Commerz RealCorporate history

Grown together: Commerz Real

The starting point of today’s Commerz Real AG was 2007. At that time, the Commerzbank subsidiaries Commerz Grundbesitz Gruppe (CGG, founded in 1992), Wiesbaden, and CommerzLeasing und Immobilien AG (CLI, founded in 1995), Düsseldorf, merged.

This merger has resulted in a leading real estate asset manager and provider of leasing and investment solutions. The merger brought two complementary business models together and served to implement a common growth strategy. Commerz Real combined the strengths of two successful companies established in their respective markets. The pooled product diversity was one of the merger’s advantages. As a result, we have become a strong partner for private investors, commercial and public customers as well as institutional investors from Germany and abroad.

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Foundation stone laid in 1972

hausInvest

On 7 April 1972, hausInvest issued its first shares. In less than six months, around 1.5 million shares worth the equivalent of 36.3 million euros were placed. In the first year, the fund assets amounted to 53 million euros, the number of investors was 750. The start of a success story, which today 54 years later has grown to 14.7 billion euros in volume.

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Pioneer since 2020

klimaVest

With klimaVest, Commerz Real launched the first impact fund for private investors in November 2020, which focuses on investing in tangible assets. During its term, it is expected to build a portfolio consisting of investments in renewable energy generation, sustainable infrastructure, mobility and forestry assets. At the start of 2023, it had already raised over EUR 1 billion - from over 16,000 investors.

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Reliable since 1969

Commerz Leasing

As a manufacturer-independent leasing provider of the Commerzbank Group, we have been a valued partner of German SMEs for over 50 years. The company was established in Düsseldorf in 1968 and has since grown with market demands over the decades.

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Corporate Involvement Specialist

Commerz Real Fonds Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH

Within the Commerz Real Group, Commerz Real Fonds Beteiligungsgesellschaft (CFB) is the specialist for the design, distribution and management of corporate participations launched before 22 July 2013. It continues to be responsible for managing the 185 CFB funds it has already issued.

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Seizing opportunities since 2014

CFB Invest

In March 2014, the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) granted Commerz Real KVG permission to operate the business. This includes the management of closed-ended retail AIFs and closed-ended and open-ended special AIFs.

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Breaking new ground since 2000

Infrastructure

For more than 20 years, Commerz Real has been investing in infrastructure assets – focusing on transport & mobility, network-based infrastructure, and energy generation. With more than 80 completed transactions and a volume of around seven billion euros, it ranks among Germany's largest asset managers in this segment. In recent years, the focus has been on renewable energies: Commerz Real manages more than 50 solar power plants and fourteen on- and offshore wind farms (excluding klimaVest) with a total installed capacity of over 1 gigawatt – comparable to the average output of a nuclear power plant.

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