Intown group

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Intown Property Management GmbH

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legal form GmbH
Seat Berlin
Number of employees 170 (Germany)
300 (Europe)
Branch property
Website www.lianeo.de

Associated companies
As of November 2015

The Intown group was in the real estate industry operating group of companies . She owned or managed several larger, mostly commercial properties in Germany. The individual properties were largely owned by subsidiaries founded for this purpose, but management was taken over by the parent company Intown Property Management GmbH . As of June 2017 , the Intown Group owned or managed around 150 individual properties with around 2.2 million square meters of rental space in Germany. At the beginning of 2019, the business activities of the Intown Group were taken over by the newly founded Lianeo Real Estate GmbH . In 2019 "more than 130 companies" were registered under this company name, "as a rule, they each own one large property or several smaller ones."

The group also became known nationwide because in 2017 two of its properties with a total of more than 820 residents were forcibly evacuated within two and a half months. Your skyscraper in Wuppertal with 72 residents was vacated by the authorities in June 2017 due to insufficient fire protection. Almost two months later, their “ Hannibal ” residential complex in the Dorstfeld district of Dortmund was also forcibly evacuated on September 16, 2017. More than 750 residents had to leave their homes and move immediately because fire protection requirements had not been met.

According to the company's own statement, the company's strategy was to acquire properties in well-located locations that showed good prospects for rental price developments, but were usually in poor condition when they were taken over.

History and structure

Intown is or has been active in Germany since 2005. Co-shareholders of the individual subsidiaries were mostly companies in Cyprus , the entrepreneur Amir Dayan from Israel was often named as the partner behind them . Ms. Efrat Abuav was the managing director of Intown Property Management GmbH . This was followed by Mirko Schwerdtner, Christian Gau, Sven Scharke and Sascha Hettrich. Intown's successor company Lianeo Real Estate GmbH was entered in the commercial register on January 17, 2019.

According to Hettrich, the Intown Group has been investing in real estate in Germany since 2005 and has never sold a building from its portfolio (as of 6/2017). The subsidiaries belonging to the group of companies employed around 170 people in Berlin and around 300 in Europe.

Eviction of the skyscraper on the Hilgershöhe in Wuppertal 2017

In 2013 the Intown Group took over a high-rise in Wuppertal. After the catastrophic high-rise fire in London , in which 79 people died at the beginning of July 2017, the fire departments throughout Germany reassessed the fire protection of large residential complexes, especially the possible dangers of external cladding.

The outer cladding of the Wuppertal skyscraper was made of plastic and a substructure made of wood. Escape routes led along the facade, there was no fire alarm system. The authorities had already found serious defects in the property during a fire show in 2010, but the owner changed several times and the requirements were not met until the end. On June 27, 2017, the city of Wuppertal had the entire building vacated due to the acute defects, sealed it and moved the residents to other apartments. It was the first case in the Federal Republic that this measure was used.

The Intown group announced that they would quickly eliminate the security deficiencies and expressed their incomprehension about the sudden eviction. You denied statements of the city reports. Around a month later, the facade was partially removed by the Intown Group and other defects were removed so that the residents could move back in. The building was then extensively renovated.

Eviction of the "Hannibal II" residential complex in 2017

After the operating company went bankrupt, the Hannibal high-rise residential complex in Dortmund-Dorstfeld was under forced administration for several years. In 2011 the company Lütticher 49 Properties GmbH bought the facility from the foreclosure auction for 7 million euros. The large complex was considered to be in need of renovation. The company is based in Cyprus and is believed by observers to be affiliated with the Intown Group. Efrat Abuav is registered as managing director of both companies. There are around 420 apartments in the residential complex. During an inspection in the summer of 2017, it was discovered by chance that the entire system had dozens of ducts for ventilation and cable routing, which were open at the top and bottom and would therefore conduct smoke into large parts of the building in the event of a fire. The city then evicted the entire facility on September 21, 2017.

On the day of the eviction, Intown criticized that it was illegal and inappropriate. She was only informed about the "detailed fire protection concerns" (Sascha Hettrich) after the evacuation. Ultimately, the company argued that the deficiencies mentioned could have been responded to with less serious measures. Intown filed a lawsuit against the measure with the Gelsenkirchen Administrative Court.

property

Ihme Center in Hanover, northeast side

Aachen

  • Aachen Arkaden (shopping center): The center, which opened in 2008 and has a total area of ​​27,000 m², was taken over by Intown in April 2017. According to the company, they want to develop the center into a "local supply center" and make investments. In June 2018 vacancies were reported. With Netto , dm , Dänisches Bettenlager , H&M , hunkemöller , KODi and an Alemannia Aachen fan shop,seven shops were still openin the Aachen Arkaden in October 2019.

Berlin

Dortmund

  • Westfalenforum (shopping center): The Westfalenforum in Dortmund city center, which was acquired in autumn 2013, was stated in a newspaper report as belonging to Aroundtown SA .
  • Alte Post (office and hotel building) on ​​Königswall in the center of Dortmund . This property was mentioned both on the Intown website (as of April / May 2016) and in the half-year report for the 1st half of 2016 of Aroundtown SA .
  • Hannibal II residential complex , here the group acts as the “owner representative”. The exact ownership structure is unclear.

Hanover

  • Maritim Grand Hotel: The hotel on Friedrichswall , built in 1965opposite the town hall in Hanover, initially operated as the Hotel Intercontinental and was latertaken overby the Maritim Group . In 2014 it was announced that itwill be taken overby the Intown subsidiary Friedrichswall GmbH with effect from mid-2015. Hotel operations ended at the end of 2015. Currently (December 2016) it is used as refugee accommodation with a capacity for over 500 people.
  • Several buildings in the Pelican district : At least two commercial properties were purchased in the Pelican district through the Aroundtown company , which is registered in Cyprus. According to the Neue Presse , the owners of Aroundtown are "good friends" with Amir Dayan.

Leipzig

  • Hotel Astoria , opened in 1916 and has been vacant since 1996. It was sold to the Intown Group on May 20, 2016.

Schwerin

  • Dreescher Markt (local supply center) with 10,300 m² of space in Schwerin was sold to the Intown Group on September 15, 2016.
  • Mueßer Holz (apartment blocks): As of March 1, 2016, 622 apartments in Mueßer Holz were sold to Intown Wohnen Schwerin GmbH . According to NDR , the electricity and heating failed again and again in several apartments. Even if the dilapidated apartments were not renovated, the local social welfare office and the employment agency refused to let a number of tenants move out. At the beginning of July 2017, the city of Schwerin decided that the job center should quickly help all tenants who lived in an unreasonable apartment with the move. In September 2017, Intown announced that the blocks would be renovated from mid-2018.

Other properties (selection)

  • High-rise residential building in Wuppertal , which hit the headlines in June 2017 due to an evacuation over several weeks due to fire protection deficiencies.
  • Maritim Hafenhotel in Rheinsberg (Brandenburg)
  • In summer 2012, Adendorfer Straße 6 Grundstücks GmbH bought a residential building with 95 apartments in Meckenheim near Bonn. The managing director of this company is also Efrat Abuav.

Former real estate

  • Ihme-Zentrum in Hanover (office and shopping center): On February 25, 2015, Projekt Steglitzer Kreisel Berlin Grundstücks-GmbH took over 80% of the shares in Ihme-Zentrum in Hanover. This company was founded in 2012 under the name "Sun Orange Investment GmbH". Since January 25, 2015 it has been called Projekt Steglitzer Kreisel Berlin Grundstücks-GmbH ; It does not hold any sharesin the Steglitzer Kreisel high-rise office buildingin Berlin. With effect from February 28, 2017, it was renamed Projekt IZ Hannover GmbH . According to Intown managing director Sascha Hettich, the commercial areas of the Ihme-Zentrum weretaken overin a foreclosure auction for 16.5 million euros. According to Hettich, the gross rental income per year is 4.5 million euros. The IZ Hannover GmbH project was in 2019 at the Civitas Property Group SA sold, a subsidiary of Tennor (then Sapinda ) company of the financial investor Lars Windhorst .
  • Holiday Inn Dresden - Am Zwinger was operated by Intown Dresden Betriebsgesellschaft mbH until the end of 2017 and taken over by the InterContinental Hotels Group from 2018 .

Real estate images

Quote

“There is a notice on the door with subsidiaries. Every new property - a new company to limit liability and taxes. "

- Tonja Pölitz in frontal 21 , 2017.

Movies

  • Live worse. Tenants in sold social housing. TV report, Germany, 2017, 10:25 min., Book: Aurelia Kanetzky and Tonja Pölitz, director: Tonja Pölitz, production: ZDF , editor: frontal 21 , first broadcast: July 4th 2017 on ZDF, summary by ZDF, online -Video. On the condition of the apartments in the prefabricated buildings taken over by Intown in Schwerin and the Group's investment practice.
  • Company networks: Who do our apartments belong to? Television reportage, Germany, 2019, 29:59 min, Book:. Lena Gürtler, Nils Naber, Susanne Tappe, production: NDR , Editors: Panorama 3 , first broadcast: April 10, 2019 at NDR television , Summary of NDR, online- Video , etc. a. to the owners in Israel.

Web links

Commons : Intown Group  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Harald Thomeczek: Sascha Hettrich brings Intown on a new course. In: Immobilien Zeitung , March 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b Brief description: Lianeo Real Estate GmbH. In: StepStone , accessed May 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c Jan Bielicki, Düsseldorf: 20 minutes to pack. In: Süddeutsche.de , June 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b Company data: Lianeo Real Estate GmbH. In: North Data , May 2020, accessed May 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ Lena Gürtler, Nils Naber and Susanne Tappe: Company networks: Who do our apartments belong to? In: NDR  Panorama 3 , April 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ dpa : Fire Department: Dortmund can clear skyscrapers because of the risk of fire. In: Frankfurter Rundschau , September 21, 2017.
  7. ↑ Michael Psotta: Fire protection deficiencies: Lengthy renovation not only in Dortmund. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , September 23, 2017.
  8. ↑ Stefan Laurin: Lack of fire protection: 753 Dortmund tenants, homeless within hours. In: Die Welt , September 26, 2017.
  9. ^ Sebastian Weiermann, Dortmund: Hannibal high-rise. Mold and broken elevators. The owner company of the building complex is not only criticized in Dortmund. In: Neues Deutschland , October 23, 2017, only the beginning of the article free.
  10. ↑ News (video inactive): Combustible insulation material. Skyscraper clearance in Wuppertal. ( Memento of October 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: ZDF today , June 28, 2017.
  11. ↑ Antraud Cordes-Strehle, WDR : Evacuated skyscraper in Dortmund: move as a fire protection measure. ( Memento from October 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: tagesschau.de , September 16, 2017; with video, 2:51 min.
  12. ↑ a b c Conrad von Meding: Intown about the Ihme Center - Are you a grasshopper, Mr. Hettrich? In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung ( HAZ ), June 1, 2017, interview with Sascha Hettrich.
  13. ↑ see e.g. B. Commercial register for Intown Property Management GmbH and Projekt IZ Hannover GmbH
  14. ↑ Juliane Kaune: "We do not allow ourselves to be put under pressure". In: HAZ , August 12, 2016, interview with Hanover's then mayor Stefan Schostok , with photo by Amir Dayan.
  15. ↑ Vera König: Who Owns the Ihme Center? In: Neue Presse , June 24, 2016.
  16. ↑ Imprint. ( Memento from February 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: Intown Property Management GmbH .
  17. ↑ dpa : Fire protection deficiencies: high-rise in Wuppertal remains cleared. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , June 28, 2017.
  18. ↑ a b Wolfram Lumpe: Evacuated high-rise in Wuppertal can be moved into again. ( Memento of October 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: wdr.de , July 25, 2017.
  19. ↑ Tenant worries. Housing colossus Hannibal in Dortmund auctioned for 7 million euros. In: Westfälische Rundschau , December 14, 2011.
  20. ↑ Peter Bandermann: Hannibal: This is what the tenants' association demands from the owner. In: Ruhrnachrichten , September 27, 2017.
  21. ↑ intown / tenant forum tenants initiative. ( Memento of October 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: forum-dortmund.de .
  22. ↑ Tobias Großekemper, Christoph Klemp: Matt shaft in the Hannibal. The story of an unprecedented displacement of 753 people from their homes in autumn 2017. In: Ruhr Nachrichten Reportagen , October 18, 2017.
  23. ↑ Janis Beenen, Christian Wernicke, Dortmund: Hannibal is extremely dangerous . In: Süddeutsche.de , September 22, 2017.
  24. ↑ bbr / dpa : Evacuated high-rise in Dortmund: owner criticizes evacuation as inappropriate . In: Spiegel Online . September 22, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed May 8, 2020]).
  25. ↑ lsa: skyscraper in Dortmund: Owner Sues evacuation of Hannibal II. In: Rheinische Post . September 28, 2017, accessed May 8, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Peter Fischer: The "Hannibal" high-rise complex in Dortmund-Dorstfeld. Skyscraper clearance: landlord sued city of Dortmund. ( Memento from March 31, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). In: wdr.de , September 28, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Aachen Arkaden" have new owners. In: immobilienmanager.de , ( Immobilien Manager Verlag IMV GmbH & Co. KG, Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe, Cologne ), April 4, 2017.
  28. ^ Nai: Intown Group: New owner for the Aachen Arkaden. In: Aachener Nachrichten , April 4, 2017.
  29. ↑ Stephan Mohne: The Aachen Arcades are (almost) swept empty In: Aachener Nachrichten , June 22, 2018.
  30. ↑ List of shops. In: Aachen Arkaden . Retrieved October 17, 2019 (German).
  31. ↑ Extract from the commercial register: Potsdamer Straße 180 Grundstücks GmbH. In: opencorporates.com , April 29, 2019.
  32. ↑ Erik Peter: New rooms for potse and drugstore: Punks without loud music . In: The daily newspaper (taz) . November 27, 2018, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed February 6, 2019]).
  33. ↑ Record : Public meeting on March 18, 2015. City of Dortmund, Committee for the Environment, Urban Design and Housing.
  34. ↑ Peter Maurer: Aroundtown, the secret super-opportunists. ( Memento from March 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). In: Immobilien Zeitung , September 22, 2016, No. 3, p. 3.
  35. ↑ Semi-annual report: Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements June 30, 2016. ( Memento of December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Aroundtown Property Holdings , 1st half of 2016, p. 38, (PDF).
  36. ↑ Maritim sold - soon with a glass facade? In: HAZ , October 28, 2014.
  37. ^ Britta Lüers: Hanover: last guest leaves the Maritim Hotel. In: Neue Presse , December 17, 2015.
  38. ↑ Vera König: Israelis buy ship buildings at the pasture gate. In: Neue Presse , October 14, 2016.
  39. ↑ Doreen Beilke: BILD solves riddle about new owner | Israelis buy Hotel Astoria. In: picture , June 3, 2016.
  40. ↑ Jens Rometsch: The new owner of the Hotel Astoria is very secretive and controversial. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , June 6, 2016.
  41. ↑ Martina Vetter: Dreescher Markt changes hands. In: Immobilien Zeitung , September 15, 2016, No. 37, p. 26.
  42. ^ The company “Intown Wohnen Schwerin” buys 622 apartments from the WGS in Mueßer Holz. In: Dreesch-Schwerin.de April 6, 2016.
  43. ↑ a b Intown apartment blocks are to be refurbished. ( Memento of October 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: ndr.de , September 11, 2017.
  44. ↑ Intown: City is now specifically helping with new housing searches. In: Schwerin-lokal.de , July 8, 2017, accessed May 8, 2020.
  45. ↑ dpa : evacuation due to fire hazard. Owners of the high-rise in Wuppertal react. In: faz.net , June 28, 2017, accessed May 8, 2020.
  46. ↑ The evacuated high-rise in Wuppertal can be moved into again. In: wdr.de from July 25, 2017, accessed on May 8, 2020.
  47. ↑ Raphaela Kwidziński: Maritim Hotel Harbor Rheinberg sold. In: Immobilien Zeitung , October 19, 2016.
  48. ↑ a b Julian Stech: Annington sells apartment blocks. Israeli investors are probably behind the new owner. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) , September 12, 2012.
  49. ↑ Conrad von Meding and Jens Heitmann: Who is the mysterious investor from Berlin? In: HAZ , February 25, 2015.
  50. ↑ Holiday Inn Dresden - Am Zwinger: Imprint. ( Memento of December 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: Intown Dresden Betriebsgesellschaft mbH .
  51. ↑ Imprint. In: ihg.com - InterContinental Hotels Group ; Holiday Inn Dresden - Am Zwinger , official website, accessed May 8, 2020.
  52. ^ Tonja Pölitz: Tenants in sold social housing - worse living. ( Memento of October 26, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: frontal 21 , July 4, 2017.
  53. ↑ ARD : Company networks: Who do our apartments belong to? on YouTube , accessed May 8, 2020

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