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Realtrade Immobilien Gruppe sells portfolio for around EUR 90 million – AI-generated illustrative image
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Realtrade Immobilien Gruppe sells portfolio for around EUR 90 million

Realtrade Immobilien Gruppe is selling five residential and development properties for around EUR 90 million to Raiffeisenbank Region Baden.

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Secondary market for closed-end funds: Structured bidding process designed to create liquidity – AI-generated illustrative image
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Secondary market for closed-end funds: Structured bidding process designed to create liquidity

Düsseldorf-based Key Investors GmbH is establishing Fonds-Exit, a ten-day bidding process for closed-end fund holdings involving institutional investors.

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Leonardo Hotels takes over property at Schwerin central station – AI-generated illustrative image
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Leonardo Hotels takes over property at Schwerin central station

Leonardo Hotels is expanding its presence in Germany, taking over the former IntercityHotel in Schwerin as part of a portfolio integration.

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Site revitalisation in Gelsenkirchen: Kaufland opens new large-scale branch – AI-generated illustrative image
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Site revitalisation in Gelsenkirchen: Kaufland opens new large-scale branch

With around 6,000 square metres of sales area and a complementary tenant mix, Kaufland is revitalising a former retail location in Gelsenkirchen.

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Accor and Corinthia Group agree strategic partnership for Verdi Hotels – AI-generated illustrative image
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Accor and Corinthia Group agree strategic partnership for Verdi Hotels

Hotel group Accor is progressively integrating seven properties belonging to IHI plc's Verdi Hotels brand into its Handwritten Collection via franchise agree…

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AI-generated letters put pressure on property management companies – AI-generated illustrative image
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AI-generated letters put pressure on property management companies

According to VDIV Deutschland, nine out of ten property managers receive flawed, AI-assisted letters from tenants and owners, leading to a substantial loss o…

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Ludwigshafen: EUR 10.7 million in state funding for 47 apartments in the Heinrich-Pesch-Siedlung – AI-generated illustrative image
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Ludwigshafen: EUR 10.7 million in state funding for 47 apartments in the Heinrich-Pesch-Siedlung

In Ludwigshafen, housing company Sahle Wohnen is building 47 affordable apartments backed by EUR 10.7 million in state funding.

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DGNB Sustainability Challenge: Recognition for innovations in sustainable construction – AI-generated illustrative image
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DGNB Sustainability Challenge: Recognition for innovations in sustainable construction

The German Sustainable Building Council has been honouring pioneering solutions as part of the DGNB Sustainability Challenge since 2016.

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Schollen Hotelberatung Top 100 Report: Differentiated trends in the German accommodation market – AI-generated illustrative image
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Schollen Hotelberatung Top 100 Report: Differentiated trends in the German accommodation market

The latest Top 100 Report by Schollen Hotelberatung reveals widening discrepancies between overnight stay numbers, bed capacities and actual occupancy in Ger…

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Top 100 Report 2026: Differentiated trends across German accommodation markets – AI-generated illustrative image
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Top 100 Report 2026: Differentiated trends across German accommodation markets

In its latest report, Schollen Hotelberatung analyses the dynamics across 200 cities and holiday regions as well as the increasing decoupling of bed capacity…

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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Expands Registry Collection by More Than 40 Luxury Hotels – AI-generated illustrative image
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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Expands Registry Collection by More Than 40 Luxury Hotels

Through a partnership with HotelREZ, Wyndham is integrating more than 40 properties from the Elegant Hotels of the World collection into its Registry Collect…

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Garbe Industrial fully lets new development in Kamen to logistics provider Sesé – AI-generated illustrative image
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Garbe Industrial fully lets new development in Kamen to logistics provider Sesé

Garbe Industrial has fully let an approximately 18,700-square-metre multifunctional property in Kamen to Essen-based logistics provider Sesé Deutschland.

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Fully let prior to completion: Garbe hands over new logistics building in Kamen to Sesé Deutschland – AI-generated illustrative image
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Fully let prior to completion: Garbe hands over new logistics building in Kamen to Sesé Deutschland

Garbe Industrial has fully let a new logistics building of around 18,700 square metres in Kamen to contract logistics specialist Sesé Deutschland.

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Westend Real Assets acquires two data centres in Hamburg for special fund – AI-generated illustrative image
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Westend Real Assets acquires two data centres in Hamburg for special fund

Westend Real Assets has acquired two colocation data centres in Hamburg via an asset deal for the special AIF 'HAL Digitale Infrastruktur Deutschland 1'.

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Westend Real Assets acquires two data centres in Hamburg – AI-generated illustrative image
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Westend Real Assets acquires two data centres in Hamburg

Westend Real Assets has acquired two colocation data centres in Hamburg for the specialised AIF HAL Digitale Infrastruktur Deutschland 1 via an asset deal.

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Satellite Office opens third Munich location on Maximilianstraße – AI-generated illustrative image
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Satellite Office opens third Munich location on Maximilianstraße

With the MAXI14 property at Maximilianstraße 14, workspace provider Satellite Office expands its presence in Munich by around 2,000 square metres of space.

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Satellite Office opens MAXI14 location on Munich's Maximilianstrasse – AI-generated illustrative image
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Satellite Office opens MAXI14 location on Munich's Maximilianstrasse

Satellite Office expands its offering in Munich by 2,000 square metres of space at Maximilianstrasse 14 and already records an occupancy rate of over 50 per…

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Union Investment acquires Gulliver’s Retail Park in Dublin – AI-generated illustrative image
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Union Investment acquires Gulliver’s Retail Park in Dublin

Union Investment has entered the Irish retail market for the first time with the acquisition of the fully let Gulliver’s Retail Park in north Dublin.

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Union Investment acquires retail park in the north of Dublin – AI-generated illustrative image
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Union Investment acquires retail park in the north of Dublin

With the acquisition of the fully let Gulliver’s Retail Park, Union Investment enters the Irish retail market.

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Aigner Immobilien brokers mixed-use residential and commercial property at Augsburg's Königsplatz – AI-generated illustrative image
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Aigner Immobilien brokers mixed-use residential and commercial property at Augsburg's Königsplatz

Aigner Immobilien GmbH has reported the sale of a residential and commercial building with 815 square metres of lettable space in a central location in Augsb…

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1000 Satellites opens first Karlsruhe location in Malzwerk – AI-generated illustrative image
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1000 Satellites opens first Karlsruhe location in Malzwerk

On the iWerkX campus in Karlsruhe, 1000 Satellites has occupied around 2,500 square metres of office space in the historic Malzwerk, expanding its decentrali…

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1000 Satellites opens new office location in Karlsruhe's Malzwerk – AI-generated illustrative image
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1000 Satellites opens new office location in Karlsruhe's Malzwerk

With around 2,500 square metres in the historic Malzwerk on the iWerkX campus, 1000 Satellites is expanding its decentralised office network into the Karlsru…

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STEP Partners takes over Holiday Inn Express Baden-Baden under lease model – AI-generated illustrative image
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STEP Partners takes over Holiday Inn Express Baden-Baden under lease model

STEP Partners Europe takes over operations of the Holiday Inn Express in Baden-Baden, expanding its portfolio with a long-term lease agreement for the first…

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STEP Partners takes over operations of Holiday Inn Express Baden-Baden – AI-generated illustrative image
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STEP Partners takes over operations of Holiday Inn Express Baden-Baden

STEP Partners Europe GmbH is taking over the Holiday Inn Express Baden-Baden under a long-term lease agreement, thereby expanding its operational hotel portf…

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European retail parks: Occupier demand outstrips space supply – AI-generated illustrative image
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European retail parks: Occupier demand outstrips space supply

According to an analysis by real estate advisor Savills, demand for space in European retail parks outstrips supply, while submarkets develop at varying paces.

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Retail parks in Europe: Tenant demand outstrips available space – AI-generated illustrative image
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Retail parks in Europe: Tenant demand outstrips available space

A recent analysis by Savills shows that tenant demand is outstripping supply in the European retail park market, whilst submarkets are performing at varying…

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Slump in new-build pipeline: BFW warns of investment decline in Berlin – AI-generated illustrative image
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Slump in new-build pipeline: BFW warns of investment decline in Berlin

According to the latest developer survey by BFW Berlin/Brandenburg, the five-year pipeline for new homes in the capital has slumped by more than 31 per cent.

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BFW Developer Survey: Berlin new-build pipeline collapses by over 31 per cent – AI-generated illustrative image
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BFW Developer Survey: Berlin new-build pipeline collapses by over 31 per cent

The 2026 developer survey by BFW Berlin/Brandenburg reveals a drastic decline in planned residential construction projects in Berlin, whilst the surrounding…

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HighBrook Investors expands logistics platform CityLink with locations in Germany and the Netherlands – AI-generated illustrative image
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HighBrook Investors expands logistics platform CityLink with locations in Germany and the Netherlands

HighBrook Investors has acquired two properties in Castrop-Rauxel and Almere with a total of more than 10,000 square metres of lettable space for its urban l…

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Humanoid robotics in contract logistics: ID Logistics and Terra Robotics agree partnership – AI-generated illustrative image
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Humanoid robotics in contract logistics: ID Logistics and Terra Robotics agree partnership

Contract logistics provider ID Logistics and Terra Robotics are testing the operational deployment of humanoid robots across German logistics space.

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