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Hamburg, 04. August 2025. Mit dem Ankauf des Gebäudes in der Admiralitätsstraße 67 legen Quest Investment Partners und Indigo Invest Holding GmbH & Co. KG in einem Joint Venture den Grundstein für eine umfassende sowie nachhaltige Revitalisierung: Im dritten Quartal 2026 sollen die Bauarbeiten beginnen und 2027 abgeschlossen sein.

Das markante Gebäude aus den 1960er Jahren mit aktuell rund 7.800 Quadratmetern Mietfläche liegt zwischen Alsterfleet und Bleichenfleet in der Admiralitätstraße 67 – mit einzigartigen Blickbezügen auf die Elbphilharmonie, die Speicherstadt und den Hafen. Die Hamburger Neustadt bietet im direkten Umfeld eine urbane Mischung aus Restaurants, Cafés, Einkaufsmöglichkeiten und eine unmittelbare Nähe zur Innenstadt. Eine exzellente Anbindung an den öffentlichen Nahverkehr ist durch die nahegelegene U-Bahn-Station „Rödingsmarkt“ und den fußläufig erreichbaren Jungfernstieg gegeben – eine erstklassige Adresse für Unternehmen, die Wert auf eine lebendige und zentrale Lage legen.

Das vollständig leerstehende Gebäude bietet – inklusive Flächenpotenzial durch bauliche Nachverdichtung – optimale Voraussetzungen für ein ESG-konformes, zukunftsweisendes Refurbishment und eine anschließende Neuvermietung.

„Die Nachfrage nach modernen, emissionsarmen Büroflächen in zentralen Lagen steigt weiter an. Wir freuen uns sehr auf dieses Projekt und darauf, mit der Revitalisierung ein hochwertiges ESG-konformes Angebot in herausragender Lage zu entwickeln – und damit ein starkes Signal für Hamburg als attraktiven Bürostandort zu setzen“, so Theja Geyer, geschäftsführender Gesellschafter von Quest Investment Partners.

Das Value-Add-Konzept mit ESG-Fokus erfolgt in Übereinstimmung mit der EU-Taxonomie und sieht u. a. folgende Maßnahmen vor:

• Energetische Erneuerung der Gebäudehülle
• Installation moderner Heiz-/Kühlsysteme mit intelligenter Steuerung
• Neue Lüftungstechnik zur Sicherstellung optimaler Raumluftqualität
• Integration einer Photovoltaikanlage
• Erhalt tragender Gebäudestrukturen zur Reduktion des CO₂-Fußabdrucks
• Umfassende Kernsanierung mit vollständiger Entkernung, Restrukturierung und hochwertiger Ausstattung nach Mieteranforderungen

Die künftigen Mietflächen lassen sich flexibel in bis zu drei Einheiten pro Etage aufteilen. Großzügige Allgemeinbereiche, Terrassen und eine Tiefgarage ergänzen das Angebot. Modernes Arbeiten in historisch-urbanem Kontext.

Quest Investment Partners blickt auf zahlreiche erfolgreiche Revitalisierungen von Bestandsgebäuden im Premiumsegment zurück – stets mit dem Fokus, die charakteristische Architektursprache des jeweiligen Gebäudes zu erhalten und gleichzeitig moderne Maßstäbe in Funktionalität, Nachhaltigkeit und Design zu setzen: Zuletzt konnte das „Leo 7“ in München, ein Gebäude aus den 1980ern in Bestlage, vollständig modernisiert, neu vermietet und verkauft werden. Auch das Berliner Projekt „The Graph“ im historischen Zeitungsviertel steht beispielhaft für die Umsetzung anspruchsvoller Refurbishments mit ESG-Fokus.

Mit der Entwicklung der Admiralitätstraße 67 realisieren Quest Investment Partners und Indigo Invest Holding GmbH & Co. KG gemeinsam ein Projekt – mit dem Ziel, das Potenzial des Bestandsgebäudes in zentraler Lage verantwortungsvoll und zukunftsorientiert weiterzuentwickeln.

Über die Quest-Gruppe
Die Quest-Gruppe ist eine Immobiliengesellschaft mit Sitz in Hamburg und Niederlassungen in Berlin, München und Frankfurt. Gesellschafter sind der Hamburger Unternehmer Erck Rickmers und Theja Geyer. Das Unternehmen managt ein Portfolio von rund 3,5 Mrd. Euro und konzentriert sich auf Investitionen in Gewerbeimmobilien mit Wertsteigerungspotenzial in ausgewählten Lagen deutscher Großstädte. Quest Development entwickelt und finanziert hochwertige Immobilienprojekte sowohl eigenständig als auch zusammen mit Investoren.

Über die Indigo Invest Holding
Die Indigo Invest Holding GmbH & Co. KG ist eine deutsche Investmentgesellschaft mit Sitz in Düsseldorf. Die Gesellschaft wurde 2010 gegründet. Seitdem wurde ein Transaktionsvolumen von mehr als 2 Mrd. Euro in rund 30 Projekten umgesetzt, überwiegend in den Bereichen Büro, Wohnen und Fachmarkt. Der Fokus liegt auf Immobilien und Grundstücken mit signifikantem Wertsteigerungspotenzial in aufstrebenden bis sehr guten Lagen in prosperierenden Regionen.

Admiralitätsstraße 67
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Berlin, 30. Juli 2025 – Die International Psychoanalytic University Berlin (IPU) bleibt dem Port Faraday am Berliner Spreebogen langfristig treu. Damit verlängert die renommierte Hochschule für psychoanalytisch akzentuierte Studiengänge ihren bestehenden Mietvertrag über rund 3.880 m² Bürofläche in den Gebäudeteilen Dock 3 (EG–1. OG) und Dock 5 (1.–3. OG) für eine Festlaufzeit von 15 Jahren.

„Die IPU gehört deutschlandweit zu den besten Hochschulen im Fach Psychologie. Umso mehr freuen wir uns, dass die Vertragsverlängerung ein starkes Zeichen für die Qualität des Standorts setzt – eine Bestätigung, dass unser Ensemble mit seinen flexiblen, lichtdurchfluteten Flächen und der zentralen Lage zwischen Regierungsviertel, Hauptbahnhof und Spree ein ideales Umfeld für zukunftsgerichtete Institutionen wie die IPU bietet“, sagt Theja Geyer, geschäftsführender Gesellschafter von Quest Investment Partners.

Die IPU Berlin ist eine junge Hochschule, die 2024 ihr 15-jähriges Bestehen feierte. Als staatlich anerkannte private Universität mit psychoanalytischem Schwerpunkt genießt sie ein hohes fachliches Renommee. Bereits bei ihrer ersten Teilnahme am CHE-Masterranking 2016 erreichte der Masterstudiengang Psychologie den Spitzenplatz. Erst kürzlich wurde sie reakkreditiert und erhielt auf Empfehlung des Wissenschaftsrates das Promotionsrecht. Derzeit sind rund 750 Studierende eingeschrieben. Trägerin der Universität ist die Internationale Psychoanalytische Universität Berlin gGmbH, deren alleinige Gesellschafterin die Stiftung zur Förderung der universitären Psychoanalyse ist.

Port Faraday ist ein hochwertiges Büroensemble im Herzen Berlins. Es liegt zwischen Spree, Westhafenkanal und Charlottenburger Verbindungskanal, auf dem Gelände der ehemaligen Kampffmeyer-Mühlen. 2019 wurde es von einem Joint Venture zwischen Quest Investment Partners und Allianz erworben, deren Beteiligung an der Investition von PIMCO Prime Real Estate verwaltet wird. Seitdem wird die Immobilie umfassend modernisiert. Das Ende der 1980er Jahre erbaute, durchdachte Gebäudekonzept wurde mit einem Nutzungsmix aus Büros, Universität sowie Labor- und Praxisflächen entwickelt. Bis heute prägen der denkmalgeschützte Verwaltungsbau von 1939 und der alte Förderturm als Zeugnisse der industriellen Vergangenheit das Areal.

Im Zuge der laufenden Neupositionierung bis 2027 wird das Areal umfassend modernisiert: Fassadensanierungen, der Ausbau der Docks, neue Grünanlagen, Photovoltaik und energetische Aufrüstungen sind unter anderem geplant. Insgesamt werden rund 30.000 m² Mietfläche auf neun Gebäude verteilt schrittweise revitalisiert – für ein zukunftsfähiges Quartier in Berlin-Moabit.

Benannt nach dem britischen Experimentalphysiker Michael Faraday (1791–1867), steht das Ensemble heute für modernes Arbeiten im Zeichen von Forschung, Innovation und Nachhaltigkeit.

Weitere Informationen unter: www.faraday-berlin.de

Über die Quest-Gruppe
Die Quest-Gruppe ist eine Immobiliengesellschaft mit Sitz in Hamburg und Niederlassungen in Berlin, München und Frankfurt. Gesellschafter sind der Hamburger Unternehmer Erck Rickmers und Theja Geyer. Das Unternehmen managt ein Portfolio von rund 3,5 Mrd. Euro und konzentriert sich auf Investitionen in Gewerbeimmobilien mit Wertsteigerungspotenzial in ausgewählten Lagen deutscher Großstädte. Quest Development entwickelt und finanziert hochwertige Immobilienprojekte sowohl eigenständig als auch zusammen mit Investoren.

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Berlin, November 28, 2024. Quest Development has been commissioned to sustainably revitalize the historic former IHK building at Hardenbergstrasse 16-18 in Berlin. The striking 1950s building is located in one of Berlin’s most central and historic locations – just a few steps from Kurfürstendamm and in the immediate vicinity of Zoologischer Garten station. The location in City West is one of the top office addresses and offers a first-class infrastructure for companies and employees.
“The planned revitalization of this architectural jewel will preserve the historical value of the building while at the same time converting it for modern use. This will preserve the unique character and architectural relevance of the building for the future,” says Theja Geyer, managing partner of the Quest Group. “With the ESG-compliant revitalization of the existing building, we are aiming for state-of-the-art certifications, making our contribution to CO₂ reduction and at the same time creating a modern, attractive working environment.”

The building, constructed in 1954 by architects Heinrich Sobotka and Gustav Müller, is a symbol of Berlin’s post-war reconstruction. Characteristic of the building is the natural stone façade made of Italian travertine and the grid-like arrangement of the lamellas, which embody the timeless minimalism and functional aesthetics of the 1950s. For decades, the building served as the headquarter of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the premise will be used by the Technical University of Berlin until the end of 2027.
Quest Development is making the building future-proof through careful and sustainable revitalization, combining its architectural heritage with contemporary standards in a unique way.

The location on Hardenbergstrasse offers a premium address – an ideal base for companies that want a prestigious, central location. In addition to excellent transport links and proximity to Zoo Station, future tenants will benefit from the inspiring atmosphere of Berlin’s City West. The surrounding area also offers a wide array of cultural and shopping opportunities, as well as high-quality gastronomy.

About the Quest Group
The Quest Group is a real estate company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt/Main. Its shareholders are the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers and Theja Geyer. The company, which has a portfolio of around 3.5 billion euros in assets under management, focuses on investments in commercial real estate with potential for appreciation in selected locations in major German cities and is a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment. Quest Development develops and finances high-quality real estate projects both independently and together with co-investors. VIVAO is responsible for investment and asset management, while the Quest Property Management team manages around 550,000 m2 of usable space in the company’s own and third-party projects. Quest Energy ensures CO₂-free energy by installing and operating photovoltaic systems on the roofs and exterior surfaces of buildings.

Hardenbergstrasse 16-18, 10623 Berlin
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Hamburg, Februar 29, 2024. Jan Rouven Künzel, co-founder and Managing Partner of QUEST Investment Partners, will leave the real estate company at his own request on February 29, 2024 and will initially sell his shares to the entrepreneur Erck Rickmers, who currently already holds 60% of the shares. Since its beginning in 2016, Jan Rouven Künzel and Managing Partner Theja Geyer have successfully built and led the project development and investment company. In that time, the company has developed 35 projects with an area of over 500,000 m2.

“After eight intensive years, I am leaving the QUEST Group, grateful for the successful time and proud of what we have built together. I would like to thank all employees and business partners, and in particular our main shareholder Erck Rickmers, for the trust they have placed in me and the good cooperation,” says Jan Rouven Künzel.

Theja Geyer, Managing Partner of QUEST Investment Partners: “I have worked with Rouven for 20 years in various property development companies. I want to thank him for his dedication, drive, good ideas, and expertise in advancing QUEST Investment Partners. Together, we have made QUEST what it is today: a successful and broad-based company with the aim of shaping urban development in a sustainable way. I wish him all the best for the future, both professionally and personally.”

Erck Rickmers says: “I would like to thank Jan Rouven Künzel for the excellent collaboration over the past eight years and the successful growth of the QUEST Group. With its focus on commercial properties in central locations, a targeted climate strategy, and the areas of renewable energies and property management, QUEST is now a well-positioned property development company. We want to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the current market environment and successfully develop QUEST even further.”

About QUEST Investment Partners
The QUEST Group is an integrated property investment platform based in Hamburg with offices in Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in high-quality commercial properties with value appreciation potential in selected locations in major German cities. QUEST Development realizes its projects, joint ventures, and service developments. Since 2016, 35 projects with an area of over 500,000 m2 have been completed. QUEST Property Management currently manages 125 properties with around 550,000 m2 of usable space. QUEST Energy provides CO2-free energy: the company installs and operates photovoltaic systems on the roofs and exteriors of buildings.

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• The new company specialises in asset management for existing properties with a focus on “manage-to-green”
• Focus on institutional investors such as foundations, pension funds, insurance companies and family offices
• VIVAO launches with around 3 billion euros in assets under management

Munich, Hamburg, 2 October 2023. Joining forces for the future: QUEST Investment Partners and Competo Capital Partners have founded VIVAO Investment und Asset Management GmbH. Both companies are bringing their existing fund and asset management mandates for existing properties into the newly founded company. The aim is to use the joint expertise to provide investment and asset management for long-term real estate investments as value management and to leverage creative ideas to increase the ecological, economic and social value of real estate, thus actively shaping sustainable real estate investments. A special focus is placed on “manage-to-green” properties. VIVAO provides customised solutions within the framework of asset management for existing properties, from the concept and planning stages through to capital structuring, construction and marketing.

The new player on the market launches with around 3 billion euros in assets under management
The merging of the asset management activities creates a company with around 3 billion euros in assets under management. The 27 portfolio properties across Germany comprising approximately 300,000 m2 will be managed by a team of 20 experienced real estate professionals. The main focus is on additional institutional investors such as foundations, pension schemes, insurance companies and family offices with a particular emphasis on commercial and residential properties in German metropolitan cities. Headquartered in Munich and with additional locations in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt, the company will commence operations by 1 January 2024 at the latest. The employees working in asset management at both companies will be transferred to the new company. Mr. Theja Geyer, Mr. Thomas Pscherer and Mr. Andreas Lutz will manage the operations of VIVAO.

Theja Geyer, Managing Partner at QUEST Investment Partners and at VIVAO: “Active asset management plays an increasingly important role today. Be it refurbishment for energy efficiency, optimised energy consumption and tenant structures or the conversion of older spaces into modern, flexible work environments: investors of existing properties urgently need to address all these issues. It is the only way to secure the value of their assets. With our combined experience and expertise, we will creatively and efficiently generate, manage and further develop sustainable value. In doing so, we focus in particular on manage-to-green projects.”

Thomas Pscherer, Managing Partner at Competo Capital Partners and at VIVAO: “Many existing properties are facing major challenges: they have to be sustainably designed for the future, operated in a climate-friendly way and adapted to constantly evolving legal requirements. This is where our expertise as an asset manager for high-quality real estate comes into play, enabling us to provide targeted support. Our combined know-how means that, as a bigger player, we can offer even better and more comprehensive services and accompany a property throughout its entire life cycle. This is how we ensure sustainable practices – from the very beginning.”

Andreas Lutz, Member of the Executive Board at Competo Capital Partners and Managing Director at VIVAO: “VIVAO’s new structure enables us to develop and implement solutions tailored to the needs of our investors in a dynamic and volatile investment climate.”

The merger also means that VIVAO can offer its investors a broad range of services under one roof for existing properties: Competo, which has had its own regulated investment management company, Competo Capital Invest, since January 2021, provides cost-efficient investment structures, QUEST Energy provides climate-friendly solar energy via photovoltaic systems on roofs, and QUEST Property Management provides sustainable building management.

As a bigger player, VIVAO intends to specifically exploit the growth opportunities for asset managers in the area of existing properties, while the two parent companies will continue to focus on their core competencies: QUEST on project development, Competo on equity and mezzanine loan investments in real estate projects in Germany. In this segment, the two owner-operated companies have already realised joint projects – currently the Kreisler office building in Frankfurt, the new headquarters of Nestlé Germany.

About VIVAO
VIVAO Investment und Asset Management GmbH is a specialised real estate asset and investment management company headquartered in Munich with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. The company manages existing properties for institutional investors such as foundations, pension funds, insurance companies and family offices with the aim of sustainably modernising the buildings for the future and optimising their attractiveness and value through active management. The portfolio, which focuses on office and residential properties, amounts to around 3 billion euros. VIVAO’s shareholders are the owner-operated real estate companies Competo Capital Partners and QUEST Investment Partners.

About QUEST Investment Partners
QUEST Investment Partners is an owner-operated real estate investment company. Its offices are located in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. With a portfolio of around €3.4 billion in assets under management, the company which is a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in selected locations of major German cities. QUEST Development develops and finances high-quality real estate projects both independently and in cooperation with co-investors. QUEST Funds is responsible for the fund business, while the team at QUEST Property Management handles around 550,000 m² of usable space in its own and third-party projects. QUEST Energy supplies CO2-free energy: the company installs and operates photovoltaic systems on the roofs and exterior surfaces of buildings.

About Competo Capital Partners
Competo Capital Partners GmbH is a manager-owned and independent investment and asset management company based in Munich. The company’s core competence includes tailored equity investments in German property developments using equity capital and mezzanine loans, but also long-term investments in properties-in-use. In this line of business, Competo manages the accounts of a selected number of institutional investors who consist almost exclusively of foundations and family offices.
In the developments segment, Competo Capital Partners buys into selected property developments of experienced German developers in the segments office, residential, retail, logistics and hotel by committing equity and mezzanine capital. By setting up the AIFM company Competo Capital Invest GmbH (KVG), Competo transferred its mezzanine business, which has prospered since 2014, into a closed-end loan fund. The average equity investment portfolio consists of 15 equity investments with a combined investment total of more than one billion euros along with 20 mezzanine loans in a volume of c. 1.6 billion euros at the moment – together adding up to an investment total of c. 2.6 billion euros.
In the properties-in-use segment, Competo currently has a portfolio of 18 assets in the cities of Munich, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Mainz, Stuttgart and Ulm under management as investment and asset manager whose combined investment volume exceeds 1.3 billion euros. This brings the total investment volume under Competo’s management in the real estate sector just under four billion euros
For more details, go to www.competo-cp.de

f.l.t.r.: Andreas Lutz, Theja Geyer, Thomas Pscherer
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• QUEST Funds Managing Partner Roland Holschuh has sold his shares and will oversee the transition until the end of 2023
• QUEST Funds Managing Director Susan Winter will leave the company at the end of 2023
• Peter Schröder and Florian Wagner will become Managing Directors for Private investor business

Frankfurt, Hamburg, 2 October 2023. The real estate company QUEST Funds will be focusing on fund management for private clients in the future. All institutional asset management clients will be transferred to VIVAO Investment und Asset Management GmbH, which was founded by QUEST and Competo. The aim is to further expand the business segment within VIVAO, with collective expertise in the field of institutional clients such as insurance companies, pension funds, foundations and family offices.

Since QUEST Funds was founded in 2019, Co-Managing Partner Roland Holschuh has built up and managed fund assets of €1.6 billion with Co-Managing Director Susan Winter and the team based in Frankfurt and Hamburg. These include a real estate portfolio for a large German pension fund, the architectural icon RAW in Stephensonstraße in Frankfurt am Main with over 50,000 m² of rental space, and the SATELLITE NINE 4 project development in Hamburg.

Theja Geyer, Managing Partner at QUEST Investment Partners and VIVAO: “Roland Holschuh and Susan Winter have successfully built up the fund business over the past years. We thank them for their great commitment and the attractive real estate portfolio that has resulted from it. We see great potential in active asset management for existing properties. That is why we will be pooling our expertise with that of Competo Capital Partners in order to provide even more comprehensive services as a larger player in the future.”

Roland Holschuh, Managing Partner at QUEST Funds, has sold his shares in the company to the majority shareholders of QUEST Funds GmbH and will hand over his management role at the end of the year in order to take on new entrepreneurial tasks. Susan Winter will also step down from her role as Managing Director of QUEST Funds at the end of the year to pursue new professional challenges. All employees at QUEST Funds who are responsible for the institutional fund business will be transferred to the new company VIVAO.

A new management at QUEST Funds
All real estate funds for private investors will continue to be managed by QUEST Funds. At the beginning of next year, Peter Schröder and Florian Wagner will be appointed Managing Directors. Peter Schröder has been working in the fund business for almost 25 years, among others as Managing Director of the issuing house Nordcapital. A graduate in mathematics (Diplom-Mathematiker), he was most recently Head of Projects at E.R. Capital Holding. Florian Wagner has been working in the real estate industry for more than 20 years. Holding a degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann), he was also previously Managing Director at Nordcapital and most recently Head of Investment Management Private Clients at QUEST Funds.

About QUEST Investment Partners
QUEST Investment Partners is an owner-operated real estate investment company. Its offices are located in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. With a portfolio of around €3.4 billion in assets under management, the company which is a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in selected locations of major German cities. QUEST Development develops and finances high-quality real estate projects both independently and in cooperation with co-investors. QUEST Funds is responsible for the fund business, while the team at QUEST Property Management team handles around 550,000 m² of usable space in its own and third-party projects. QUEST Energy supplies CO2-free energy: the company installs and operates photovoltaic systems on the roofs and exterior surfaces of buildings.

Florian Wagner, future Managing Director QUEST Funds
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Peter Schröder, future Managing Director QUEST Funds
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