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2018

Union Investment acquires Elements campus property in Mannheim

Union Investment acquires Park Inn by Radisson hotel in Krakow

The Class of 2020 looks to the future at a conference in Hamburg

Union Investment acquires the Euro Alsace office building in Paris

Union Investment acquires office property in Solna, Sweden from Fabege

Countdown to the PropTech Innovation Award

Union Investment acquires lifestyle hotel The Porter

Union Investment acquires projected lifestyle hotel in Washington D.C.

Retail: Nuanced investment approach in a global upturn

Union Investment acquires flagship store in Manhattan, New York

Klaus Bollmann joins Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH management team

Union Investment lets nearly 10,000 sq m of office space in Warsaw

Union Investment achieves exceptional letting results in 2017
• 30 per cent increase compared to 2016
• Relettings accounted for approximately 77 per cent

Investor survey: product shortage as an opportunity for innovation
• Subdued investment climate for office and retail space
• Logistics expected to see largest increase in value
• Climate risks still receive only limited attention

Retail competition First Store by Alexa Vol. II

Union Investment acquires retail property in Madrid

Union Investment acquires Mitte Town Hall in Berlin

Union Investment acquires two Holiday Inn hotels in Poland

Annual results 2017: Union Investment sets milestones for growth in its real estate business
• Balance between net inflow and transactions
• Acquisitions and sales totalling EUR 3.8 billion delivered
• Strong expansion of hotel portfolio

Union Investment acquires logistics property in Hanover
2017

Union Investment posts strong growth in institutional real estate business

Union Investment agrees extended lease with Amazon

Union Investment sells office block in The Hague

Union Investment seeks exposure to Poland’s strong purchasing power

Union Investment acquires logistics facility near Duisburg

Union Investment sells Millennium Tower in Seattle

Union Investment lets refurbished office building in Paris to Iliad

Hotel industry: No faith in C locations. hospitalityInside INVESTMENT Barometer

Union Investment and GTEC launch second annual PropTech Innovation Award

Union Investment acquires office building in central London

Union Investment fills 80 per cent of Grand Central Saint-Lazare development in a single deal

Union Investment invests in development of Alexa shopping centre in Berlin

Union Investment/ZBI residential fund continues to grow
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Union Investment acquires strategic investment in PropTech firm Architrave

Union Investment sells office portfolio at Brussels Airport

Union Investment acquires micro apartment complex in Graz for new special fund Urban Living Nr. 1

Real estate investors in Europe see no rise in returns before 2019
• High prices for office and retail drive shift to alternative strategies
• Upbeat mood in France after Macron victory

New residential fund launched by Union Investment and ZBI gets under way with EUR 620 million
• Over 50 per cent of initial portfolio now in the fund

Union Investment sells an office property in Budapest to the Erste Real Estate Fund

Union Investment registers strong leasing balance in the first half of 2017

The institutional hotel market hits the 50 billion mark

Union Investment sells office building in Luxembourg

Union Investment and Investa acquire the technology and pharmaceutical hub Campus Konstanz

Union Investment acquires the campus property Loftwerk in Nuremberg

Union Investment acquires The Copyright Building in London’s West End

Union Investment acquires Stockholm Hub office property

Union Investment acquires Midtown21 office building in Seattle

Union Investment sells shopping centre in Spain

Union Investment acquires TM50 commercial property in Nuremberg

Green City Solutions is the most innovative proptech startup in the world

Union Investment Real Estate is reinforcing its activities in the North American retail markets

Nine international startups are nominated for world’s first PropTech Innovation Award Ceremony
• Over 200 applications from 46 countries
• Live pitches in front of audience and jury on May 17, 2017 in Berlin

Union Investment acquires The Triangle Building in Denver, Colorado

Union Investment acquires Mercado shopping centre in Nuremberg

Deal of the Decade: Union Investment wins award for Pegasus portfolio

Union Investment acquires Le Befane shopping centre in Rimini


Union Investment acquires Rathaus-Galerie in Leverkusen

Announcing: the Winner of the “First Store by Alexa” Competition Cologne’s HOLYMESH

Union Investment sells office building in Tokyo

Union Investment taps into further destinations in the US hotel market

Union Investment acquires Maraton office building in Poznan from Skanska for EUR 62 million

Union Investment invests in residential real estate specialist ZBI Zentral Boden Immobilien Group

Union Investment acquires U7 office building in Stockholm

Union Investment Real Estate: Restructuring of investment activities under CIO Martin Brühl
• Martin Schellein appointed head of investment for Europe

Union Investment reports successful letting performance for 2016

immofonds 1 buys into retail park in Austria

Union Investment hotels in Chicago and New York recognised with ALIS Awards

Union Investment acquires Grand Central Saint-Lazare project in Paris developed by The Carlyle Group

European real estate investors prepare for extended market cycle
• Investor sentiment down sharply in UK
• Renewed confidence in French real estate market

Union Investment and Hilton agree on contract renewal and major renovation in Munich

Union Investment accelerates global real estate investment
• Hotels and shopping centres contribute to strong growth outside Europe
• Fund assets rise to EUR 32 billion

Union Investment acquires office block in Düsseldorf

Union Investment acquires StadtCenter Düren shopping centre comprising 17,800 sq m of rental space
2016

Union Investment expands presence in US hotel market

Union Investment sells Menara AIA Cap Square office building in Kuala Lumpur

Union Investment’s institutional real estate business continues to grow

Union Investment acquires new Morphosys AG headquarters building in Planegg near Munich

Jörn Stobbe to join Management Board of Union Investment Real Estate GmbH as COO

Hotel industry: Willingness to take risk and caution are balanced

Office project QBC 3 sold for around EUR 30 mn to Union Investment in a forward deal

UBM sells Vienna standing asset Doppio Offices for approximately EUR 20 mn to Union Investment

Union Investment acquires two more office properties in the Überseestadt district of Bremen

Union Investment successfully completes repositioning of STEP 6 in Stuttgart

Innovation in the real estate industry: international PropTech Innovation Award launched

Union Investment records strong lettings quarter with emphasis on Germany

Union Investment achieves three letting successes in the Düsseldorf area

Union Investment sells Santa Fe III office property in Mexico City

Union Investment acquires Super 8 hotel in Munich

Union Investment purchases 49% stake in four U.S. retail properties, forming a joint venture with TH Real Estate
Union Investment infrastructure fund reaches target size of EUR 320 million

Union Investment fully lets Westpol office property in Frankfurt to three tenants

Union Investment plants another marker in the Sunbelt

Union Investment and UBS agree first green lease in Luxembourg


Union Investment acquires 2000 McKinney Avenue in the Uptown district of Dallas, Texas

Union Investment acquires 54,000 sq m campus property in Fürth, Bavaria for newly established special fund

Union Investment achieves full occupancy for 59,000 sq m Emporio office building in Hamburg

Union Investment fully lets Theo 106 office property in Frankfurt to financial institution

Union Investment scores letting successes in Europe and America

Union Investment acquires Holiday Inn Hotel City Nord in Hamburg

Union Investment and Investa Immobiliengruppe set up German special fund to focus on pioneering campus properties

Union Investment acquires Hamburg office/commercial building Herrengraben 30/31

Union Investment acquires Holiday Inn hotel development in Hamburg’s HafenCity from ECE Projektmanagement


Union Investment acquires new office building First Rotterdam for institutional fund

Union Investment focuses international investment on Mexico City

Investment Barometer: Sentiment on hotel markets dampens
• Return expectation mixed
• London and Munich are the outperformers - Sentiment on the hotel investment market has dampened in spring 2016 - nevertheless, the market assessment remains positive overall and at a high level. Those surveyed painted a mixed picture when asked about returns and locations. These were the findings from the hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER spring 2016.

Union Investment acquires four-star hotel by Spanish brand Meliá in Aachen

Union Investment retail property fund acquires shopping centre in Poland

Union Investment expands property portfolio in Boston

Union Investment acquires development of the “XYZ Building” in Manchester

Union Investment Real Estate notches up new success in Berlin hotel market

Union Investment fund acquires Vattenfall headquarters in Stockholm
No turning point in sight yet: European real estate investors remain bullish
• Only Germany experiencing further improvement in investment climate Investors are facing an ever growing number of unknowns in the real estate market. Yet even in this advanced stage of the property market cycle, European property professionals are not exercising greater restraint. On the contrary, compared with the prior year even more investors are primarily motivated by returns. The increased appetite for risk is being driven by the continuing search for returns and a market environment that shows only very muted signs of a change ahead. Those are the findings of the latest property investment climate study carried out by Union Investment twice a year, which this time involved a representative survey of 171 professional property investors in Germany, France and the UK.

Union Investment lifts worldwide letting performance by more than 40 per cent

Union Investment hires Matthew Scholl to develop real estate investment business in America

Union Investment sells Äppelallee-Center in Wiesbaden to Pradera fund

EUR 1 billion Aqua portfolio deal successfully completed by Union Investment and Amundi

Union Investment enjoys record year for hotel investments

Union Investment adds to shopping centre fund in the Netherlands

Union Investment sees strong growth of international real estate business

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2015

Union Investment sells Tamayo 100 office building in Monterrey, Mexico

Union Investment extends US exposure with acquisition of Amazon Phase VI building in Seattle

Union Investment acquires first hotel in USA, The Godfrey Hotel Boston

Board restructuring at Union Investment Real Estate GmbH strengthens management of international business

Hotel sentiment at all-time high

Union Investment acquires Holiday Inn Warsaw – City Centre from UBM

Union Investment successfully completes sale of main tranche of Aqua portfolio

Strong sustainability performance by Union Investment’s open-ended real estate funds

Berlin property added to Union Investment’s institutional hotel fund

Union Investment makes successful acquisitions and disposals for institutional real estate funds

Union Investment increases real estate exposure in Australia

Investor survey: Searching for returns: real estate investors take profits
- Trend towards higher risk and cross-border investments
- Investment Climate Index climbs in Germany, France and the UK

Union Investment focuses on dominant shopping centres in mid-sized Polish towns

Union Investment sells Marriott Hotel Hamburg to UK & European for EUR 65 million

Union Investment leases Pullman Berlin Schweizerhof to ValueState Hotels for 20 years

Union Investment enters Silicon Valley

Union Investment sells pan-European real estate portfolio to Amundi Immobilier

Union Investment acquires Radisson Blu hotel in Wroclaw from UBM

Union Investment acquires conference hotel andel's Berlin from UBM and Warimpex

Union Investment commits to fund the development of prime office building, Burlington House, in Dublin

Fund property granted World Heritage status: Hamburg's Chilehaus building recognised by UNESCO

Union Investment lets approx. 6,500 sq m in Corporate Village office ensemble in Brussels

Union Investment sells business park portfolio to Aurelis

Entering the Irish market: Union Investment acquires office complex in Dublin

Oxford Properties and Union Investment create 50:50 joint venture in London’s Watermark Place

4th hospitalityInside INVESTMENT BAROMETER Spring survey available

Union Investment acquires new Green Worx office building in Vienna from S+B Group and Raiffeisen Holding

Union Investment taps into Houston as another fastgrowing US market opportunity for its real estate funds

Union Investment: Open-ended real estate fund for institutional investors grows to almost EUR 400 million

Union Investment acquires shopping centre in Poland for institutional retail fund

Union Investment sells Laim 290 office building in Munich to LaSalle

Union Investment acquires shopping centre in Esslingen from Rockspring

Union Investment acquires hotel and office complex in Vienna from S+B Gruppe AG

Union Investment acquires majority stake in Prague shopping centre Palladium
Historically low interest rates cause further decline in real estate return expectations
• Core segment remains Europe’s safe harbour
• Letting markets in relatively good shape
• Investment Climate Index falls in Germany, France and the UK

Union Investment rejuvenates real estate fund portfolio
• Acquisition portfolio 11 years younger than sales portfolio
• Continuing strong activity on acquisition side at around EUR 2.5 Billion
