Berliner Volksbank and property developer DRIVEN are developing a modern, 7-storey office building on the corner of Schloßstrasse and Wrangelstrasse in the Berlin district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf. Berliner Volksbank, which is also a shareholder in DRIVEN, is contributing the property to a project company. A total of around 4,500 square metres of new office space is planned. A café and a children's daycare centre are also to be built on the ground floor. The site was previously occupied by a branch of Berliner Volksbank, which will reopen at Schlossstrasse 102 in mid-April. In a second step, Berliner Volksbank will open an advisory centre at Wolfensteindamm 9.

• Fourth tenant already - a total of almost 2,800 square metres have already been pre-let
• Foundation stone laid in May 2023, completion expected by the end of 2024
• First DGNB Platinum certification for a life science property in Germany

Real estate developer DRIVEN has secured UNDKRAUSS as a tenant for almost 500 square metres for its Berlin life sciences project development "FUHUB". This is already the fourth tenant, who together occupy around 2,800 square metres of the 6,600 square metre property. Germany's first life science property in timber hybrid construction is expected to be completed by the end of 2024.

On 27 November 2023, the city of Fürstenwalde decided to draw up a development plan for an area of almost 7 hectares south of "Lange Straße" by project developer DRIVEN. This is a further step on the way to creating a sustainable community residential neighbourhood with around 500 flats.

• Suitable for modern chemical, biological and physical laboratories
• Around 6,750 square meters of rental space
• BayernLB finances the project development

Real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH is planning a new life science & tech property in Berlin. Around 6,750 square meters of rental space are to be built in Moabit, not far from the Technical University, by the fourth quarter of 2026. Around 70 percent of this will be laboratory space. A preliminary building permit has already been issued. Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2025 at the latest. The financing bank for the entire project is BayernLB.

• Third tenant already - a total of 1,930 square meters have already been pre-let
• Foundation stone laid in May 2023, completion expected by the end of 2024
• Germany's first sustainable life science property as a timber hybrid building

The real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH has won the FU Berlin as a tenant for its life science project development "FUHUB". The "FUHUB" is Germany's first life science real estate in wood hybrid construction. It will offer its future users state-of-the-art laboratory, research and office space.

• First tenants SimpliOffice and a research institute together rent 1,430 square meters
• Construction already started at the beginning of March 2023, completion expected by the end of 2024
• Germany's first sustainable life science property as a timber hybrid building

Yesterday, the real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH celebrated the laying of the foundation stone of its project development "FUHUB" in Berlin-Dahlem. The "FUHUB" is Germany's first life science real estate in wood hybrid construction and will offer laboratory, research and office space. Franziska Giffey, Senator for Economic Affairs, Energy and Operations of the State of Berlin, attended the celebrations alongside representatives of the companies involved and the nearby Freie Universität.

Berlin-based real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH is expanding its business activities and will in future act not only as a trader-developer, but also as a service developer. This means that the company plans and manages all aspects of project development for clients - both in the development of new properties and in the revitalization of existing properties. DRIVEN Investment's services include, in close cooperation with the respective client, the search for land, the creation of building rights, project planning and management, including the selection and coordination of the various trades - as well as the guarantee of adherence to deadlines and costs. The focus is primarily on the office, life science and residential use classes, but also on special developments with individual challenges.

DRIVEN Living has acquired its first plot of land in Fürstenwalde near Berlin. A new residential quarter is to be built on the 6.4-hectare site south of "Lange Straße", for which a development plan procedure will be initiated in the near future. The seller is a private real estate company. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH has moved into its new office in the recently completed office property "Achtundeins" at Pariser Straße 1 corner Meierottostraße 8 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Following the move from Kurfürstendamm, the company now has 400 square meters of state-of-the-art office space.

The real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH has gained five new employees since May 2022. This means that the team around managing directors Ingo Weiss, Toğrul Gönden and Horst Weis has now grown to 13 employees.

"We are very pleased that we have succeeded in strengthening our team significantly and with outstanding talent despite the highly competitive job market in the real estate industry from an employer's point of view. However, it is still true that we want to continue to grow," says Ingo Weiss,. In order to offer the growing team appropriate office space, DRIVEN Investment will move into a 400 square meter modern office space in the "Achtundeins" at Pariser Straße 1 corner Meierottostraße 8 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf at the beginning of 2023.

Berlin, April 11, 2022: Real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH will move into a 400-square-meter modern office space in "Achtundeins" at Pariser Straße 1 on the corner of Meierottostraße 8 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf in early 2023.
Since our founding in 2018, we have grown continuously, so the new space has become essential for our continued growth.

Berlin, March 03, 2022: On March 01, 2022, the real estate developer DRIVEN Investment GmbH signed a ground lease agreement with the state-owned WISTA Management GmbH (WISTA) with a term of 65 years. DRIVEN Investment plans to build the "FUHUB" on the site of the innovation campus "FUBIC" (Business and Innovation Center next to Freie Universität Berlin Campus) in Berlin-Steglitz.

Berlin, December 7, 2021: Together with Niels Berl (34), DRIVEN Investment has founded the joint venture "DRIVEN Living", which specializes in the development of residential real estate. The company will develop commercial operator properties such as student residences, co-living properties, senior living and hotels, as well as traditional multifamily properties. Berl will lead the new company as managing partner.

Berlin, November 11, 2021: DRIVEN Investment has sold a five-property logistics property portfolio with a total of 124,800 square meters of rental space to two Swiss Life Asset Managers funds as part of an off-market transaction. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Berlin/Potsdam, 01 October 2021: DRIVEN Investment has secured 67.5 million euros in financing for the redevelopment of the listed Potsdam PARADOME. The financing will be provided by a consortium consisting of Mittelbrandenburgische Sparkasse as lead manager and Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB) as consortium partner.
"The future of the historic locomotive circus is thus secured," says Horst Weis...

Berlin, 09. September 2021: DRIVEN Investment continues to drive its growth with Marouane Ben Belfort (31) as Technical Project Manager. The architect, who studied at the Technical University of Munich, has been responsible for the planning, implementation and management of the company's project developments since the beginning of September. With this personnel appointment, Driven is further expanding its development capacities.

Berlin/Potsdam, 19 August 2021: DRIVEN Investment welcomes Kramke Baugesellschaft mbH as the first tenant in WorkHub 2 of the new Potsdam Think Campus. The company is part of the Kramke Baugruppe, an owner-managed medium-sized group of companies based in Potsdam that has been operating successfully in the market for almost 15 years.

Berlin/Emsbüren, 09 August 2021: DRIVEN Investment is further expanding its logistics real estate portfolio in Lower Saxony. After logistics centres in Hildesheim, Burgthann near Nuremberg and Oyten near Bremen, the company has now acquired a logistics ensemble in Emsbüren that was only built in 2020.

Berlin/Potsdam, April 27, 2021: The management of DRIVEN Investment, together with a group of private investors who do not wish to be named, has entered into a joint venture with owner and co-investor Jürgen Wowra. DRIVEN Investment is responsible for project management and owner representation for the refurbishment and later expansion of the listed building with around 16,000 m² of floor space in Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Berlin, 16 March 2021: The team of the Berlin-based real estate company DRIVEN Investment, which is active throughout Germany, continues to grow. Graduate engineer Katja Bartel will strengthen the management team from 1 April and take over project control as Technical Director.

Berlin/Bremen, February 16, 2021: DRIVEN Investment, together with the Specht Group and other Bremen merchants, has acquired the more than 30,000-square-meter Rickmers Reismühle property on Überseeinsel in Bremen. The project partners intend to revitalize the former industrial area in the port of Bremen and develop an urban mixed-use area here with predominantly residential use in order to revitalize the last remaining area on Überseeinsel. Rickmers Reismühle GmbH plans to vacate the site in the next two years and relocate and expand its headquarters within Bremen.

DRIVEN Investment has sold a logistics hall in Hachenburg near Siegen. The sale to L & O Immobilien GmbH already took place in October. The total usable space amounts to 33,914 square meters.

The logistics hall in Hachenburg was part of an existing portfolio acquired by DRIVEN in 2019, which now comprises four properties at three logistics locations in Germany.

Driven Investment GmbH welcomes the recruitment of a new member of its management: starting 1 October, Horst Weis will reinforce the company’s management. Together with Togrul Gönden he will direct business operations and also focus on financing / underwriting.

Who is the unusual co-working supplier placing its bets on a “little Silicon Valley” along the shore of the Jungfernsee?

DRIVEN welcomes SimpliOffice as first tenant in Potsdam’s Think Campus. The co-working supplier leased approx. 1,400 square meters on the ground floor: “Ideal use, promising numerous synergy effects for the entire building”.

An interview with Sven H. Korndörffer, chair of the executive board of the Values Commission and Ingo Weiss, partner of the real estate enterprise, Driven.

Good corporate governance focuses on values such as respect, integrity and responsibility. Sven H. Korndörffer and Ingo Weiss discuss why this is of existential importance for society and for the companies themselves.

The shell of the ensemble’s second building is finished – Milestone for a project that will offer working worlds for the technologies of the 21st century.

Well prepared for the future: Driven is joined by Swiss Life Asset Managers and the Berliner Volksbank as partners to support the long-term growth strategy.

Further information can be found in the entire press release for download.

- Furniture dealer XXXLutz leases some 33,400 square meters in Burgthann near Nuremberg
- EgeSun Naturkost locates at the Oyten location and leases 4,900 square meters

Further information can be found in the entire press release for download.