Gleiss Lutz advises Hayfin on acquisition of Gropius Passagen
Gleiss Lutz has advised European alternative asset management platform Hayfin Capital Management on the acquisition of shopping centre Gropius Passagen in Berlin from Nuveen and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield.
With around 95,000 sqm of lettable retail space, more than 150 tenants, Gropius Passagen in Berlin’s Gropiusstadt district is the largest shopping centre in the city and one of the largest shopping centres in Germany. The tenants generate an annual tenant turnover of more than 200 million euros.
Following the acquisition, Pradera, a leading retail real estate investment management specialist, will act as asset manager.
The following Gleiss Lutz team led by Dr. Tim Weber (partner) and Maximilian Leisenheimer (both Real Estate/M&A, Frankfurt, PICTURED LEFT AND RIGHT) advised Hayfin: Konrad Discher (counsel), Michael Clever (both Frankfurt), Lesley Milde, Jonas Tafel (both Hamburg, all Real Estate/M&A), Dr. Christoph Tamcke, Ken Laws, Julia Wohlmuth (all Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Dr. Johann Wagner (partner, Hamburg), Dr. Stefan Mayer (partner), Dr. Dominik Monz (both Frankfurt), Christian Jung (Stuttgart, all Tax), Dr. Burkhard Jäkel (partner), Vanessa Bayliss (counsel), Dr. Thomas Kulzer (counsel), Sven Neubert (all Finance, Frankfurt), Dr. Nena Husemann (Public Law, Düsseldorf), Dr. Rut Steinhauser (partner), Josefine Chakrabarti (counsel, both Employment, Berlin), Dr. Birgit Colbus (counsel), Dr. Juliane Langguth (both Competition/Antitrust, Frankfurt).
