Investment
Berlin Hyp AG
German banks hitting targets, but definite cooling on UK lending
German lenders Helaba, Berlin Hyp and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank have jointly underwritten an investment facility totaling €230m to refinance Warsaw Spire Tower. Read more
8 Nov 2019
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Vote of confidence in proptech McMakler with fresh €20m funding
Berlin-based online broker McMakler has raised a further €20m to add to the record €50m it raised in July, bringing its total funding to date to €74.5m and putting it at the forefront of German real estate proptech startups. Read more
6 Nov 2019
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Patrizia and British Land part of latest WiredScore $4m fundraise
Germany’s Patrizia AG and listed UK company British Land have become the latest investors to invest into WiredScore, the US property-technology company focused on digital connectivity accreditation, as part of the proptech’s latest $4m fund raise. Read more
4 Nov 2019
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€250m investment flurry will see Tristan top €1bn in Germany this year
In a sign of marked confidence in the German market, Tristan Capital Partners has invested €250m to buy three German commercial properties for its latest European opportunity fund, the EPISO 5 Fund, the company said at the Expo Real fair in... Read more
30 Oct 2019
Deutscher Pressestern
Co-living firm The Collective opens Berlin office for German presence
UK-based co-living firm The Collective has announced plans to enter the German market, with its initial focus on establishing a presence in the country’s Big 7 cities. The company already has operational sites in London and New York. Read more
11 Oct 2019
Christian Gahl
The Squaire at Frankfurt Airport to be sold to Korea’s Hana for €1bn
A recent report in South Korean news medium Pulse News suggests that Korean group Hana Financial Investment is in exclusive negotiations with Blackstone to buy Germany’s largest office building, The Squaire at Frankfurt Airport. Read more
7 Oct 2019
Hembla AB
Blackstone makes big bet on European ‘last mile’ urban warehousing
There has been considerable interest in Blackstone’s latest European mega-logistics project barely two years after it sold its previous pan-European logistics company Logicor to China Investment Corporation for €12.25bn. Read more
7 Oct 2019
Bayrische Versorgungskammer
GPEP, Universal buy 12 Fachmarktzentren across Germany for BVK
Asset and property manager GPEP, acting for an investment fund managed by Universal-Investment on behalf of giant Bavarian pension fund Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) has bought a portfolio of 12 retail parks and supermarkets in established... Read more
4 Oct 2019
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Commerz Real snaps up €2.5bn Milennium portfolio
Commerz Real has snapped up Viridium Gruppe’s €2.5bn Milennium portfolio for its open-ended Hausinvest fund, marking the biggest deal in the company’s history. Read more
2 Oct 2019
BulwienGesa
Institutional investors ramp up exposure to development
Institutional investors are turning to development to boost their portfolios, against a background of dwindling investment opportunities in Germany. Read more
1 Oct 2019
