The new department of international investment Savills in Russia opened a new direction of commercial real estate in Germany.

Leading real estate market experts offer commercial properties with a budget of € 1.500.000 (micro-apartment packages, supermarkets and medical centers with tenants, etc.) in Western Europe with a primary focus on Germany.

Commercial real estate in Germany is attractive to investors with long-term lease contracts for 10-15 years without the right to terminate with reliable network tenants and a yield of 4-6% in euros, with the potential for asset value growth.

Savills presents a selection of the most investment attractive supermarkets in Germany.

A supermarket in Germany is

Simple rental business in a stable country. The most protected from COVID-19 investment – supermarkets were not quarantined

• contracts without the right of termination for 10-15 years
• rental yield 4-6% per annum in euros
• reliable, networked and well-known tenants
• purchase price from € 1.5 million, average budget up to € 4 million
• asset value growth potential – prices in Germany have been rising annually since the 1970s
• the possibility of lending from a German bank up to 50% of the asset price at a rate of up to 2% per annum

Taxation in Germany is one of the most loyal in relation to foreign investors (corporate tax for a company conducting a rental business is only 15% on the taxable base), and DTT with Russia allows you to choose the most profitable purchase option with a tax advisor.

Supermarket in Stuttgart

Supermarket in the capital of Baden-Württemberg (one of the richest and most economically developed states in Germany on a par with Bavaria)

• Ready, open and running
• Rental income per year (excluding VAT): € 220.400
• Price: € 3.946.000
• Yield: 5.6% per annum
• Tenant: 100% of the area leased to a well-known German grocery supermarket chain with more than 10,000 branches around the world. The network is part of a German holding founded in the 1930s, with a turnover of over € 100 billion in 2020
• Lease agreement: 10 years (non-cancellable for 5 years + option to extend for another 5 years)

Financing from a German bank is possible: 50% of the price of the object at a rate of up to 2% per annum

Supermarket in Dortmund

Supermarket on the ground floor of a residential building in Dortmund (8th largest city in Germany in North Rhine-Westphalia)

• Ready, open and running
• Rental income per year (excluding VAT): € 128.400
• Price: € 2.200.000
• Yield: 5.8% per annum

Tenant: German grocery supermarket chain with over 4,200 branches throughout Germany. The chain is part of one of the largest food holdings, founded in 1900, in 2020 the group’s net income amounted to more than € 380 billion

Lease agreement: non-cancellable for 12 years