UNIQA Real Estate opens investment platform to third‑party capital

UNIQA Real Estate Management GmbH has launched a strategic expansion of its business, opening its real estate investment and management platform to external institutional investors for the first time.

Thomas Erdmann. Source: UNIQA Real Estate

The move marks a significant evolution for the company, which has spent five decades managing the UNIQA Group’s real estate portfolio across Austria and Central and Eastern Europe.

The new platform will target international institutional investors and large family offices, initially focusing on Germany and Austria. UNIQA Real Estate will offer a range of investment structures tailored to institutional requirements, including fund vehicles, separate accounts and club‑deal formats depending on mandate size and strategy.

Thomas Erdmann MRICS, Managing Director of UNIQA Real Estate, said the expansion makes available the company’s long‑established expertise across its core markets. He noted that institutional investors increasingly expect active investment management across the full property life cycle, with a clear focus on protecting and enhancing value - capabilities UNIQA Real Estate has developed over decades.

UNIQA Real Estate manages more than 200 properties totalling over one million sq m of lettable space, diversified across office, retail, hotel and residential sectors. The portfolio spans Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, and includes both core and core‑plus assets ranging from historic Viennese Gründerzeit buildings to modern office and hotel properties.

UNIQA Group is one of the leading insurance groups in Austria and CEE, serving more than 18 million customers across 14 countries.