Eckhard Brockhoff has worked as a broker in the Ruhr region for more than 30 years. In an interview with Immobilien Zeitung, he discusses how the market has changed in recent years and the trends he sees in the cities along the Rhine and Ruhr. ________________________________ About Brockhoff Brockhoff GmbH is one of Germany’s leading […]
Last week, Brockhoff advised on the successful sale of a property portfolio with a total value of €68 million. The portfolio includes a large office building in a major German city as well as a shopping centre. The new owner is an institutional investor from Germany. Conditions in the investment market have changed, and sale […]
Oberhausen, Bermensfeld. A 2,202 m² site in Oberhausen-Bermensfeld has changed hands through Brockhoff. The building permit for an apartment building with 40 units meeting the KfW 40 energy-efficiency standard can be transferred to the new owner. The total lettable area is 2,410 m², and 28 parking spaces are planned for the site. The property is […]
Dortmund, Rheinische Straße 84. Retailer Woolworth is expected to open a store in Dortmund’s Unionviertel later this year. Brockhoff arranged the lease of the vacant retail unit, which has a total lettable area of 960 m², under an exclusive mandate from the owner, a Luxembourg-based real estate company. The location at Rheinische Straße 84 promises […]
The office property market is undergoing a significant adjustment, yet remains stable and attractive. Take-up varies considerably across the Ruhr region. In the first nine months of the year, Essen recorded just over 60,000 m² of take-up, a marked decline compared with the previous year. Dortmund, by contrast, saw a significant increase to more than […]
After a prolonged period in which many retail chains were cautious about expanding in city centres, retail properties are enjoying a revival. Where chain stores dominated just a few years ago, independent businesses and local retailers now have the opportunity to move into prime 1A city-centre locations. “Lower rents have naturally helped this trend. Retail […]
Friedensstraße 6–14. Brockhoff successfully advised on the sale of a residential portfolio comprising five apartment buildings in Idar-Oberstein, the gemstone and garrison town in Rhineland-Palatinate. The properties offer a total of 1,900 m² of living space across 24 units. A further 24 parking spaces are available to tenants. Some of the apartment buildings are partly […]
Soest, Brüderstraße 25. The well-maintained retail building in a prime 1A location in central Soest has changed hands through Brockhoff’s exclusive brokerage. In addition to its prominent location near well-known retail chains, the decisive factors in the sale of the two-storey property were its near-new condition and the fact that it was completed only in […]
Tobias Altenbeck, Managing Director and property consultant at Brockhoff, is a proud “Ruhr native”. In this podcast, he talks to editor Bianca Diehl about Germany’s property market, logistics, the role of property agents and his home region. He shares insights into Light Industrial and logistics projects across the Ruhr area, as well as his favourite […]
There seems to be light on the horizon: the property market is brightening. Sentiment is improving, as is the number of completed deals. Since the summer holidays, we have seen a marked increase in transactions. For 2024, we expect both strong revenue and a good profit.
The magazines REVIER MANAGER and “immobilienmanager” have published their latest rankings. Brockhoff has held leading positions since first taking part in 2019. In the “immobilienmanager” ranking, Brockhoff secured the following positions: 1st: Net commission revenue, local commercial property agents, Germany5th: Net commission revenue, total commercial leasing, Germany7th: Net commission revenue, total commercial property business, Germany7th: […]
Bottrop, Am Kruppwald 3. In Bottrop, Brockhoff brokered the sale of a 3,870 m² office and hall complex to Matthias and Stephan Müller, who will establish a new site for their company, “Gebrüder Müller Holzbearbeitung GmbH”. The classic Light Industrial property occupies a 6,760 m² plot and is ideal for developing automated production of timber-aluminium […]