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Grand Opening of Upbeat Berlin at Nordhafen – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Grand Opening of Upbeat Berlin at Nordhafen

On 13 October 2026, Upbeat Berlin, a distinctive office building at Nordhafen in Europacity, will officially open. Its exclusive tenant is Deutsche Kreditban…

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Car Park Management as a Strategic Element in Real Estate – AI-generated illustrative image
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Car Park Management as a Strategic Element in Real Estate

The tasks of car parks are expanding significantly, as legal requirements and societal needs create new challenges for property owners.

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New Fraunhofer IKS Building in Garching near Munich Opened – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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New Fraunhofer IKS Building in Garching near Munich Opened

The new building of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS in Garching near Munich has been ceremonially opened, combining research and architect…

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IPA Pilot Project at University Hospital Düsseldorf: New Central Laboratory Building via BIM and Integrated Project Delivery – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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IPA Pilot Project at University Hospital Düsseldorf: New Central Laboratory Building via BIM and Integrated Project Delivery

At University Hospital Düsseldorf (UKD), a new central laboratory, which will comprise six institutes, is being realised for the first time within the framew…

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ABG Frankfurt Holding Increases Housing Stock and Forces Modernisation – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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ABG Frankfurt Holding Increases Housing Stock and Forces Modernisation

For the 2025 financial year, ABG FRANKFURT HOLDING reports an increase in its housing stock as well as significant investments in new construction and modern…

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ICON by Covivio wins ICONIC AWARD in the “Concept Transformation” category – AI-generated illustrative image
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ICON by Covivio wins ICONIC AWARD in the “Concept Transformation” category

The ICON by Covivio in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt was honoured with the ICONIC AWARD 2026 for the revitalisation of its listed office complex.

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Concular develops Urban Mining Cadastre for Stuttgart – AI-generated illustrative image
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Concular develops Urban Mining Cadastre for Stuttgart

The construction industry is responsible for a significant proportion of global waste generation and CO₂ emissions, which is why existing buildings are being…

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Federal Advisory Network for Apprentice Accommodation Launched: Impetus for Affordable Housing – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Federal Advisory Network for Apprentice Accommodation Launched: Impetus for Affordable Housing

The German government has initiated a federal advisory network for apprentice accommodation to promote the creation of affordable housing for apprentices and…

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Market Recovery Expected with Increased Selectivity – AI-generated illustrative image
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Market analysis
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Market Recovery Expected with Increased Selectivity

EXPO REAL 2026 reflected an industry confronting new market realities, with transactions remaining subdued and requiring a differentiated view of properties.

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Potential Impacts of Rental Law Adjustments on the Real Estate Market – AI-generated illustrative image
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Potential Impacts of Rental Law Adjustments on the Real Estate Market

Discussions in the Bundestag regarding amendments to residential and commercial tenancy law raise questions about their consequences for new construction and…

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Siemens strengthens data centre portfolio through strategic partnership – AI-generated illustrative image
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Investment
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Siemens strengthens data centre portfolio through strategic partnership

Siemens makes a strategic investment in Skeleton Technologies to expand its data centre portfolio and consolidate its market position in electrical infrastru…

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Differentiated Development in Company Relocations to Central Berlin Districts – AI-generated illustrative image
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Market analysis
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Differentiated Development in Company Relocations to Central Berlin Districts

A special evaluation by the Office for Statistics Berlin-Brandenburg shows a heterogeneous development of company relocations in the central Berlin districts…

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WÖHR + BAUER secures YTTP and Soulhouse for Stuttgart's H33 – AI-generated illustrative image
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Letting
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WÖHR + BAUER secures YTTP and Soulhouse for Stuttgart's H33

The real estate company WÖHR + BAUER has secured two new tenants, YTTP and Soulhouse, for its revitalisation project H33 in Stuttgart's Hospitalviertel, mean…

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Livensa Group Aims for Expansion in Student and Flexible Accommodation – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Livensa Group Aims for Expansion in Student and Flexible Accommodation

The Livensa Group, backed by CPP Investments, has completed the formal merger of Nido Living and Livensa Living under a new, unified brand identity and plans…

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Reneo Secures New Financing from BlackRock and Existing Investors – AI-generated illustrative image
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Investment
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Reneo Secures New Financing from BlackRock and Existing Investors

The Hamburg-based technology and asset management platform Reneo has closed a new funding round, comprising debt capital from BlackRock and equity from exist…

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First Home Offers Semi-Detached Houses for Capital Investors in Beelitz – AI-generated illustrative image
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Investment
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First Home Offers Semi-Detached Houses for Capital Investors in Beelitz

First Home Wohnbau GmbH is offering 14 semi-detached houses in Beelitz, Brandenburg, specifically for capital investors. The properties will be built to the…

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Rostock Seeks Investors and Developers for the WarnowQuartier – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Rostock Seeks Investors and Developers for the WarnowQuartier

The Hanseatic City of Rostock has opened an expression of interest procedure for municipal plots in the WarnowQuartier to attract investors and project devel…

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Klüh Cleaning takes over infrastructural services for the ruhr tech kampus essen – AI-generated illustrative image
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Letting
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Klüh Cleaning takes over infrastructural services for the ruhr tech kampus essen

Klüh Cleaning, a subsidiary of the Klüh Group, has taken responsibility for infrastructural services at the ruhr tech kampus essen (rtke), in cooperation wit…

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Sale of the Glasmacherviertel in Düsseldorf to a Joint Venture of Hines and Vastint – AI-generated illustrative image
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Transaction
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Sale of the Glasmacherviertel in Düsseldorf to a Joint Venture of Hines and Vastint

LEG Immobilien SE has sold the approximately 193,000 square metre Glasmacherviertel in Düsseldorf-Gerresheim to a joint venture of real estate companies Hine…

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Die Bayerische offers guaranteed interest of up to 3.0 percent until the end of 2027 – AI-generated illustrative image
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Investment
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Die Bayerische offers guaranteed interest of up to 3.0 percent until the end of 2027

With its MehrZins Konto, Die Bayerische positions a product that enables investors to receive a guaranteed interest rate of up to 3.0 percent until 31 Decemb…

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Rohrer Immobilien secures marketing contract for energy self-sufficient residential complex – AI-generated illustrative image
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Letting
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Rohrer Immobilien secures marketing contract for energy self-sufficient residential complex

Rohrer Immobilien is taking over the marketing of 130 residential units in a Bavarian university city, which combine an energy self-sufficient building conce…

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Vattenfall commissions Fluence for gigawatt-hour battery storage in Brunsbüttel – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Vattenfall commissions Fluence for gigawatt-hour battery storage in Brunsbüttel

Vattenfall and Fluence Energy sign contract for the realisation of a significant battery storage project at the former power plant site in Brunsbüttel.

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International Campus Records High B2B Demand for HAVENS LIVING Apartments – AI-generated illustrative image
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Letting
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International Campus Records High B2B Demand for HAVENS LIVING Apartments

International Campus is registering significant corporate demand for temporary accommodation from its HAVENS LIVING brand, with 400 apartments already leased…

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Adaptability of Office Properties as a Value Preservation Strategy – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Adaptability of Office Properties as a Value Preservation Strategy

A collaboration of four companies presented an adaptable office property at Expo Real, which already takes into account a later conversion to commercial resi…

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Lactalis and ID Logistics establish central cold logistics centre in Steinau – AI-generated illustrative image
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Development
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Lactalis and ID Logistics establish central cold logistics centre in Steinau

ID Logistics, in collaboration with Lactalis and Scannell Properties, has developed and commissioned a cold logistics centre in Steinau an der Straße, centra…

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German Retail Leasing Market Shows Increased Momentum in Q3 2026 – AI-generated illustrative image
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Leasing
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German Retail Leasing Market Shows Increased Momentum in Q3 2026

The retail property leasing market in Germany saw a noticeable recovery in the third quarter of 2026, with a take-up of 123,000 sqm.

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Leipzig Investment Market Records Significant Year-on-Year Growth – AI-generated illustrative image
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Market analysis
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Leipzig Investment Market Records Significant Year-on-Year Growth

The Leipzig investment market reached a transaction volume of around 341 million EUR in the first three quarters of 2026, significantly surpassing the previo…

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Developments in the Berlin Housing Market: Stagnant Purchase Prices with Rising Sales Figures – AI-generated illustrative image
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Market analysis
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Developments in the Berlin Housing Market: Stagnant Purchase Prices with Rising Sales Figures

In the Berlin housing market, owner-occupied flats recorded an average price per square metre of 5,070 EUR, largely corresponding to the previous year's level.

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Dr. Peters Group Achieves Successes with Local Supply Fund IPD1 – AI-generated illustrative image
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Investment
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Dr. Peters Group Achieves Successes with Local Supply Fund IPD1

The Dr. Peters Group reports two significant developments for the closed-end local supply fund “Immobilienportfolio Deutschland I” (IPD1).

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STRABAG PFS takes over technical facility management for federal sites in Berlin – AI-generated illustrative image
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Letting
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STRABAG PFS takes over technical facility management for federal sites in Berlin

STRABAG Property and Facility Services has been entrusted by the Federal Agency for Real Estate Tasks with the technical facility management for seven federa…

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