Fachmarktimmobilienkongress 2025

As a growing and stable asset class, retail parks will maintain their leading position in 2025, accounting for 29% of the total retail transaction volume in the first half of the year. This is a clear indicator that this asset class is becoming increasingly relevant for retailers and investors alike.

This theme was also the focus of this year's Fachmarktimmobilienkongress in Düsseldorf - a two day event full of insights, exchanges and trend-setting discussions on current market trends and challenges at which GFORM was present as a partner, and Marwin Walterscheidt, General Counsel at GFORM as a speaker on the finance panel, "Money Seeks Strategy".

The congress highlighted that international capital is once again directing its focus more strongly towards the German market, particularly on food-anchored properties. Alongside this, the topic of project financing requiring new, flexible, international approaches was also discussed. The role of AI is also rapidly increasing in importance and must be actively intergrated into business processes to ensure future competitiveness.

As the year draws to a close, we look towards the new year with optimism; for the end of 2025 and Q1 2026, strong debt capital and increasing transaction activity point to a continued dynamic environment.

We would like to say a special thank you to Alexandra May for moderating the session, Sarah Hoffmann (JLL) and Jörn Burghardt (GPEP) for the insightful discussion, as well as the dfv Conference Group and Heuer Dialog for the organisation of the event.