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Tegut Sale

The planned break-up of Tegut among Edeka, Rewe and other buyers is not only reshaping the German grocery retail sector. It also affects numerous retail properties, the interests of their owners, existing lease agreements and the local supply of entire neighborhoods.

Daniel Alexander Kroppmanns • 25/09/2026

Insights • Sustainability / ESG

Circular Fit-out

Rising construction costs? Make the most of what is already there.

Martin Polifke • 15/09/2026

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MarketBeats

MarketBeat

Investment MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends in Germany and its top real estate markets. Short, concise and to the point.

MarketBeat

Healthcare MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends for the Healthcare Market in Germany

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Healthcare

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Investor Survey Healthcare Real Estate

Healthcare properties in Germany are in greater demand than ever before.

13/01/2025

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Single in old age: Modern care facilities

When mobility decreases, living alone quickly tilts in the direction of loneliness, neediness and social isolation. In a survey, Civey found out what exactly people want in terms of an age-appropriate future?

Verena Bauer • 07/03/2022

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Hospitality

MarketBeat

Hospitality MarketBeats Germany

Market figures and trends for the Hospitality Market in Germany

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Retail

MarketBeat

Retail MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends for the Commercial Retail Market in Germany

13/05/2026

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Retail Footfall Index

The Retail Footfall Index provides insight into shopping behaviour in the retail high streets of the top-7 cities and looks at the retail concepts that will be successful in the future.

Verena Bauer • 03/08/2022

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MarketBeats Germany

MarketBeat

Retail MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends for the Commercial Retail Market in Germany

13/05/2026

MarketBeat

Residential MarketBeat Germany

Market figures and trends for the Commercial Residential Market in Germany

13/03/2026

MarketBeat

Investment MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends in Germany and its top real estate markets. Short, concise and to the point.

MarketBeat

Office MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends for the Commercial Office Leasing Market in Germany

MarketBeat

Logistics & Industrial MarketBeats Germany

Quarterly market figures and trends for the Logistics & Industrial Market in Germany

MarketBeat

Hospitality MarketBeats Germany

Market figures and trends for the Hospitality Market in Germany

RECENT NEWS

CW brokers office space lease in Cologne

Acting on behalf of the parties, Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the long-term lease of approximately 600 sq m of office and storage space in Cologne’s Neustadt-Nord district to a supra-regional institutional occupier.

Martin Polifke • 03/11/2026

New C&W LIS Study: Future Flows

A wave of defence-related investments worth several hundred billion euros is increasingly reshaping the European industrial real estate market, according to a new study by Cushman & Wakefield.

Martin Polifke • 28/10/2026

Cologne Office Letting Market Continues to Fall Short of Expectations Despite Occupier Demand

The Cologne office letting market failed to experience any sustained recovery in the third quarter. While many companies remain actively engaged in the search for new office space, the number of transactions actually concluded remains at a low level.

Martin Polifke • 23/10/2026

Major lettings revive Berlin office market

The Berlin office letting market recorded take-up of approximately 563,800 sq m during the first nine months of 2026. This represents an increase of 54 per cent compared with the same period last year.

Martin Polifke • 12/10/2026

Frankfurt High-Rise Market

Cushman & Wakefield’s latest High-Rise Study on the development of Frankfurt’s office tower market confirms a clear trend in the office sector: companies are increasingly favoring modern, high-quality high-rise buildings.

Martin Polifke • 09/10/2026

Hotel Transaction Market Remains Well Below Previous Year's Volume

According to analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, hotel transaction volume in Germany totalled approximately €960 million during the first nine months of 2026. This represents a decline of 39 per cent compared with the same period last year.

Martin Polifke • 08/10/2026

Further momentum in the Düsseldorf office market as major lettings drive activity

According to analysis by Cushman & Wakefield, office take-up in the Düsseldorf office market reached approximately 100,900 sq m in Q3 2026 — an increase of 71% compared with the same quarter last year and 64% with the previous quarter.

Martin Polifke • 07/10/2026

Frankfurt office leasing market gains momentum in the third quarter

According to Cushman & Wakefield, office take-up in Frankfurt (including the city area as well as Offenbach-Kaiserlei and Eschborn) from new lettings and owner-occupier transactions totalled approximately 260,700 sq m in the first nine months of 2026.

Martin Polifke • 07/10/2026

Healthcare Real Estate Market Remains Resilient

Total transaction volume reaches approximately €2.14 billion after nine months, exceeding the full-year totals recorded in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

Martin Polifke • 05/10/2026

German Real Estate Investment Market – Slower Growth in Transaction Volumes After the First Nine Months

Commercial real estate investment remains well above 2025 levels, while residential investment shows stable performance.

Martin Polifke • 05/10/2026

Staff News Personalie- Stairs Up Webcard

Pirmin Graf appointed as Director, Logistics & Industrial Capital Markets

Cushman & Wakefield continues to strengthen its Capital Markets platform in Germany through targeted expansion of its Logistics & Industrial team. Effective 1 October 2026, Pirmin Graf will join the firm as Director, Capital Markets Logistics & Industrial.

Martin Polifke • 30/09/2026

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Success stories in Germany

BAUHAUS Poster with a glimpse of the Hamburg office

Cushman & Wakefield • Office & Workplace

"Cosy but clean" our in-house interior design team designed our new Hamburg office entirely in accordance with the principles of Bauhaus and international modernism.

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Hamburg Software Firm • Information Technology

The new office of a growing technology company in Hamburg was required to be bright, inviting and spacious. For the property search, planning and design of the office space, the company relied entirely on our many years of expertise in project management and interior design.

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Kauri CAB Group • Retail & Shopping Centre

Groundbreaking: The outdated Forum Troisdorf shopping centre near Bonn will become a leisure and event location with a completely new concept.

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AEW • Logistics & Industrial

From initial groundbreaking to tenant handover: C&W steered the development of a logistics hall in the Rhine-Main region via precise technical project monitoring.

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UPFIELD • Office & Sustainability

A sustainable and stylish working environment, as green as the brand itself: That's what start-up Upfield was seeking for its 70 employees. Matching the vegan products and the target group.

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C&W: The Westlight • Office & Workplace

In our Berlin office, our interior design team has combined a functional “New Work” atmosphere with a sustainable urban jungle look. And thus created a modern working environment for creative exchange and external representation.

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