2024-10-14 8:00 CET, Germany | Principal Investments | Press release
Catella Project Management gains Oliver Zähr as new Head of Finance & Contract Management, further expanding the management team.
Oliver Zähr (42) has been the new Head of Finance & Contract Management at Catella Project Management GmbH since August 1, 2024 and in this management position assumes overall responsibility for the area of financing and contract management. His main tasks include the financing and structuring of current and planned future projects (debt, whole loan, mezzanine, JV), contract management and the optimization of all operational activities in this area. He reports directly to the management.
Oliver Zähr, who holds a degree in law (LL.M.), has many years of experience in the real estate and banking sector. Before joining Catella Project Management, Zähr was most recently Head of Financing at 6B47 Germany GmbH, where he was responsible for raising capital for project developments, among other things. Prior to that, Zähr worked as Finance Manager at the Hahn Group and the GERCH Group, among others.
Oliver Zähr is looking forward to his new tasks: “The development of real estate requires not only visionary thinking and precise construction, but also a solid financing strategy that creates room for growth and stability.”
“There is a lot to do,” says Klaus Franken, CEO and founder of Catella Project Management. “That's why we are all the more pleased to welcome Oliver Zähr, such a competent and committed new colleague, to our company.”
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About Catella Project Management
Catella creates living spaces: Catella Project Management develops new neighborhoods with a long-term perspective. The company implements the concept of the “10-minute city”, with a mix of commercial and residential uses, attractive living space for everyone, a sustainable working environment and diversity that ensures the sustainable value of the neighborhood. New mobility concepts make it possible to give people back the open space in the city; the areas between the buildings are landscaped and prepared for people to stay and meet. The districts developed by Catella are in central locations, are planned to be both car-friendly and car-poor and are designed to be forward-looking overall. The guidelines of the ICG's Social Impact Investing Initiative, which Catella Project Management helped to develop and finance, won the imAward in the Social Responsibility category in 2022.
Previous projects include Living Circle in Düsseldorf, Living Lyon in Frankfurt and various commercial projects, such as the C&A headquarters and Telekom's largest service center. The Seestadt and Düssel-Terrassen district developments are the two largest certified KlimaQuartiere.NRW projects in NRW. Around 4,000 new apartments are currently being built in the Rhineland alone, including 147 subsidized apartments in Grand Central at Düsseldorf Central Station, which were completed in autumn 2023. Catella Project Management is part of the Catella Group, Stockholm, a leading real estate investment and fund management specialist with offices in 12 countries. The group has assets under management of around 13 billion euros. Catella is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm in the Mid Cap segment.
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Klaus Franken
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