SASSENSCHEIDT Gruppe

What SASSENSCHEIDT Gruppe does

SASSENSCHEIDT Gruppe is a family-owned, medium-sized German real estate development company headquartered in Düsseldorf at Hohe Straße 8, operating as Sassenscheidt GmbH & Co. KG. The firm originated in the Sauerland region from a successful facade construction business (Sassenscheidt Fenster- und Fassadenbau) and evolved into a nationwide real estate developer covering office, residential, and commercial use cases across North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ruhrgebiet (Düsseldorf, Essen, Köln-Bonn, Aachen, Iserlohn), and Saxony (Dresden, Leipzig, Bautzen). Its portfolio centers on named development projects such as Graf-Beust-Campus Essen (a ~29,000 m² office campus integrating a historic Kleinseisenhalle), ONE17 Düsseldorf (a sustainable timber-hybrid "Organic Office" targeting DGNB Gold), UrbanPort Düsseldorf (a mixed-use harbor development), Quartier am Friedenseck Dresden (a 104-unit residential quarter), and Zur Helle Iserlohn (an industrial/production site). The company is led by Managing Directors Erik Sassenscheidt and Karl Sassenscheidt.

The business model combines real estate development (Projektentwicklung), trading (Immobilienhandel), and rental (Vermietung). Pricing is custom-quoted per project based on specifications, location, and scope. Go-to-market is direct B2B sales via the company website and direct outreach to corporate tenants and property investors, supported by a long-term network of architecture firms, specialist planners, and project management partners that handle execution alongside the lean in-house team of approximately 5 employees. Notable architectural and technical positioning includes timber-hybrid construction methods, ESG-compliant planning, DGNB certification pursuit, flexible floor plans, and historic-modern hybrid designs.

The company is privately held with no public listing, no disclosed funding rounds, and no external investors identified. Revenue and headcount (other than leadership) are not publicly disclosed. Operational focus is on developing underutilized sites and properties with potential into modern, sustainable buildings that combine historical elements with contemporary architecture, primarily targeting office, residential, and mixed-use assets in German urban and post-industrial locations.

Name

SASSENSCHEIDT Gruppe

Legal name

Sassenscheidt GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://sassenscheidt.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Family-owned German real estate developer headquartered in Düsseldorf, specializing in office, residential, and commercial property development across North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony, with projects such as Graf-Beust-Campus Essen, ONE17 Düsseldorf, and Quartier am Friedenseck Dresden.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Sassenscheidt Gruppe is a family-owned, medium-sized real estate development company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany. The company develops office, residential, and commercial property projects across North Rhine-Westphalia and other German regions, including office campuses (Graf-Beust-Campus Essen, ONE17 Düsseldorf), mixed-use urban developments (UrbanPort Düsseldorf), residential quarters (Quartier am Friedenseck Dresden), and commercial/industrial properties (Zur Helle Iserlohn). The firm also engages in real estate trading and rental activities.

Product overview

Sassenscheidt Gruppe is a family-owned, medium-sized real estate development company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, specializing in property development for office, residential, and commercial use primarily in North Rhine-Westphalia and expanding across Germany. The company operates as a unified portfolio of named development projects rather than a software platform or modular product architecture. Their core offering consists of developing real estate projects including office campuses (such as Graf-Beust-Campus Essen with its historic hall integration and green campus design, and ONE17 Düsseldorf featuring sustainable timber-hybrid construction), mixed-use urban developments (UrbanPort Düsseldorf combining workspace and residential), residential quarters (Quartier am Friedenseck Dresden with over 100 apartments), and commercial/industrial properties (Zur Helle Iserlohn). The company also maintains a network of architecture, specialist planning, and project management partners for project execution.

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Brands

• Graf-Beust-Campus: Large-scale office campus project in Essen featuring green campus design with historic Kleinseisenhalle integration, approximately 29,000 m² office space on 15,000 m² property
• ONE17
• UrbanPort
• Quartier am Friedenseck

Products and services

• Graf-Beust-Campus Essen A major office campus development project in Essen featuring a green campus design with historic Kleinseisenhalle integration. The 15,000 m² property delivers approximately 29,000 m² of office space and 40,000 m² BGF, offering modern workspace environments for corporate tenants.
• ONE17 Düsseldorf An innovative office building on Bonner Straße 117 in Düsseldorf developed as an Organic Office with sustainable hybrid timber construction. Features 7,649 m² office space, 16,500 m² total area, and 20,000 m² BGF with green campus structure, ESG-compliant planning, and DGNB Gold certification targeted.
• UrbanPort Düsseldorf A mixed-use development in the Düsseldorf Harbor district combining urban working and living spaces. The project spans 2,160 m² with 22,233 m² BGF, featuring dynamic container-inspired architecture with terraces, balconies, and an extensive roof garden.
• Quartier am Friedenseck Dresden An urban residential quarter in Dresden Neustadt featuring over 100 rental apartments with two to four rooms distributed across four buildings around landscaped courtyards. The project includes 8,712 m² of rental living space with 85 underground parking spaces and 165 bicycle spaces.
• Zur Helle Iserlohn A commercial and industrial property in Iserlohn's Dröschede business park, serving as the former headquarters of Sassenscheidt Fenster- und Fassadenbau. The site spans approximately 6,400 m² with 3,000 m² production facilities (two halls) and 1,450 m² of office and storage space.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• DIC Asset AG: German commercial real estate company managing/developing office and mixed-use properties across Germany. Comparable in commercial real estate focus and German geographic footprint, though at a much larger fund and asset management scale.
• Hochtief AG: Germany's largest construction contractor and a major real estate developer through its subsidiary HOCHTIEF Projektentwicklung. Comparable in commercial real estate development but at vastly larger scale and as a public company.
• BPD Immobilienentwicklung GmbH: Subsidiary of Rabobank, one of the largest residential developers in Germany with national reach. Comparable in residential and mixed-use development but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic footprint.

Direct peers

• Euroboden GmbH: German luxury residential and mixed-use developer focused on urban high-end projects. Comparable in design-forward approach and similar mix of residential and commercial development.
• Art-Invest Real Estate: Privately-held German real estate developer and investor active in office, residential, and mixed-use projects across major German cities. Directly comparable in office campus and mixed-use project focus.
• Pandion AG: Privately-held German residential and mixed-use developer headquartered in Cologne. Similar scale, family/entrepreneurial ownership, regional NRW focus, and product mix of residential quarters and office projects comparable to Sassenscheidt's portfolio.
• Instone Real Estate: German residential and mixed-use real estate developer listed in Frankfurt with comparable project pipeline and customer base (institutional tenants, owner-occupiers). Directly comparable in segments (Wohnen, Büro) and in mid-market German city focus.
• Bauwert GmbH: Private German real estate developer focused on residential and mixed-use developments in urban German markets. Comparable in focus on quality urban projects and similar asset class mix (residential and office).
• Hamburg Team GmbH: Privately-held German real estate developer active in residential and commercial projects across multiple German cities. Similar privately-owned structure and comparable project development model.

Regional players

• WOLFF & MÜLLER Holding: Family-owned German Mittelstand construction and real estate company headquartered in Stuttgart. Comparable in family-owned Mittelstand structure and regional German real estate development focus, though primary geography is Baden-Württemberg rather than NRW.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles2 records

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Investors

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Investments

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