The Tempelhofer Hafen GmbH & amp; Co. KG has sold the Berlin shopping center “Tempelhofer Hafen” to a large German insurance company.

The Tempelhofer Hafen Center includes a historic warehouse, a shopping center with a medical center, a harbor, jetties and entertainment and leisure facilities. The listed harbor complex was built between 1901-1908. As of 2007, the new shopping center “Tempelhofer Hafen” was built at the southern end of Tempelhofer Damm with an investment volume of more than 100 million euros. Tenants of the almost completely rented center are u.a. EDEKA, MediaMarkt, C & A, Jopp & Jopp and H & M. The center covers a leasable area of ​​approximately 36,600 square meters.

VERIANOS AG has been preparing and managing the transaction for the seller since 2011 until its conclusion.

With the SIGNARIS office building in Frankfurt am Main, the Next Estate Income Fund (NEIF) of BNP Paribas is participating in the pilot phase of development of an environmental ‘green’ certification for existing buildings. SIGNARIS has been certified by the German Society for Sustainable Building (DGNB), becoming the first-ever existing building in Germany to win this certificate. DGNB handed over the silver certificate to VERIANOS team responsible for SIGNARIS.

VERIANOS Managing Partner Jost-Albrecht Nies said: “While it is becoming normal to only consider new buildings already known to be sustainable, the topic of standing

stock has largely been untapped. That is why we, as local asset manager of the German NEIF sub-portfolio, have recommended supporting the pilot phase of the inventory certification and thereby to help progress the development of transparency in sustainable building quality in Germany.”

SIGNARIS, located in Frankfurt’s banking district, offers around 14,000 sqm of leasable area and is held in the Next Estate Income Fund, a vehicle launched and managed by BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management. The Fund invests in sustainable properties across Europe and is aimed at institutional investors. VERIANOS Germany, as the regional asset manager, steers the German portfolio. Hamburg-based adviser atmosgrad ° accompanied the certification process as auditor.

SIGNARIS wins Germany’s first DGNB existing building green certification