German Real Estate Markets 2021: Still on top or fighting to keep afloat?
While Germany seems to have tackled the pandemic outbreak and its consequences on the economy and subsequent real estate markets better than most countries, key challenges brought on by COVID and pre-pandemic returners might give German real estate investors, lenders and developers a headache in 2021. While prices are still rising and interest rates continue at an all time low, one might suspect that nothing much has changed since 2019, however, with a slower than expected recovery timeline and unemployment increasing, 2021 might be the time to face the music.
Will pricing adapt to a new post-COVID reality and what would that mean for core, opportunistic and development pipelines?
Now in its 15th year, participants find the discovery process for sourcing deal flow is most advantageous by welcoming the largest concentration of Private Equity Investors, Fund Managers, LP’s Developers, Asset Owners, Operators and Lenders invested across all German regions and asset classes. They will engage in a series of informal roundtables where everyone can participate, and navigate the current challenges presented by demand, purchasing and future trends.
- Managing director of BPD in Germany.
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- Degree in business administration
Since April 2018: Managing Director of TSC Real Estate Germany GmbH; 2013 – 2018: Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Operations, JLL Retail Asset Management GmbH & Acrest Property Group, 2008-2013: Managing Director & Head of Asset Management of Internos Global Investors KAG; 2008: Associate Director, JLL Asset Management GmbH; 2006-2007: Deloitte & Touche, Manager RE Advisory; 2005-2006: Site Acquisitions Manager, Bauhaus München GmbH (Munich based RE developer) 2000 – 2005: Technical Project & Development Manager, Nixdorf Consult 1993-1998: Dipl.-Ing. Architect 2005-2007: International Real Estate Management MBA 2010 – 2011: Real Estate Investment & Finance (ebs).
15 experience as Architect, e.g. CEO of firm of architects with award winning architecture (Award for best high-rise building in Middle East Africa in 2009 by CTBUH, Chicago). Several years as leading Asset Manager (Babcock & Brown), responsible for acquisition and management of German and International portfolio of more than EUR 600mln. Since 2009 Managing Director within leading developers in Germany (e.g. CENTRUM, NEWPORT Holding). Responsible for organization, acquisition, development, deal structure and fund raising for projects in a volume larger than EUR 1bln. Since March 2020 director at Horn Grundbesitz KG, responsible for real estate business of P+C.
Audrey Klein is a Partner at Spencer House Partners (www.spencerhousepartners.com) running the 3rd-party fundraising business and is based in London. Before SPH she held Head of Fundraising roles at several firms but is best known for starting the European business out of London for the Park Hill Real Estate Group, a Division of Blackstone, which she ran for 9 yrs. Prior to joining Park Hill, she ran her own business for 5 yrs marketing alternative asset funds across all asset classes to European investors comprised of pension funds, banks, family offices. She is a graduate of Northwestern University's Kellogg School of business where she received an MBA, and is also a graduate of Emory University with a degree in Economics. Audrey is on the Corporate Board of Great Ormond Street Hospital and is a Non-Exec Board Member at Thriving, SFO and Planet Smart City. She is a Trustee of ULI's Charitable Trust and is on the board of Verbier 3-D.
Dr. Barbara Harrer has more than 20 years of professional experience in the field of real estate project
development. Her previous work includes roles at. She also applied her interdisciplinary experience in
international project development in her work at Strabag Real Estate GmbH, including as a project manager in Warsaw, and as the regional CEO of Strabag Real Estate EOOD in Bulgaria.
As Head of Development of the KRONBERG Group, Dr. Harrer is responsible for all current projects and
realises these together with all stakeholders.
Bernd Ruck
Co-FounderSAX Concept
Germany
Bernd Ruck is the founder and principle shareholder of SAX group. He has gained extensive experience over a period of 30 years. In 1986 he founded his first real estate company. He was responsible for the construction of 2,500 new buildings and multiple boarding houses. After the sale of his first company, he founded SAX in 1994. SAX has revitalized over 1,300 homes. Bernd Ruck and the SAX realized real estate projects for wealthy families as a holistic service provider. He has an extensive network of contacts in the real estate sector, thanks to his long-standing close collaboration with numerous family businesses, their family offices, and their foundations. In fact, even pension funds and fund companies are among his customers.
Ruprecht founded Albulus, an investment advisor to the Albulus CREDIT fund and several separately managed accounts, in 2011. Albulus is actively acquiring sub-performing and non-performing CRE loans on the secondary market with a focus on the DACH region. In 2004 together with the Soros Real Estate Partners he founded one of the first NPL investment platforms in Germany. Ruprecht has 25 years of real estate investment experience. His career started with Gerald Hines as a project manager for a major development in Berlin. He holds a diploma from Hochschule St. Gallen and a MBA from the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in BA, specializing in real estate.
Danilo Hunker is responsible for managing the local office in Berlin and driving investment strategy and asset management for Germany. Danilo has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate in Germany. He is former Head of Germany at Valad Europe /Cromwell Property Group, where he was responsible for the investment and asset management of a combined portfolio of up to €1bn, working very closely with some of the world’s largest private equity businesses. Danilo holds an MBA in International Real Estate from Bauakademie Biberach and a Bachelor of Commerce (Real Estate) from the university of applied science in Berlin and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Guillaume BERNARD has been active in the real estate finance markets for more than 10 years. He started his career at Société Générale in Frankfurt in the Debt Capital Markets and then moved to the Real Estate Finance. He joined NATIXIS in 2012 in the real estate finance origination team.
Born in 1964. Degree in physics from the Technical University of Berlin. Until 1997 Research. 1997-1999 Redevelopments in Berlin. 1999-2005 Managing partner of the Linie Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG. Since 2005 BEOS AG as head of acquisitions - since 2016 board member. Since 2009 Lectures at IREBS, DVFA, University of Wuppertal, TU Berlin, etc. Since 2017 head of crenet Deutschland e.V. Since 2019 Head Industrial & Logistics Swiss Life Asset Managers Germany. Since 2020 director BEOS Logistics GmbH
Managing Director, Head of Fund & Portfolio ManagementApleona
Germany
Jan Petersen ist seit mehr als 20 Jahren in leitenden Funktionen bei Unternehmen der Bank-, Finanz- und Immobilienbranche tätig. Er hat u.a. einen Abschluss als Diplom Bankbetriebswirt der Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Bei Apleona verantwortet Herr Petersen als Geschäftsführer der Apleona Invest GmbH das Fonds- und Portfoliomanagement und ist seit 2017 Mitglied des Apleona Real Estate Management Boards.
John Wilkinson is CEO and founding member of Greenman. John has over 15 years’ experience in real estate development and investment. Since managing the company from 2005, John gained a significant expertise in the selection, funding, purchase and management of German food and non-food retail warehousing. Since forming Greenman, the company has acquired and manages real estate projects to a value of €900m including Greenman OPEN, Germany’s largest grocery focused retail RE fund. John is currently leading the execution of Greenman’s European expansion, with the target of acquiring c.€175m of grocery dominated retail real estate in France and Spain during 2020.
Mr Widhalm has been Head of Sales Department Real Estate Finance in the Berliner Volksbank eG since 2008. His responsibility lays at all corporate clients with more than 70 Mill. € revenue, the professional real estate market and the infrastructure market, including renewable energies. He is also Member of the Supervisory Board of the BBT, a company which consults many Berlin based companies owning residential properties, and of the VVBI Capital AG.
Dr. Josef Vollmayr is Co-Founder and Managing Director of limehome, a 2018 founded, radically tech-driven hospitality concept. Within less than 2 years the company grew to over 120 employees, operates around 100 locations in Germany, Austria, Spain and Netherlands in over 40 cities. In Series-A they received more than 25 Mio funding from HV Ventures, Lakestar, Picus and GGC.
Previously, Dr. Josef Vollmayr worked for 5 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company with a focus on growth strategies for consumer industries and private equity. He is author of research articles, lecturer for statistics, CRM and empirical research methods at several universities and invests as a business angel in tech start-ups.
Lars joined RI Partners as CEO in 2015. RI Partners is an active investment company specialized in the value-enhancing management of real estate for institutional and semi-institutional investors. Prior to that he worked as a senior project manager in real estate investment banking at the investment bank BERENBERG. Previously to that he gained his professional experience as a consultant in transaction management focusing on corporate finance in Hamburg.
Lars received an international MBA at the International Real Estate Business School with modules at Harvard University and the University of Reading; he graduated as Real Estate Economist at the ebz Business School and as Private Equity Advisor at the European Business School.
Chief Financial OfficerDEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate
Germany
Tim Brückner is an experienced real estate professional with in-depth corporate finance skills. He has an academic background from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Prior to join DEMIRE, Tim was Managing Director at Corpus Sireo.
Maria Teresa Dreo verantwortet seit Mai 2021 im Vorstand der Berlin Hyp die Ressorts Vertrieb Immobilienfinanzierung, das Verbundgeschäft sowie das Treasury der Bank. Bis zum Ende des ersten Quartals 2021 war Dreo im Vorstand für die ARWAG Holding-AG in Wien tätig, wo sie u.a. für die Akquisition, Projektentwicklung und das Bauträgergeschäft zuständig war, mit einem speziellen Fokus auf die Planung und Entwicklung im Segment „Leistbares Wohnen“. Zuvor hatte Dreo von 1999 bis 2019 unterschiedliche Fach- und Führungspositionen bei der UniCredit Gruppe (bzw. Vorgängerinstituten) inne.
Markus Reinert FRICS is the Chairman of the Executive Board / CEO of IC Immobilien Holding AG. IC Immobilien Group is one of the largest independent full-service-provider for commercial real estate in Germany. Markus Reinert FRICS is a real estate professional with more than thirty years experience in the national and international real estate sector, working in a variety of international roles and positions, mainly at Cushman & Wakefield LLP and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
Matteo Ghedini
CEOBrera Serviced Apartments
Germany
Matteo Ghedini is the founder and CEO of Brera Serviced Apartments. Matteo started Brera in 2013 by opening the first location in Nuremberg. Since then Brera expanded in many German cities and manages today ca. 700 Apartments. Born in Italy, Matteo started his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, attended an MBA at INSEAD and thereafter successfully completed the turnaround of a Real Estate Family Office in Germany. Passionate about Interior Design and about unleashing People´s talent, Matteo´s goal is to develop Brera to one of the most important long stay players in Europe.
Rainer was appointed Managing Director of Investa Holding GmbH in 2012. He is responsible for its Investment/Asset Management in Germany. Prior to this, he was the CEO of GE Real Estate Germany since 2006 and former CEO of Investment Management platform Sireo, which he built up. Before this, he was member of the Management Committee of Sireo Real Estate Asset Management and Head of Sales and Placements. Past positions also include Head of Asset Management of DeTeImmobilien and the corporate M&A group in the headquarters of Deutsche Telekom AG. Rainer holds degrees in Law from Bonn, Berlin University and WHU Koblenz.
Head of International & Institutional Clients, REF Germanypbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Markus Wehnelt is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Finance Germany Institutional and Private Equity Clients for Germany at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG. He has many years of experience in complex structured real estate financing transactions. In the past years, Markus and his team successfully closed a large number of lending transactions with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Sascha M. Wilhelm launched the real estate company x+bricks Group in 2018. The investor specialized in grocery-anchored properties, focuses on the purchase of portfolios and individual properties in German cities. The Group has internalized the entire value chain and has a clear focus on digitalization and process optimization. Therefore, x+bricks has developed the software solution PATA ® for real estate analyses. Prior Sascha was CEO of Corestate Capital Group until April 2018. Sascha studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and obtained an MBA in International Real Estate Management in Germany, London and Zurich.
Stefan Walldorf
Managing DirectorCerberus
Netherlands
Stefan Walldorf is a Managing Director in Cerberus’ European Real Estate Group and a member of the Cerberus NPL Committee, Real Estate Committee, and Real Estate Debt Committee. Since joining Cerberus in 2006, Mr. Walldorf has led a wide range of transactions in Europe, including acquisitions of commercial properties, restructurings and loan portfolios. He is currently overseeing the built-up of Cerberus’ EUR 3bn Strategic Industrial Real Estate (SIRE) platform across Europe. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Walldorf worked in Eurohypo’s structured real estate finance division focusing on multinational and institutional clients and structuring financing transactions in commercial and residential real estate.
Head of Real Estate Finance Germanypbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Gerhard Meitinger is Managing Director at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank and is responsible for the Real Estate Finance Business Germany. He has many years of experience in the German Real Estate and Lending business both with real estate professionals as well as international and institutional clients. The focus of his activities is the financing of real estate investments with single properties and portfolios. He also focuses on the financing of development projects in appropriate locations and adequate financing models.
CEO & Founder of the Kronberg GroupKronberg International Group
Malta
Dr. Hellweger founded the Kronberg Group in 1989. He had previously studied economics at the Bocconi University in Milan, after which he worked for KPMG and then as a manager at Munich RE – both also in Milan, and then later at Union Investment in Frankfurt. Dr. Martin Hellweger is the sole owner of the Kronberg Group.
Through his role at the Kronberg Group, Dr. Hellweger has completed transactions worth more than € 3 billion to date and holds investments in joint ventures with renowned partners such as the Ärztekammer für Steiermark (Steiermark medical chamber, Graz), Covivio (Paris), Gewobag Wohnungsbau AG (Berlin) and the SPAR Austria Group (Salzburg).
Markus Reinert
COOBecken Holding
Germany
Markus Reinert FRICS is the Chairman of the Executive Board / CEO of IC Immobilien Holding AG. IC Immobilien Group is one of the largest independent full-service-provider for commercial real estate in Germany. Markus Reinert FRICS is a real estate professional with more than thirty years experience in the national and international real estate sector, working in a variety of international roles and positions, mainly at Cushman & Wakefield LLP and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).
Jörg Widhalm
Head of Sales Dept RE FinanceBerliner Volksbank
Germany
Mr Widhalm has been Head of Sales Department Real Estate Finance in the Berliner Volksbank eG since 2008. His responsibility lays at all corporate clients with more than 70 Mill. € revenue, the professional real estate market and the infrastructure market, including renewable energies. He is also Member of the Supervisory Board of the BBT, a company which consults many Berlin based companies owning residential properties, and of the VVBI Capital AG.
Bernd Mayer is Managing Director and responsible for BayernLB’s real estate division. He assumed his current role in April 2013. Bernd Mayer joined BayernLB in 1993 and has held a variety of specialist and management positions in commercial real estate. His previous experience includes German and international real estate lending. Most recently, he served as a Head of the Savings Banks & Association Division from 2009 until 2013.
Head of International & Institutional Clients, REF Germanypbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Markus Wehnelt is a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate Finance Germany Institutional and Private Equity Clients for Germany at pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG. He has many years of experience in complex structured real estate financing transactions. In the past years, Markus and his team successfully closed a large number of lending transactions with a focus on Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Rainer was appointed Managing Director of Investa Holding GmbH in 2012. He is responsible for its Investment/Asset Management in Germany. Prior to this, he was the CEO of GE Real Estate Germany since 2006 and former CEO of Investment Management platform Sireo, which he built up. Before this, he was member of the Management Committee of Sireo Real Estate Asset Management and Head of Sales and Placements. Past positions also include Head of Asset Management of DeTeImmobilien and the corporate M&A group in the headquarters of Deutsche Telekom AG. Rainer holds degrees in Law from Bonn, Berlin University and WHU Koblenz.
Gustav Kirschner, Head of Real Estate Finance, is responsible for German Real Estate Customers. In his more than 20 years of business experience Gustav has held various specialist and management positions within real estate. He studied business administration at University of Passau and is lecturing part time at Technische Universität München (TUM).
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Independent Director & Senior AdvisorK-STONE Capital & Advisory
Germany
Karl-Josef, with more than 30 years of experience in the real estate & asset management sector has founded, managed or restructured real estate investment & management companies. In his most recent role at CREDIT SUISSE, CEO Asset Management Germany & Head Real Estate Europe he repositioned the platform (initially 7bn Euro under restructuring). Karl-Josef held senior roles with the likes of CorpusSireo, Morgan Stanley and Citibank. Today, as an Independent Director & Senior Advisor he holds mandates from CREDIT SUISSE Luxembourg, VERIANOS SE, FOM Real Estate. He is a business graduate of the University of Applied Sciences in Trier, he holds an MBA from the University of Wales and an Executive MBA from Zurich Institute of Business Education.
Head of Domestic Sales and Portfolio ManagementBerlin Hyp
Germany
Dipl. Kfm. and Immobilienökonom (ebs) Oliver Hecht is heading the Portfoliomanagement Division of Berlin Hyp AG. Since over 20 years Oliver Hecht has been able to gain solid real estate experience in different roles and companies throughout the industry. Besides having worked for commercial investors, developers and financial institutions in a leading role for over 15 years, he spends some of his spare time lecturing at the Akademie der Immobilienwirtschaft GmbH.
A Senior Finance professional with extensive experience in structured and asset-based finance. Transaction exposure in UK, Europe, USA & Asia with sector expertise including corporate, energy, property & transportation.
I have successfully established a global and multi-cultural team of international syndication professionals covering various asset classes in Europe, North America and Asia and have a significant record in the management of complex transactions. With my strong problem-solving and excellent bi-lingual communication skills I established a large network in the credit lending community.
James Bauer MRICS is the Country Managing Director at Duff & Phelps REAG GmbH. He has experience in transaction advisory, development, as well as asset management of commercial buildings, office buildings, portfolio strategy and valuation. He holds a MBA degree from City University and is a member of various national and international organizations and a speaker at conferences. Prior to joining REAG in 2004, he worked with CALLISTON development company as a manager responsible for acquisition, development and asset management of commercial properties. Before coming to Germany in 1990, he worked in the field of real estate in the USA. He’s a registered valuer with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Robert C. Waidhaas
Managing PartnerHeureka Real Estate
Germany
Robert Waidhaas is a co-founder and managing partner of Heureka Real Estate GmbH and Heureka Development GmbH. He is primarily responsible for financing and commercial project controlling. Corporate management and human resources are jointly led by the two managing directors. Before founding Heureka, Robert worked for major international banks. Inter alia, he set up a department for structured equity investments in the German-speaking market for an American bank. Robert Waldhaas has a degree in Business Studies from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He is also a Real Estate Economist (IREBS).
Head of International Real Estate FinanceBerlin Hyp
Germany
Assem El Alami is the Head of the International Real Estate Finance Sales Division of Berlin Hyp AG. As such he supervises four sales teams: Origination International Investors based in Berlin, as well as the offices in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw. Berlin Hyp's loan book accounts for approximately 26 bn EUR. Being a law graduate, Assem has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate sector of which he has spent 10 years in France. He joined Berlin Hyp in 2010.
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Berlin Hyp is a wholly owned subsidiary of LBBW and specialises in large-volume real estate financing for professional investors and housing companies. It also provides German savings banks with a comprehensive range of products and services.
Chief Financial OfficerDEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate
Germany
Tim Brückner is an experienced real estate professional with in-depth corporate finance skills. He has an academic background from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Prior to join DEMIRE, Tim was Managing Director at Corpus Sireo.
Ruprecht founded Albulus, an investment advisor to the Albulus CREDIT fund and several separately managed accounts, in 2011. Albulus is actively acquiring sub-performing and non-performing CRE loans on the secondary market with a focus on the DACH region. In 2004 together with the Soros Real Estate Partners he founded one of the first NPL investment platforms in Germany. Ruprecht has 25 years of real estate investment experience. His career started with Gerald Hines as a project manager for a major development in Berlin. He holds a diploma from Hochschule St. Gallen and a MBA from the University of Chicago. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Vienna in BA, specializing in real estate.
Guillaume BERNARD has been active in the real estate finance markets for more than 10 years. He started his career at Société Générale in Frankfurt in the Debt Capital Markets and then moved to the Real Estate Finance. He joined NATIXIS in 2012 in the real estate finance origination team.
Based in Munich, Holger Götte is a Director within the Loan Markets Real Estate Team, with a focus on Germany, Austria, Switzerland and CEE. He has nearly 30 years of experience in the real estate financing business, hereof more than 15 years in the loan markets (Syndication) and real estate structured finance business.
Burkhard Schlickenrieder
Managing PartnerLenwood Capital
Germany
Burkhard Schlickenrieder is Managing Partner of Lenwood Capital, a debt investment manager investing instititutional capital across the entire financing structure in mezzanine, junior and senior loans secured by real estate covering almost all asset classes. He has a backgroud in structured finance, investment banking and in the planning & construction business, with former positions as an architect and afterwards in the financial industry at Hypo Vereinsbank (HVB), Hypo Real Estate (HRE) and REFTA. Burkhard Schlickenrieder holds an MSc in Philosophy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Diploma in Engineering/Architecture from Dortmund University.
Head of Team Western EuropeHYPO NOE Gruppe Bank AG
Austria
He has over 20 years of experience in Finance & Banking. 12 years as Deputy Head of Corporate Finance and Head of Real Estate and Project (Volksbank International/Sberbank Europe), 3 years as Deputy Head of Credit Department in an Italian cooperative bank (Raiffeisen) Private Wealth and Asset Management in an Austrian bank for Italian and German private clients (BAWAG) Project manager of several banking related key projects (bank license application, sale of banking group), several supervisory board mandates in CEE subsidiaries. Business Development Manager for a Multi-Family Office (Carey – Group) Investment Director (NPL) in Intrum Austria Since 2018: Real Estate and Project Finance in HYPO NOE Landesbank für Niederösterreich und Wien AG.
Managing Director - Country Head Real Estate GermanyBarings
United Kingdom
Thierry Beaudemoulin
CO-CEOAdler Group
Germany
Graduate of IEP Paris, Thierry Beaudemoulin began his career with the Batigère Group as executive assistant prior to joining, in the same role, the Foncia Group. He joined ING Real Estate in 2000 as an Asset Manager, then was CEO, before re-joining the Batigère Group in September 2004 as its CEO for Ile-de-France. In early 2006, he joined the Executive Committee of Covivio by becoming CEO of Foncière Développement Logements. In 2007, he was also appointed Chairman of the Board of Covivio Immobilien, the German subsidiary of Covivio. He is since december 2019 co-CEO of ADLER group
Helge Pitz joined Continuum Capital in 2018 as Managing Director. From 2013 to 2018, he occupied the position of Senior Vice President in the Real Estate Financing Team at HCOB-Bank AG (formerly HSH Nordbank AG) in Hamburg. Helge specialized in acquisition and development financing for foreign institutional investors for properties across all German regions. Between 2000 and 2012, He worked with Eurohypo AG in Frankfurt, focusing on the origination and selling of large real estate loans as part of the Debt Financing team. Helge is also a fully qualified lawyer and graduated at the University of Trier.
Christian is a founding partner of Waterway Investments, manages the Frankfurt office and is responsible for all aspects of the transaction process on behalf of Waterway’s international client base. Prior to co-founding Waterway, Christian has worked for various American opportunity funds as well as German open-ended fund vehicles. He received a Master ´s in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin/Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil and a Master´s in Real Estate Economics from European Business School (ebs), Germany. Christian is fluent in German, English, French and Portuguese.
Prior to founding Fundament, Ben acted for 12 years as country head of Round Hill Capital including 5 years as CEO of Vitus Group. Selected previous experience include Head of German and Austrian real estate business for Pears Global, Director of Acquisitions at The Mills Corp. and KanAm Group in Munich, and Director of New Business Development at Tishman Speyer Properties in London and New York.
Ben holds a Dual Masters degree in Business Management and Engineering from TU Berlin and Masters of Real Estate Development from USC, Los Angeles.
Marcus Buder (45) hat 1992 in der Berliner Pfandbriefbank eine Ausbildung zum Bankkaufmann mit anschließendem Fachwirtstudium absolviert. Nach der Ausbildung war er imFachwirtstudium absolviert. Nach der Ausbildung war er im Kreditbereich der zwischenzeitlich zur Berlin Hyp umfirmierten Bank in verschiedenen Funktionen tätig, zunächst als Gruppenleiter und Prokurist, seit 2004 im gemeinsamen Geschäftsfeld von Berlin Hyp und LBB in leitender Position. Zuletzt verantwortete er die Abteilung Marktfolge Kredit für Wohnungsunternehmen und Kunden der Geschäftsstellen München und Frankfurt. Seit Februar 2013 ist Marcus Buder Bereichsleiter Gewerbliche Immobilienfinanzierung der LBB/Berliner Sparkasse. M. Buder ist verheiratet und hat 2 Kinder.
Since 2020, Stephanie is head of the Commerical Real Estate department. She is advising the existing client base in all matters around real estate lending, sourcing and structuring senior, mezzanine and equity financings. In addition, she is responsible for the further expansion of REM CAPITALS/Hypoport network in Germany. Before joining Hypoport Group, Stephanie worked as a Key Account Manager for Airbus Bank GmbH, where she was responsible for expanding a portfolio of commercial real estate loans, primarily targeting medium-sized developers and institutional investors. Stephanie is a qualified banker and studied banking and finance at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Robert C. Waidhaas
Managing PartnerHeureka Real Estate
Germany
Robert Waidhaas is a co-founder and managing partner of Heureka Real Estate GmbH and Heureka Development GmbH. He is primarily responsible for financing and commercial project controlling. Corporate management and human resources are jointly led by the two managing directors. Before founding Heureka, Robert worked for major international banks. Inter alia, he set up a department for structured equity investments in the German-speaking market for an American bank. Robert Waldhaas has a degree in Business Studies from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. He is also a Real Estate Economist (IREBS).
Fabian Klingler
CEO - Vorsitzender des Vorstandesabrdn Investments Deutschland AG
Germany
With approximately seven billion euros in real estate assets under management in Germany, Aberdeen Standard Investments Deutschland AG is one of the leading providers of real estate funds for institutional investors in Germany. Our investment focus is on German and pan-European residential real estate. We also invest in Scandinavian commercial real estate and logistics properties. In total, we manage investments of approximately 37 billion euros in Germany.
Graduate of IEP Paris, Thierry Beaudemoulin began his career with the Batigère Group as executive assistant prior to joining, in the same role, the Foncia Group. He joined ING Real Estate in 2000 as an Asset Manager, then was CEO, before re-joining the Batigère Group in September 2004 as its CEO for Ile-de-France. In early 2006, he joined the Executive Committee of Covivio by becoming CEO of Foncière Développement Logements. In 2007, he was also appointed Chairman of the Board of Covivio Immobilien, the German subsidiary of Covivio. He is since december 2019 co-CEO of ADLER group
Danilo Hunker is responsible for managing the local office in Berlin and driving investment strategy and asset management for Germany. Danilo has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate in Germany. He is former Head of Germany at Valad Europe /Cromwell Property Group, where he was responsible for the investment and asset management of a combined portfolio of up to €1bn, working very closely with some of the world’s largest private equity businesses. Danilo holds an MBA in International Real Estate from Bauakademie Biberach and a Bachelor of Commerce (Real Estate) from the university of applied science in Berlin and is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
Born in 1964. Degree in physics from the Technical University of Berlin. Until 1997 Research. 1997-1999 Redevelopments in Berlin. 1999-2005 Managing partner of the Linie Projektmanagement GmbH & Co. KG. Since 2005 BEOS AG as head of acquisitions - since 2016 board member. Since 2009 Lectures at IREBS, DVFA, University of Wuppertal, TU Berlin, etc. Since 2017 head of crenet Deutschland e.V. Since 2019 Head Industrial & Logistics Swiss Life Asset Managers Germany. Since 2020 director BEOS Logistics GmbH
Andreas Grießinger took over the management as Head of Berlin Hyp Frankfurt Office in July 2021 and is responsible for Real Estate Financing in the Rhine/Main region. The real estate economist (IREBS) has specialised in commercial real estate financing since 2006 and was responsible for various positions in commercial real estate financing at BayernLB.
Since April 2018: Managing Director of TSC Real Estate Germany GmbH; 2013 – 2018: Managing Director and Head of Asset Management Operations, JLL Retail Asset Management GmbH & Acrest Property Group, 2008-2013: Managing Director & Head of Asset Management of Internos Global Investors KAG; 2008: Associate Director, JLL Asset Management GmbH; 2006-2007: Deloitte & Touche, Manager RE Advisory; 2005-2006: Site Acquisitions Manager, Bauhaus München GmbH (Munich based RE developer) 2000 – 2005: Technical Project & Development Manager, Nixdorf Consult 1993-1998: Dipl.-Ing. Architect 2005-2007: International Real Estate Management MBA 2010 – 2011: Real Estate Investment & Finance (ebs).
Managing Director, Head of Fund & Portfolio ManagementApleona
Germany
Jan Petersen ist seit mehr als 20 Jahren in leitenden Funktionen bei Unternehmen der Bank-, Finanz- und Immobilienbranche tätig. Er hat u.a. einen Abschluss als Diplom Bankbetriebswirt der Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Bei Apleona verantwortet Herr Petersen als Geschäftsführer der Apleona Invest GmbH das Fonds- und Portfoliomanagement und ist seit 2017 Mitglied des Apleona Real Estate Management Boards.
Since 2020, Gerald Klinck is Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Cureus. His career as a finance specialist in the real estate industry spans more than 20 years. Prior to Cureus, he was CFO of TLG Immobilien and COO at Vonovia, as well as holding various management positions at Deutsche Wohnen Group and the former HSH Nordbank.
Heinz Joachim Kummer is a partner of CMS Germany with more than 25 years of in-depth experience in the real estate sector, having advised on various landmark deals and projects. His expertise includes the full range of commercial real estate law with the focus on complex real estate transactions, structuring and advising private equity and other real estate funds. Before joining CMS, Heinz Joachim was a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP for over 20 years. Heinz Joachim is recognized as a leading real estate lawyer in the current issue of The Who’s Who Legal 2017. The same is true for the major legal directories.
Tim Schlüter is Head of Asset Management for Germany, Hungary and the Czech Republic and is based in Düsseldorf. He joined AEW in 2014 and has over 15 years of industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, Tim was Key Account Manager and Head of the Düsseldorf office at CR Investment Management GmbH, helping to develop their local office to a transaction volume of €1.2bn. Tim has also worked for Proceed Portfolio Services, a subsidiary of GFKL Financial Services, managing credits of circa €2.6bn. He is a graduate of the Fachhochschule Bielefeld and holds a degree in Law and Business Administration, a postgraduate in Real Estate Law from the University of Münster and Immobilienökonmie at the University of Regensburg and successfully finish
Director Office & ResidentialECE Real Estate Partners GmbH
Germany
Director Office & Residential for ECE Work&Live as part of the ECE Group: responsible for acquisition and development of commercial and residential developments in Germany. ECE Work & Live develops, realizes, and operates major real estate projects such as residential and office buildings, logistics centers, hotels, and urban districts; invests in their development and enhancement; and thus creates state-of-the-art working and living spaces that inspire people and offer them room to grow. Previously, Branch Manager for the BEOS AG in Hamburg: responsible for acquisition, development and asset management of mixed-use commercial properties in Northern Germany. 2010 to 2016, City of Hamburg Head of Portfoliomanagement for the City of Hamburg.
15 experience as Architect, e.g. CEO of firm of architects with award winning architecture (Award for best high-rise building in Middle East Africa in 2009 by CTBUH, Chicago). Several years as leading Asset Manager (Babcock & Brown), responsible for acquisition and management of German and International portfolio of more than EUR 600mln. Since 2009 Managing Director within leading developers in Germany (e.g. CENTRUM, NEWPORT Holding). Responsible for organization, acquisition, development, deal structure and fund raising for projects in a volume larger than EUR 1bln. Since March 2020 director at Horn Grundbesitz KG, responsible for real estate business of P+C.
Lars joined RI Partners as CEO in 2015. RI Partners is an active investment company specialized in the value-enhancing management of real estate for institutional and semi-institutional investors. Prior to that he worked as a senior project manager in real estate investment banking at the investment bank BERENBERG. Previously to that he gained his professional experience as a consultant in transaction management focusing on corporate finance in Hamburg.
Lars received an international MBA at the International Real Estate Business School with modules at Harvard University and the University of Reading; he graduated as Real Estate Economist at the ebz Business School and as Private Equity Advisor at the European Business School.
Managing Director/Head of Investment ManagementCA Immo Deutschland
Austria
Christof Altendorfer joined CA Immo in September 2019 as Head of Investment Management Germany and was also appointed to the management of CA Immo Deutschland GmbH. In this function, he is responsible for all CA Immo real estate transactions in Germany and is particularly responsible for the development and expansion of the portfolio in the core German markets of Berlin, Frankfurt and Munich. Before joining CA Immo, Christof Altendorfer worked as a portfolio manager at Norges Bank Real Estate Management (NBREM) in London. He was responsible for the development and management of a high-quality real estate portfolio worth a total of around two billion euros.
Located in BayernLB’s office in Frankfurt, Gunnar Rüffer is responsible for international and domestic client of the Greater Frankfurt real estate clients. Before joining BayernLB he was heading the Loan Sales and Securitisation department within Eurohypo’s Debt Capital Markets division. Altogether he can look back on a more than 25 years ofreal estate banking experiences. Prior to joining Eurohypo in 2002 he worked as an analyst within the CRE Structured Finance sector at Dresdner Bank New York Branch.
Sascha M. Wilhelm launched the real estate company x+bricks Group in 2018. The investor specialized in grocery-anchored properties, focuses on the purchase of portfolios and individual properties in German cities. The Group has internalized the entire value chain and has a clear focus on digitalization and process optimization. Therefore, x+bricks has developed the software solution PATA ® for real estate analyses. Prior Sascha was CEO of Corestate Capital Group until April 2018. Sascha studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and obtained an MBA in International Real Estate Management in Germany, London and Zurich.
Neil Hennessy
Head of Debt Capital MarketsCurrently Unaffiliated
Germany
Neil joined Greenman Investments in 2018. Prior to this Neil held roles at ACXIT Capital Partners and Royal Bank of Scotland in Frankfurt where he spent almost 10 years in the Real Estate team.
Friedrich Einhoff
Director Loan Marketspbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank
Germany
Friedrich Einhoff joined Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG (pbb) in 2006 and is a Director in the Loan Markets Real Estate team. Pbb is looking after large loan arrangement, loan trades (club and post, in and out) and structured solutions (incl. Mezz and Equity) for all global pbb exposures. Friedrich has worked for more than 25 years in the German banking industry with more than 20 years’ experience in the commercial real estate finance business. He holds a degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) from University of Mannheim.
Within 27 years, Michael transformed P&P from a one-man show to employing 120 people and a cumulative transaction volume of € 3.1 bn as of today.
Michael is a passionate investor but also pragmatic in his approach! He detects market opportunities early on, seizing opportunities quickly and efficiently. The continuous and dynamic development of P&Ps business areas along the ever-changing society characterizes Michaels endeavours and the consequential market expansion. The recently established investment subsidiary RIVUS, which invests in sustainable start-ups, is a perfect example. Social responsibility is a matter very close to his heart. The charity foundation vita as well as the commitment towards the city of Fürth are exemplary of this.
Managing Director Head of Real Estate Germany West & Key AccountsUniCredit Bank
Germany
Patrick Otto is a trained Banker and carries a master's degree in business from Westfaelische-Wilhelms-Universtitaet Muenster (WWU). He is heading UniCredit’s Real Estate Large Client team in Germany as a Managing Director. Patrick has spent more than 18 years with UniCredit Bank AG (and its predecessor organizations) in various senior/managing positions: Corporate finance, Risk Management, Liquid and Structured Assets, Hedging Solutions, Portfolio Management, Principal Investments, Real Estate.
Andreas Otto’s practice covers all aspects of commercial real estate law. Andreas had been head of the real estate practice group at CMS Germany for eight years. He has been recognised as an expert in the real estate market for many years advising a number of renowned German and international property owners, investors and project developers on transactions and project developments. In addition, Andreas has a strong, internationally focused notary practice, providing notarial services for real estate and corporate transactions.
Joseph von Schaesberg primarily focuses on transactions of residential portfolios and was involved in all portfolio purchasing and selling processes, that were supported by CBRE since 2005. His line of work also covers both the support of forward-developments and the selling of residential building plots nationwide. Another of his responsibilities is the focus on the further expansion of Residential Investment at CBRE‘s Munich office.
Josef Maximilian Vollmayr
Co-Founder and Managing DirectorLimehome
Germany
Dr. Josef Vollmayr is Co-Founder and Managing Director of limehome, a 2018 founded, radically tech-driven hospitality concept. Within less than 2 years the company grew to over 120 employees, operates around 100 locations in Germany, Austria, Spain and Netherlands in over 40 cities. In Series-A they received more than 25 Mio funding from HV Ventures, Lakestar, Picus and GGC.
Previously, Dr. Josef Vollmayr worked for 5 years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company with a focus on growth strategies for consumer industries and private equity. He is author of research articles, lecturer for statistics, CRM and empirical research methods at several universities and invests as a business angel in tech start-ups.
Matteo Ghedini is the founder and CEO of Brera Serviced Apartments. Matteo started Brera in 2013 by opening the first location in Nuremberg. Since then Brera expanded in many German cities and manages today ca. 700 Apartments. Born in Italy, Matteo started his career as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, attended an MBA at INSEAD and thereafter successfully completed the turnaround of a Real Estate Family Office in Germany. Passionate about Interior Design and about unleashing People´s talent, Matteo´s goal is to develop Brera to one of the most important long stay players in Europe.
Since 2018, Xavier Scheibli is Portfolio Director at GSA, based out of Frankfurt. He has more than 17 years of experience in multiple RE sectors, both on the equity & debt sides. In his current role, he’s responsible for managing portfolios of PBSA assets in Germany & UK, maintaining a close relationship with all players in the capital stack. Prior to GSA, Xavier was a Director at LNR/Hatfield Philips, leading NPL underwriting activities in Continental Europe & the firm’s co-investment opportunities. Before joining LNR in 2013, Xavier served as VP at Hudson Advisors & held posts in the RE division of UBS Wealth Mgt, where he was involved in fund structuring, acquisitions & distributions to high net worth individuals & inst. investors.
Nearly25 years of experience in hotel development in various senior management positions. From 1995 to 2003 Director Development of ACCOR Hotels in Germany and Austria, from 2003-2011 Director Development of Motel One Group for European development of these Budget Design Hotels. In 2011 I joined TUI Hotels & Resorts, but after strategic change in hotel business I started in 2013 as Managing Director Development for Vienna based Falkensteiner Hotels & Residences, being responsible for the growth of Falkensteiner in CEE. In 2017 I returned to TUI Group to manage the growth of Tui own hotels & resorts worldwide, especially TUI Blue, Club Robinson and Club Magic Life
Lambros is the Managing Director at Silvertip Capital based in Frankfurt am Main. Responsible for heading up the Asset and Portfolio Management activities, Lambros has 20 years of experience in the international real estate industry. Prior to this, Lambros was Managing Director and European Head of Residential & Micro Living for CORESTATE Capital Group. Responsible for setting up a pan-European asset management team with real estate portfolios worth over EUR 3 billion, Lambros´ role included the strategic operational orientation and expansion of the Micro Living & Residential asset classes. Further positions in his career were AXA IM, INOVALIS Group ( now Advenis), SVP-Global, HOIST Finance Group and Postbank.
Lorenz Tragatschnig
Managing DirectorSoravia Group
Austria
Since 2011 Lorenz is the Managing Director of Romania within the Soravia Group (Soravia Real Estate Development), a group of companies which actives in the real estate market, developing and managing office buildings. Lorenz graduated from Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration and in 2014 graduated from the University of Chicago.
John Wilkinson is CEO and founding member of Greenman. John has over 15 years’ experience in real estate development and investment. Since managing the company from 2005, John gained a significant expertise in the selection, funding, purchase and management of German food and non-food retail warehousing. Since forming Greenman, the company has acquired and manages real estate projects to a value of €900m including Greenman OPEN, Germany’s largest grocery focused retail RE fund. John is currently leading the execution of Greenman’s European expansion, with the target of acquiring c.€175m of grocery dominated retail real estate in France and Spain during 2020.
Sascha M. Wilhelm launched the real estate company x+bricks Group in 2018. The investor specialized in grocery-anchored properties, focuses on the purchase of portfolios and individual properties in German cities. The Group has internalized the entire value chain and has a clear focus on digitalization and process optimization. Therefore, x+bricks has developed the software solution PATA ® for real estate analyses. Prior Sascha was CEO of Corestate Capital Group until April 2018. Sascha studied law at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich (LMU) and obtained an MBA in International Real Estate Management in Germany, London and Zurich.
Briain Morris
Managing DirectorSlate Asset Management
Ireland
Briain is Managing Director of Slate Asset Management. He has significant corporate finance, restructuring, and capital markets experience in both North America and Europe. Briain leads the Slate European platform. His responsibilities include originating and executing acquisitions, capital raising, overseeing various asset management functions and establishing new investment platforms.
Heinz Joachim Kummer is a partner of CMS Germany with more than 25 years of in-depth experience in the real estate sector, having advised on various landmark deals and projects. His expertise includes the full range of commercial real estate law with the focus on complex real estate transactions, structuring and advising private equity and other real estate funds. Before joining CMS, Heinz Joachim was a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP for over 20 years. Heinz Joachim is recognized as a leading real estate lawyer in the current issue of The Who’s Who Legal 2017. The same is true for the major legal directories.
Head of International Real Estate FinanceBerlin Hyp
Germany
Assem El Alami is the Head of the International Real Estate Finance Sales Division of Berlin Hyp AG. As such he supervises four sales teams: Origination International Investors based in Berlin, as well as the offices in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw. Berlin Hyp's loan book accounts for approximately 26 bn EUR. Being a law graduate, Assem has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate sector of which he has spent 10 years in France. He joined Berlin Hyp in 2010.
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Berlin Hyp is a wholly owned subsidiary of LBBW and specialises in large-volume real estate financing for professional investors and housing companies. It also provides German savings banks with a comprehensive range of products and services.
Christian Daumann with more than 20 years of professional and leadership experience in the fields of Company Management, RE Investment and AM, Debt Restructuring and CMBS workout,has joined Hamburg Trust in December 2015. As MD of CR Investment Management, he built CR´s Special Servicing and Pan - European Underwriting Platform. As MD of LNR/Hatfield Philips, he built and grew the German Special Servicing operation. As member of the board of stock - listed Anterra AG, he was in charge of all day to day operations and managed Assets in multiple RE Asset classes. In prior roles, He led RE Asset Management for Morgan Stanley core Funds in Germany/Netherlands/Sweden & Austria and worked in different roles at Helaba and Frankfurter Sparkasse.
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Greenman is a market-leading, sector specific, German real estate investment fund manager, authorised as an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM) by the Central Bank of Ireland under AIFMD Regulations 2013. Greenman manage Greenman Investments S.C.A., SICAV-FIS, a Luxembourg seated investment platform. Greenman has developed an investment model which is designed to generate investor income from the purchase, operation and sale of food anchored real estate. Using this model, Greenman has, since 2005, successfully selected, funded and purchased properties for a number of segregated compartments within the platform’s umbrella structure. Greenman follow a buy and hold strategy with a focus on food anchored retail real estate let on long term leases to highly creditworthy tenants. Currently Greenman have c.€690m of assets under management.
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