Matrix Immobilien

What Matrix Immobilien does

Matrix Real Estate GmbH is a Hamburg-based, privately held real estate project developer (formerly the Matrix Immobilien Gruppe, founded in 2003) that originates, develops, and either sells or retains residential, office, and hospitality properties in Germany's Top-7 cities and selected metropolitan regions. The company operates across three explicit product lines: "Neue Arbeitswelten" (modern office developments addressing home-office and post-pandemic workplace demand), "Neue Nachbarschaften" (affordable urban housing built with CO2-reduced materials and serial/industrialized construction methods), and Hospitality (select premium leisure/hotel projects such as Hotel Windrose Sylt). Current flagship projects include the Bürocampus FLOW office campus and the Arne Jacobsen Haus in Hamburg.

The company's offering spans the full development value chain — land acquisition, planning, construction management, and disposition or lease — with a minimum land/project acquisition threshold of €1.0 million and a target profile of projects with more than 15 residential units or 1,000 m² of floor area. Core technology is conventional construction supplemented by industrialized/serial building methods and "high digitalization" of calculation and controlling processes; no proprietary technology platform or AI/ML product is disclosed. The company emphasizes sustainable, CO2-minimizing construction as a differentiator and works with established construction partners (e.g., Züblin) and institutional capital for project execution.

Matrix generates revenue primarily through one-time project sales to institutional investors and through rental income on retained assets; deal structures include asset deals, share deals, and joint ventures. Since founding, the company claims a realized project volume exceeding €1.5 billion, with more than 70,000 m² of rental space currently in development. The company is co-led by founders Martin E. Schaer (>30 years of industry experience) and Dr. Philipp Sepehr (>10 years, former Group CDO at ECE), who jointly led the 2024 restructuring into Matrix Real Estate GmbH and a renewed focus on selective, high-value sustainable developments.

Name

Matrix Immobilien

Legal name

Matrix Real Estate GmbH

Website

https://matrix-immo.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Matrix Real Estate GmbH is a Hamburg-based real estate project developer, originating and developing residential, office, and hospitality properties across Germany's Top-7 cities for institutional investors, with a focus on sustainable, CO2-reduced construction and serial building methods.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Real Estate Development

NAICS

New Housing For-Sale Builders (236117), New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) (236116), Land Subdivision (2372), Lessors of Nonresidential Buildings (except Miniwarehouses) (531120)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552), Operative Builders (1531), Real Estate Dealers (For Their Own Account) (6532)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Land Development & Subdivision Homebuilding (Build-to-Sell Communities) (IMAFABAL)

Keywords

• Real estate development
• Project development
• Commercial real estate
• Residential development
• Property investment

Headquarters

HQ city

Hamburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Development and Project Sales: Matrix develops residential, office, retail, and hospitality properties and generates revenue through project sales to investors, leasing of completed properties, and potentially joint venture structures. Revenue is realized upon project completion and sale or through rental income from held properties.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Matrix Real Estate GmbH is a Hamburg-based real estate project developer that acquires land and existing properties in Germany's top metropolitan areas to develop residential, office, retail, and hospitality assets. The company delivers projects using sustainable, CO2-reduced construction and serial building methods, selling completed developments to institutional investors or holding them as rental properties leased to corporate tenants. Current active projects include Bürocampus FLOW and Arne Jacobsen Haus in Hamburg and Hotel Windrose Sylt.

Product overview

Matrix Real Estate GmbH operates as a real estate project development company offering integrated development services across three main segments: Neue Arbeitswelten (modern office environments responding to home office, AI, and changing workplace requirements), Neue Nachbarschaften (affordable housing with climate-conscious construction and serial building methods), and Hospitality (premium leisure and hotel developments). The current project portfolio includes Bürocampus FLOW and Arne Jacobsen Haus in Hamburg, and Hotel Windrose Sylt on Sylt island. The company was restructured in 2024 from the Matrix Immobilien Gruppe (founded 2003) and is led by founders Martin E. Schaer and Dr. Philipp Sepehr.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bürocampus FLOW Office campus development project in Hamburg representing modern working environment concepts with contemporary design and flexible space solutions.
• Arne Jacobsen Haus Named office and hospitality development project in Hamburg featuring modern working spaces and high-quality operator concepts, with Züblin awarded the general contractor contract.
• Hotel Windrose Sylt Hospitality development project on Sylt representing innovative leisure segment concepts in a premium island location.
• Neue Arbeitswelten (New Working Environments) Office real estate development service addressing changing workplace requirements including home office, artificial intelligence integration, and new workplace concepts for modern businesses, delivered via new build or existing asset repositioning.
• Neue Nachbarschaften (New Neighborhoods) Affordable housing development service focused on creating accessible residential space in urban centers with climate-conscious materials and CO2-minimizing production methods, including serial construction approaches.
• Hospitality Development Development service for hospitality projects at selected locations with high-quality operators or smart solutions, particularly in the leisure segment experiencing market transformation.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.5 billion EUR in realized project volume
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ZüblincoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024Matrix awarded the general contractor contract for the AJH (Arne Jacobsen Haus) project in Hamburg to Züblin, one of Germany's major construction companies.
• KanebominorOthers · 1 January 2024Matrix leased 1,100 m² of office space at one of their properties to Kanebo, a manufacturing/corporate tenant.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Wilma Bau: Family-owned German residential developer active in Top-7 and other major German cities, focused on multi-unit urban housing; comparable by segment and serial-construction orientation.
• Becken Group: Hamburg-based, privately held German real estate developer and investor with comparable scale to Matrix, active in residential, office and mixed-use across German metropolitan regions.
• Bonava: Stockholm-listed residential developer with significant German operations developing multi-unit, multi-storey housing for first-time buyers and investors. Direct peer on serial housing and German urban development.
• Instone Real Estate Group: Frankfurt-listed German residential project developer focused on urban infill and serial construction in Top-7 cities. Closest direct comparable on core Neue Nachbarschaften / affordable housing thesis.
• ECE Group: Germany's largest shopping centre manager/developer and a major hospitality operator; Dr. Sepehr's former employer. Comparable on large-format commercial project development and investment management in Germany.
• Hamburg Team: Hamburg-based German project developer of residential, office and mixed-use with a comparable regional franchise, including refining/repositioning of older assets. Direct local competitor and like-sized peer.
• ABG Real Estate Group: Privately held German developer-acquirer-developer focused on residential, hotel and office in tier-1 German cities; close structural peer on project development plus operator/tenant-driven value creation.

Others

• Patrizia AG: German-listed real estate investment manager and developer. Not a direct project-development competitor but a likely capital partner / acquirer of Matrix's stabilised assets and a benchmark for German real-estate capital flows.

Broad incumbents

• Hochtief ViCon / HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung: Major German construction and development group; sister entity Hochtief ViCon develops mixed-use and office projects at scale across Germany. Broader incumbent competitor in Hamburg and Top-7 markets.
• Vonovia: Europe's largest residential landlord and a major developer in Germany. Sets benchmark pricing and competitive intensity in Matrix's urban residential pipeline.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/matrix-real-estate-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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