an office property in Cologne from the BlueRock Fund PCC Ltd. to an international industrial company. The sale price is in the mid double-digit million euro range.

Ampega Asset Management secures first pan-European office property investments in Paris and Brussels

Ampega Asset Management GmbH has successfully completed the first two real estate investments in Europe for a group company. Together with Savills Investment Management (Savills IM), two core office properties in Paris and Brussels were acquired.

Navigating the Private Markets landscape in 2025 (so far)

Like other asset classes, Private Markets have had to navigate a 2025 strewn with macro uncertainty. Here, we look at assets we believe are screening positively in the current environment, while asking what needs to change to bolster other sub-sectors.

Mainz: Start of construction for the RIVAGE residential development at Zollhafen

Following the successful start of construction of the neighbouring Marina B office project, LBBW Immobilien is now also building 66 high-quality apartments and three townhouses with a total of around 6,200 m² of living space on Hafeninsel 1. Completion is scheduled for mid-2027.

Smart Cities – What makes them special. And what they mean for the future.

Cities create wealth, promote development, fulfill desires, harness human progress, and increasingly use new technologies to address multiple challenges.

Strong location Nuremberg: Aroundtown records two contract extensions in the Deutschherrnkarree

The real estate company Aroundtown has signed lease extensions with two existing tenants for the office building at Deutschherrnstrasse 15-19 in Nuremberg: the NETWAYS Group and the startup Keyplayer Head-on-Solutions GmbH.

KGAL connects Italian solar park of superlatives to the grid

The special renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 4 has commissioned the "Tuscania" solar park in the Lazio region as planned. With a total capacity of 148 megawatts (MW), "Tuscania" is the largest privately financed solar park in Italy.

Beware of tax traps

The fact that the customs authorities – the "weapon-carrying troop of the tax administration", so to speak – stood at the door of some companies unannounced in the run-up to Christmas must have caused some red-hot faces.

DRIVEN starts residential development in Berlin’s Grabbeallee

Up to 74 new apartments are planned. The building application is to be submitted this year. The property is located in the immediate vicinity of the Bürgerpark Pankow.