Acquisition Profile

HAMBORNER's corporate strategy is geared towards value-adding growth through the yield-driven expansion of its commercial property portfolio with investments in retail and office properties and simultaneous regional diversification.

The profitability of the real estate portfolio is to be secured in the long term by acquiring properties with an attractive risk/return profile. As part of its portfolio expansion, the company's strategic focus is on retail properties in the area of extended local supply and on DIY stores.

The map shows the individual metropolitan regions of Germany in which Hamborner Reit AG invests

Investment Focus on German Metropolitan Regions

In its investing activities, the company mainly focuses on large and mid-sized cities in metropolitan regions of Germany that have attractive growth prospects in terms of their economic and demographic circumstances. Metropolitan regions not only cover major cities and urban centres, but also parts of the highly prosperous hinterland which is home to some exciting investment opportunities in the food retail sector. Regarding office investments the company focuses primarily on established office locations within the core cities of the metropolitan regions.

Metropolitan Regions:

  • Rhine-Ruhr
  • Frankfurt Rhine-Main
  • Nuremberg
  • Berlin-Brandenburg
  • Munich
  • Hamburg
  • Rhine-Neckar
  • Stuttgart
  • Northwest
  • Hannover, Brunswick, Göttingen, Wolfsburg
  • Central Germany

Property profile

FMCG properties

  • Fast-moving consumer goods are retail properties whose main tenants sell everyday goods. These include, in particular, food, drugstore items, pharmacies, household goods, beverages, pet food and other consumer goods with a high turnover rate

DIY stores

  • Leading operator concepts in established locations with good transport links and visibility

Mixed-use properties

  • Ground floor space with a high proportion of FMCG
  • Mixed use with offices, residential, daycare, doctors and health services, fitness, restaurants, parking, etc. possible
  • Multi-storey in central locations

Asset classes

  • Retail parks
  • Self-service department stores
  • Supermarkets
  • Specialist shops and non-food discounters
  • Cash-and-carry markets (food wholesale, B2B)
  • Local shopping centres, district centres and neighbourhoods
  • DIY stores
  • Garden centres
  • Mixed-use properties

Locations, volume and risk classes

Location qualities

  • Retail properties in retail park agglomerations, central city centre locations, district centres and highly frequented suburban locations
  • Nationwide (both in metropolitan areas and rural areas)
  • Dominant positioning in the catchment area
  • Good visibility and transport links

Volume / transaction type

  • Investment volume €3.0m–€80.0m
  • Individual and portfolio transactions

Risk classes

Core and Core+

  • Stable and long-standing retail occupancy
  • Medium to long remaining lease terms

Manage-to-core

  • Sustainable potential for value appreciation
  • Properties with major letting and / or modernisation requirements in the short to medium term
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