Business parks are currently the most sought-after property category

Around 930 million euros will be invested in corporate real estate throughout Germany in 2013. This corresponds to around 3.5 % of the total commercial investment volume of 26.7 billion euros (excluding residential and hotel). The investment performance has developed relatively equally over the two half-years (1st half 52.8%; 2nd half 47.2%). In the first half of 2014, corporate real estate with a volume of around 381 million euros was traded. The total volume of commercial investment in this period was around EUR 15.5 billion, which is historically one of the highest transaction volumes in the first six months of a year. The share of corporate real estate was around 2.5 %.