Vivawest
| Vivawest GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2011 renamed from Evonik Immobilien GmbH |
| Seat | eat |
| management | Claudia Goldenbeld Ralf Brauksiepe Haluk Serhat |
| Number of employees | approx. 2,100 (as of 2017) |
| sales | 887.8 million euros (2017) |
| Branch | property |
| Website | www.vivawest.de |
The Vivawest GmbH with around 120,000 homes in 100 municipalities between Aachen and Ahlen one of the largest housing provider in North Rhine-Westphalia . The company is based in Essen . The head office is located in Gelsenkirchen on the site of the former Nordstern colliery . The company emerged from the merger of Evonik Immobilien GmbH, a subsidiary of Evonik Industries AG , and THS GmbH .
Merging
- On November 25, 2011, the shareholders' meeting of Evonik Immobilien GmbH decided to change its name to Vivawest GmbH. The entry in the commercial register took place on December 14, 2011.
- From January 1, 2012 Vivawest GmbH and THS GmbH bundled the management of their respective residential property portfolios in the joint venture Vivawest Wohnen GmbH.
- In July 2012 Vivawest GmbH and THS GmbH were also merged under company law and the new shareholder structure was announced.
Shareholder structure
The largest shareholder is the RAG-Stiftung with 40.0 percent. The IG BCE holds 26.8 percent. Evonik Operations GmbH has a 7.5 percent stake in the company. Evonik Pensionstreuhand eV holds a further 7.5 percent to secure long-term company pensions for Evonik employees. The fifth shareholder is RAG Finanz-GmbH & Co. KG with 18.2 percent.
Predecessor companies
THS
THS GmbH was based in the former Nordstern colliery in Gelsenkirchen. The company was founded in 1920 as a settlement bank under the name Treuhandstelle für Bergmannswohnstätten in the Rhenish-Westphalian Coal District GmbH in Essen. The tasks soon went beyond lending and quickly focused on the provision of inexpensive and high-quality apartments for the mine workforce in the Ruhr area. Through the acquisition of several company housing companies as well as the acquisition and establishment of service companies from the 1970s, the long-established company developed over the decades into a housing service group with 70,000 apartments.
Evonik real estate
The roots of Evonik Immobilien GmbH can be found primarily in the activities of the mining company Ruhrkohle AG and its predecessor companies, as well as the Eschweiler mining association . With the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century, extensive colliery settlements emerged in the coal fields in the Ruhr area and in the Aachen area, many of which became the property of Ruhrkohle, which was founded in 1969. In the 1990s, the management of the real estate portfolio finally developed into a separate business activity. Evonik Immobilien with 60,000 apartments was created in 2007 from RAG Immobilien.
Self-image
Shareholders and management see the private housing company on a path geared towards sustainability "in the field of tension between return and customer requirements". Thanks to the IG BCE's stake in the company and the high proportion of apartments with mining links, a high level of tenant protection is propagated as “trust capital”. Vivawest is the main shareholder of the GSB Society for Securing Miner's Homes .
Foundation, endowment
Like other housing companies after major restructuring, Vivawest has set up a non-profit subsidiary. The Vivawest Foundation promotes neighborhood projects, in particular by setting up and maintaining common rooms in their settlements and in districts with Vivawest housing stocks.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Customer Center
- ↑ Publication of the commercial register at Essen Local Court
- ↑ Vivawest and THS with a new, stable ownership structure . Joint press release of July 5, 2013
- ↑ The shareholder structure of VIVAWEST . Company portrait on the VIVAWEST homepage.
- ↑ Vivawest portrait , accessed on April 21, 2013
- ↑ Vivawest Foundation , accessed on April 21, 2013