On 29 August 2024, the stars danced over Frankfurt Samba and celebrated with us and our partners i Live, Rioca and Sabor and many other guests the opening of Germany’s largest micro-living facility. The “i Live Campus Living Frankfurt” from our two Institutional Smart Living Funds and Smart Living Europe Funds is now opening its doors to international students and young professionals. The complex comprises around 1,150 apartments and is located in the direct vicinity of the internationally renowned Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
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With Brazilian flair, thanks to samba icon Diogo Nogueira and band, the invited guests, partners and first new residents of the main metropolis celebrated the opening of the “i Live Campus Living Frankfurt”. A touch of Rio was also felt when the shimmering entertainer of the Brazilian carnival and representative of the mayor of Rio de Janeiro Milton Cunha made his greetings. Further speeches by Dr. Nicole Arnold, Member of the Management Board of Commerz Real, Amos Engelhardt, and Prof. Dr. Nils Stieglitz rounded off the opening. The celebration marks the successful completion of the largest micro-living project in Germany, an absolute pioneering project.
Together with the i Live Group, a specialist for serviced apartments and micro-living properties, the i Live Campus Living Frankfurt is one of the city’s largest residential developments. The operator’s concept includes the affiliated hotel of the Brazilian hotel chain Rioca, which integrates a South American sense of life into the quality of stay of the properties with its own design language, among other things.
In addition to the size of the apartment complex with 1,158 apartments, the i-Live Campus Frankfurt is characterised above all by its central location along the campus mile as a new home for students from all Frankfurt universities. Thanks to funding from the City of Frankfurt and the initiative of the investors, the project also offers funded housing, which strengthens the educational and economic location of Frankfurt.
We are pleased to have realised our investment in Live Campus Frankfurt at this location. The campus mile, whose initiators also include the Frankfurt School, is the link between Goethe University, Frankfurt School, the National Library and the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences. We are delighted to be a partner in this visionary pioneering project for student housing.
Dr. Nicole Arnold
Managing Director Commerz Real
With the urgently needed housing in a tense market situation, the project aims to create student apartments that remain affordable. All of this together makes this investment not only profitable, but also socially valuable.
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About the i Live Campus Frankfurt am Main
The seven-storey apartment complex with underground car park “i Live Campus Frankfurt” from our institutional investment funds “Institutional Smart Living Fund Europe” and “Institutional Smart Living Fund” comprises a total of 1,158 fully furnished apartments, including 137 design apartments for short and long-term stays of the Brazilian hotel chain Rioca as well as 1,021 micro-living apartments for students, commuters and professionals.
“i Live Campus Frankfurt” is located in the north-west and has very good infrastructure (including public transport and motorway connections) and is located close to the campus mile with Goethe University, which enrols around 45,000 students, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences with 15,000 students and directly next to the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management with 2,300 students.
The apartment complex was designed and designed by the New York-based architectural firm HWKN, under the direction of Matthias Hollwich. The interior design of the unique building is inspired by Rio de Janeiro, a city known for its hospitality and cultural diversity. The entire design of the building is designed to create a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere that encourages social exchange. The outdoor facilities with a jungle and beach yard have been designed by NY Office Future Green to complete the concept and immerse residents and guests in the world of the Amazon jungle. Another highlight is the Ibero-American restaurant “Sabor” on the 7th floor of the Rioca Design Hotel with a spectacular view of the Frankfurt skyline, which will open in September and represent a culinary enrichment for the city of Frankfurt.
About Commerz Real
Commerz Real AG is the asset manager of the Commerzbank Group and has 50 years of international market experience. The company combines extensive know-how in asset management with broad structuring expertise and uses this expertise to develop tangible asset-oriented fund products and individual investment solutions in the real estate and infrastructure sectors. As a leasing service provider of Commerzbank, Commerz Real Mobilienleasing also offers needs-based leasing concepts.
Since 2025, the Commerzbank Group’s asset management holdings have been bundled with Commerz Real AG. In addition to Commerz Real’s brands and products, these include the Aquila Capital investment company with a focus on sustainable tangible asset investments in the area of energy infrastructure and Yellowfin as a boutique for liquid investment strategies. Under the umbrella of Commerz Real AG, a total of around 1,000 employees manage assets of around EUR 55 billion at around 20 locations.
