The properties, which have a purchase volume of almost EUR 90 million, are located in the city centre, the north and the south-east of Nuremberg. The office and business park buildings are almost fully let. Tenants include a listed German insurance company and a large, listed technology group.

Kingstone IM and Universal-Investment launched their first joint special property fund in June this year. The fund has a total investment volume target of around EUR 300 million and a debt ratio of no more than 50%.

Dr Tim Schomberg, Managing Partner at KINGSTONE IM: “The Nuremberg metropolitan region is characterised by economic growth and is considered to be a hidden champion in the real estate industry. This is clearly reflected in the tenant structure of the properties we have acquired, making them an ideal fit for our fund strategy. I am also pleased that we have been able to allocate almost all of the capital raised within just four months and that we have already attracted additional investors for the next closing.”

The “KINGSTONE Wachstumsregionen Süddeutschland” fund is focused on commercial properties and targeted at German institutional investors who will invest in ticket sizes from EUR 3 million. The fund pursues a long-term holding strategy and is aiming for a distribution yield of more than 4% per year. Universal-Investment is acting as the service AIFM for this fund.