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NEWS June 2018
TdI Berlin: German ministers announce close
cooperation with real estate industry
Peter Altmaier would support the special depreciation for energy-efficient building renovation
After a new record number
of registrations, around 1,900
guests attended the Real Estate
Industry Day of the ZIA
(Central Real Estate Committee),
the central association
of the real estate industry, in
Berlin.
Speakers included Federal Environment
Minister Svenja
Schulze, Federal Economics
Minister Peter Altmaier and EU
Budget Commissioner Günther
Oettinger. Federal Minister of
Building Horst Seehofer had to
cancel at short notice and was
represented by Gunther Adler,
State Secretary in the Federal
Ministry of the Interior, for
Building and Home.
Federal Environment Minister
German Economics Minister Peter Altmaier was also one of the
speakers at the German Real Estate Industry Day in Berlin.
Photo: ZIA, Norbert Weidemann
Schulze announced close cooperation
with the real estate
industry despite the move of the
building department to the Ministry
of the Interior. Particular
attention was paid to the existing
building stock, which has
the greatest potential for energy
savings. There she wants to provide
appropriate incentives.
Federal Minister of Economics
Altmaier also offered a close
dialogue with the real estate
industry. He reaffirmed the decision
to maintain the existing
requirements of the EnEV in the
future and not to tighten them
any further. He also announced
that he would support the special
depreciation for energy-efficient
building renovation.
Swiss Mint Architecture has
redesigned the INSIDE
Elaborate revitalization of the shopping center near Zurich
As part of its strategic realignment,
Mint Architecture
has redesigned the INSIDE
shopping center near Zurich.
The specialist for commercial
architecture conceives and
implements a usage and design
concept as well as a new
gastronomic world.
INSIDE was founded in 2014
as a boutique shopping centre
in the immediate vicinity of
large specialist stores and wellknown
major distributors. As
part of a comprehensive revitalization
project, the shopping
center now wants to emphasize
its market positioning more
strongly and commissions Mint
Architecture as its architecture
partner.
The commercial architecture
specialists, who have published
their own study on the future
of Swiss shopping centres and
are involved in various revitalisation
projects, are developing
the new use and design concept
with a view to economic efficiency
and overall staging. This
includes a consistent staging of
the centre and mall, the creation
of new meeting and interaction
zones, the new concept for the
gastronomic world as well as
measures regarding the use of
space and the tenant mix.
The Swiss Center INSIDE is consciously aimed at the female target
group.
Photo: Mint Architecture
IPH to manage
two centers in
Hamburg
IPH Centermanagement GmbH
has been mandated to manage
two centers in Hamburg: Gänsemarkt
Passage and Hamburger
Hof. In total, the mandates cover
12,300 square metres of retail
and catering space. The owner
representative of both properties
is MEAG, asset manager of Munich
Re and ERGO. „The properties
are two smaller shopping
arcades that have been well anchored
in their surroundings for
decades. Both centres also benefit
from their very central location
near the Binnenalster,“ says
Simone Bischoff, the responsible
Centre Manager of IPH Centre
Management.
Real I.S. launches
new European
special fund
Real I.S. has started the placement
of the new open real estate
special AIF BGV VIII Europe.
The company is thus continuing
its successful „Bayerische Grundvermögen“
(BGV) fund series.
The initial target volume of the
diversified special AIF is around
one billion euros.