EV Digital Invest AG, operator of the online real estate investment platform “Engel & Völkers Digital Invest”, has successfully started a strategic cooperation with DFI Real Estate, thus gaining access to the future market of sustainable logistics projects. DFI Real Estate specializes in innovative and sustainable industrial, commercial and logistics properties. The focus is particularly on efficient energy concepts and smart buildings in order to counteract the increasing cost pressure of the users and at the same time to meet the environmental goals.

All aspects are combined in architecturally sophisticated properties with well thought-out traffic concepts, which are coordinated with municipalities and communities according to their needs. The market for logistics real estate in Germany has developed dynamically in recent years, driven in particular by increasing excess demand. Given the current macroeconomic challenges, unstable supply chains and logistics bottlenecks can jeopardize security of supply.

Therefore, the further expansion of critical infrastructure, such as logistics space, is a key driver for Germany as a location factor and will provide further impetus for the logistics real estate asset class. Engel & Völkers Digital Invest has completed the financing of the first logistics project and collected around EUR 6 million for the “DFI Zukunftspark Oberrhein”. The capital provided by investors will be used for the construction of a new logistics park.

The logistics park will be realised with an innovative architectural and sustainability concept. The project is one of the real estate investments financed via the platform to date. It underlines the attractiveness of sustainable real estate investments and marks the entry into the fast-growing logistics segment.