In 2021, DWS Group, real estate investment business acquired Alchemia NEON office building in Gdańsk for around EUR 82 million.
Alchemia Neon is a 14-storey modern office building, which is part of a larger complex located at 413 Grunwaldzka St. The facility, designed by APA Wojciechowski Architekci, offers a total of 35,100 sq m of leasable space, of which 33,541 sq m is for office space and 1,559 sq m is for retail and service activities. It is multi-let to 14 tenants (incl. Google, Torus, Hapag-Lloyd).
The building provides 332 parking spaces and 374 places for bicycles. There are also specially adapted elevators, changing rooms with lockers and showers for the comfort of cyclists.
The building's location, in the immediate vicinity of an SKM station, a bus terminal and one of the city's main arteries, Grunwaldzka Street, allows for efficient and fast access to various parts of Tri-City.
Alchemia was designed in accordance with the standards of sustainable construction and equipped with a number of pro-ecological solutions. The facility is one of the first investments in Poland to have received the LEED green building precertification at the highest Platinum level. It guarantees not only a very high comfort of use and environmental friendliness, but also low operating costs. The building uses, among others, energy-efficient lighting systems and hydro-saving sanitary equipment. The property also holds the Barrier Free Facility certificate
Name of the deal
Acquisition of the Alchemia Neon
The date of closing the deal
February 2021
Value of the transaction (in EUR)
82 milion EUR
Yield
classified information
Seller, plus brief information about the company
Torus is one of the leaders among Polish office developers. So far, including Neon, the company has completed seven sales of its office properties to six different funds (five Arkońska Business Park buildings and four stages of Alchemia) for a total amount of nearly EUR 370 million.
Consultancy which advised Seller
Colliers
Purchaser, plus brief information about the company
DWS has been investing in real estate assets for more than 50 years. As part of the Alternatives platform, the real estate business has more than 350 employees in nearly 25 cities around the world with more than EUR 78 billion in global real estate assets under management (March 31, 2022). Providing a diverse range of strategies and solutions across the risk/return and geographic spectrums, we offer core and value-added real estate, real estate debt, opportunistic real estate and real estate securities. The real estate investment business employs a disciplined investment approach and aims to deliver attractive long-term risk adjusted returns, preservation of capital and diversification to its investors, which include governments, corporations, insurance companies, endowments, retirement plans, and private clients worldwide.
Consultancy which advised Purchaser
CBRE
Financing institution
DWS Grundbesitz GmbH
Current occupancy level
100%
Please say why this deal should be considered for the award
It was the biggest office transaction outside Warsaw office market in 2021 during COVID 19. Furthermore, taking into consideration technical specification and sustainability – NEON is one the best quality office developments in Tri-City.