NOVUM Group Hotels
  • Second three-star "NOVUM Style" hotel
  • Attractive location near the ECB headquarters
  • Rental contract for 20 years, including two five-year extension options

Commerz Real has acquired another future "NOVUM Style" hotel complex in Frankfurt am Main for their public real estate fund hausInvest. After the previously acquired building project near the central station, the new property is at the Mayfarthstraße in Ostend, in close proximity to the European Central Bank (ECB). "The district has developed into a great area after the arrival of 2,500 ECB employees and will experience a significant appreciation within the next years", explains Robert Bambach, Chairman of Real Estate Transactions at Commerz Real. Even at this stage, there are already more than 1,400 companies and institutions settled in the area.

After its completion in Q2 2020, the six-floor building with its approx. 6,300 square metres will feature over 179 hotel rooms and 43 parking spots. A rental contract was signed with the NOVUM Hotel Group for 20 years, with two options for an extension by a further 5 years each. The Frankfurt-based project development and construction company Adolf Lupp GmbH + Co KG is the property's seller that will also construct the hotel until its final completion as a general contractor. They are supported in terms of project development and controlling by Gold.Stein real estate M+E GmbH & Co. KG. The final purchase price will remain undisclosed.

The design-oriented NOVUM Style Hotel will include an elevated construction and equipment quality, thus further increasing the fund's mid-range portfolio segment. "We are really looking forward to another new-generation NOVUM Style Hotel, especially in a prosperous location such as Frankfurt. The close proximity to the ECB makes this property the ideal addition to our NOVUM Style Hotel at the central station", comments David Etmenan, Chief Executive Officer of the NOVUM Hotel Group. The Hamburg-based, family-managed NOVUM Hotel Group currently operates 85 hotels with more than 8.000 hotel rooms throughout Europe. The Group's revenue exceeded €100 million in 2015 is expected to grow to €120 million by the end of 2016.

Commerz Real organized the acquisition as an asset deal in the form of a forward funding. This means that Commerz Real has purchased the plot with a building obligation and payment will be done gradually with every construction progress milestone.

COMMERZ REAL OVERVIEW

Commerz Real, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerzbank AG, stands for more than 40 years of market experience and a managed volume of approx. €32 billion. A comprehensive know-how in asset management and a broad structuring expertise enhances their characteristic services range of real value fund produts and individual financing solutions. The range of funds includes the public real estate fund "hausInvest", institutional investment products as well as company shares of the brand "CFB Invest" with asset investments in strategically important segments like aircraft, renewable energies and real estate. As a lease provider of the Commerzbank conglomerate, it also offers needs-based property leasing concepts and individual financing structures for assets like real estate, large movable properties and infrastructural facilities. www.commerzreal.com

About the NOVUM Hospitality

With currently 151 hotels and over 17,000 hotel rooms at over 65 locations in Europe, the family-managed NOVUM Hospitality is one of the largest hotel groups in Germany. Founded in 1988 and on a steady growth curve since 2004, NOVUM Hospitality – under the management of CEO David Etmenan – is extraordinarily dynamic. The hotel portfolio comprises three and four-star hotels, all in central locations, which are run under the brands NOVUM Hotels, Select Hotels and niu. In addition, NOVUM Hospitality operates as a franchisee of the InterContinental Hotels Group, AccorHotels, Best Western Hotels & Resorts und Choice Hotels.

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