News, Views, and Analysis from the German Commercial and Capital Real Estate Markets

May 19, 2013
News

Gazeley sells 47,000 sq m warehouse development in Kassel

Gazeley has sold the recently completed development, which is leased to SMA Solar Technology AG, to Deka Immobilien for its WestInvest TargetSelect Logistics fund
19.12.2011 - More ›››

SEB sells shopping centre in Münster to Württembergische Lebensversicherung

SEB Asset Management has sold the 17,000 sq m Stubengasse shopping centre and hotel in Münster’s historical city centre for EUR 73m
04.11.2011 - More ›››

METRO confirms discussions with Signa Holding over the sale of Kaufhof

Other parties said to be interested are the owner of the rival Karstadt group, Nicolas Berggruen, and the Spanish department store chain El Corte Inglés
02.11.2011 - More ›››

Jacadi to open a shop in Munich

The French children’s wear retailer has leased a 150 sq m shop at Brienner Strasse 6, near the Odeonsplatz, which is due to open at the start of 2012
28.10.2011 - More ›››

ECE Fund buys City-Passage in Bielefeld

ECE’s European Prime Shopping Centre Fund has bought the 32,000 sq m shopping centre in Bielefeld town centre from WestLB’s RWI-Funds 40 and 43
31.10.2011 - More ›››

YOUNIQ sells the Alte Hauptpost in Leipzig

YOUNIQ AG, the listed provider of high quality student apartments in Germany, has sold the property on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig to a project company owned by Grand City Hotels GmbH, Berlin for in excess of EUR 6.2m
21.10.2011 - More ›››

Lufthansa takes 18,500 sq m at The Squaire

IVG Immobilien’s 660 metre-long futuristic office building above the high-speed train station at Frankfurt Airport is now 82% let
30.09.2011 - More ›››

Union Investment buys H19 in Düsseldorf’s Medienhafen

Union Investment’s UniImmo:Deutsch-land open-ended property fund has acquired the 13,000 sq m building, fully let with office and restaurant space on seven floors
13.10.2011 - More ›››
Features

The German retail market has seen a remarkable growth in activity – tripling in size since 2009, according to the latest data from CBRE

Capital flows into European retail property continue to follow economic performance, with Germany and those markets positioned outside of the Eurozone clear favourites with investors
26.01.2012 - More ›››

Third place working

Contemporary technology enables people to work in a variety of venues such as trains, planes, coffee shops, hotels and at home, and traditional offices tend to be under-occupied, says a study supported by Regus
25.01.2012 - More ›››

2012: Between Doom and Hope

Commentary by Alexander Privitera, American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, Johns Hopkins University
04.01.2012 - More ›››

German entrepreneurial firms were under pressure in 2011

The German Entrepreneurial Index (GEX®) from Deutsche Börse and CEFS lost 38 percent
16.12.2011 - More ›››

INREV Quarterly Index shows slump in capital growth

Negative capital growth of -0.1% across the non-listed real estate sector, bringing total returns down to 0.6%
15.12.2011 - More ›››

MAPIC 2011

Major cities are looking to retail to drive urban regeneration, while international retailers are continuing their geographical diversification
18.11.2011 - More ›››

10th Annual MIPIM Architectural Review Future Project - Awards Call for Entries

Architects from across the globe have been invited to enter their latest projects
11.11.2011 - More ›››

ICSC calls for fairness between online and physical stores

A new European e-commerce policy should not adversely affect traditional retail stores
23.09.2011 - More ›››

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