Autoplex

What Autoplex does

Autoplex is a privately held, family-owned real estate development and investment group founded in the late 1980s by Yann de Saint Pierre and headquartered in Château-Gaillard, France. The company develops, invests in, and manages commercial real estate assets across France, Switzerland (via its wholly-owned subsidiary Citadelle SA), Germany, and Luxembourg, with a cumulative developed and managed footprint exceeding 150,000 m² and an annual development pace of more than 15,000 m². Its portfolio spans multiple asset classes, including specialized automotive and proximity-services retail centers, administrative and industrial buildings, hotels, residential apartments, and medicalized elderly care homes (EHPAD) totaling over 550 beds.

The group's operating model is an integrated value chain covering land opportunity identification and valorization, construction and renovation project management, tailored financial structuring (including sale & leaseback arrangements and international investment vehicles), property commercialization, and long-term asset management. Its business model combines project-level development fees, recurring rental and management income from stabilized assets, and capital returns from sale & leaseback and investment-vehicle activities. Named completed projects include a 14-lot industrial building in Sassenage, a 1,600+ m² commercial activity park in Etrembières, a residential apartment building in Vougy, retail stores in Osny and Sevrier (including an Aldi store), and the Relais Tendresse EHPAD with 80 rooms in Gazeran.

Autoplex is controlled by its founding family with no disclosed institutional investors, no public listing, no disclosed funding rounds, and no disclosed M&A activity. The publicly visible team is small (four named staff covering projects, administrative/financial management, and accounting), consistent with an asset-light model that relies on partners and external capital for project execution. There is no evidence of proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, patents, or formal partnerships in the source material.

Name

Autoplex

Legal name

Autoplex

Website

https://autoplex-developpement.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Autoplex is a family-owned French real estate developer and asset manager founded in 1988 that develops, invests in, and manages commercial, industrial, residential, hotel, and EHPAD properties across France, Switzerland, Germany, and Luxembourg, with over 150,000 m² developed to date.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Château-gaillard

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Autoplex is a family-owned real estate development and investment group that develops, invests in, and manages commercial real estate assets across multiple sectors including automotive retail, commercial activity parks, industrial, administrative, hotel, medicalized elderly care (EHPAD), and residential properties. The group operates an integrated value chain covering land identification, construction project management, financial structuring, commercialization, and long-term asset management, with operations across France, Switzerland, Germany, and Luxembourg.

Product overview

Autoplex is a family-owned real estate development and investment group offering an integrated suite of services across the entire real estate value chain, including property identification, construction project management, financial engineering, and long-term asset management. The company develops and manages commercial, administrative, industrial, hotel, medical, and residential real estate. Their portfolio includes industrial buildings (Sassenage), commercial activity parks (Etrembières), apartment residences (Vougy), retail stores (Osny primeur, Sevrier Aldi), and elderly care facilities (EHPAD Relais Tendresse in Gazeran with 80 rooms; total of 550+ beds). The company has developed over 150,000 m² of real estate since 1988.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Buildings Development
• Commercial Activity Parks
• Apartment Residences
• Retail Store Development
• EHPAD Elderly Care Facilities
• Real Estate Asset Management
• Financial Engineering and Project Montage

Quantifiable outcome

• Developed and managed over 150,000 m² of real estate, primarily commercial
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• Primonial REIM: European real estate investment manager operating regulated funds across healthcare, residential, and commercial assets. Comparable through the real estate investment vehicle / asset management capability that Autoplex develops, though structured as a fund manager rather than principal.
• Foncière des Murs (now part of Primonial REIM/BNP Paribas): Was a French REIT specialized in healthcare, hospitality, and commercial real estate leased-back assets. Historically comparable to Autoplex's sale-and-leaseback and asset management model before being absorbed into broader institutional structures.

Direct peers

• Icade: French real estate company focused on healthcare (medical/residential care), offices, and commercial properties. Highly comparable on the EHPAD/healthcare vertical and French commercial real estate development model.
• Covivio: Paris-listed diversified European real estate operator with commercial, hotel, and residential exposure across France, Germany, and Italy. Directly comparable in vertical mix and pan-European footprint to Autoplex's diversified platform.

Broad incumbents

• Klépierre: Major pan-European retail mall operator. Comparable on the commercial-retail real estate development and asset management model, though at substantially larger scale and purely retail-focused.
• Gecina: Large French REIT specialized in office, residential, and student housing. Comparable as a French commercial real estate operator with long-term asset management capabilities, though significantly larger and more institutionally held than Autoplex.
• Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield: Global leader in commercial real estate and flagship destination shopping centers in Europe. Comparable in commercial real estate development and asset management at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.

Regional players

• Patrimoine & Environnement: French real estate company focused on healthcare (EHPAD clinics) and commercial properties. Closely comparable to Autoplex on the healthcare/EHPAD vertical and the family-controlled French commercial property developer profile.
• Swiss Prime Site: Switzerland's largest listed real estate company focused on retail, office, and residential properties. Comparable as a vertically integrated Swiss real estate operator and a likely competitor within Autoplex's Swiss (Citadelle SA) operations.
• Catella Real Estate: European real estate investment and asset management firm active across Germany, France, and other European markets. Comparable in pan-European commercial real estate investment management and cross-border deal execution relevant to Autoplex's expansion model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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