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Leader of German Offices Real Estate
Dr. Fabian Hartwich, LLM
Real Estate, Portfolio Leasing & Ancillary Asset Management, Special Situations
Visión general
German and international investors, asset managers, banks, funds and family offices look to Dr. Fabian Hartwich for his considerable experience providing interdisciplinary legal advice on real estate transactions of all sorts. His work includes the acquisition and sale of real estate assets (either by way of portfolio or single asset transaction) as well as the structuring of project developments, joint ventures, lease agreements and all other real estate related contractual relationships (e.g. asset management agreements, building agreements).
Furthermore, Fabian counsels German and international lenders, sponsors and loan servicers on acquisition and restructuring of non-performing real estate financings based on all types of market-standard consensual and non-consensual restructuring solutions. Having been seconded to a leading British bank, he was able to gain valuable in-house experience in restructuring and recoveries.
Clients Fabian has served include ARES Real Estate, Commerz Real AG, LaSalle Investment Management, Art-Invest Real Estate, DIC AG, Credit Suisse Asset Management, The Carlyle Group, Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Gazit Globe, plc., Schroder Real Estate and Generali Real Estate S.p.A.
Experiencia
Advised:
- Art-Invest Real Estate on the acquisition of the residential real estate portfolio ELEMENT CORE LIVING, which comprises four properties in Hanover, Braunschweig, Dietzenbach and Dortmund. The seller is the open-ended mutual real estate fund FOKUS WOHNEN DEUTSCHLAND, which is managed by INDUSTRIA Immobilien GmbH and administered by the service KVG INTREAL. The properties have a total rental area of approx 32,000 sqm.
- Commerz Real AG on the acquisition of a listed ensemble of office and commercial buildings with a total lettable area of approx. 6,100 sqm at Maximilianstrasse 12-14 and Falkenturmstrasse 5-7 in Munich's city center. Commerz Real is acting on behalf of a private investor as part of an individual mandate. The seller is a subsidiary of the project developer Centrum.
- Berenberg Real Estate Asset Management on the acquisition of the multi-tenant office building Brooktorkai 20 located in Hamburg's HafenCity. The property comprises approx. 15,000 sqm of rental space.
- Generali Deutschland Versicherung AG on the sale of a development site in Martinsried on which a new life science center is to be built from 2024. The Purchaser is Aventin Real Estate.
- Principal Real Estate Europe on the acquisition of a retail park in Bonn for the account of the Novapierre Allemagne 2 SCPI fund managed by PAREF Gestion. The retail park has a total rental area of approx. 13,500 sqm.
- The Carlyle Group on the acquisition of the German self-storage operator myStorage including a portfolio consisting of seven self-storage properties. The acquisition was made as a joint venture together with the British self-storage operator Safestore.
- Commerz Real AG on the acquisition of a portfolio of four neighborhood developments for its open-ended real estate fund "HausInvest" from the project developer QUARTERBACK Immobilien AG. This includes the developments: "Wohnen am Kulturgleis" in Dresden, "Wohnen am Mönchsberg" in Jena as well as "Krystallpalast-Areal" and "Eliseneck" in Leipzig. After completion of the properties, it is expected that around 650 apartments, a hotel with 282 rooms and around 20,000 sqm of commercial space will have been newly developed.
- LaSalle Investment Management on the acquisition of the project „Lacus Quartier” in Berlin-Pankow. The residential development comprises 230 units and will be completed in April 2021. With the acquisition LaSalle strengthens its investments in the residential allocation for its pan-European Fund E-REGI. Seller of the project is BUWOG.
- DIC Asset AG on the acquisition of three office properties from the Cologne "TechnologiePark portfolio" from TPG Real Estate Partners for more than EUR 250 million. The three office buildings comprise a total lettable area of around 60,000 sqm which are leased on a long-term basis to renowned public sector institutions.
- Dow Chemical Company on its participation in Hanseatic Energy Hub GmbH (HEH), the project company for the future LNG terminal at Stade industrial park (Lower Saxony, Germany), near the port of Hamburg. Dow takes a minority stake in HEH and is contributing the land for the construction of the terminal as well as infrastructure services, off-gas heat, site services and mutual harbor use rights. HEH will plan and build an LNG terminal, which is expected to provide regasification capacity of 13,3 billion cubic metres a year from 2026 onwards.
- NAS Real Transaction GmbH on the acquisition of the Horizon Tower in Eschborn from a fund managed by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The office building comprises a total lettable area of approx. 41,000 sqm.
- Cilon GmbH on the acquisition of a commercial complex in Hattersheim via sale and leaseback for a German investor group. The buildings were constructed between 1959 and 2007 and are to be modernised or replaced. The total lettable area amounts to approx. 15,000 sqm.
- Art-Invest Real Estate on the acquisition of an office building located in the Munich district of Schwabing-Freimann with a total lettable area of approx. 20,000 sqm.
- BEOS AG, company owned by real estate investor Swiss Life Asset Managers, on the acquisition of the commercial premises of Schaeffler Automotive Aftermarket GmbH & Co. KG in Langen near Frankfurt am Main with a total lettable are of around 20,000 sqm.
- CAIROS Group on the acquisition of a commercial property located in Köln comprising a total lettable area of 6,900 sqm. Seller is a joint venture of the “CCP 5 Core-Plus Fund” managed by Tristan Capital Partners and Investa Real Estate.
- BEOS AG, a company owned by real estate investor Swiss Life Asset Managers, on the disposal of two building plots of the "Frankfurt Westside" neighborhood development with a total area of approx. 63,000 sqm. Purchaser of the partial heritable building right for the two areas is the global data center operator CyrusOne.
- Principal Real Estate Europe on the acquisition of a retail park in Hamm for the account of the Novapierre Allemagne 2 SCPI fund managed by PAREF Gestion. The retail park has a total rental area of approx. 4,600 sqm. The property is let to Kaufland on a long-term lease and was renovated in 2017.
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG together with Universal-Investment as capital management company on the acquisition of the multi-tenant office property “Moabit Office” in Berlin-Mitte for its open-ended real estate special fund BERENBERG Real Estate Berlin . Seller is the private equity company HighBrook Investors. With the purchase of the property, the fund has reached its target volume and is now fully invested.
- CAIROS Group on the acquisition of an office building from a Tristan Capital fund in Munich-Perlach for a family office. Constructed in 2003, the building comprises a total lettable area of approximately 8,000 sqm and was extensively remodeled in 2013 for use as a school with state-of-the-art facilities. Tenant is Jules Verne Campus gemeinnützige GmbH.
- IntReal International Real Estate KVG on the sale of the so-called "Europort", a commercial and logistics park located in Kelsterbach.
- Generali Real Estate S.p.A. on the acquisition of a fully leased historic office and residential building located in Berlin-Mitte with a total lettable area of 8,000 sqm. Seller is Real I.S. Investment GmbH.
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG together with Universal-Investment as capital management company on the acquisition of the multi-tenant office property "BELT" in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The property comprises a total lettable are of 8,865 sqm. Seller is a joint venture of the private equity company HighBrook Investors and the asset manager Aerium.
- VALUES.Investment Management on the acquisition of a fully let office building in Hamburg with a total lettable space of approx. 6,000 sqm for the institutional fund "BVK-Values-Immobilienfonds-CBD" managed for the Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK).
- Greenman Investments on the acquisition of a fully let retail park in Sonneberg with a total lettable area of approx. 33.000 sqm for its Greenman OPEN-Fund. Anchor tenant of the property is EDEKA.
- CAIROS Group on the sale of the "Opernpalais" in Frankfurt am Main. The property is part of the office and retail complex "Die Welle" and is fully let to the private bank "Julius Bär".
- Aspera Capital Management Ltd on the sale of a long-established health center with a total lettable area of around 7,000 sqm in Waiblingen to Captiva. Main tenant of the property is the Waiblingen Central Clinic.
- Generali Real Estate S.p.A. on the acquisition of a fully let office and commercial building in Cologne with a total lettable area of approx. 10,400 sqm for an insurance fund of the Generali insurance group. Seller is Aachener Grundvermögen Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.
- VALUES. Institutional Invest GmbH on the acquisition of a core property in München-Bogenhausen for its VALUES Public Sector Fund. The property comprises a total lettable area of approx. 8,500 sqm. Main tenant is the Free State of Bavaria.
- QUEST Investment Partners on the acquisition of the former Deutsche Bahn headquarters in Frankfurt for a fund of funds of a professional pension fund. The purchase is being made via a newly established special AIF, which INTREAL manages as a service KVG. The previous owner is the closed-end public fund Hesse Newman Real Estate No. 3, managed by QUEST Funds, for which QUEST is modernizing the striking property and re-letting the space of approx. 51,000 sqm.
- Aurelis Real Estate GmbH on the sale of a commercial park located at Peter-Sander-Straße 41-31 in Wiesbaden to Palmira Capital Partners for their Palmira Unternehmensimmobilien Club Fund in an off-market transaction. The commercial park comprises a total lettable space of approx. 16,000 sqm and is let 75%.
- DIC Asset AG on the (indirect) acquisition of the Mercedes-Benz-Center located in Cologne for its own portfolio. The flagship property was built in 2006 for sole tenant Daimler AG and comprises approx. 34.600 sqm of rental space. The total investment costs for the architecturally and qualitatively high-grade property are approx. EUR 71 million.
- IntReal International Real Estate on the sale of a logistics property in Heusenstamm to BentallGreenOak. BEOS had acquired the property in 2013 for its fund"BEOS Corporate Real Estate Fund Germany II".
- VALUES. Institutional Invest GmbH on the acquisition of a fully leased office and commercial building in Berlin-Wilmersdorf with a total lettable area of approx. 4,000 sqm for its institutional fund "VALUES Prime Locations". Anchor tenant of the property is Hugendubel. Seller is the British asset manager and investor Aberdeen Standard Investments.
- Montano Asset Management GmbH on the acquisition of a fully leased office complex at Düsseldorf's main train station with a rental area of approx. 9,800 sqm for a professional pension fund. The main tenant is the city of Düsseldorf with its education administration. The seller is Meag.
- IntReal International Real Estate on the acquisition of a residential complex in Grevenbroich for the Barton Group's open-ended real estate special AIF "Barton Wohnen Deutschland II" managed by it. The fully let residential complex comprises three connected residential buildings with a total lettable area of around 8,900 sqm.
- Gazit Globe Ltd. on the sale of the Munich shopping center "Motorama Ladenstadt". Gazit Globe had purchased the property with a total lettable area of approx. 24,000 sqm in 2008 for EUR 41.6 million. Gazit Globe's only property in Germany was sold to a US investor for EUR 87 million.
- VALUES.Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG on the acquisition of the office ensemble "ABC Bogen" located in Hamburg for the institutional fund BVK-Values Immobilienfonds CBC of Bayerische Versorgungskammer. The property was built in 2000 and comprises a total lettable space of 14,746 sqm. The annual net rent amounts to approximately EUR 436 million. The property is almost fully let; the main tenant is the GOOGLE Group. Seller is OFFICEFIRST Real Estate GmbH.
- Commerz Real AG on the sale of the office complex "Grand Campus" located at Mainzer Landstraße 151-157 in Frankfurt to the investment manager Arminius Group. The office ensemble, also known as "Trading Center" or "DLZ", with a total lettable area of approx. 60,800 sqm is leased to Commerzbank on a long-term basis and is one of the bank's central locations in Frankfurt.
- The new open real estate fund BERENBERG Real Estate Hamburg II, which was set-up by Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG as real estate manager and Universal-Investment, on the acquisition of the two-part office ensemble "Inspire" in Hamburg-Barmbek.
- Aurelis Real Estate GmbH on the sale of a business park located in Böblingen with a total lettable area of approx. 51,600 sqm to a Swiss-Life-Logistics fund. The park was built between 1991 and 2007 and continuously partially modernized. The area is 90% let. Main tenant is Philips Medizin-Systeme Böblingen GmbH.
- LaSalle Investment Management KVG mbH on the acquisition of a modern residential property with approx. 200 residential units and an underground parking garage in Berlin Kreuzberg. Most of the residential units are one to four rooms of approx. 25 sqm to 100 sqm. The acquisition was for LaSalle's pan-European Encore+ fund. It is the first residential investment since the inception of the fund.
- DIC Asset AG on the acquisition of the "SAP Tower", Eschborn. The as-new and fully let "SAP Tower" property in the Eschborn-Süd industrial park (near Frankfurt am Main), built in 2018, comprises around 8,950 sqm and has landmark character. The building is characterized by a modern architectural concept, high construction quality and state-of-the-art technical equipment. The sole first tenant is the software company SAP. SAP uses the property as a sales and demonstration center in connection with "SAP Digital Studio", among other things. The average lease term is around 8.0 years. The total investment costs for the property amounted to approximately EUR 69 million.
- Principal Real Estate Europe, acting as asset and transaction manager of the SCPI 2 Novapierre Allemagne Fund managed by PAREF Gestion on the acquisition of the retail park "PEP" located in Torgau. The total lettable space of the property amounts to approximately 26,000 sqm. Anchor tenants of the nearly fully let property are Kaufland, Obi, Expert and dm. Seller was a fund of the investment manager Origami Capital Partners.
- IntReal International Real Estate KVG mbH on the acquisition of a vacant building located in Gotha which will be redeveloped into a senior-living facility. A lease agreement with a nursing home operator has already been concluded.
- Principal Real Estate GmbH on the sale of the business park "Air Cargo Center" in Langenhagen (near Hannover). The industrial park, which was built in 1997 and extended in 2000, has around 22,400 sqm of rental space and is almost fully let. The main tenants are the aircraft maintenance company MTU Maintenance Hannover GmbH and Connox GmbH. The purchaser is Swiss Life Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH.
- BEOS AG on the sale of a warehouse and logistics hall in Aschaffenburg-Nilkheim. Seller is Gutperle Grundbesitz GmbH. Single tenant of the property is C&A Mode GmbH & Co. KG.
- Ares Management on the sale of a property in Hannover to an institutional investor.
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG on the acquisition of the office building "Schlump One" in Hamburg for its “Real Estate BERENBERG HAMBURG” fund. The fund is managed by Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH. The property comprises around 8,269 sqm of lettable space. Main tenants are FOM, Koprian IQ and Sum.Cumo. Seller is Schlump One Objekt GmbH & Co. KG, managed by the HIH-Group.
- Art-Invest Real Estate Funds on the purchase of a building complex in Hanau. Seller is Onyx Germany (2) Ltd. The building complex consists of various parts, which were historically leased to Heraeus on a large scale and is now being redeveloped.
- IntReal International Real Estate KVG mbH on the purchase of a micro-living project in Düsseldorf. The property, which was initially used as an office building, will be converted into a micro-living residential building after renovation and will have 133 residential units and 83 parking spaces after completion. The planned total lettable area amounts to approx. 3,379 sqm.
- Generali Real Estate S.p.A. on the sale of a portfolio consisting of 16 retail properties The portfolio comprises around 20,000 sqm of lettable space. 13 of the properties are let to Lidl, three to Edeka. The annual rental income amounts to approx. EUR 2.5 million.
- Greenman Investments S.C.A. on the acquisition of a portfolio of five shopping and local supply centers for its "OPEN" investment fund. The portfolio comprises approx. 71,400 sqm of rental space. The combined purchase price is EUR 112 million.
- IntReal International Real Estate KVG mbH on the sale of a property in Frankfurt am Main to Interxion Deutschland GmbH.
- LaSalle Investment Management KVG mbH on the acquisition of the office building “KONTOR” for its open-ended pan-European fund E-REGI. Kontor is part of the development project "Im Wirtschaftswunder" on the former Commerzbank site in Berlin-Schöneberg. It comprises approx. 10,000 sqm of rental space, let long-term to the agricultural seed producer KWS. Seller is the real estate fund PW Real Estate Fund III, which is affiliated with Aermont Capital.
- LaSalle Investment Management KVG mbH on the acquisition of the office building “Economic Quarter” in Hamburg's City Süd for its pan-European fund Encore+. The Economic Quarter has 28,000 m² of rental space on ten floors. The total property currently has a WALT of 8 years with an annual rent of EUR 5 million. Seller is the asset manager Blackrock.
- Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobilien KAG on the disposal of the shopping center “Rathaus Galerie” in downtown Essen to a joint venture between Henderson Park and HBB Hanseatische Betreuungs- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH. The established shopping center comprises approx. 31,000 sqm of rental space with the anchor tenants Real, Decathlon, dm etc. Comprehensive modernisation and restructuring is to take place.
- Ares Management on the sale of the office property Kennedydamm 15-17, built in 1984, located in Düsseldorf. The property comprises around 13,974 sqm of lettable space and is let long-term to the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Purchaser is Art-Invest Real Estate.
- Generali Real Estate S.p.A. and Italian insurer Poste Vita on the acquisition of the project development office building “The Westlight” in Berlin’s City West. The seller of the 15-story structure on the corner of Budapester Straße 35 and Kurfürstenstraße is Barings Real Estate, who will be building about 19,500 sqm office and retail space at that location by the middle of 2020.
- Ares Management on the sale of a property located in Düsseldorf to an institutional investor.
- Cairos Development GmbH on the purchase and project development of the building ensemble "Villa Meister" in Frankfurt am Main. The seller is a community of heirs of the descendants of the founding family of Höchst-Werke.
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG on the acquisition of the "Opus One Portfolio" for its "Real Estate BERENBERG HAMBURG" fund. The fund is managed by Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH. Seller is the MAGNA-Group, Hamburg. The object of the transaction is the so-called "Opus One Portfolio“ consisting of the four "multi-tenant properties" in Norderstedt, Langenhorn, Moislingen and Lübeck located in and near Hamburg. The portfolio has a total lease area of approx. 26,817 sqm.
- Ares Management on the sale of a Core+ Property located Hans-Böckler-Straße 38 in Düsseldorf to an institutional investor. The office property comprises around 12,000 sqm of rental space.
- Commerz Real AG on the acquisition of the project development “Terra”. “Terra” is one of the four high-rise towers in the “Four Frankfurt” quarter on land formerly occupied by Deutsche Bank. The seller is the project developer Groß & Partner. The transaction has been structured by way of forward purchase.
- Principal Real Estate Europe, acting as asset and transaction manager of the SCPI NOVAPIERRE ALLEMAGNE Fund managed by PAREF Gestion, on the acquisition of a commercial park in Herborn, Hesse in Germany. The vendor is AEW and the investment vehicle of Kintyre, which delivered the asset and property management services.
- Art-Invest Real Estate Funds (i) on the acquisition of a property located in Karlsruhe from Generali Real Estate S.p.A. as well as (ii) on the subsequent refurbishment and sale to DIC Asset AG.
- Gazit Germany on the disposal of shopping centre "Coens-Galerie" in Grevenbroich. The center comprises around 12,000 sqm of rental space. The anchor tenants are Netto (Edeka), DM-Drogeriemarkt as well as C&A Mode, Medimax und CCC Schuhe. The total property currently has a WALT of 4.5 years with an annual rent of € 1.1 million.
- Generali Real Estate S.p.A. on the acquisition of the land mark building “Marienforum” located in the heart of the banking district of Frankfurt am Main. The Marienforum has been developed by a joint venture between Perella Weinberg Real Estate Funds and Pecan Development. The property comprises eleven floors and will serve as new headquarter for ABN AMRO bank in Frankfurt.
- Schroder Real Estate on the disposal of office building Europa Arkaden I, Bratustraße 9/Europaplatz 2-3, in Darmstadt to Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate (Warburg-HIH Invest). The multi-tenant property offers rental space of around 8,000 sqm and 93 underground parking spaces. The main tenant is Arkadis with around 4,000 sqm. The consulting, project management and engineering company extended its lease contract by five years at the end of 2017. The total occupancy rate is 91%. Warburg-HIH intends to contribute the acquisition to Immobilien-Spezial-AIF Deutschland Selektiv Immobilien Invest.
- Generali Real Estate S.p.A. on the disposal of the multi-tenant office building in Frankfurt Ostend. The property located at Hanauer-Landstraße 151-153/Ferdinand-Happ-Straße 32 comprises around 8,400 sqm of lettable space and is currently let 85%.
- Aspera Capital Management Ltd on the purchase of a doctors and office building in Waiblingen. The property has a total rental area of 6.967 sqm.
- Concarus Real Estate Invest, a company of the May & Porth Group, on the acquisition of the "BahnhofsCenter" in Gelsenkirchen from the Cerberus Group. The property located right near the main station has about 13,000 sqm retail and service space and about 310 parking spaces in a parking garage.
- Ares Management L.P. on the sale of a building complex with 26,600 sqm office and laboratory space and 407 parking spaces in Neubiberg near Munich to SCPI Eurovalys. The property consisting of eight building sections was erected in 2002 and renovated between 2011 and 2015. The purchase price is EUR 59 million.
- LaSalle Investment on the acquisition of a 16,000 sqm commercial building "Am Friedensplatz" in Bonn by way of sale-and-leaseback for a club of investors from Sparkasse Koeln/Bonn. The property serves as local headquarter of Sparkasse Koeln/Bonn.
- The open real estate fund BERENBERG Real Estate Berlin, which was set-up by Berenberg Bank as real estate manager and Universal-Investment, on the acquisition of the shopping and district center "Neumann Forum" in Berlin-Pankow from the Hamburg real estate company RI Partners. The "Neumann Forum" has a lettable area of around 26,500 sqm with more than 270 parking. Tenants of the almost fully let property are large retail chains, a privately-owned school, a kindergarden as well as a retirement home.
- Concarus on the acquisition of the "Circoleum" office ensemble from the Munich Real I. S. Group. The Circoleum, which was built in 1994 has about 21,100 sqm of usable space and 449 parking spaces, is mainly leased from the Fresenius Group. It was sold from the closed-end real estate fund Bayernfonds "Circoleum", which was placed in 2002.
- Art-Invest Real Estate Funds on sale of the office building "Am Mozartplatz" in Frankfurt to Park Lane Investors Group for further project development.
- INTOWN Property Group in relation to a 43,000 sqm lease agreement entered into with Deutsche Bundesbank with respect to all floors of the Frankfurt located landmark building Frankfurt Büro Center (FBC). This mandate was one of the largest lease agreements in the Frankfurt banking district.
- DIC AG on the design and implementation of the DIC Office Balance IV fund with properties in Munich (Neumarkter Straße) and an ensemble of three office properties in Eschborn (Frankfurter Straße/Alfred-Herrhausen-Allee). The Munich property comprises 18,300 sqm of rental space. The Eschborn ensemble comprises 19,200 sqm of rental space and 520 parking spaces.
- BERENBERG Real Estate Hamburg, which was set-up by Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG (Real Estate Office) as real estate manager and Universal-Investment, on the acquisition of the office and retail complex "Neues Steintor" from a pension fund located in Northern Germany. The entire ensemble "Neues Steintor" characterizes Hamburg’s skyline with its two office towers and has a lettable area of around 34,000 sqm with more than 600 parking spaces in an integrated parking garage.
- GAZIT Globe plc. on sale of the shopping center "Casinopark Wentorf" (approx. 12,500 sqm) located in the area of Hamburg to a local development company.
- Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobilien KAG on sale of the shopping centers "Rathaus-Galerie", Leverkusen (approx. 37,000 sqm), "Mercado-Center", Nuremberg (approx. 43,500 sqm) and "Le Befane", Rimini as the so-called "Melody Portfolio" to Union Investment. The transaction is considered one of the largest shopping center transactions in Germany in 2016/2017.
- Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobilien KAG on sale of the shopping center “SMC” located in Frankfurt/Oder with a total sales area of approx. 25,000 sqm to a Luxembourg based private equity investor. Advised a private bank in connection with the acquisition of the office tower “Tri Tower“ with more than 10,000 m² in Hamburg.
- A family office on the acquisition of 15 highstreet properties (“Sepia portfolio”) in West Germany, among others in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Göttingen and Landshut.
- A joint venture regarding the acquisition of the „Lucida“ portfolio consisting of 28 retail shopping centers in various German cities from Hatfield Philips International.
- A real estate company on the acquisition of an industrial park portfolio with six properties in the metropolitan regions Hamburg, Berlin and Rhine-Main with a total lettable area of around 67,300 m² from GE Capital and an investor group represented by Coresis.
- A joint venture on the sale of a portfolio of 23 retail and shopping centers with a total lettable area of around 273,000 m² to Rockspring Investment Managers.
- An international bank on the structured use of around 70 properties used by the insolvent Praktiker AG Group (“Max Bahr portfolio“) to various investors by way of individual and portfolio transactions.
- A real estate company on the acquisition of the center “Neustadt Centrum” in Halle an der Saale by way of an asset deal. The shopping center has a lettable area of more than 30,700 m² with more than 60 different stores and practices.
- A global multi-asset investment manager on the sale of various properties (among others office and logistics) in the context of asset deals.
- A fund manager in connection with the acquisition of an office property Trakehner Straße 5 and 7-9 in Frankfurt.
- A private equity investor on the sale of an office property in Berlin as well as a business property in Hamburg.
- A global multi-asset investment manager on the sale of a property in Frankfurt “Bockenheimer Landstraße 101“.
- A project developer and investor on the acquisition of an office center in Hamburg, Südstraße 72-79 by way of an asset deal.
- A project developer and investor on the EUR 47 million acquisition of the real estate complex “Thiemann Quartier“ in Berlin. The Thiemann Quartier on Thiemannstr. 1-11 in Berlin-Neukölln has a total area of around 53,000 m² and comprises 15 buildings with commercial space for production studios, offices as well as space for retail, storage and leisure.
- A private bank on negotiations regarding a leasing contract for an area of around 9,000 m² “Spiegel Hochhaus”.
- A project developer and investor on negotiations of a rental agreement with a hardware store retailer and the subsequent sale of the property by way of an asset deal.
- A joint venture on the sale of the shopping center “Sky Plaza Lübeck” to Invesco Real Estate.
- A private bank on the acquisition of a project development in Hamburg (“Opera Offices Neo”) from DIC AG.
- An asset manager on the sale of mixed-use properties “BL 72” in Frankfurt for the German open real estate fund “CS Eureal”.
- A real estate company regarding the sale of a portfolio consisting of a shopping center in “Tondo” (Hamburg) and two retail parks in Berlin.
- A bank on the restructuring and refinancing of a EUR 26 million financing for the acquisition of logistics and production sites with the subsequent transfer of the credit risk to investors by way of secured bonded loans.
- A bank regarding the restructuring and refinancing of a loan (around EUR 300 million), with GSG Asset GmbH & Co. Verwaltungs KG as debtor.
- A bank on the sale of an office building “Opernpalais“ in Frankfurt.
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