Snipes takes over space from JD-Sports in Mülheim-Kärlich

The AI Revolution in Real Estate: Leaders, Moderate Gainers, and Laggards

Principal Asset Management's new analytics model sees the top performers in data centers, life sciences & healthcare real estate, logistics, and retail warehouses.

Hines leases approx. 11,100 m² in Cologne’s “Panther & Leon” to a medical care centre

For an interdisciplinary medical care center, the "Leon", a former office building from the 1980s, is being converted into a health property.

Leverage effect: Up to what purchase factor is real estate financing worthwhile?

Financing is an indispensable part of investment real estate – as long as the return after costs is higher than the interest costs, the return on equity can be increased by the leverage effect. But since 2022, sharply rising interest rates have put pressure on the market.

BNPPRE meets Prologis – ESG & Digitalization in Logistics

Logistics real estate is becoming increasingly interesting for many investors, and seemingly niche products such as data centers are also becoming increasingly important. Where does that come from?

IPH Group takes over the center management for the Bergedorf City Center in Hamburg

Principal Asset Management has commissioned the IPH Group to manage the City-Center Bergedorf in Hamburg. The mandate from January 2026 includes center management, commercial and technical property management.

Catella Research: Europe’s logistics markets find their balance – moderate rent increases with slightly falling yields

Catella has published a new logistics map for Europe. The European Logistics Market Overview Q2 2025 covers 50 markets in 21 countries and provides an up-to-date overview of prime net yields, rent levels and export/import dependency of each country.

Sustainable increase in value in the real estate portfolio – a string restructuring in practice

More than half of German apartments date from a time when energy efficiency was not an issue. Anyone working with such properties today has two options: renovate or lose. At Domicil, the decision to include a property in the portfolio therefore follows a clear strategy – with a view to the entire life cycle. Reality, however, shows that the perfect property rarely exists.

KINGSTONE Real Estate: Successful office transaction in Poland

KINGSTONE Real Estate has successfully advised on the acquisition of an architectural jewel in the heart of Warsaw on behalf of an international family office and is taking over the asset management of the office property.

Nursing Home Atlas 2025: Investment pressure, location quality and ESG requirements characterize the nursing home market

Wüest Partner expects an additional demand of up to 145,937 nursing home places by 2040. Nursing homes with good location factors and good operator quality or creditworthiness are once again becoming the focus of investors.

Entering the next cycle now?

How the residential real estate market is stabilizing after the crisis and what opportunities are emerging for investors

Solvency II vs. Solvency UK: Two paths, one goal – and how products can best match

Hamburg real estate investment market: Increasing transaction activity and intensified competition for core-plus and value-add properties

According to Savills, around 891 million euros were turned over on the Hamburg real estate investment market in the 1st half of 2025. Compared to the same period of the previous year, this corresponds to an increase of 17%. Compared to the 10-year average, sales were 56% lower.

HT Group sells Berlin real estate portfolio to KAURI CAB

The investment manager acquired the portfolio for a German pension fund, the purchase price amounts to a mid-double-digit million amount.

Mainz: Beyond Real Estate Holding secures the “Station West” at the main station, managed by Montano Real Estate

Beyond Real Estate has secured a property in a prime location opposite Mainz Central Station with long-term leases. The property is characterised by a high credit rating, which is based on a broadly diversified tenant structure.

Deka commissions IPH with the center management of the Kamp Promenade in Osnabrück

The IPH Group will take over the center management of the Kamp Promenade of Deka Immobilien in Osnabrück on January 1, 2026. The mandate also includes commercial and technical property management as well as leasing.

Sonar Real Estate sells office building in Cologne to Ashtrom Properties Germany

Sonar Real Estate successfully sold an office building in Cologne-Deutz. The sale of the property was carried out on behalf of a pan-European real estate investment manager. The buyer is Ashtrom Properties Germany.

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.

Düsseldorf: Quantum leases a further 1,900 m² in the DUO Tower

Three more tenants have been found for the DUO Tower in Düsseldorf. With the new contracts, more than half of all space in the tower has been successfully let. In addition, partners for the bistro operation and the fitness studio could be retained.

Office leasing market in Frankfurt Q2-2025: High market activity – strong demand for modern space

In the first half of 2025, the office letting market in Frankfurt recorded take-up of 340,100 m². This was 93.9% higher than in the first half of 2024. Compared to the 10-year average of the 1st half of the year, sales increased by 73%.

Union Investment sells Finsbury Circus House office property in London to joint venture between Aware Super and Delancey

The off-market sale of the Finsbury Circus House office property by Union Investment is likely to have a signal effect.

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.

German real estate investment market: Supply increases, transaction volume not yet

In the 1st half of 2025, commercial and residential real estate* changed hands on the German real estate investment market for around EUR 13.3 billion. Compared to the same period last year, this represents a decrease of 13%.

Investors want to focus more on real estate in Europe and the Middle East in 2025

According to a Savills survey of real estate investors with total assets under management (AuM) of over €800 billion, more than half of respondents plan to invest in real estate in Europe and the Middle East in 2025.

Challenges of taking on asset management mandates

The German real estate market has changed radically: Today, it is no longer quick transactions that count, but operational know-how and experienced specialists. The assumption of mandates is a much-discussed topic.