Real estate agents
Real estate agents active on a supra-regional basis
For a better assessment of Duisburg as a location and of the chances for returns on investment there, we recommend the market reports of supra-regionally active agents for real estate used for commercial purposes. The comparison of Duisburg with other cities in Germany makes it possible to assess Duisburg's strong points and potential better.
Very interesting for foreign investors is the differentiated Investment Market Report on the Metropolitan Region of the Ruhr, published by Dr. Radetzki Consult GmbH, Dortmund, in May 2006. We would be pleased to send you the report. Please order it by phone, contacting Mr. Christian Felix Hendel, GFW Duisburg, phone 0203/3639-366.
Here is a first excerpt from the introduction text:
"The German commercial property market has become much more transparent in recent years, primarily at the instigation of national and international investors. In the most important locations - Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich - market analysis by research institutes and consultancies has provided an increasingly clearer picture. But for the Ruhr metropolitan region, which is, after all, Germany's biggest economic area, there is an almost complete lack of analysis of this kind.
One reason for this is the assumption that the Ruhr real estate market has only a limited volume an is thus not very interesting. Another and more important factor is how this region is perceived both from within and without. The Ruhr region is not viewed in its entirely but is generally seen as a number of separate markets, the individual cities. That is also the perception that municipal representatives and local market players have up to now conveyed to outside observers and to investors. Opportunity funds, renowned for their careful anylyses, form an excetion: they have recently discovered this region as a sustainable market and have invested billions of euros here..."
(Source: Investment Market Report Ruhr Metropolitan Region, 2006, Introduction of Dr. Matthias Radetzki, Dr. Radetzki Consult GmbH, Dortmund, May 2006)
Here is a first excerpt from the introduction text:
"The German commercial property market has become much more transparent in recent years, primarily at the instigation of national and international investors. In the most important locations - Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich - market analysis by research institutes and consultancies has provided an increasingly clearer picture. But for the Ruhr metropolitan region, which is, after all, Germany's biggest economic area, there is an almost complete lack of analysis of this kind.
One reason for this is the assumption that the Ruhr real estate market has only a limited volume an is thus not very interesting. Another and more important factor is how this region is perceived both from within and without. The Ruhr region is not viewed in its entirely but is generally seen as a number of separate markets, the individual cities. That is also the perception that municipal representatives and local market players have up to now conveyed to outside observers and to investors. Opportunity funds, renowned for their careful anylyses, form an excetion: they have recently discovered this region as a sustainable market and have invested billions of euros here..."
(Source: Investment Market Report Ruhr Metropolitan Region, 2006, Introduction of Dr. Matthias Radetzki, Dr. Radetzki Consult GmbH, Dortmund, May 2006)
