List of the 100 Largest Real Estate Asset Managers Germany [2023]

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Contains real estate asset managers who actively manage and optimize real estate portfolios.

Excellent level of detail: assets under management (if available) and asset focus (residential, office, retail, logistics, hotel, healthcare), number of buildings and units managed (if available), contact details, management, etc.

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List of 3 large real estate asset managers in Germany

Managing the real estate investments of investors - this is the task and the business model of real estate asset managers. Real estate as an investment has been in high demand in recent years because it offered comparatively good returns. The companies we present below are part of our list of the largest real estate asset managers in Germany.

1. HIH Real Estate GmbH, Hamburg

HIH Real Estate is part of the HIH Group, which offers a wide range of real estate services. “HIH Real Estate” used to be called “Warburg-HIH Invest Real Estate” and was part of Warburg Bank. Today, HIH Group is owned by the Hamburg-based investment company VIGOR Beteiligung GmbH. The HIH Group’s services range from project development and property management to asset management. HIH Real Estate stands for the latter. The company manages real estate and develops investment solutions for it (fund concepts, club deals and private placements, individual investments). The portfolio currently comprises 179 office properties, 69 retail properties and 21 logistics properties. HIH-managed real estate assets amount to 58.2 billion euros.

Update 2023: The subsidiary Eternigy GmbH was recently established. The new company will offer charging solutions for electric vehicles in the future. Naturally in the asset manager HIH’s own RE properties, but the offer is also open for underground garages and outdoor parking spaces of “third-party” residential and commercial properties, which is directly reflected in full order books at Eternigy.

2. PATRIZIA AG, Augsburg, Germany

PATRIZIA was founded in 1984 by Wolfgang Egger (still CEO) and initially focused on real estate investments in the Munich area. After the IPO in 2006, the investment activities were significantly expanded geographically and they started to launch real estate funds for institutional investors on a large scale. In 2016, the fund business was also opened to private investors. Today, PATRIZIA sees itself as a leading pan-European real estate investment manager with more than EUR 55 billion in assets under management. The company has 27 locations worldwide, including 22 in Europe, and employs over 800 people.

3. Real I.S. AG Gesellschaft für Immobilien Assetmanagement, Munich

Real I.S. started in 1991 as “Bayernfonds Immobilien GmbH”. Today, the company, which is affiliated with the savings bank organization as a subsidiary of BayernLB, is one of Germany’s leading real estate asset managers. Real I.S. offers real estate-related fund solutions for private and institutional investors. In addition to Munich, Real I.S. is represented in Hamburg, Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig and Jena. Further locations and subsidiaries exist in France, Spain, Luxembourg and Australia. The real estate assets under management amount to over 10 billion euros. Approximately 250 employees take care of asset management.