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Cushman & Wakefield brokers the sale of an office building in Berlin
Cushman & Wakefield has successfully advised on the sale of an office building in Berlin. The property at Nürnberger Straße 49 was sold by a private owners' association to a property company.
Verena Bauer • April 03, 2025
Top 5 German office markets at a glance
Cushman & Wakefield has analysed developments on the office markets in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Munich for the fourth quarter and the full year 2024 and summarised the parameters of take-up, rents and supply.
Verena Bauer • January 09, 2025
Positive effects for the German property market
Half a trillion euros in special funds for infrastructure, which the potential future German government has had approved by the German Bundestag, will also have positive effects on the German real estate market in many respects and across all segments.
Verena Bauer • April 02, 2025
Rethinking European Offices
Increasing pressure from ESG regulation, changing workplace strategies, lower occupier demand for office space and economic challenges mean that office space in Europe is increasingly threatened by obsolescence and is at risk of becoming unmarketable and therefore unlettable.
Verena Bauer • December 18, 2024
Outlook European Real Estate Market 2025
Improving economic indicators such as GDP growth and resilient labour markets, coupled with more favourable financing conditions, are set to provide positive momentum for the European real estate market in 2025, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s ’EMEA Outlook 2025’ report.
Verena Bauer • December 16, 2024
Hamburg office leasing market starts 2026 with high activity
Cushman & Wakefield reports a cautiously stable start to 2026 for the Hamburg office leasing market. Take-up in the first quarter exceeded the 100,000 sq m threshold at around 100,400 sq m, but was approximately 9 percent below the comparable figure for the previous year.
Martin Polifke • April 10, 2026
New Team Lead Transaction Management Germany
Cushman & Wakefield is further expanding its transaction management team in Germany and has gained Dominic Knower, an experienced specialist in professionally managed transaction processes.
Martin Polifke • March 12, 2026
Residential investor survey confirms high interest
Residential property in Germany remains a preferred investment destination due to sustained high demand, strong resilience to crises and a structural housing shortage.
Martin Polifke • April 09, 2026
Hotel investment market sees a slow start to 2026
The German hotel investment market has made a subdued start to 2026. In the first quarter, transaction volume reached €221 million, around 44 per cent below the previous year’s level (Q1 2025: €395 million). Compared with the five-year average for the respective first quarters (around €319 million), this represents a decline of 31 per cent; compared with the ten-year average (around €576 million), the decline is as much as 62 per cent.
Martin Polifke • April 14, 2026
Healthcare property market starts 2026 with a clear upward trend
Cushman & Wakefield recorded a transaction volume of around €1.23 billion in the German healthcare property market in the first quarter of 2026. This represents an increase of around 78 per cent compared with the first quarter of 2025 (Q1 2025: around €690 million) and already exceeds the transaction level of the previous year after just three months.
Martin Polifke • April 10, 2026
Caution characterises the start of the year in Frankfurt’s office lettings market
According to analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, office space take-up in Frankfurt (covering the city of Frankfurt as well as Offenbach-Kaiserlei and Eschborn) from new lettings and owner-occupancy totalled around 67,200 m² in the first quarter of 2026.
Martin Polifke • April 13, 2026
Robust Investor Confidence: 86% of Investors Back European Hotel Investment in 2026
Investor confidence in European hotels is projected to remain strong in 2026, with 86% of investors planning to allocate the same or more capital to the sector than they did last year, according to the latest analysis from Cushman & Wakefield.
Martin Polifke • April 01, 2026