REFIRE — German Real Estate Finance

Interest in green real estate loans – and bonds - soars

Green real estate loans – and bonds – are soaring in popularity in Germany as investors clamour to get their hands on more green assets. Fresh from the issuance of its second green Pfandbrief last year, German lender Deutsche Hypo has introduced... Read more

Scout24 remains public company after shareholders reject takeover bid

Germany’s Scout24 classified listings company is set to remain as a publicly-listed company after the takeover bid led by US groups Hellman & Friedman and Blackstone failed to secure the required 50% of shares earlier this month. Read more

Listed Godewind buys Frankfurt landmark tower for €85m

Listed German office investor Godewind Immobilien has bought the City Gate office tower in Frankfurt for €85m from an entity asset-managed by HRO Germany. The price corresponds to €3,647 per sqm. Read more

Commercial property sentiment shifts towards Germany

New research from real estate digital platform BrickVest shows that investor sentiment for the UK commercial property market has dropped in popularity among both international and domestic investors, with Germany emerging as the biggest beneficiary. Read more

GreenOak leads JV in €350m German logistics deal

In its first move into the German logistics market, GreenOak Real Estate, in partnership with Apeiron, has bought three big box German warehouses as a 340,000 sqm portfolio. The deal, for a price thought to be around €350m... Read more

Fast-growing Primus Valor buys 1,800 resi units from Swiss Life

The fast-growing Mannheim-based Primus Valor group has bought 93 properties in Germany from Swiss Life Asset Managers in a three-digit million euro deal. The sale represents one of the largest German residential property transaction in the last sever Read more

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How Germany’s Green party took on the far right to become a major political force

A green wave has flooded Europe in the 2019 European elections. The big winners of the night were the German Greens, who took 20.5%. of the national vote, almost doubling their 10.7% share from 2014. This best ever result is even more significant... Read more

11 Jun 2019 10:00 Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett Guest Columns

TLG IMMOBILIEN AG

Garbe, Isaria join Domicil in preparing for IPO launch

A number of German real estate companies would appear to be gearing up for their launch as public companies, probably in autumn but certainly before the end of the year. Read more

10 Jun 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Companies

KanAm buys in Scotland, launches third JV with Pantera

German fund manager KanAm Grund Group said it had bought a mixed–use asset in the Scottish capital Edinburgh on behalf of a German pension fund, die Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe (ÄVWL), from anchor tenant Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI). Read more

7 Jun 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Investment

ESTAVIS AG

Number of German first-time buyers continues to fall

The number of first time buyers is falling in Germany at a time when the average age of first time buyers is rising, according to a Housing Costs 2019 report published this month by residential privatization group Accentro... Read more

6 Jun 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Markets

Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH

German industrial rents soar by almost 9%

Rents for Industrieimmobilien,or industrial properties, soared by 8.7% last year, according to the latest IWIP Index, published earlier this month by consultancy IndustrialPort and the German Economic Institute (IW Köln), amid news that the sector... Read more

5 Jun 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Companies

More investors take on development risk

More and more investors are willing to take on development risk, with project developments and forward deals surging in popularity, according to JLL’s New Business Report: Real Estate Financing, Germany, published this month. Read more

4 Jun 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Investment

REDOS Real Estate GmbH

Metro tries to wrap up sale of REAL chain to Redos by end-July

The long running saga surrounding German listed retail group Metro’s attempts to sell off its troublesome supermarket chain REAL would appear to be in its penultimate phase, with Metro entering into exclusive talks earlier this month... Read more

3 Jun 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Companies

Vonovia SE

90% of German asset managers want to boost exposure to residential sector

A whopping 90% of German asset managers want to increase their exposure to the residential sector, according to an asset management study published this month by Ernst & Young and Germany’s largest residential landlord, Vonovia. Read more

31 May 2019 10:00 Charles Kingston Markets