The Ratisbona Handelsimmobilien Group, a project developer, investor and portfolio manager specialised in retail parks, supermarkets and discount stores, is expanding its service range with the formation of a dedicated investment and asset management company. The founders and shareholders of the newly established Ratisbona Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG are Sebastian Schels and Gregor Volk.
In future, Ratisbona Asset Management will offer institutional investors first-class investments in German retail real estate, structuring individual fund and single-mandate solutions tailored to investor requirements and realising the desired risk/reward profile. The company's range of services encompasses distribution-oriented, value preservation and value adding strategies. "Our investors will benefit from a track record dating back more than 30 years as well as an established network and detailed market knowledge," explains Gregor Volk, who will manage the operating business of the new company. "As an effective and solution-oriented partner to our tenants, we offer the highest degree of planning and construction expertise. Our specialist teams cover topics such as innovation and economic and ecological sustainability. The result: Clear value added for our investors," adds Sebastian Schels.
Sebastian Schels is already Managing Partner of Ratisbona Projektentwicklung KG and Ratisbona Holding GmbH & Co. KG. With around 1,150 retail real estate projects realised over the past 30 years and about 130 properties under management with a total rental area of approximately 170,000 m², the Ratisbona Group is one of the leading companies in the German retail real estate sector. Regarding the development of food retailing stores, the Ratisbona Group is considered market leader in terms of its German-wide presence and the number of realised properties. Gregor Volk has worked in the institutional fund industry for almost 20 years, including in management positions at Deutsche Bank, Universal Investment, Fidelity, Invesco and La Francaise. The two shareholders both studied at the European Business School (ebs) respectively the EBS Real Estate Management Institute.
