News and Press releases

Catella Project Management welcomes Julia Bauer (36) to the team as a new Senior Project Manager. With extensive experience in project development and in-depth expertise in the field of sustainable construction, she has been supporting the company in the development and implementation of pioneering property projects since the beginning of the year.

Catella APAM, acting as Asset Manager on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), has completed the letting of 56,000 so ft at Leeds Valley Park. The lease has set a record rent for the West Yorkshire industrial market, reinforcing the strong demand for high-quality, well-located logistics space in the region.

The downward trend in real estate transaction volume continued in 2024. Since the increase in interest rates, which began in the summer of 2022, transaction volumes have been exceptionally low, and capital allocation into real estate has been minimal compared to previous years. The real estate transaction volume was only around EUR 2.0 billion in 2024, matching levels seen in the years following the financial crisis.

We are excited to announce CAM Finland's recent recruit - Tomi Nieminen as Asset Manager.

Catella Real Estate AG (CREAG), from January 1, 2025 forming Catella’s new format of fund investment platform together with Catella Investment Management GmbH (CIM), advised by local operating partner Aquila Asset Management SAS (Aquila), acquires three stabilized new logistics properties with a total lettable area of approx. 18,750 m² in the French cities of St. Etienne and Avignon for the special AIF "Catella Logistik Deutschland Plus" (CLD+). The seller of the fully let properties is the French developer Vectura Immobilier. The long-term tenants are a logistics company and a parcel service provider.

Catella has appointed Otto Rompelman as new Managing Director at Catella Investment Management Benelux (CIMB). Otto Rompelman will take up his new position 1 April, 2025.

Catella APAM, acting as Asset Manager on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), is pleased to announce the successful letting of 25,000 sq ft at Leeds Valley Park. The lease represents a significant transaction, highlighting the growing demand for premium-quality warehouse and manufacturing facilities in the region.

Catella Real Estate AG (CREAG), from January 1, 2025, forming Catella’s new format of fund investment platform together with Catella Investment Management GmbH (CIM), sold the approx. 8,961 sqm office property ‘Rue de Bruyeres 60’ in Howald, Luxembourg, on the south-eastern edge of Luxembourg City, for the fund ‘Sarasin Sustainable Properties - European Cities’. CIM is the advisor of the Sarasin Sustainable Properties - European Cities Fund with Catella Real Estate AG providing the German KVG platform.

Catella Asset Management acted as Pontos Group's advisor in a sales project involving four properties. The total lettable area of the properties sold exceeded 23,000 square meters and included logistics and retail properties. The assets were located in various towns across Finland.

The “who's who” of the real estate industry came to Königsallee 106 yesterday, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, where the existing building from the 1960s is currently being demolished and where a 17-storey office building will rise in the future. Investors Catella and WPV as well as Laarakkers as the contractor invited guests to the construction site; Lord Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller and Head of Building Cornelia Zuschke gave the official go-ahead for the pioneering high-rise project on Düsseldorf's Kö.

We are excited to share that Fanni Hirvinen has been appointed Associate as of January 2025.

We are thrilled to announce that Teemu Pykälämäki has joined CAM Finland as of January 2025.

Catella APAM, as Asset Manager, and Bankfoot APAM, as Development Manager, are pleased to announce the practical completion of Gramercy Tower, a landmark residential development in Cardiff city centre on behalf of Catella's Pan-European Article 9 fund, CER III.

Lord Mayor Dr. Stephan Keller and Head of Building Cornelia Zuschke give the official go-ahead for the pioneering high-rise project on Düsseldorf's boulevard. The investors Catella and WPV as well as Laarakkers as the executing company invite you to Königsallee 106 on January 22, 2025, where the existing building from the 1960s is currently being demolished and where a 17-storey office building will rise in the future.

Catella acted as the financial advisor to Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company in the sale of four properties. The buyer is the Special Investment Fund eQ Community Properties.

Berlin-based Catella Investment Management (CIM) has acquired a residential development project in Bamberg, northern Bavaria, as part of an individual mandate. The seller is Instone Real Estate. The two projected buildings comprise 2,370 square meters of residential space and 583 square metres of commercial space on the ground floors. The 35 planned residential units are divided into 17 two-room and 18 three-room apartments. Planning permission has already been granted and construction is scheduled to start at the beginning of 2025.

The City of Kuusamo has sold the Kuusamo health centre and the Ruijanmutka group home to a private investor.

Catella acted as the financial advisor in the sale of car retail property in Limingantulli, Oulu, for Mutual Pension Insurance Company Ilmarinen. The buyer is Park Invest Oy, a real estate company owned by Jarmo Rinta-Jouppi.