CORESTATE Capital Holding S.A. (“CORESTATE”), a fully integrated real estate investment manager and co-investor based in Luxembourg, and Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK), one of the largest institutional pension funds in Germany with assets under management of more than Euro70bn, have launched the special fund “BVK-Residential Europe-Immobilienfonds CORESTATE” with a targeted volume of at least Euro500m.
The special fund primarily invests in micro apartments, especially in student housing properties in European university towns that have continued to display solid economic fundamentals, with a special focus on Germany and Austria. The first assets integrated into the fund are five student housing assets with a total of 1,836 units from CORESTATE’s current portfolio, which have an aggregated annual net rental income of approximately Euro9.3m. Four assets are located in Germany and one asset is located in Austria.
André Heimrich, Member of the Management Board Investments, Bayerische Versorgungskammer: “For us, the newly launched micro-apartment fund offers the rare opportunity to invest in a functioning portfolio with an attractive return forecast and at the same time to involve a specialist in this segment for asset management. As a result, we are also expanding our investment spectrum with a future-oriented asset class.”
Sascha Wilhelm, CEO, CORESTATE: “We were one of the first investors to enter the student housing market in Germany. Together with semi-institutional investors we developed a successful investment product and at the same time set up a fully functioning operating platform for this asset class. With BVK we have now won an institutional partner who is also convinced of the value of this product.”
CORESTATE is responsible for the acquisition, investment and asset management as well as the operation of the real estate properties of the fund.
About CORESTATE Capital
CORESTATE is an investment manager and co-investor with around € 28 billion in assets under management. The company sees itself as a manager for the entire length of the real estate value chain. Thanks to its fully integrated real estate platform, it is able to offer investors a wide range of services, especially the opportunity to invest in large-scale societal trends such as urbanisation, demographic shifts or sustainability – trends that will continue to have a decisive influence on the living and working environment in the long term. The consistent focus on asset classes that will be successful in the long run constitutes a central cornerstone of the company strategy. At CORESTATE, all concepts are supported with ESG expertise that is unique to the industry. With some 800 experts, CORESTATE offers clients and investors a full range of services and consultation from a single source, from project financing and real estate management to sales. CORESTATE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (SDAX) and operates as a respected business partner for institutional and semi-institutional investors as well as high-net-worth private investors in 13 countries across Europe, with offices in Frankfurt, Vienna, Zurich, Paris, Madrid and London.
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