Real Estate Asset Management: Definition and tasks

Real Estate Asset Management (REAM) is the strategic management of real estate portfolios. The aim is to increase the value of individual properties and the entire portfolio in the long term and thus ensure stable, predictable returns for investors.

An asset management company like Commerz Real takes on much more than just administration: It analyses markets, develops investment strategies, manages value-added measures and consistently keeps an eye on risks. Commerz Real is one of the leading asset management companies for tangible assets in Germany. It invests in real estate, renewable energies and infrastructure and networks these asset classes into long-term value-adding portfolios for private and institutional investors. Asset management can describe both a corporate concept and the specific management activity.

Real estate as an ecosystem: Why the perspective matters

Real estate is not an isolated property. They offer homes, are part of neighbourhoods and characterise city districts. They always function in a system of people, partners and environments.

Nevertheless, real estate is still too often treated as a pure speculative object. Buildings are demolished and rebuilt without really taking into account the growing structures of a neighbourhood or the needs of the people there. What has been created over decades gives way to homogeneous urban landscapes without cultural or social substance.

Anyone who understands the real estate industry as an ecosystem thinks differently: It is not only economic profit that counts, but also social and cultural added value. A wide range of players, industries and professional fields work together to develop solutions that work not only for investors, but for everyone.

In concrete terms, this means: Develop usage concepts that combine several functions. Create spaces for encounters. And do all this in a network of owners, energy suppliers, architects, tenants and residents.