IPE D.A.CH Editor-in-Chief Frank Schnattinger spoke with Prof. Dr. Hartmut Leser, Partner, Spokesman of the Management Board Germany and CIO of the FREO Group, about his move from Aberdeen Standard Investments to the private markets specialist and the current challenges in real estate investments.

BC Partners Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of leading international investment firm, together with FREO Group (“FREO”), today announced the completion of their joint acquisition of the office building located at Gran Vía de les Corts Catalanes 764, in the city centre of Barcelona.

Pictet Alternative Advisors and FREO Group have acquired a last mile logistics asset located in Montreuil. The 9,000 sqm warehouse has a prime location within the A86 Paris ring road and highways A3/A4.

Prof. Dr Hartmut Leser has been appointed Partner and CIO of FREO Group on 1 September 2022. He will also take on the role of Spokesman of the Management Board of FREO Germany GmbH, based in Frankfurt.

AnaCap Financial Partners (“AnaCap”) and FREO Group (“FREO”) have secured planning consent to reposition a vacant 11,000 sq m office building in Puteaux, Paris into a new 645-bed student accommodation and co-living development.

Established in 1996, FREO Group is an independent international investor, developer and manager of high quality real estate. From 13 offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg and the USA, FREO has worked on more than 60 projects totalling around 2.4 Mio sqms.

Cain International (‘Cain’), the privately held investment firm operating in the United States and Europe, and its joint venture partner, FREO Group (“FREO”), have agreed the first letting at Koryfeum, an 80,400 sq m office development in Munich. Cain’s European Real Estate Opportunity Fund I (‘EREO I’) acquired a 50 per cent stake in the asset in May 2021.