What Cargohub Real Estate does

Cargohub Real Estate is a Luxembourg-incorporated corporate real estate advisory firm (operating under the legal entity CARGOHUB CAPITAL S.à.r.l., registered at 27 rue Jean Arp, L-8166 Bridel) that specializes exclusively in real estate strategy and asset solutions for transport and logistics companies. Founded circa 1980 and originally a transport operator, the firm has accumulated forty years of sector-specific experience and now positions itself as a long-term partner for PME and ETI (small and mid-sized enterprises) in road freight, logistics, express delivery, and specialized distribution. Its commercial footprint is documented across France, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Italy.

The firm's product offering is structured as an integrated suite centered on corporate real estate outsourcing (externalisation immobilière) and sale-and-leaseback transactions, complemented by strategic consulting (Conseil en Stratégie Immobilière), asset management, property management, facility management, and project management (maîtrise d'ouvrage). There is no proprietary technology platform; the underlying delivery model is a five-step consultative engagement (échange, immersion, communication, analyse, recommandation, ingénierie) tailored to operator-specific asset types such as platforms, cross-docks, warehouses, and fuel/wash stations. The asset management practice holds and operates real estate leased to major transport operators on French territory.

Revenue derives from three streams: professional-services fees for strategic advisory, transaction fees from sale-leaseback deals, and recurring managed-services income from asset, property, and facility management. Pricing is custom and not publicly disclosed. The firm runs a sales-led, consultative go-to-market with direct outreach to operators and a multi-step 'personalized study' web form as the primary lead-generation tool. Customer logos include major enterprise operators (Carrefour, DHL, Kuehne+Nagel, DB Schenker, XPO Logistics, Gefco, Heppner, Chronopost, Ciblex, Eurotranspharma, Vos Logistics, Transports Besson), though the firm explicitly targets mid-market operators as well. Ownership appears management-held, with Philippe Laronze as Directeur de la publication and no disclosed external institutional investors.

Name

Cargohub Real Estate

Legal name

CARGOHUB CAPITAL S.à.r.l.

Website

https://cargohub.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Luxembourg-incorporated corporate real estate advisory firm serving transport and logistics companies across Europe. Specializes in real estate outsourcing, sale-leaseback, and asset management for transport operators, with 40 years of sector specialization and a customer base spanning major logistics operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Real Estate Advisory Services

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Logistics Brokerage (BPAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial & Logistics Real Estate Asset Management (BPAJAMAC)

Keywords

• Commercial real estate advisory
• Sale leaseback solutions
• Transport real estate strategy
• Asset property management
• Facility management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Luxembourg

HQ country

Luxembourg

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Real Estate Advisory/Consulting: Strategic real estate consulting services for transport and logistics companies, including advice on property optimization, externalization strategies, and portfolio management.
2. Sale & Lease Back Transactions: Facilitating sale-leaseback transactions where companies sell their real estate assets and continue as tenants, generating transaction fees and establishing ongoing property management relationships.
3. Asset Management: Ongoing asset management services to maintain and increase the quality and performance of real estate portfolios, including property management and facility management services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cargohub Real Estate advises transport and logistics companies on corporate real estate strategy, structuring and executing sale-leaseback (externalisation immobilière) transactions, and delivering integrated asset, property, facility, and project (maîtrise d'ouvrage) management services. Its core is helping transport operators convert real estate from a static asset into a strategic financial lever for growth financing, market downturn response, or business succession, while remaining in occupation as long-term tenants.

Product overview

Cargohub Real Estate offers a unified portfolio of corporate real estate services designed for transport and logistics companies. The core offering centers on real estate outsourcing (externalisation immobilière), including sale & leaseback arrangements, complemented by strategy consulting, asset management, facility management, property management, and project management services (maîtrise d'ouvrage). These services are delivered as an integrated suite to help businesses transform their real estate from a fixed asset into a strategic financial lever.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conseil en Stratégie Immobilière (Real Estate Strategy Consulting) Strategic consulting service helping businesses develop real estate strategies to mobilize the financial potential of their owned property assets; aimed at transport and logistics companies seeking to align property ownership with corporate and financial objectives.
• Externalisation Immobilière / Sale & Lease Back Corporate real estate outsourcing/sale-leaseback solution transferring property ownership to Cargohub while allowing the business to remain as tenant, providing liquidity and/or debt capacity combined with favorable fiscal treatment.
• Asset Management Services focused on maintaining and increasing the quality and performance of real estate portfolios, including management of new, restructured, and value-enhancing logistics properties on French territory leased to major transport and logistics operators.
• Property Management Day-to-day property management services including maintenance, compliance, rent collection, and charge management for logistics real estate assets.
• Facility Management General business services providing comprehensive facility management for corporate real estate leased to transport and logistics operators.
• Maîtrise d'Ouvrage (Project Management) Project management services for construction or rehabilitation of buildings, handling new platform development programs from initial studies through completion.

Named customers12 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Cushman & Wakefield: Global commercial real estate services firm with significant industrial and logistics practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering brokerage and capital markets for logistics real estate across Europe.
• BNP Paribas Real Estate: Major French and European commercial real estate services platform, parent of Arthur Loyd. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering industrial/logistics advisory, valuation, and investment management across the same geographies Cargohub serves.
• Knight Frank: Global real estate consultancy with active industrial and logistics capital markets practice in Europe. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving logistics occupiers and investors with sale-leaseback, advisory, and asset management services.
• JLL Industrial & Logistics: Global real estate services firm with a dedicated industrial and logistics practice spanning brokerage, capital markets, and asset management. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving enterprise logistics tenants across the same European geographies.
• GLP (Méridiam): Global logistics real estate investment and development platform with major European footprint. Comparable as a broad incumbent operating as principal investor in European logistics property serving enterprise transport and 3PL tenants.
• CBRE Global Industrial & Logistics: Global commercial real estate services leader with a dedicated industrial and logistics capital markets and advisory practice. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same enterprise transport and logistics occupiers, with deeper resources but less vertical specialization.

Direct peers

• Arthur Loyd: France's leading specialist in industrial, logistics, and tertiary real estate brokerage. Now integrated with BNP Paribas Real Estate. Directly comparable to Cargohub as a French-focused industrial/logistics real estate advisory targeting similar enterprise and mid-market tenants, with overlap in transport-adjacent logistics use cases.
• Logicor: One of Europe's largest owners, managers, and developers of logistics real estate. Comparable to Cargohub as a European logistics-property specialist with pan-European presence and tenant relationships with major transport and logistics operators. Operates as principal rather than pure advisor.
• Catella: European real estate investment and advisory firm with dedicated logistics and transport-adjacent investment funds. Comparable through European logistics property investment, asset management, and advisory mandates for transport and logistics occupiers.

Emerging players

• SEB Asset Management (now AIFM) / Schroders Real Estate: European logistics-focused real estate investment managers operating closed-end funds targeting transport and logistics tenants. Comparable through European logistics property investment and asset management for similar occupier base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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