
All security risks at a glance
With the Virtual Guard - a virtual guard tour - a provider of real-time intervention in the security industry is developing an alternative for monitoring commercial properties.

With the Virtual Guard - a virtual guard tour - a provider of real-time intervention in the security industry is developing an alternative for monitoring commercial properties.

Prologis has signed a ten-year lease agreement with Kleine Wolke Textilgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG for a new logistics property in Bremen.

Symbolic groundbreaking ceremony
Starting signal for the construction of the distribution center for Amazon in Giengen an der Brenz: A symbolic ground-breaking ceremony has now officially begun with the realization of the project, which is of great importance for the town in the district of Heidenheim.

Logistics real estate specialist
LIP Invest, an investment company in the German logistics real estate asset class, is expanding its management team due to its strong growth. Since July 1, Sebastian Betz (33) has been the second managing director alongside company founder Bodo Hollung (61).

After more than 36 years at Metroplan, the current Managing Director and CEO Ulrich Dantzer is retiring at the end of the year. From May 2021, Dr. Manuel Schrapers will gradually take over the role of Group CEO of Metroplan Eastern Europe.

The Realogis Group, Germany's leading provider of consultancy and brokerage services for industrial and logistics properties and commercial land, has announced its preliminary take-up results for the 2020 financial year.

Together with the Honold Logistik Group, Garbe Industrial Real Estate is developing a distribution center for Amazon in Giengen an der Brenz (Heidenheim district) with a hall area of around 5,800 square meters.

Stephan Meyer, owner of Stephan Meyer Management Consulting, and Kuno Neumeier, CEO of the Logivest Group, have founded a joint venture, Logivisor Institute GmbH, which aims to significantly improve cooperation between industry and trade with logistics service providers.

In its latest rental price map for logistics real estate H2 2020, Realogis examined the current daily asking rents in 32 logistics real estate markets.

As the logistics real estate consultant Logivest announced on March 1, it opened a platform on www.logivisor.com that can be used to search for or offer managed warehouse space.

Dr. Frank Pörschke becomes CEO
The owner and developer of logistics properties P3 Logistic Parks announces the appointment of Dr. Frank Pörschke (pictured) as its new CEO with effect from April 1.

A few weeks after the start of construction work on the new logistics center in Sülzetal near Magdeburg, Garbe Industrial Real Estate GmbH can announce its first letting success.

Losberger De Boer has developed a new industrial hall - induflex, a lightweight hall that meets all the requirements of a permanent building and at the same time aims to impress with its flexibility.

Groundbreaking ceremony in Münster
The ground-breaking ceremony on December 4 marked the start of construction of the new logistics complex in Loddenheide. The Münster branch of Goldbeck Nord GmbH is building a logistics hall with office space for around 40 employees on behalf of LVM Versicherung.

Segro is building a further 33,000 square meters for the commercial section of Segro Airport Park Berlin. Now that planning permission has been granted, construction will begin on the first section of around 15,000 square meters this year.

GLP, investor and developer of logistics properties and distribution parks, has leased a bespoke logistics property with 9,000 square meters of space in its Magna Park Berlin-Werder (Havel) to Amazon. The property was completed in October 2020 and replaces the previous modular Amazon building at the site.

The coronavirus pandemic has brought challenges for the logistics sector - both in the supply chain and in the demand for logistics properties. But what are the short-term trends and which developments will shape the segment in the long term? Jim Hartley, Business Unit Director Northern Europe at real estate developer Segro, provides answers.

The focus is on e-commerce growth
Goodman has continued its expansion in northern Germany with the acquisition of a brownfield site for the construction of a sustainable logistics center.

When it comes to structural sustainability standards, logistics and commercial properties are much more complex than offices or hotels, for example. After all, the work processes in commercial halls or big box logistics properties are very individual.

Dr. Alexander Nehm, Managing Director of Logivest Concept GmbH, is leaving the company on October 1.