Year: 2020

(Essen, 1 April 2020 [01.04.2020]). The Covid-19 pandemic is prompting companies to seek short-term, temporary solutions to spread mission-critical teams across different floors or properties. BROCKHOFF OFFICE helps companies quickly secure additional office space on a temporary basis. Companies seeking long-term premises continue to prefer mixed office layouts. “A new type of office search has […]

The article reports that many retail chains are seeking rent reductions or suspensions during the Covid-19 coronavirus crisis. Brockhoff & Partner managing partner Eckhard Brockhoff warns that this can threaten private landlords, particularly in smaller towns where property owners often depend on rental income. Retailers including Deichmann, C&A, Adidas, Bijou Brigitte, Pieper, Ernsting’s Family, Kind […]

A Handelsblatt article dated 31 March 2020 examines the retail sector’s dramatic situation in Germany at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite reduced-hours schemes and government support, many retailers face an existential threat. Closed shops, absent customers and an uncertain future have caused sales to collapse, with some companies reporting declines of up to […]

Essen, Schnabelstr. 1. The technical planning and consulting division of a publicly listed Essen-based group will move into approximately 2,040 m² of office space at Schnabelstr. 1 in Essen from 1 April 2020. BROCKHOFF OFFICE advised on the lease at a well-connected location on the edge of the city. The office property stood out for […]

Essen, Von-Ossietzky-Ring. Brockhoff INVEST has sold a leasehold site of approximately 10,824 m² in Essen for residential use on behalf of a community of heirs. The leasehold has been in place since 1975 and runs for a term of 99 years. The new owner is a company group active throughout Germany.

More than €300 million has been invested along Huyssenallee. Most properties have been sold and modernised by their new owners. The new Stiftung Mercator building and Huyssenquartier are particularly striking developments. Huyssenallee is a street with a remarkable history. Developed in the late decades of the 19th century, it takes its name from Essen merchant […]

Essen, Steubenstraße 53 and 57, Kurfürstenstraße 25 and 27. Hamburg-based developer MAGNA Real Estate AG (MAGNA), through MAGNA West, has acquired the approximately 8,900 m² complex at Steubenstraße 53 and 57 and Kurfürstenstraße 25 and 27 in Essen for its own portfolio. Brockhoff INVEST was exclusively appointed by the seller, FAKT AG, to market the […]

Coesfeld, Schüppenstr. 12. Fashion concept Tom Tailor has moved to the other side of the street. Brockhoff RETAIL arranged a partial lease of the former “Schuhpark Fascies” premises for the popular fashion brand. The new store at Schüppenstr. 12 offers around 180 m² of retail space in a prime 1A location, next to well-known chains, […]

Brockhoff RETAIL continues to embrace innovation in retail and respond to the challenges of change. This newsletter explains how “retailtainment” brings city centres to life and how food service, residential and retail uses can be combined successfully. Read about successful leases in prime 1A locations, such as Salamander’s new store in Paderborn, and be inspired […]

Duisburg, Tonhallenstr. 12–16. Global Care Intensivpflegedienst GmbH officially launches on 1 March. BROCKHOFF OFFICE brokered approximately 329 m² of suitable office space for the care provider’s administration in Tonhallenpassage at Tonhallenstr. 12–16 in Duisburg. Tonhallenpassage is in an excellent central location in Duisburg. Duisburg Central Station, with its extensive public transport connections, is only a […]

Essen, Huyssenallee 74. The new owner, a regional investor family, has completely revitalized the residential and commercial building at Huyssenallee 74 and brought it up to date. Brockhoff OFFICE quickly arranged leases for the commercial premises in the prime 1A locations on the ground floor and 1st upper floor. The new ground-floor tenant, occupying approximately […]

E-commerce is booming, driving demand for logistics space. In 2019, just under 700,000 m² of logistics space was brokered in the Ruhr region. With few large greenfield sites remaining in logistics hubs, more major deals are taking place in outlying areas. The lease of 56,5000 m² at MLP Logistics Park Unna, brokered by Brockhoff LOGISTICS, […]