GREA

What GREA does

GREA GmbH, doing business as GREA | German Real Estate Advisors, is an independent real estate advisory firm headquartered at Bettinastraße 35-37 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Founded in 2015 and led by Dr. Frank Rackensperger as Founder and CEO, the firm operates under a § 34c GewO trading license and employs between 1 and 10 people. The firm operates across European markets (with disclosed deal activity in Germany, Italy, and the United States) and serves institutional real estate investors, family offices, real estate developers, and listed real estate companies.

The firm's offering is structured as three core service lines: Transaction Advisory (buy-side acquisition support and sell-side disposition processes, including off-market mandates), Financing Advisory (arrangement of bridge, mezzanine, whole loan, senior debt, and co-equity financing for ticket sizes ranging from EUR 3 million to over EUR 100 million), and Corporate Finance (M&A advisory, equity capital markets support, IPO advisory, private placements, sale-and-leaseback, and fund placement). Notable disclosed mandates include the EUR 200+ million Deutsche Telekom headquarters acquisition in Bonn, a Korean consortium office acquisition in New Jersey (approximately 233,000 sq ft leased to an international electronics group), the sale of a 26,000 m² shopping center in Eisenach to FCR Immobilien AG, and the sale of the Godesberger Allee office complex in Bonn to Sofidy (a Tikehau Capital subsidiary).

GREA's business model is professional services advisory, monetized through transaction-by-transaction negotiated fees rather than disclosed pricing schedules. Distribution is relationship-based: the firm leverages a stated network of 200+ senior banks, 100+ mezzanine providers, 50+ whole loan lenders, and 30+ co-equity partners, plus co-advisory partnerships with CAIDAO CAPITAL (Hong Kong) and Falcon Real Estate (USA) for cross-border mandates. Cumulative firm-level transactions exceed EUR 1.60 billion across seven European countries, and the broader team has delivered over EUR 7.00 billion in corporate finance mandates; no revenue, headcount growth, or funding data are publicly disclosed.

Name

GREA

Legal name

GREA GmbH

Website

https://en.grea.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GREA GmbH is an independent Frankfurt-based real estate advisory firm providing transaction, financing, and corporate finance advisory to institutional investors, family offices, and developers across European markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction Advisory: Advisory fees for buy-side and sell-side transaction services including acquisition and disposition of real estate properties across Europe. Services cover the full transaction lifecycle from strategy development through closing.
2. Financing Advisory: Debt advisory services including arrangement of bridge financing, mezzanine financing, whole loan financing, senior financing, and co-equity. The firm arranges financing for clients ranging from EUR 3 million to over EUR 100 million.
3. Corporate Finance: M&A advisory services including mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets support, IPO advisory, private placements, sale & leaseback, and fund placement services for real estate companies and family offices.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

GREA is an independent real estate advisory firm providing transaction advisory (buy-side acquisition and sell-side disposition), financing advisory (bridge, mezzanine, whole loan, senior, and co-equity financing), and corporate finance services (M&A, equity capital markets, IPO advisory, private placements, sale & leaseback, fund placement) to investors, family offices, and developers across European markets. The firm covers the full real estate value chain from strategy development and deal sourcing through financing arrangement and closing.

Product overview

GREA is an independent real estate advisory firm offering services across the full value chain of real estate transactions. The firm provides a unified advisory platform consisting of three core service lines: Transaction Advisory (comprising both Acquisition and Disposition services), Financing Advisory (covering bridge financing, mezzanine, whole loan, senior financing, and co-equity), and Corporate Finance (including M&A, equity capital markets, and fund placement). The services are designed for investors, developers, and family offices seeking comprehensive advisory and management support for property acquisition, disposal, and financing across European markets.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Transaction Advisory Holistic advisory services for investors on the purchase and sale of real estate throughout Europe, covering both buy-side (including off-market opportunities, due diligence, financing strategy, and post-closing advisory) and sell-side (off-market disposition processes, investor identification, data room management, and purchase price negotiations) engagements.
• Financing Advisory Comprehensive real estate financing solutions including arrangement of bridge financing, mezzanine financing, whole loan financing, senior financing, and co-equity for transactions ranging from EUR 3 million to over EUR 100 million. Designed for real estate investors and developers seeking optimal capital structures through GREA's network of banks, debt lenders, and co-equity partners.
• Corporate Finance Corporate finance services for real estate companies and family offices including mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity capital markets support, IPO advisory, private placements, sale & leaseback, and fund placement. The corporate finance team has delivered over EUR 7.00 billion in transactions across 7 European countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over EUR 1.60 billion in transactions across 7 European countries
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Falcon Real Estate Investment Management, Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 October 2020Co-advisor with GREA for Korean investor acquisition of office building in New Jersey, USA. Falcon (Chicago/USA) and GREA acted as commercial buy-side advisors in the high eight-figure transaction.
• CAIDAO CAPITAL Ltd.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2017Cooperation partner for buy-side advisory on the Deutsche Telekom headquarters acquisition in Bonn. CAIDAO CAPITAL (Hong Kong) worked with GREA GmbH to advise the Korean buyer consortium on the transaction.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Colliers International: Global professional services and investment management company with capital markets and real estate advisory operations across Europe. Comparable in service mix to GREA, including transaction, financing, and corporate finance advisory.
• Savills: Global real estate advisor with substantial European investment and capital markets teams. Overlaps with GREA on cross-border real estate transaction advisory and debt placement for institutional and family-office clients.
• BNP Paribas Real Estate: European-headquartered real estate advisor with strong German and pan-European transaction and financing capabilities. Competes with GREA for German and cross-border mandates, leveraging parent-group banking relationships.
• Cushman & Wakefield: Global real estate services firm with significant European capital markets and debt/equity placement teams. Directly comparable to GREA's transaction and financing advisory service lines, albeit at much greater scale and geographic reach.
• CBRE Group: Largest global commercial real estate services and investment firm with deep capital-markets and debt advisory capabilities in Germany and across Europe. Competes with GREA for large buy-side and sell-side mandates as well as structured financing solutions.
• Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL): Global real estate services firm offering capital markets, financing advisory, and transaction advisory across Europe. As a much larger full-service incumbent, JLL is the benchmark GREA competes against for institutional mandates, particularly in German and cross-border capital markets deals.
• Knight Frank: International real estate consultancy with strong European presence and active capital markets practice. Comparable to GREA in transaction advisory and cross-border mandate execution for family offices and institutional investors.

Regional players

• Angermann Real Estate Advisory: Germany-based real estate advisory firm providing transaction, valuation, and financing advisory services. Closely comparable to GREA in scale and German-centric focus, serving a similar institutional and family-office client base.

Direct peers

• Eastdil Secured: Specialist real estate investment banking advisor focused on large, complex, often off-market capital markets transactions. Highly comparable to GREA in the off-market, relationship-driven, high-value-deal segment of European and US real estate advisory.

Emerging players

• Blackstone Real Estate (Advisory Comparables): While primarily an investor, Blackstone's real estate advisory and capital formation activities represent a destination for large institutional capital that GREA sources for cross-border deals. A relevant comparator for the type of capital the firm helps deploy into European real estate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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