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QUEST Investment Partners rents out 2,400 m2 in Munich

Fourth location: QUEST expands to Munich

QUEST Investment Partners rents out 2,400 m2 in Munich

Fourth location: QUEST expands to Munich
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QUEST Investment Partners rents out 2,400 m2 in Munich
Fourth location: QUEST expands to Munich

Hamburg, 24 September 2020. The project developers at QUEST Investment Partners have rented out over 50 percent of their office property Fritz in Munich’s Ludwigsvorstadt district. Bellfort Real Estate, a real estate investor for residential, commercial and special real estate, will be taking over just under 1,900 m2 from the basement to the 2nd floor. The tenant will not be moving into the space himself, but instead plans to develop various concepts tailored to the building and its surroundings and to implement them with partners. A combination of restaurants and offices in separate units will enhance the modern character of the building and make the location more attractive for the other tenants.

QUEST Investment Partners will take over a further 500 m2 for its new Munich branch. Since July 2020, the company has been operating its own office in the Bavarian capital. This is the fourth location in Germany for the expanding project development and investment company. The move into the building is scheduled for late 2021 at the earliest, after completion of the extensive renovation measures.

“The demand for flexible office spaces in a central location and with a special flair remains unchanged, also in times of Corona. Fritz boasts an outstanding creative and modern work environment,” says Jan Rouven Künzel, Managing Partner at QUEST Investment Partners. Only the shell of the building at Schillerstraße 23a, which was constructed in 1973, will be preserved as part of the refurbishment. Following the two-storey extension, the building will comprise 4,500 m2 of office space across eight floors. A striking feature is the new façade: large window fronts combined with dark steel will provide a distinctive architectural style and lightflooded spaces.

The marketing lounge, a showpiece that resembles an installation artwork, recently received the German Design Award. Igenus Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG acted as broker in the letting process. Further information about the project: www.fritzmuenchen.de

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

www.quest-investment.com

QUEST Funds rents out repositioned fund property in Hamburg- Blankenese / Hamburger Volksbank new main tenant

QUEST Funds rents out repositioned fund property in Hamburg- Blankenese / Hamburger Volksbank new main tenant 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners


QUEST Funds rents out repositioned fund property in Hamburg- Blankenese / Hamburger Volksbank new main tenant

Hamburg, 15 September 2020 The fund and asset management company QUEST Funds has repositioned a commercial property of around 1,800 m2 at Bahnhofsplatz in Hamburg’s prestigious Blankenese district and fully rented out the office spaces. The new main tenant is Hamburger Volksbank, which will open its FinanzKontor Blankenese, a two-storey customer centre spanning some 600 m2, in October 2020. Other new tenants include auditors, lawyers, a financial services provider and a practice for orthodontics.
The property at Erik-Blumenfeld-Platz 27b is part of a building ensemble comprising eight units with a total rental area of 22,500 m2. It includes apartments, offices and medical practices as well as retail and restaurant spaces. The other buildings in the ensemble are fully let.
After the previous sole tenant moved out, this building was temporarily vacant. The asset managers at QUEST Funds converted the property for multi-tenant use, thereby responding to local demand.

Fully-automatic safe deposit box facility at FinanzKontor Blankenese
On 14 October this year, Hamburger Volksbank will be opening a new, premium competence centre – including event and work spaces – for private and corporate customers in Blankenese’s busy railway district. This includes a fully-automatic deposit box system with around 670 units, a separate entrance and 24/7 access. It is the first facility of this kind by Hamburger Volksbank. The name FinanzKontor emerged as a result of a public survey among residents of Blankenese in cooperation with the local magazine Klönschnack.
The neighbourhood is easily accessible thanks to the Blankenese S-Bahn and bus station. Some 30,000 commuters and guests frequent this area on a daily basis.

On 1 April 2020, QUEST Funds took over the real estate fund portfolio managed by Nordcapital with 15 funds and an investment volume of 1.2 billion euros.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

Hamburg: premium property Ballinhof almost fully let. QUEST Investment Partners refurbishes exclusive Kontorhaus office building

Hamburg: premium property Ballinhof almost fully let. QUEST Investment Partners refurbishes exclusive Kontorhaus office building 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners

Hamburg: premium property Ballinhof almost fully let. QUEST Investment Partners refurbishes exclusive Kontorhaus office building

Hamburg, 20 August 2020 Hamburg hardly has a more prestigious property to offer: the Ballinhof building at Ballindamm 17 is one of the most exclusive addresses on the banks of the Binnenalster. The project developers at QUEST Investment Partners are refurbishing the listed Kontorhaus office building and have almost fully rented out the approximately 11,300 m² of office space. Alongside international management and strategy consultants, software experts, a family office and a company operating in the shipping industry will be enjoying the view of the water. The 6th floor, which measures 1,450 m² and features a 350 m² roof terrace for private use, is still available. Since 2019, the seven-storey building has been undergoing comprehensive refurbishment and modernisation with the help of HS Architekten. The first tenants will move into the property in early 2021.
The ground floor of this historic building offers a further 2,000 m2 of space for retail and restaurants. Outdoor areas with views of Lake Alster are located on the newly developed Ballindamm Boulevard and in the courtyard with its venerable charm. An exquisite café has already signed a rental agreement.

A prestigious gem in the finest location
The refurbishment plans are designed to preserve the historical features of this top property and combine them with the highest standards of modern and innovative office concepts. All floors will receive new layouts as well as new and modern building services; some floors will also feature attractive terraces with views of the Binnenalster or the rooftops of Hamburg. The elegant main entrance will be returned to its historical location of 1921. The courtyard will be upgraded and given a new look and feel.
The world famous Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten is located opposite Ballinhof, the luxury department store Alsterhaus on Jungfernstieg is only a few metres away, as are the Europa Passage designed by Hadi Teherani and the busy shopping street Mönckebergstraße.
The prestigious building in traditional Kontorhaus style dates back to plans by the renowned architects Lundt & Kallmorgen. They designed the office building in 1901/02 for the trading and shipping company A.C. de Freitas & Co.

For further information about the project please visit: www.ballinhof.de

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

www.quest-investment.com

Ulrich Rössing joins QUEST Investment Partners as Managing Director

Ulrich Rössing joins QUEST Investment Partners as Managing Director 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners

Ulrich Rössing joins QUEST Investment Partners as Managing Director

Hamburg, 23 June 2020. On 1 May 2020, the Hamburg head office of the investment and project development company QUEST Investment Partners brought Ulrich Rössing (52) on board as Managing Director. Rössing will assume the newly-created position of technical Managing Director at the operational subsidiary QUEST Management GmbH. With a degree in architecture (Dipl.-Ing. Architektur), he will be responsible for the technical development, investment management as well as the planning and construction aspects of all projects in Germany. He heads up a team that currently counts 20 employees. Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel will remain the Managing Partners of the parent company QUEST Investment Partners.

Ulrich Rössing worked at ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG in Hamburg for more than twelve years. Since 2008, he had been in charge of project and construction management of the office, traffic and industry projects in his capacity as Director Construction. Most recently, from 2017 to 2020, he served as Managing Director of DSR Immobilien GmbH in Hamburg and Rostock, where he was responsible for the technical project development and project management of various holiday hotels and resorts.

Ulrich Rössing graduated from Leibniz University in Hanover. As an architect, he is a member of the Hamburg Chamber of Architects.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.
www.quest-investment.com

QUEST Investment Partners develops iconic landmark in Berlin

Forward deal: KanAm Grund acquires property for LEADING CITY INVEST

QUEST Investment Partners develops iconic landmark in Berlin

Forward deal: KanAm Grund acquires property for LEADING CITY INVEST
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QUEST Investment Partners develops iconic landmark in Berlin
Forward deal: KanAm Grund acquires property for LEADING CITY INVEST

Hamburg, 4 June 2020. The project developers at QUEST Investment Partners have sold a prestigious commercial property in Berlin with 4,000 m2 of office space to KanAm Grund Group as part of a forward deal. The property will become part of KanAm’s open-ended real estate fund ‘LEADING CITY INVEST’. The traditional Kontorhaus building at Charlottenstraße 82 is a true classic and features a listed, sculptured façade. It was designed for Iduna Versicherung in 1913 by the architect Paul Mebes, a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts. QUEST Investment Partners acquired the iconic seven-storey landmark in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district at the end of 2019. “Thanks to the good location, superb architectural design by Paul Mebes and our refurbishment concept, we were able to find a suitable tenant for the entire building in a very short time. At the same time, we succeeded in selling the property as part of a forward deal with a building obligation,” explains Jan Rouven Künzel, Managing Partner at QUEST Investment Partners. The parties agreed not to disclose the sales price.

Monument protection meets contemporary elements
The implementation of the planned measures for the renamed C82 will begin in the third quarter of 2020. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy by autumn 2021 at the latest. The refurbishment concept was elaborated in cooperation with the architecture and consulting firm CSMM and comprises the common areas with a redesigned entrance foyer as well as the historical staircases and parts of the office areas. The walls and ceilings are decorated with high- quality wooden slats in organic shapes. This new design element generates a fascinating spatial dialogue with the historical building, creating a new, holistic appearance. In the foyer, the new design elements will provide a deliberate contrast to the rectangular historical building stock. The façade of the listed courtyard with its restored glazed clinker bricks and red terracotta ornaments will be treated and cleaned – both the material and the colours will lend it a very special flair. In addition, the building, which was renovated in 1998 in line with the standards of monument preservation, will receive modern technical equipment and new heating and cooling systems. As part of the refurbishment, the aim is to reach the highest possible level of sustainability certification.

Further information about the development of this project can be found at www.c82berlin.de

Savills acted as intermediary in the purchase of the property (asset deal) in December 2019 through a structured bidding process and in the current sale. Hansa Partner Rommel & Meyer provided tax advice to QUEST Investment Partners during the transaction; Greenberg Traurig LLP acted as legal adviser in the purchase, Jebens Mensching PartG mbB in the sale. The rental arrangements were handled by BNP Paribas.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.
www.quest-investment.com

David Hieronymi joins QUEST Funds as Transaction Manager

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David Hieronymi joins QUEST Funds as Transaction Manager

Frankfurt/Hamburg, 06 May 2020. The real estate investment manager QUEST Funds welcomes a new team member: on 1 May 2020, David Constantin Hieronymi (29) joined the company’s Frankfurt office as Transaction Manager. He most recently worked at the real estate consultancy Colliers International, holding a position as Senior Analyst within the Central Investment Team, which operates across Germany.
Having completed two master’s degrees with distinction at the International Real Estate Business School (IREBS) in Regensburg and at the University of Westminster in London, Hieronymi went on to support the Central Investment Team at Colliers. In addition to developing new business from the very beginning, he advised on portfolio and large-cap transactions across asset classes as well as buy-side mandates.

In his new role as Transaction Manager at QUEST Funds, he will be coordinating the buy and sell processes for institutional investments from acquisition to closing.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers. www.quest-investment.com

QUEST Investment Partners acquires residential and commercial building in Berlin Mitte

QUEST Investment Partners acquires residential and commercial building in Berlin Mitte 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners

QUEST Investment Partners acquires residential and commercial building in Berlin Mitte

Hamburg, 28 April 2020. The project developers at QUEST Investment Partners have acquired a 7,000 m² office and residential building in Berlin Mitte. About 5,900 m² of the space are used for commercial purposes, of which 3,600 m² are occupied by a medical care centre. The multi-tenant property at Müllerstraße 151 was built around 1900 and is almost fully let. The residential and commercial building is in good condition and consists of several building sections with 10 residential and 19 commercial units. The seller is a family office that was advised by ImmoMa GmbH. The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price. Its popular location next to Leopoldplatz offers excellent local public transport connections as well as an abundance of cafés and restaurants.

A new pedestrian footpath between Müllerstraße and Schillerplatz
In cooperation with the architectural office CSMM, the six-storey property will be repositioned and redeveloped. There are plans to create new access points for flexible future rental units ranging from 300 to 1,200 m2 per floor, along with an exquisite ambience on the ground floor and in the courtyards.
A new footpath will connect Müllerstraße with Schillerplatz, inviting pedestrians to stroll through the charming courtyards. This newly-created passageway is an important component of the redevelopment. It will integrate the building ensemble into its surrounding urban network, creating a unique appearance through unconventional shapes and materials and through its conscious interaction with the historical buildings.

Hansa Partner Rommel & Meyer provided tax advice to the buyer during the transaction; Jebens Mensching PartG mbB acted as legal advisor and Commerzbank as financing bank.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

Susan Winter joins the management team at QUEST Funds

Susan Winter joins the management team at QUEST Funds 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners

Susan Winter joins the management team at QUEST Funds

Frankfurt/Hamburg, 21 April 2020. Frankfurt-based real estate investment manager QUEST Funds has appointed Susan Winter (37) to the management board starting April 15, 2020. As Chief Operating Officer and Head of Portfolio Management, she will expand the institutional fund business together with managing partner Roland Holschuh. Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer Roland Holschuh continues to be responsible for asset management as well as concept development, fundraising and transaction management for new institutional funds.

Susan Winter joins QUEST Funds from the fund management company AviaRent Invest AG, where she has been working since its foundation in 2009. In her capacity as Managing Partner at AviaRent Capital Management S.à r.l. from 2013 to 2017, she was in charge of fund structuring, fund management and investor relations for the Luxembourg company. As a board member and Chief Investment Officer, she was responsible for asset management and transaction management until 2018. She started her career in 2007 at DTZ Corporate Finance in Frankfurt am Main. Susan Winter has a degree in international business administration (UAS) and real estate investment management (EBS). In 2018, she was voted one of the top 25 female managers in real estate by the publishing house ‘Immobilienmanager Verlag’.

“I am very pleased to welcome Susan Winter to the company. She brings many years of investment experience and a very entrepreneurial mindset,” states Roland Holschuh, Managing Partner at QUEST Funds. Susan Winter, Managing Director & COO at QUEST Funds, highlights: “With our strength in active asset management, we will continue to invest selectively in high quality locations and properties. We expect interesting opportunities for inner-city office buildings to arise at this particular time.”

Following the successfully completed acquisition of the NORDCAPITAL real estate fund portfolio with 15 funds and a volume of 1.2 billion euros on April 1, 2020, the assets under management by QUEST Investment Partners amount to 2.5 billion euros.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. The company focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

QUEST Investment Partners acquires “Fritz” building in Ludwigsvorstadt, its first property in Munich

QUEST Investment Partners acquires “Fritz” building in Ludwigsvorstadt, its first property in Munich 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners

QUEST Investment Partners acquires “Fritz” building in Ludwigsvorstadt, its first property in Munich

Hamburg, 12 March 2020. After Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt, the project developers at QUEST Investment Partners have now also expanded into the Bavarian capital. Working with CSMM architects, they are revitalising an office and commercial building from 1973 situated at Schillerstraße 23a in Munich’s up-and-coming Ludwigsvorstadt district. The Fritz property is to undergo complete refurbishment, with only the shell of the building remaining. Two new full floors will be added – the building permit has already been obtained -, as well as a roof terrace with a view over the city. Balconies, bay windows and a glass extension with terrace areas will fill the future courtyard with new life and light. The new façade with its large window fronts will allow for light-flooded rooms and lend the building at the street corner a distinctive appearance. Spread across eight floors, some 4,500 m2 of office space will provide state-of-the-art technology and rooms three metres high for flexible use.
The revitalisation of the Fritz building – named after the street’s namesake Friedrich Schiller – will begin in mid-2020, letting activities start these days. An added benefit for tenants and guests: there are 18 underground parking and outdoor parking spaces.

“We are delighted with our first property in Munich and remain convinced that the area around Schillerstraße will develop very positively,” says Jan Rouven Künzel, Managing Partner at QUEST Investment Partners. The pedestrian zone in this bustling and international neighbourhood with its numerous hotels, residential buildings, retailers and grocery stores is to be extended to connect the central station with Stachus and Marienplatz. The southern part of Schillerstraße, which already features microflats and apartment blocks, will be significantly upgraded by the planned campus for Earth and Environmental Sciences of Ludwig Maximilian University.

QUEST Investment Partners acquired the multi tenant property in early 2019. In the transaction, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG acted as financing bank, Cushman & Wakefield LLP as intermediary broker, Hansa Partner Rommel & Meyer as tax adviser and Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP as legal adviser.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

www.quest-investment.com

FRITZ will be a distinctive, light-flooded building in Munich’s up-and-coming Ludwigsvorstadt district.
Visualisation of the property: beyond visual arts

QUEST Funds takes over 1.2 billion euro fund portfolio

QUEST Funds takes over 1.2 billion euro fund portfolio 150 150 QUEST Investment Partners

QUEST Funds takes over 1.2 billion euro fund portfolio

  • Portfolio includes 15 funds with properties in Germany and the Benelux countries
  • Strengthening of management expertise in the existing business
  • Assets under management rise to 2.5 billion euros for QUEST Investment Partners

Frankfurt/Hamburg, 05 March 2020. As of April 1, 2020, the investment manager QUEST Funds is taking over the real estate fund portfolio managed by the North German investment company NORDCAPITAL. The portfolio includes 15 funds with office properties in Germany and the Benelux countries, comprising some 265,000 m2 of space and an investment volume of 1.2 billion euros. All asset managers in charge of the real estate funds will transfer to QUEST Funds. “We are pleased that the employees joining us will bring on board proven expertise in portfolio and active asset management. At QUEST Funds we are bringing together the whole real estate fund expertise of the Erck Rickmers Group in order to grow the institutional business under one roof and with a wealth of know-how,” explains Roland Holschuh, Managing Partner at QUEST Funds.

From project developer of premium office properties to asset manager
With the establishment of QUEST Funds and the upcoming takeover of the real estate fund portfolio, QUEST Investment Partners is developing in dynamic ways: from a pure developer to a real estate group with its own asset and fund management, implementing individual investment strategies with institutional investors. Examples for this are the joint ventures for the acquisition of the Hamburg Überseehaus, the Focus Teleport property in Berlin and the project development at Baseler Straße 46-48 in Frankfurt.

Since its foundation in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners has invested over 1.4 billion euros in 28 properties with an area of almost 217,000 m². Following the takeover of the real estate fund portfolio, total assets under management will amount to 2.5 billion euros.

About QUEST Investment Partners
Founded in 2016, QUEST Investment Partners is an investment and project development company with offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in commercial properties with upside potential in top locations of major German cities and the Benelux countries. The team has extensive experience in the development of high-quality real estate projects. QUEST Funds is in charge of the fund business of the real estate company and makes individual investments in cooperation with institutional investors. The shareholders of QUEST Investment Partners are the managing directors Theja Geyer and Jan Rouven Künzel as well as the investment holding company of the Hamburg entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.

www.quest-investment.com

Westgate II, a fund property, is an Amsterdam office building with over 26,000 m² of office space; The sole tenant is PricewaterhouseCoopers. The lease runs until at least 2029.