The investment volume on the German commercial property market totaled more than €56bn in 2015, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate. The biggest slice of investment capital went into office buildings, making up 42 percent (€23.6bn) of the total. Retail accounted for €18.5bn, nearly one-third of aggregate investment, half of which was made up of large-unit portfolio transactions, including the sale of most of the Kaufhof properties, Klépierre’s takeover of Corio and the acquisition of mfi shares by Canada Pension Plan.
