Competence Centre for Commercial Real Estate


Erste Group Commercial Real Estate is a part of Erste Group. It focuses on real estate financing, management, and development in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe.

It finances many types of commercial buildings, including:

  • Office buildings
  • Shopping centers
  • Retail spaces
  • Industrial and logistic buildings
  • Multi-purpose buildings

It additionally has a team for hotel and tourism projects in its main region.

The group knows the Austrian and Central and Eastern European markets well and has over 50 years of experience. This helps it understand local markets and client needs for projects and financing.

Our Services

Our team has much experience with international real estate clients. We understand their specific needs and know the market in our main region well. We handle over 3 billion euros in transactions every year and serve serve as a single point of contact for international real estate clients.

We have over 50 years of experience. This helps us understand and manage real estate projects in 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
  • Technical Due Diligence
  • Zero Report
  • Project Monitoring

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 nearly EUR 25bn
  • 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

 

More Information

We provide you with an overview of Erste Group’s extensive portfolio of Commercial Real Estate projects. 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.

ESG in connection with Commercial Real Estate

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Please contact

Günther Artner

Head of Group Commercial Real Estate

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