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METRO Group Asset Management

Image: Galeria Kaufhof, Frankfurt Zeil shining in new splendor METRO Group Asset Management is the real estate company of the group and is responsible for optimizing the property assets. METRO Group owns the most international wholesale and retail portfolio in the world with more than 700 retailing locations. The real estate segment achieved an EBITDA of more than 900 million Euros in 2008. METRO Group Asset Management is responsible for the active management of the property portfolio in 32 countries in Europe and Asia as well as for the development and construction of retail properties and management of 70 center locations in Germany, Poland and Turkey. A broad range of facility services is provided for about 1,700 commercial, administration and storage locations.

Great realty expertise and specific retail know-how

Image: Saarbasar in Saarbrücken A notable feature of the company is its interlacing of great realty expertise and specific retail know-how. The main task is to ensure the sustainable commercial success of the managed objects, to increase their value and to undertake scheduled investments and exploitation as part of an active portfolio management. METRO Group Asset Management also carries out the construction, management, operation, maintenance and modernisation of properties as part of its service management. The service range includes the business units Real Estate Management, Center International, Facility Services as well as Energy and Resource Management.

International standards for future-orientated retail property

Image: Meydan Merter in Istanbul-Merter The main objective is to ensure the ongoing development of the properties and sustainably increase their value. With innovative new-buildings, rebuilding and renovation projects, standards for future oriented retail properties are set. Amongst other features the properties stand out because of their remarkable architecture and their use of regenerative energies. In cooperation with well-known planning offices designs are created which develop into attractions of their respective region.

Concepts for the future

Image: Shopping Square Meydan in Ümraniye, Istanbul The long-term maintenance of value and optimized management of a property depend more than ever on the right energy management. At an increasing number of locations, therefore, the company makes use of energy-saving building control systems, heating and ventilation systems. Renewable energies like geothermal energy, solar chilling, photovoltaic and wind energy are being tested and used successfully.

METRO Group Asset Management received, amongst others, the ICSC Award for Resource, the ULI Europe Award for Excellence and the Business Award for the Environment from the European Commission for its ideas on sustainable construction, use of renewable energies and its groundbreaking energy management.