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Asset Manager News
KGAL acquires DGNB Platinum-certified office building in the centre of Vienna
Independent investment and asset manager KGAL is pleased to announce the acquisition of the ‘ViE’ office building in the Austrian capital with a total rental area of 14,100 square metres for one of its property funds. The seller is CA Immobilien Anlagen AG. The building in a central location in Vienna is fully let with renowned tenants. With this acquisition, KGAL is taking advantage of the attractive environment in the European office property market to make a high-quality purchase.
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Debut: Impact fund KGAL ESPF 5 acquires its first solar park in the Czech Republic
KGAL ESPF 5 has successfully entered the promising Czech market with the purchase of the 50-megawatt solar project “PVPP Saxonie” near the northern Bohemian city of Most. With Sev.en Inntech and Micronix, KGAL has two experienced partners at its side for the realisation of the solar park. This is the eleventh transaction for ESPF 5, in its sixth European country. The final closing of this Article 9 impact fund will take place in October 2024.
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KGAL acquires timber-hybrid office building in Wiesbaden
The independent investment and asset manager KGAL has acquired the “PLATINUM” office building in Wiesbaden, developed by Frankfurt-based project developer OFB, with around 5,300 square meters of rental space for one of its institutional real estate funds.
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KGAL ESPF 5 enters into joint venture for the development of battery storage systems in Italy
Leading investment and asset manager KGAL announces that its renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 is entering into a joint venture with IMCS, a renowned Italian renewable energy specialist, to jointly develop battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Italy. The emerging market for energy storage systems is gaining strong political support, as BESS can be used to mitigate the increasing fluctuations in electricity production from renewable energies. At the same time, this modern technology contributes to the portfolio diversification of the KGAL ESPF 5 Article 9 fund.
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People News
KGAL appoints Carolin Vormann as Head of Institutional Business
As Head of Institutional Business, Carolin Vormann has been spearheading global sales activities and strategic product development for KGAL’s institutional investor business since 15 July 2024.
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KGAL Core 5 LIFE acquires fully let residential portfolio in Dublin
KGAL Core 5 LIFE, one of the few Article 9 residential real estate funds with a European focus, has acquired a portfolio in Lucan, County Dublin, consisting of three residential buildings with 104 units. The properties, which were built between 2020 and 2022, have a total lettable area of 8,882 square metres.
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KGAL creates almost 20,000 square metres of high-quality living space for Regensburg with the “KönigsTOR” residential quarter
At the turn of 2021/2022, the residential property fund KGAL Wohnen Core 3 acquired the “KönigsTOR” Regensburg neighbourhood development during the construction phase. A decision made with strategic foresight: at the recent handover of the completed property to KGAL, 96 percent of the 392 modern flats had already been let well ahead of schedule – including 55 subsidised and 146 barrier-free units. The high-quality building complex offers new homes with many amenities for more than 800 people.
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People News
KGAL announces new dual leadership team and forward-looking corporate strategy
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL is pleased to announce that it has completed its “Next Generation” project through a new management structure and reorganisation of its Real Estate, Sustainable Infrastructure and Aviation asset classes, and Florian Martin, currently Managing Director Capital, and André Zücker, currently Managing Director Real Estate, will take over the company management together as co-CEOs as of 1 January 2024.
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KGAL acquires “Treesquare” office building in prime Brussels location
KGAL Investment Management has acquired the “Treesquare” office block in Brussels for its pan-European real estate fund, KGAL Core 4 Real Estate.
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KGAL sells office building in London to Obayashi
KGAL Investment Management has sold the office building “60 Gracechurch Street”, with a total lettable space of 11,825 square metres, from one of its closed-end funds.
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KGAL sums up 2022 – a year of surging interest rates and exceptional performance
KGAL, a leading independent investment and asset manager, sums up its performance in 2022 and despite inflation, interest rate turnaround, energy crisis – KGAL passed the tests of 2022 with flying colours. New business volume reached almost €1.9 billion across all asset classes.
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New impact fund KGAL Core 5 LIFE reaches first closing and acquires sustainable residential property in Málaga
KGAL Core 5 LIFE, one of the few Article 9 residential real estate funds with a European focus, has received capital commitments in the hundreds of millions.