REFIRE — German Real Estate Finance

Residential developer Noratis debuts with latest property IPO

The small but ambitious residential real estate developer Noratis became the latest property company to IPO in Germany, after shares of the company started trading in the newly-founded Scale Segment for small companies of the Frankfurt Stock... more

Munich SaaS firm Propertybase bought out by Boston Logic

German SaaS (Software-as-a-service) firm Propertybase has been bought out by US software company Boston Logic Inc. for an undisclosed sum in the first acquisition for the American firm. more

Summit Germany commits €100m to VW-city Wolfsburg

Summit Germany Ltd, the AIM-listed German commercial property investment company, said last week it is buying a portfolio of commercial properties valued at about €100m from Dazzle Capital Holdings Ltd. more

Annette Kroeger - Allianz Real Estate Germany

Allianz buys prime Berlin office development from Patron Capital

German insurer Allianz has bought a €175m office redevelopment project in Berlin in a forward deal on behalf of several Allianz group companie from private equity investor Patron Capital and its local partner, Berlin-based investment company Suprema. more

Sirius Real Estate on expansion path after jump in profits

Regular REFIRE readers will know that we have been bullish on the previously-AIM and Johannesburg-listed Sirius Real Estate for some time and have been following the company closely since its near-demise some years ago and its return to health... more

Real debt investing sees sharp rise due to lack of alternatives

Independent Berlin-based capital structure consultant Flatow Advisory Partners (FAP) said recently that it was seeing a sharp increase in real debt investments in Germany this year, with investors getting a lot more interested in alternative... more

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Investors eye food retail

Investors are turning their eye to food retail in Germany, due to constant increases in turnover, according to a new study by BulwienGesa. more

Jul 13, 2017 10:00 AM Sara Seddon Kilbinger Markets

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Europa Capital starts new core-plus strategy for Mitsubishi

London-based fund management group Europa Capital has begun to invest in core-plus real estate in Europe on behalf of its ultimate parent Mitsubishi Estate, which owns Europa Capital through its US subsidiary Rockefeller Group International. more

Jul 12, 2017 10:00 AM Charles Kingston Investment

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All Trumped out, as Frau Merkel sets determined new course

This was the week that a shaken Angela Merkel told her fellow citizens in a Munich beer hall that the EU must now be prepared to look after itself, and cast aside any expectations of solidarity with erstwhile partners the UK and the US. more

Jul 11, 2017 2:00 PM Charles Kingston Opinion

CLS Holdings buys 12 assets from Züblin in €152m office deal

UK-listed property investment company CLS Holdings has boosted its holdings in Germany by buying 12 assets from Swiss-listed property group Züblin Immobilien, for a gross asset value of €152.2m, excluding costs. The price represents a net initial... more

Jul 11, 2017 10:00 AM Charles Kingston Investment

Student housing deals to break through €1b barrier in Germany this year

Student housing deals are expected to break through the €1b barrier for the first time this year, according to Savills’ report ‘Spotlight: Student housing Germany’, published this month (June). more

Jul 10, 2017 10:00 AM Sara Seddon Kilbinger Markets

Dr. Tim Schomberg

Catella launches open-ended fund with church-backed banks

Catella Real Estate has launched an open-ended sustainable private real estate fund together in conjunction with the Bank im Bistum Essen (BIB) and the Bank für Kirche und Diakonie (KD-Bank). more

Jul 7, 2017 10:00 AM Sara Seddon Kilbinger Investment

German logistics edges towards 2016 record

Germany’s logistics sector is edging close to last year’s take-up record, according to JLL’s German Supply Chain Activity Index, which was published this month. The index rose by 1.1% in the first quarter to 110.5, following an expansion of 1.2%... more

Jul 6, 2017 10:00 AM Sara Seddon Kilbinger Markets