Competence Centre for Commercial Real Estate
Erste Group Commercial Real Estate is the specialist unit within Erste Group for real estate financing, real estate asset management, and real estate development in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe.
We finance all types of commercial properties, such as office buildings, shopping centres, retail schemes, industrial and logistic properties, and multi-purpose objects. Additionally, we have a dedicated team focused on solutions that support the hotel and tourism infrastructure in our core region.
As a partner with a comprehensive understanding of the Austrian and the overall CEE market, we benefit greatly from over 50 years of operating experience. This track record provides us with detailed knowledge of local markets, helping us to understand our clients’ perspectives with regard to project and financing goals.
Shopping Centres and Retail Parks
Office and Commercial Buildings
Hotel and Tourism Facilities
Residential
Buildings
Production and Logistics Centres
Our Services
Our team, consisting of highly experienced client executives, has gained a comprehensive understanding of the specific needs of international real estate clients and therefore has extensive market expertise in our core region. With an annual transaction volume of more than EUR 3bn, we serve as a single point of contact for international real estate clients.
More than 50 years of experience allow us to see the big picture and manage the details that are necessary to understand commercial real estate projects all over Central and Eastern Europe. Are you interested? All it takes is a phone call.
Tailor-made real estate lending solutions
- Investment transactions
- Development projects
- Acquisition transactions
- Multi jurisdiction portfolio transactions
Capital market solutions
- Debt capital market (benchmark bonds, green bonds, private placements, etc.)
- Equity capital market (IPOs, etc.)
Supplementary products
- F/X and interest hedging instruments
- Loan syndication services by acting as agent and arranger of large ticket transactions
- Full range of transaction banking services provided by our local bank subsidiaries
- Full range of construction services provided by our technical division
- ESG assessment of CRE projects & transactions
Erste Group Commercial Real Estate at a glance
Our commercial real estate financing capabilities are built around our clients’ needs and goals. We focus on corporations and institutional investors (listed or private equity funds) owning or acquiring commercial real estate assets in all property types across Central Eastern Europe. Our purpose is to support the development of prosperity in our core market. And we want to encourage our customers to believe in themselves, to hold on to their goals, and to realise them with our help.
Key facts
- 200 specialists across CEE/SEE
- Managing a financing portfolio of more than EUR 19bn
- Volume/annual deal flow of more than EUR 3bn
- One of the leading banks in the CEE/SEE commercial real estate business
- Over 50 years of experience in the real estate industry
Real estate portfolio
- Office and Commercial Buildings
- Production and Logistics Centres
- Shopping Centres and Retail Parks
- Hotels and Tourism Facilities
- Residential Buildings
- Non-profit housing