Round Hill Capital Completes the Acquisition of a Residential Portfolio with 320 units in Hamburg as Part of its German Residential Strategy

Round Hill Capital (“Round Hill”), a leading specialist real estate investment, development and asset management firm, announces that companies advised by Round Hill have completed the acquisition of a residential portfolio comprising 320 units located in prime inner city neighborhoods in Hamburg, mainly in Harversterhude, Eppendorf, Winterhude and Barmbek-Süd. This transaction is part of Round Hill’s strategy of acquiring residential portfolios in 15 leading greater metropolitan areas in Germany, which exhibit strong macro fundamentals, favourable housing demand/supply dynamics and robust economic performance.

Round Hill Capital is one of Europe’s leading accommodation investment management specialists, with over 56,000 units currently under management across Europe. Round Hill and its affiliates currently manage over 4,000 units in Germany for several institutional and private clients.

Advisors to the transaction were Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Beck Rechtsanwälte, PwC and Trinavis.

Commenting on the transaction, Michael Bickford, founder and CEO of Round Hill Capital, said:

“This represents the next sizeable transaction for Round Hill, after having acquired c. 1,500 units in Germany in 2017, in Berlin (1,347 units) and Hamburg (114 units). We are accelerating the delivery of our German residential investment management strategy by continuing to acquire high quality, well located portfolios in key metropolitan areas, while growing our integrated residential management platform, in line with our vertically integrated strategy in other markets.

We are continuing to expand Round Hill’s portfolio of residential real estate in Germany as well as other jurisdictions with similar value characteristics.”

About Round Hill Capital:

Round Hill Capital is a leading specialist real estate investment, development and asset management firm. Round Hill Capital has a long and proven reputation for successfully identifying and acquiring high quality European real estate.

Round Hill Capital is a highly-focused investor and is experienced in establishing and running first class operating companies, having invested more than €6.0 billion of capital in European real estate assets since its inception in 2002. Round Hill Capital has successfully acquired and managed more than 100,000 residential units across Europe and currently is one of the largest private landlords in multiple countries. Round Hill has a significant and growing residential development pipeline across the UK and Continental Europe.

Round Hill Capital has an established track record of generating high risk adjusted returns and invests and asset manages real estate with some of the world’s leading institutions and private investors.