Commerz
Real has again made the headlines with a further premium transaction:
together with the project developer Hines
it has acquired the quarter “Am Tucherpark” from Hypovereinsbank –
which comprises ten buildings in Munich’s Schwabing district – for its
hausInvest open-ended real estate fund.
It
was agreed that confidentiality be maintained on the purchase price.
“Just less than 15 hectares with major development potential, and this
in downtown Munich
– a unique opportunity for our investors,” says a visibly pleased
Andreas Muschter, Chief Executive Officer of Commerz Real.
At present the mixed-use area close to the English Garden is known as
the HVB Campus and has a gross floor area of some 148,000 square metres.
These are distributed across seven office buildings with approx. 99,000
square metres, a 5-star Hilton Hotel with
484 rooms on approx. 36,000 square metres, a computing centre with
approx. 10,800 square metres, as well as a sports complex with some
2,300 square metres. The properties were erected in the 1960s and 1980s,
whereby the majority of the buildings have been
refurbished since 2018. In addition, some 1,500 car parking spaces are
available.
For
the time being Hypovereinsbank will remain the tenant in the office
building it currently occupies and the sports complex of its “Am
Tucherpark” club, thus securing
a stable cash flow for hausInvest. Commerz Real and Hines intend to
develop the quarter and make it available to a wider public. Under
consideration are conversions and modernisations, as well as
redensification, while complying with preservation orders for
listed buildings and with the architectural circumstances. To this end
the two companies have entered into a joint venture.
“Although
our plans are still in their infancy, it is our objective to also
create subsidised, affordable housing and thus contribute to easing
the pressure on the housing market in Munich,” explains Alexander Möll,
Senior Managing Director at Hines Germany.
Source : Company