The BUILDINX: Innovations for Industrial Properties trade fair, taking place from 17 to 19 November 2026 at Messe Dortmund, is dedicated to current developments in the corporate and industrial property sector. On the opening day, a high-calibre expert panel will take centre stage at the platform for logistics, industry and data centres. Under the title "Logistics Property Investments in Germany: Stable, Strategic, Sustainable?", representatives of established industry leaders will examine market conditions. The session begins at 14:00 at the BUILDINX FORUM in Hall 5 at stand 5.C50.
International capital sources and market overview
The two-hour session has been devised and will be moderated by Sebastian Betz, Managing Partner of real estate specialised fund manager LIP Invest GmbH. Betz will open the programme with a keynote address on the domestic and international framework conditions. Subsequently, Diana Schumann, Head Industrial & Logistics Investment Germany at JLL in Düsseldorf, will provide a detailed assessment of current market activity from 14:15. Her presentation will examine buyer profiles, yield trends and demand dynamics during the current year, alongside a well-founded outlook for 2027.
From 14:30, the focus will turn to global capital flows. Patrick Frank, Country Director Germany at Marq Logistics, and Björn Rasche, Head of Real Estate Germany & Netherlands at BlackRock, will discuss the relevance and availability of international capital sources for German logistics assets. They will analyse the criteria currently applied by global players investing within the country.
Financing structures and institutional investment strategies
Debt financing will take centre stage from 15:15. Patrick Otto, Managing Director and Head of Financing at UniCredit Bank, will present a keynote address exploring current lending conditions and the expectations of banks regarding logistics real estate projects.
The subsequent panel discussion from 15:40 will highlight the perspective of long-term German investors. Timo Jahnke, Head of Portfolio Management Real Estate at GARBE, and Farshad Arshadi, Head of Logistics Acquisition and Sales at Deka Immobilien Invest, will present their strategic investment approaches. The discussion will centre on portfolio alignment and selection criteria for new acquisitions.
- —Market analysis of yields, demand and buyer profiles by JLL, including a forecast through to 2027
- —Assessment of global capital inflows by representatives of Marq Logistics and BlackRock
- —Debt financing considerations from UniCredit Bank alongside allocation strategies from GARBE and Deka Immobilien Invest
From 16:15, all contributors will gather for a joint panel to answer questions from the professional audience. With this specialist programme, BUILDINX underlines its objective of reflecting market developments across the entire value chain of logistics, industrial and data centre real estate while deepening professional dialogue among institutional decision-makers.
