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  • Ruhr office markets remain stable: Dortmund tops 100,000 m², with Essen close behind
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    19.02.2025

    Ruhr office markets remain stable: Dortmund tops 100,000 m², with Essen close behind

    The two largest office markets in the Ruhr region were separated by just over 5,000 m² of take-up. The notable point is that Dortmund, with just over 100,000 m², exceeded its previous year’s result by around 25%, while Essen’s 96,700 m² represented a decline of around 15,000 m² compared with 2023. A look at tenant […]

  • Real estate investments are becoming more attractive than government bonds again
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    19.02.2025

    Real estate investments are becoming more attractive than government bonds again

    After three challenging years in the real estate market, the recovery is continuing. Returns on property investments are rising again relative to government bonds, making real estate attractive components of investment strategies once more. Over the medium term, demand for tangible assets, especially real estate, is expected to increase significantly. Valuation adjustments, higher construction and […]

  • Brockhoff sells 3,870 m² Light Industrial facility in Bottrop
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    30.09.2024

    Brockhoff sells 3,870 m² Light Industrial facility in Bottrop

    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 […]

  • The tide is turning: The work-from-home trend is reversing
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    30.09.2024

    The tide is turning: The work-from-home trend is reversing

    After several years of promoting working from home as the ideal solution for flexible work, it is now clear that returning to the office offers decisive benefits. Many companies and international corporations have recognised the shift and brought employees back. Physical presence plays a key role in career success, creativity and team spirit. Employees also […]

  • Brockhoff brokers sale of three apartment buildings
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    30.09.2024

    Brockhoff brokers sale of three apartment buildings

    In Hagen, on the south-eastern edge of the Ruhr region, Brockhoff successfully brokered the sale of three apartment buildings. The 25 residential units offer a combined living area of more than 1,600 m². The purchase price has not been disclosed.

  • The state of city centres: Interview with Bert Pfeffer
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    27.09.2024

    The state of city centres: Interview with Bert Pfeffer

    Mr Pfeffer, you have worked at Brockhoff for 37 years, marketing retail properties in prime 1A locations. How do you assess the market today? To answer that properly, you have to look closely at each city. In many places, chain retailers are concentrating on major cities. In Essen, for example, we recently secured a 1,100 […]

  • Historic former Max Haniel residence in Duisburg changes hands
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    13.06.2024

    Historic former Max Haniel residence in Duisburg changes hands

    Duisburg, Dammstr. 11. Brockhoff successfully brokered the sale of a 1,330 m² office villa at Dammstr. 11 in Duisburg-Ruhrort. The fully let, multi-tenant property occupies a 1,500 m² site in a prestigious waterfront location overlooking the Rhine and offers attractive office space for five tenants. The new owner is a private investor. The purchase price […]

  • Oberhausen: Brockhoff advises on sale of 2,100 m² city-centre office building
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    16.05.2024

    Oberhausen: Brockhoff advises on sale of 2,100 m² city-centre office building

    Oberhausen, Marktstraße 180. The former AOK administrative building at Marktstraße 180 in central Oberhausen has a new owner. The seller is BOWAG Immobilien GmbH, part of the Bollmann Group. Essen-based property agent Brockhoff advised on the discreet sale of the 2,100 m² office building, constructed in 1963, to a regional long-term owner. The purchase price […]

  • Allbau acquires 4,400 m² building complex in Essen through Brockhoff
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    08.05.2024

    Allbau acquires 4,400 m² building complex in Essen through Brockhoff

    (Essen, 8 May 2024). In Essen, at Königgrätzstraße 12 / Huttropstraße 8, Brockhoff has found a new owner for a 4,400 m² building complex for the second time in three years, advising on its sale from MAYESTATE to Allbau. In 2021, Brockhoff had also advised on the transfer from “NEUE ARBEIT (Diakonie Essen) gGmbH” to […]

  • Brockhoff advises Quadoro on acquisition of 8,000 m² office complex with public-sector tenant
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    05.03.2024

    Brockhoff advises Quadoro on acquisition of 8,000 m² office complex with public-sector tenant

    Quadoro Investment GmbH, acting as the capital management company for the open-ended special fund Quadoro Social Infrastructure (QSI), has completed the acquisition of a two-building office complex in Recklinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Built between 1961 and 1968, the two buildings underwent phased refurbishment from 2021 to 2023. Total lettable area is approximately 8,000 m², with the […]

  • Online newsletter
    29.02.2024

    Four stores in four cities: Brockhoff supports ReSales expansion with new prime Essen store

    The expanding second-hand fashion retailer ReSales will open a two-storey store on Limbecker Straße in Essen. By brokering the 730 m² unit in a prime 1A location, Brockhoff and ReSales are continuing their successful partnership. Brockhoff has already found suitable retail premises for ReSales in prime pedestrian locations in Dortmund, Witten and Hildesheim, supporting the […]

  • Brockhoff expands management as growth plans advance
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    27.02.2024

    Brockhoff expands management as growth plans advance

    For 2024, Essen-based real estate adviser Brockhoff, active throughout Germany, is planning sustained growth. In line with its expansion strategy, it plans to expand its management team. At the same time, Eckhard Brockhoff, Managing Partner of Brockhoff GmbH, is restructuring the company in preparation for his planned retirement in two years. “The successful continuation of […]