Real Estate

DIP analyses moderate upturn in the German office markets

Balance Sheet Q1-Q3 2025 of DIP – Deutsche Immobilien-Partner

Savills: Rents drive up prime office costs again

In the third quarter of 2025, the cost of prime office space increased by 0.8% globally, according to Savills' Prime Office Costs Report. Frankfurt recorded the highest regional increase with an increase of 3.6%.

Colliers – City of Cologne rents new location for Osmab building yard in Cologne-Rodenkirchen

The City of Cologne has concluded a long-term lease agreement for a property at Industriestraße 133 in Cologne. Colliers acted as an intermediary in the lease and OSMAB is the landlord.

Demand for real estate loans continues to rise

Real estate loans from vdp member institutions reached a volume of EUR 107.3 billion from January to September 2025, an increase of 18.2% compared to the previous year. Residential real estate loans in particular made a significant contribution to this.

Commercial real estate financing: Average loan volumes are getting smaller

Loan volumes in commercial real estate financing have become smaller in the last ten years. Almost half of those surveyed state that the average loan volume is less than 10 million euros.

GreenPlaces acquires land in Denkendorf for the construction of flexible commercial space

GreenPlaces Deutschland Asset Management GmbH has acquired a plot of land for the construction of 30 modular commercial units in Denkendorf. Construction is scheduled to start in mid-2026, with an investment volume of around ten million euros.

JLL survey: People want AI-assisted living environment

People are attracted to AI-powered environments and are also looking for digital downtime. JLL Global Survey Reveals Need for Discrete Technology Integration in Personal and Professional Life

Hanover: HAMBURG TEAM acquires AMALIE residential complex for its own residential fund

Following the signing of the real estate transaction in February of this year, the closing took place at the end of October 2025: HAMBURG TEAM took over the 140-unit real estate project AMALIE in Hanover-Kronsrode on 30 October 2025.

Jack Wolfskin becomes an anchor tenant of around 6,000 square metres in WÖHR + BAUER’s MERGENTHALER

The international outdoor brand, Jack Wolfskin, part of the ANTA Sports Group, is moving its headquarters to Eschborn in the MERGENTHALER. Occupancy rate of 56%.

NETTO Berne: Future-proof ECO. Market opens after eight months of construction

On the approximately 9,580 m² site, a modern retail property with a rental area of around 1,490 m² and approx. 70 car parking spaces as well as four fast-charging points for e-vehicles was built.

CONREN Land achieves leasing success at Kölner Straße 3 in Eschborn

Aroundtown Achieves Fastest New Lease of the Year in Cologne

Law firm signs long-term lease for office and storage space within just a few weeks

Catella Investment Management acquires new residential building with 37 units in Berlin’s Weitlingkiez

The apartment building was acquired for the real estate public AIF Catella European Residential (CER). The seller is OTTO WULFF Projektentwicklung GmbH.

Colliers brokers residential complex “Weserhöfe” in Düsseldorf – VIVAWEST acquires 98 apartments

Colliers has successfully brokered a residential complex with 98 residential units in Düsseldorf as part of an off-market transaction. The apartments are 100 percent publicly subsidized and offer affordable housing in central and urban locations.

Family office sells residential complex in Berlin to Domicil Real Estate AG

The complex was built in 1996 and consists of 18 houses with a total of 143 residential units and 75 parking spaces. The properties have a total area of around 11,350 m² and are almost fully let. The seller of the residential complex is a family office from southern Germany.

Union Investment acquires six new office tenants in Amsterdam

Union Investment acquired the quarter on Amsterdam's southern axis in 2021 as a project development and invested around 400 million euros.

CSL Vifor expands rental space in the M-Yard of the FidCap Group to around 2,300 m²

The FidCap Group Munich (est. 2012) announces the expansion of the space of CSL Vifor Deutschland GmbH in the M-Yard, in the M-Quartier Munich. The pharmaceutical company is expanding its office and laboratory space from approx. 1,300 m² to approx. 2,300 m².

Domicil Real Estate AG acquires complex with 143 residential units in Berlin

Domicil Real Estate AG has acquired a residential complex in Berlin Treptow-Köpenick as part of a joint venture with Baywobau, the new main shareholder of Domicil Real Estate AG.

Cologne: PROXIMUS leases around 1,100 m² in the ABC Tower to BFW Ternes

BFW Ternes GmbH has leased around 1,100 square metres of office space in the ABC Tower in Cologne on a long-term basis. The company, which specialises in heat measurement technology, will move into the space from February 2026.

DRIVEN receives DGNB Platinum certification for new life science building “FUHUB” in Berlin

In addition to the timber hybrid construction, the award was also given for an exclusively electricity-based energy concept with a photovoltaic system, air-source heat pumps and geothermal probe-based heat storage systems.

GRR GARBE Retail acquires local supplier portfolio with locations in northern and eastern Germany

The asset and investment manager GRR GARBE Retail Real Estate GmbH (GRR Garbe Retail), which operates throughout Europe, has acquired a real estate portfolio for GRR German Retail Fund No. 4.

HIH leases approx. 1,000 square metres of retail space in Lehrte to Action

The non-food discounter Action will open its new store on Saturday, November 29, 2025, with a total area of around 1,000 square meters.

Peper & Söhne realises new location for SCHAUENBURG Industrietechnik in Bremen

New building in the Bayernstraße industrial park replaces the current location in Ingolstädter Straße. Construction work will begin in January, with move-in planned for October 2026.

AIF Capital takes over new dm building in Lemgo

With the purchase and opening of the new dm drugstore in Lemgo, AIF Capital Group has reached an important milestone: The investment phase of the Anspar Flex Fund 2 has thus been successfully completed.