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LivingConference 2025

Event Data

Sitzende Konferenzgäste

The conference will focus on residential real estate investments in Germany and Europe for managers and instituional investors.
 

  • Conference: 26/27 June 2025
  • Location: Hilton Frankfurt City Centre, Frankfurt
  • Pre-Event: SummerReception 25 June 2025
  • Event format: In-person event
  • Conference language: German (day 1), English (day 2)
  • Participants: Investors, fund/asset managers, financiers, project developers
  • Important links: Program | Registration

The first day of the LivingConference (26 June 2025) will focus on residential real estate investments in Germany. Due to the country-specific topics as well as the jurisdiction and special subjects regarding affordable housing in Germany, the contributions on this day will be preliminary presented in German. The international investment topics in Europe will be presented on the second day of the conference (27 June 2025) and will therefore all be contributed in English language. For the conference dinner on the evening of the first day of the event is no language requirement.

Content & Goal

LivingConference 2025

The future attractiveness for people to live in Europe will depend on various factors. These include the quality of life, which is considered to be particularly high in metropolitan areas. According to experts, young and well-educated people in particular will live here, which will also be linked to the development of job opportunities and flexible workplaces. This means that the large cities and metropolitan areas in particular meet the best prerequisites for good growth forecasts, which will also have an impact on the best possible urban planning in order to enable optimal mobility coupled with recreation and green spaces. In addition, the potential of European metropolitan areas is considered to be particularly high. But this will also have an impact on the commuter belt regions as well as on B and C cities. This now requires an explicit exchange between urban experts, managers in the residential asset class, investors and tenants.

Program planning

Advisory Board

Christoph Drdla
Senior Fund Manager, Raiffeisen Immobilien Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft

Axel Drwenski
Head of Research & Strategy Real Assets, Helaba Invest Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH

Felix Frankl MRICS
Head of Real Estate, Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse (EZVK)

Christian Freundl
Head of Asset Management
pbb invest

Josephine Fröhlich
Head of Project Management
Moayedi Investments GmbH

Christina Holdorf
Geschäftsführerin, magna investment Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Adrian Kiernan
Portfoliomanager
Nordrheinische Ärzteversorgung

Dr. Frank Rackensperger
CEO
GREA GmbH

Elena Reuter MRICS
Head of Real Estate
FINVIA Family Office GmbH

Jan Schlüter
Geschäftsführung
Provinzial Asset Management GmbH

Oliver Strumpf
Gründer
FondsForum-Plattform

Markus Tandetzki
Portfolio Manager
Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe
 

Cooperation partner

Sponsors

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Logo Ernst & Young

Expert knowledge

Speakers

Christian Behrend

Head of Client Capital Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Savills Investment Management KVG GmbH

Christian Behrend is Head of Client Capital Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the Business Development team at Savills Investment Management in Frankfurt.
He and his team are responsible for maintaining and expanding relationships with institutional investors in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Enver Büyükarslan

Direktor institutionelle Investoren
Deutsche Investment Kapitalverwaltung AG

Enver Büyükarslan is a shareholder of the Deutsche Investment Group. He has been in the real estate industry for over 25 years and has proven expertise in transaction, asset and property management of residential and office use types. In 2000 he founded EB GROUP Holding as the predecessor company of today’s DIH Deutsche Investment Holding.

David Christie

CEO
Matter Real Estate

David is the CEO of Matter Real Estate. He has spent his career with real estate investors, such as ARES, Doughty Hanson & ESO Capital. David is focused on delivering strong returns within value-add investment strategies. His career began at Knight Frank, qualifying as a Chartered Surveyor in London. David has a BSc (Hons) in Property Valuation & Finance, City University London Business School.

Ziv Cohen

CIO
The Resmark Companies

For over 30 years, Mr. Cohen has been involved in the financing and development of more than 70,000 residential units in the U.S. and Israel. He joined Resmark in 2001 and currently oversees all of Resmark’s investment, underwriting and asset management activities. Mr. Cohen is the Chair of  the National Association of Home Builders Multifamily Leadership Board.

Felix Frankl MRICS

Head of Real Estate
EZVK - Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse (AdöR)

Felix Frankl (MRICS, MBA) is responsible for the real estate portfolio of EZVK Evangelische Zusatzversorgungskasse. He previously held management positions at various investment companies. He started in the private equity real estate sector and then worked for several GPs and LPs in investment management, fund management and fund of funds.

Christian Freundl

Senior Asset Manager
Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Christian Freundl – Lead Asset Management at pbb invest - has over 20 years of experience in the investment management sector. Previously he was heading the investment management department of Invesco Real Estate for the DACH region, responsible for the performance of a €3.5bn portfolio across different asset classes (Office/Logistic/Residential/Retail) and risk profiles (core/value add/opportunistic).

 

Karin Groß MRICS

Managing Partner
BLACKLAKE GmbH

Karin Groß (MRICS, Dipl. Kfm.) is managing partner of BLACKLAKE GmbH. She has over 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, international transactions, valuation, project development, portfolio and fund management. Most recently, she was Head of Portfolio Management for one of the leading occupational pension funds with a global diversified real estate portfolio.

Markus Hesse

Managing Partner
IVA Analytics GmbH

Markus Hesse is the founder and MD of IVA ANALYTICS, a company specializing in sustainability and financial analysis, with a strong focus on peer-group benchmarking via dashboards. Typical use cases include advisory and valuation mandates. Prior to founding IVA ANALYTICS, Markus served as MD of the IRE|BS Real Estate Academy and held various roles in equity research at investment banks.

 

 

Mikael Hjorth

Partner
CapMan Real Estate

Mr Hjorth is a Partner at CapMan Real Estate. Mr Hjorth joined CapMan in 2012, and he is the Fund Director for an open-ended CapMan Residential Fund. Prior to this, Mr Hjorth headed a Nordic core residential mandate for BVK, Bayerische Versorgungskammer. Mr Hjorth has received an M.Sc. degree in Real Estate Economics from Aalto University, Finland. Mr Hjorth is a Finnish national based in London.

Christina Holdorf

Geschäftsführerin
magna investment kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH

Christina Holdorf is Managing Director of magna investment kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH and has been working in the real estate industry for around 30 years. After working for METRO and Quantum, she joined magna in 2017, where she built up the Asset and Investment Management divisions. Christina Holdorf has many years of experience in the office, hotel and residential asset classes.

 

Max Jaspers

Strategy Head
EMPIRA AG

Max Jaspers (B.Sc. in Business Administration & Real Estate) is Strategy Head at the Empira Group. He is responsible for developing and implementing investment strategies, supports fundraising activities, and manages both internal and external partners throughout the entire investment process. Prior to this, he worked in real estate consulting at BNP Paribas Real Estate.

Nikolas Jorzick

Geschäftsführender Gesellschafter
HAMBURG TEAM Gruppe

Nikolas Jorzick – Managing partner, has an MBA and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. From 2006–2015 he held senior management roles at HSH Real Estate AG and Warburg-Henderson KVG. Since joining the HAMBURG TEAM Group in 2015, he established and became Managing Director of Investment Management and Property Management. He is also Managing Director of Projektentwicklung and Managing partner.

Prof. Dr. Ute Knippenberger

Professur für Smart City und nachhaltige Immobilienprojektentwicklung
Technische Hochschule Aschaffenburg

Ute Knippenberger is Professor of Smart City and Sustainable Real Estate Project Development at Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences. She is an architect and urban planner AkH and heads the competence group for urban and district development at gif Gesellschaft für immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung e.V. She was appointed Managing Director of SEG Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Wiesbaden GmbH on September 1, 2025.

 

Daniel Kremer

Lead Portfolio Manager & Team Lead Real Estate Director
DWS Alternatives GmbH

Daniel Kremer has over 15 years of experience in real estate fund management. As Lead Portfolio Manager at DWS Alternatives, he oversees a €4.5 billion pan-European portfolio and leads a team of seven. His focus lies in expanding DWS’s institutional residential platform across Europe. He holds a Master’s from EBS and is a certified real estate economist.

Prof. Dr. Björn-Martin Kurzrock

Professor of Real Estate Studies
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität

Björn Kurzrock is Professor of Real Estate Studies at RPTU. His research unit collaborates with the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He was Head of Research at IPD (now MSCI) Germany and at international real estate companies. He is past president of the European Real Estate Society (ERES), board member of gif and co-founder of AdvisoRE - Digital Real Estate Solutions.

 

 

Kirk Lindstrom

Chief Investment Officer
Round Hill Capital

Kirk has almost 30 years of real estate experience. In the last 13 years he has led more than $11 billion of investment by Round Hill Capital in the residential sector, his role including defining strategy, completing acquisitions and business plan execution. Before Round Hill he was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and previously worked at Merrill Lynch. Kirk has a BA from Amherst College.

Konstantin Lüttger

Co-Head of Residential Investment
CBRE GmbH

Konstantin is Managing Director and Co-Head of Residential Investment within Capital Markets Germany. He joined CBRE in 2004 and is specifically focused on large-scale portfolio transactions. With a track record of more than €15bn he is one of the leading advisors in Germany. Thanks to over 20 years of experience Konstantin has excellent access to all relevant national and international investors.

Dr. Martin Moryson

Global Head of Economics
DWS Investment GmbH

Dr. Martin Moryson is Global Head of Economics at DWS. He started his career in academics at Humboldt-University Berlin and at the German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat). After various positions in the financial industry, he was Chief Economist of Sal. Oppenheim from 2012 to 2018. He has been a member of the Board of the Human Rights Foundation since 2003.

Stephanie Mörtl

Managing Director
INNOSWAN Capital Partners GmbH

Stephanie Mörtl, Managing Director of INNOSWAN, brings over two decades of expertise in the financial services industry. Born in Munich, Stephanie began her career in the German banking sector. Later she joined the global stage with Morgan Stanley and worked for more than ten years for a New York-based investment firm, where she was responsible for European Sales & Marketing and Client Service.

Rainer Nonnengässer

Managing Director
OmniLiv powered by PGIM Real Estate

Rainer is Managing Director at omniLiv with 10+ years of experience in European PBSA and micro-living. He previously led PBSA expansion in Germany, the Netherlands, and Austria as Senior MD at Amro Partners, and earlier served as CEO of International Campus Group, building a portfolio of ~8,000 PBSA beds across key markets.

Dr. Frank Rackensperger

Chief Executive Officer
GREA GmbH

Frank collected 20 years of real estate experience: Prior to co-founding GREA in 2015, he held positions at Collineo Group, Silvia Quandt Cie & AG and Feri Finance AG responsible for real estate investments and -banking. He holds a PhD in REIT valuation from University of St. Gallen, a Real Estate Master of Science from University of Reading, and an MBA in Economics from European Business School.

Harri Retkin

Partner, Chief Investment & Financial Officer
Avara Oy

Harri Retkin (Master of Science in Economics, CBM) partner at Avara, responsible of leading investment management and finance. Since formation of Avara (2012), he has been responsible of expanding groups business to AIF Fund's and to JV partnerships with international investors.  He has over 20 years of broad and professional experience in the field of real estate, PE, finance, M&A and consulting.

Otto Rompelman MSc MSRE

Managing Director
Catella Investment Management Benelux B.V.

Mr. Rompelman (49, business economist) is Managing Director of Catella Investment Management in the Benelux. With a focus on the Benelux real estate segment, Mr. Rompelman’s areas of expertise include strategy formation, origination and structuring of investment and fund initiatives, and establishing asset management and control functions.

Lothar Rose MRICS

Partner
Ernst & Young Real Estate GmbH

Lothar Rose MRICS is a partner at EY Real Estate. He is working in real estate consulting since 2006 after starting out in the banking sector. Specialized in servicing transaction advisory services he is focused on real estate M&A and managed various transactions of real estate portfolios and entities. He holds a diploma in business administration and a postgraduate diploma in real estate.

Frank Schäfer

Partner
Peakside Capital

Frank Schäfer is a partner at Peakside Capital. He is responsible for all business and product development activities, including investor relations and capital raising. In addition, he oversees Peakside's ESG initiatives. Prior to joining Peakside, Mr. Schäfer held senior positions at Tishman Speyer, Credit Suisse and UBS.

Florian Schwalm

Transaction Advisory Partner
Ernst & Young Real Estate GmbH

Florian Schwalm (Dipl. Ing. (FH), MSc, MBA) is Managing Partner of Ernst & Young Real Estate GmbH. He also heads the Government, Infrastructure and Real Estate sectors for EY in Western Europe in the Strategy & Transactions division. Florian is focusing on M&A real estate and infrastructure transactions.

Marco Simonis

Partner
Clifford Chance Partnerschaft mbB

Marco Simonis, lawyer and tax advisor working at Clifford Chance in Frankfurt since 2001, specializes in structuring and setting up of investment funds for institutional investors and advising on fund-related structured products and securitization transactions. He has inter alia extensive experience with real estate funds and the structuring of real estate investments both from a tax and regulatory perspective.

Felix Speetzen

Head of Living Value Add, Fund Management
PATRIZIA

Felix has extensive experience in managing large international accounts with complex value-add and development strategies with focus on the living sector. He and his team have delivered on investments from residential to commercial projects and big portfolios across Europe, accumulating a volume of EUR 4.5bn. Felix holds a MSc in Real Estate Investment from Cass. He is MRICS and a lecturer at DHBW.

Oliver Strumpf

Initiator of the AsiaConference
FondsForum-Platform

Oliver Strumpf studied business information management and real estate economics at the European Business School. In addition to start-ups, he gained professional experience at international fund and consulting companies. Since 2002, he has initiated various platforms and event formats in the institutional real estate sector. He joined HEICO Group in 2015 and was managing partner of the investment section until May 2021.

Prof. Dr. Michael  Voigtländer

Immobilienexperte,
Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln

Prof. Dr. Michael Voigtländer is Head of the International Economic Policy, Financial and Real Estate Markets Cluster at the German Economic Institute and Honorary Professor at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. He is the author of numerous articles on the real estate market and also analyses current developments and trends in the market in his weekly podcast 1aLage.

Immo von Homeyer

Head of Business Development
Art-Invest Real Estate Funds GmbH

Immo von Homeyer ist seit 2014 bei der Art-Invest Real Estate Funds und leitet den Bereich Business Development für die Entwicklung von Investmentstrategien, Auflage neuer Anlagevehikel sowie für die Investoren-Betreuung. Er realisiert die Auflage neuer Investmentvermögen als Individual- oder Pool-Fondsmandate mit bestehenden und neuen Anlegern in allen Nutzungsarten (Büro, Retail, Hotel, Wohnen).

Dr. Joachim von Klitzing

Managing Partner
DeWAG Wohnen GmbH & Co. KG

Dr. Joachim von Klitzing is a Managing Partner and has been responsible for legal, finance, human resources, IT, and investor relations at DeWAG since 2009. After studying law and business administration, he worked for international companies in the fields of real estate investment banking and real estate investment management.

Jens Zimmermann

Senior Director Transaction- and Asset-Management
Wealthcore Investment Management GmbH

Jens Zimmermann (34) is Senior Director at WealthCore, responsible for acquisition and asset management in Germany and Austria. He brings over ten years of international experience in acquisiton and asset management, across several asset classes. His current focus is the German and Austrian muiltifamily residential market, with an emphasis on sustainable living in urban areas.

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Registration

Interested participants can attend the conference in person. The participation fee is from 1.190 Euro plus VAT. Participation is free of charge for representatives of investor companies.

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Program

Pre-Event 25 June 2025

SummerReception

only for participants of the LivingConference and personal invited guests

18:00 - 22:30

Program 26 June 2025

Note: The program is currently being revised

I. Conditions

Geopolitics & Financial world in 2025 / Population development and housing requirements / Purchase and rental price trends in the EU

09:00 - 10:30

II. Markets & Segments in Germany

Special features of the German residential market / Purchase and rental price trends in Germany & EU

11:00 - 13:00

III. ESG & Sustainability

Advantages of subsidized housing / Build-to-rent strategies / Refurbished properties as an alternative / ESG for residentials

14:30 - 15:30

IV. Value added

Build-to-Rent / Refurbishment / Exit opportunities / Investment strategies

16:00 - 17:30

Break & Face-to-Face Meetings

Each guest will have the opportunity to arrange personal meetings with participants for 20-minutes each.

17:30 - 18:20

Reception & Conference Dinner

18:30 - 22:00

Program 27 June 2025

Note: The program is currently being revised

V. Investment Potentials Abroad

UK / Nordics / Netherland /USA / Japan

09:00 - 10:40

Break & Face-to-Face-Meetings

Each guest will have the opportunity to arrange personal meetings with participants for 20-minutes each.

10:40 - 12:00

VI. Residential Investment´s Outlook

Structures to invest in European residentional properties / Where to invest in the future

12:10 - 13:00

Lunch & Get-Together

13:00 - 14:30

End

14:30 - 14:30

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Meeting point

Conference location

Hilton Frankfurt City Centre

The Hilton Frankfurt City Centre is located in the heart of Frankfurt. Sights, shopping facilities and the banking district are all within easy walking distance. The 342 rooms shine in new splendor and their urban design is reminiscent of New York loft living. Guests are invited to sample unique cocktails in the Hudson Yards Bar, Lounge & Dining and relax in the large health and fitness club.

Hochstr. 4, 60313 Frankfurt
Phone: +49 69 133800
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SummerReception

25 June 2025
Restaurant Schönemann
Opernplatz 16, 60313 Frankfurt

only for participants of the LivingConference and personal invited guests

Conference

26/27 June 2025
Hilton Frankfurt City Centre
Hochstraße 4, 60313 Frankfurt

Hotel room

Hilton Frankfurt City Centre
Hochstr. 4, 60313 Frankfurt
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Contact

Eventmanager

Kim Riedel

Strumpf Eventmanagement
Niederseelbacher Straße 24
65527 Niedernhausen

Phone: +49 6127 999 363 24
E-Mail: info@LivingConference.com