01Development
Quest Development runs the project development business and currently has invested more than 1.6 billion euros in almost 30 projects spanning an area of over 217,000 m2. Preference is given to properties with a special flair and a unique selling point. The company offers a wide range of services, from project acquisition, due diligence and financing to planning, obtaining development rights, technical management and marketing for letting and sales.
A team of 40 experienced employees develops and manages high-quality real estate projects. The project development division also plans large properties as joint ventures with renowned institutional investors. The aim is to increase the value of properties with unique and innovative ideas and to actively participate in modern urban planning.
Managing Directors
Erck Rickmers
Erck Rickmers is the managing partner of Quest Investment Partners.
Kira Groth
Kira Groth is Managing Director of Quest Development and is responsible for the leasing of all properties in the Quest portfolio across all locations.
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2016, Kira Groth has been working for Quest Investment Partners in Hamburg as Project Manager and Senior Investment Manager. She has overseen numerous projects, including listed properties. Since 2021, she has also been managing all activities related to the leasing of the properties.
She previously worked at the publicly listed construction group Hochtief for six years, most recently as Senior Project Developer. During this time, one of her responsibilities was the Hamburg Heights district development project with an investment volume of around 180 million euros.
Kira Groth holds a degree in urban planning (Diplom-Ingenieurin für Stadtplanung) from Hamburg University of Technology and HafenCity University in Hamburg.
Nils Femmer
Nils Femmer is managing director of Quest Development and responsible for project controlling, financing and liquidity management of the project companies.
Curriculum Vitae
Nils Femmer is a banker through and through, having worked in various banks and gained experience in the fields of structured finance, restructuring and risk management.
Before joining Quest, he headed up the Hamburg real estate centre at DZ Hyp and was thus in charge of the sales region North. Prior to that, he spent more than six years as Head of Real Estate Finance Germany, Region North, at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank. He also worked at HypoVereinsbank/UniCredit in the field of Real Estate Structured Finance for almost seven years.
Nils Femmer graduated from Hochschule Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town with a degree in Real Estate Management.
02Highlights
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- Berlin
- Bremen
- Düsseldorf
- Frankfurt am Main
- Hamburg
- Munich

