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Head of Finance, Front Office
Chief Executive Officer
Supervisory Board Chairman
Chairman of the Regional Management - General Manager Vonovia SE
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer - Member of the Management Board
European commercial real estate registered the seventh consecutive quarter of falling investment in July through September, ensuring no market or sector had escaped the (...)
We see a market in transition. Demographic trends support bespoke living solutions across the lifecycle. This is especially true for living in old age. (...)
European commercial real estate investment plummeted in the final quarter of last year, led by Germany amid a generalized slump in values and total (...)
In its latest market review, published in August 2022, Sofidy announces that corporate margins "will deteriorate in the coming months" and that analysts' estimates (...)
Driven by large-scale mergers and acquisitions, European multi-family (or residential) investment volumes in the 12 countries analysed reached around €92.3bn in 2021, up 79% (...)
The European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA) has announced that Méka Brunel, Managing Director of Gecina, is taking over the presidency of the professional body (...)
Business Immo: What are the main attractions of the German residential market for real estate investors? Tristan Hinseler: The German residential real estate market convinces (...)
“The question is not whether the European commercial real estate sector will be affected by Covid-19 but how severely and for how long,” says (...)
The merger of Germany's ADO Properties and Adler Real Estate, including control of Consus Real Estate, will be transformational, with a compelling growth profile, the companies (...)
German housing giant Vonovia is to make a last extension to 8 January of its takeover offer for Sweden's Hemblaafter the latest expired with 95.3% of shareholders (...)
Germany Vonovia intends to invest more in Hembla after winning 72.3% of shareholder support for its €1.15bn bid, and hinted it seeks other opportunities (...)
Germany's Vonovia expects to publish its mandatory public offer for all shares in Swedish housing firm Hembla this month after it won official clearance (...)
Germany's giant residential group Vonovia is acquiring a majority stake in Swedish housing firm Hembla from Blackstone for SEK12.23bn (€1.14bn), its second takeover in the nation. In a move (...)
Listed German property firm TLG Immobilien has taken a €1bn, near-10% stake in peer Aroundtown and said the two companies will begin talks aimed (...)
German housing group Vonovia is launching a program called '1,000 Roofs' to equip its buildings with photovoltaic systems, particularly targeting energy modernisation for older stock. In its (...)
Bochum-based housing property giant Vonovia reported a 12.9% rise in group FFO for the first half to €609.1m, emphasising its social commitment to tenants, particularly the elderly. Rental income (...)
Institutional investment in European housing grew 40% last year to €56bn, and growth is set to continue, with rising geographical diversification and cross-border activity, (...)
Transaction volumes in German residential in the first half-year were 36%yy lower at €6.16bn due to limited supply, but investor demand should remain high, (...)
Germany's largest private landlord Vonovia, responding to pressures over rising rents, said it provides homes for a diversity of the population, including lower income (...)
Scandinavian real estate becoming more attractive for German investors, with over €1bn ($1.34bn) in a record 12 investments flowing into the region last year, (...)
France's Ampère Gestion is winning strong domestic and foreign investor interest as it heads to the next close of its €2bn intermediate housing fund (...)
Deutsche Wohnen, the main target of Berlin's housing expropriation debate, plus Germany's largest residential owner Vonovia, say private capital is acting responsibly to meet shortages. Initiated (...)
Germany's Vonovia has raised its stake by 10% in Sweden's Victoria Park to 91.4%, and initiated a compulsory purchase of remaining shares in preparation for (...)
Germany's Vonovia has generated €744m in an accelerated bookbuilding equity placement with institutions, increasing the cash raise from the initial €650m target. The Bochum-based company, the world's (...)
Germany's Vonovia, the world's largest private sector housing landlord, reported a 20%yy jump in first quarter FFO to €303.6m, helped by acquisitions in Austria and (...)
The initiative Expropriate German Housing & Combat Speculation aims to expropriate private homeowners with more than 3,000 apartments in Berlin. On the agenda are (...)
Impact investing, limiting capital allocations to strategies that meet ecological and social guidelines, is now pursued by some 5% of global institutions. But more (...)
German residential giant Vonovia is keen to grow beyond Germany, especially in France, Sweden and the Netherlands, and is at pains to combat European public doubts (...)
The world's largest private housing group, Germany's Vonovia, for 2018 reported a 15.8% increase in FFO to €1.07bn, and expects to boost this as high (...)
France's largest residential developer, listed group Nexity, is boosting sales for professional landlords, and has agreed with state-owned CDC Habitat to produce 5,000 intermediate (...)
Bochum-based housing giant Vonovia has raised €698.1m with the sale of its stake in German listed peer Deutsche Wohnen via an accelerated bookbuilding offer to institutions. Made (...)
Two German lenders, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank are jointly providing a €500m 10-year loan to German listed housing giant Vonovia. Pbb said in a release that the funds are being provided (...)
French Ampère Gestion, part of French state financier CdC which led the first-ever takeover of a public sector housing portfolio last summer for €1.4bn, has raised (...)
German residential investment slipped by a modest 3%yy to €15.1bn last year, and was marked by the entry of several first-time buyers, says adviser (...)
Investment in German residential real estate rose 16%yy to €16.3bn in 2018 but, says adviser BNP Paribas Real Estate, even if demand is strong, (...)
In Sweden's largest deal of 2018, Victoria Park, a unit of Germany's Vonovia, has agreed to pay SEK4.7bn (€456m) for two residential portfolios with (...)
German listed housing giant Vonovia is cutting its investments in energy modernisation in apartments by 40% due to tenant concerns over the resulting rental (...)
ICF Habitat, the housing arm of French railway SNCF which this year sold off a €1.4bn portfolio in a landmark deal, aims to invest €3bn (...)
Swiss Life Asset Managers and Ampère Gestion, a unit of French state institution CdC, were revealed last month as winners of the largest French (...)
Sweden's real estate investment rose by 9%yy in the first nine months of 2018 to SEK110bn (€10.6bn), with residential making up the largest share (...)
After the government reshuffle today France has its first minister for housing. Period. Not for urban planning; not also for cohesion or equality of (...)
Berlin private investment manager Deutsche Asset One has acquired 750 apartments valued at around €90m in two separate account mandates from Union Investment Real (...)
Following a BIE report, French CDC Habitat and Swiss Life Asset Managers have confirmed that their group, which includes Germany's Vonovia and two state pension funds, (...)
The participation of Germany's Vonovia and Zurich's Swiss Life in the winning bid for French SNCF's housing portfolio is good for Europe, good for France – (...)
Germany's giant listed housing group Vonovia, responding to a BIE report, has confirmed it has a 10% stake in the consortium led by CDC (...)
With a near €1.4bn bid, France's CDC Habitat, backed by two state pension funds and Germany's Vonovia, has won the 4,000-unit housing portfolio sold (...)
Live from Expo Real (Münich) - German residential investment year to date has reached €14.9bn or 103,000 units, says adviser JLL, 37% above year-ago (...)
US-based housing group Greystar is launching a platform in France to acquire and develop student and private rented residential, and is opening an office (...)
There seems little doubt that the more than 400 delegates to the EPRA conference last week reflected the rising interest in listed real estate (...)
German listed housing firm Vonovia has acquired the US Starwood Capital Group's full stake in Sweden's Victoria Park at its original offer price, taking (...)
Publicly-quoted housing firms like Germany's giant Vonovia will boom in Europe as policymakers grapple with soaring demand, EPRA executives say. Markets in Netherlands and (...)
The EPRA annual conference in Berlin, which starts today, has attracted over 400 participants, the largest to date, as investors seek personal contact with (...)
Germany's Vonovia boosted first half funds from operations 11.5% to €510.3m without contributions from its two takeovers, Austria's BUWOG and Sweden's Victoria Park. Including these, it now manages (...)
First half German residential investment rose 19% to €8.8bn, propelled by the takeover of Buwog by Vonovia and the 70% of Brack Capital bought by Adler Real Estate, (...)
Testa Residencial has listed on Spain's MAB exchange without an IPO, becoming Spain's largest rental housing REIT/SOCIMI with over 10,000 apartments. It shares rose 1.44% to €14.10 (...)
Testa, the Spanish housing firm owned by creditor banks, REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties and Acciona Inmobiliaria, has issued its stock market prospectus targeting capitalisation of €1.83bn at a share price (...)
Listed Berlin commercial real estate group TLG has suddenly dismissed its two chief executives Peter Finkbeiner and Niclas Karoff, and will replace them with (...)
Because he has shown perfect timing elsewhere in European housing, Israeli billionaire Teddy Sagi's entry into Spain will energise an already fast-moving sector. Prices (...)
Property transactions in the Nordic countries in the first half neared €21bn, the second highest ever, driven by large international investments in the residential (...)
Privately-held Berlin property investment manager CapitalBAY aims to increase assets by over €1bn this year to reach €3.5bn, says CEO George Salden who now owns a majority in (...)
As the first reading of the ELAN housing bill comes to an end in the French National Assembly, it is clear that France needs a (...)
Germany's giant listed housing firm Vonovia has declared its €898m cash offer for Sweden's Victoria Park successful, accepted by 58% of shareholders, and says it will extend the (...)
CDC Habitat, the housing manager of French state financing institution CDC and partner of Germany's giant Vonovia group, is to take a 34% stake in Maisons (...)
US private equity firm Starwood Capital, which Wednesday announced 24.4% acceptances in a Swedish housing group bid, has by contrast won only a fraction of (...)
US private equity firm Starwood Capital has announced acceptances of 24.4% in its takeover bid for Swedish listed housing firm Victoria Park, and will go ahead and (...)
The German residential investment fund managed jointly by cooperative banking manager Union Investment Real Estate and ZBI has boosted assets by €260m to €781m, and the (...)
Spanish housing firm Testa Residencial, currently being prepared by its owners for an IPO, has signed a €92m credit financing for the €207m acquisition of (...)
German listed housing group Vonovia has raised nearly €1bn in an accelerated private placement to help finance its near-€900m takeover offer for Sweden's Victoria Park. It (...)
German housing giant Vonovia is looking in detail at four countries outside Germany to grow its residential portfolio: Sweden, The Netherlands, France and Spain, CFO Stefan Kirsten told (...)
Europe's largest listed housing company, Germany's Vonovia, is making its first foray outside the German-speaking world, bidding €898m, SEK38 per share, for Sweden's Victoria Park in a (...)
In a deal being watched at home and abroad, French railway SNCF is selling a portfolio of 4,000 homes in a rare public sector sale that (...)
Global property advisor JLL is extending its corporate finance advisory into the listed sector in Europe, placing some emphasis on advising South African firms interested in (...)
Spanish housing group Testa, being prepared for an IPO in the next few months, is to make a capital increase of €89m for subscription by (...)
Spanish REIT/SOCIMI Merlin Properties intends to float housing affiliate Testa Residencial on the stock market before summer to become the nation's first listed residential investor, CEO Ismael Clemente says. Its (...)
Vonovia, Germany's largest housing company, boosted FFO1 by 21% to €920.8m in 2017 due to organic, internal growth but also the integration of Vienna-based (...)
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global held 2.6% of its €881bn assets in unlisted real estate at end-2017 which produced a return of 7.5% - (...)
The chief executive of Finnish rental housing firm Kojamo, which owns over 34,000 residential units worth €4.7bn and is currently controlled by domestic institutions, confirmed (...)
Listed German real estate investor and manager Corestate Capital has appointed a new chief executive to succeed Sascha Wilhelm. He is Michael Bütter, a (...)
Hamburg-based Engel & Völkers Investment Consulting said it accompanied the successful purchase of a residential portfolio by Viennese firm Buwog from London-listed Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL) as part (...)
German listed TLG, managing €2.4bn in commercial real estate, is in the spotlight this week after investor Amir Dayan said he potentially controls 23% of (...)
German residential property developer Instone, formed last year by the Jersey-based ActivumSG from two subsidiaries, is likely to favour a stock market flotation this (...)
Poste Immo, the property management unit of France's giant public sector La Poste postal service, is tasked with foreseeing the future for its 11,000 buildings and (...)
In the second large German acquisition this week, listed Augsburg-based Patrizia announced Tuesday that it is buying the London-based real estate fund manager Rockspring, boosting managed assets (...)
Giant German residential group Vonovia said on Monday that it is making an agreed offer to acquire smaller Austrian peer Buwog at a price of €29.05 per share, (...)
French state railways group SNCF is preparing to spin off €1bn of real estate by creating a separate firm and attracting private capital, according to union (...)
German listed real estate passed €100bn in gross value of managed assets for the first time this year, rising 26%yy to €114bn, only €12bn (...)
Germany’s largest listed housing group Vonovia has made the decision in principle to seek residential assets outside Germany, and signed an agreement Wednesday with the French SNI (...)
Investment bank HSBC remains optimistic about German residential real estate, saying in a study of the sector Monday that the end of the price (...)