UNIQA Real Estate Management GmbH has announced a significant expansion of its business activities. The company is opening its long-established investment and management platform, which previously operated exclusively for the UNIQA Group's real estate portfolio, to external market participants. This strategic reorientation aims to offer specialised real estate investment solutions.
The target audience includes international institutional investors and large family offices, with an initial focus on investors from Germany and Austria. Various investment vehicles are available. Participation can be achieved via special funds. Furthermore, depending on specific investor requirements and the investment strategy pursued, it is possible to structure individual mandates or club deals.
Expertise and portfolio as a foundation
Thomas Erdmann MRICS, Managing Director of UNIQA Real Estate Management GmbH, stated indirectly that opening the platform makes real estate expertise, built up over decades in the core markets of Austria and Central and Eastern Europe, accessible. He highlighted that institutional investors today expect not only access to attractive real estate but, above all, active management that covers all phases of the real estate lifecycle and consistently prioritises investor interests. This experience will be integrated into the new business division. Mr Erdmann further emphasised that the investment structures can be flexibly tailored to the specific requirements of the partners.
UNIQA Real Estate has been responsible for the UNIQA Group's real estate management for half a century. During this period, the company has covered essential parts of the real estate value chain internally. Through active asset and portfolio management, properties are managed throughout their entire lifecycle. This comprehensive strategic and operational management expertise forms the basis for the newly introduced business division with third parties.
Scope of the real estate portfolio
The real estate portfolio managed by UNIQA Real Estate currently comprises over 200 properties. These properties have a total lettable area of more than one million square metres. The types of use are concentrated on office, retail, hotel and residential. Geographically, the portfolio is primarily located in Austria, as well as in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The portfolio includes core and core-plus properties, ranging from historic Viennese Art Nouveau buildings to modern office and hotel properties.
The UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance companies in its core markets of Austria and the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. With a presence in 14 countries and over 18 million customers served by more than 21,000 employees and exclusive sales partners, the group has deep regional roots. This long-standing market presence and the associated comprehensive market and management expertise are now also available to external investors.
