Just under EUR 60 bn was invested in German commercial real estate last year, 20% up on 2006. The transaction volume in the six most important German office locations - Berlin, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Munich - posted an even sharper year-on-year rise of 44% in to finish at EUR 30.66 bn in 2007, according to Atisreal.
As Ares completed a €325 mln French logistics acquisition from Blackstone, another French portfolio came onto the market.
