Hamburg / Frankfurt, January 18, 2024 - Becken, a specialist in project development, revitalization, asset and investment management for commercial and residential real estate, is significantly expanding its asset and property management and ESG refurbishment business areas together with its subsidiary INDUSTRIA.

With this in mind, Markus Reinert FRICS (age: 58) will join the management board of Becken Holding as COO of Becken Holding with effect from January 1, 2024. The experienced real estate expert comes from asset and property manager IC Immobilien Gruppe, where he was spokesman of the management board. In future, he will act as the interface between development and asset and property management at Becken Holding. His core tasks will include the organic and inorganic growth of new asset and property management mandates and the coordination of these INDUSTRIA business activities with Becken's Manage-to-ESG activities. The asset and property management activities in the residential sector are currently bundled at INDUSTRIA in Frankfurt. INDUSTRIA Managing Director Jürgen Hau is responsible for these activities and manages around 60 employees in this area.
One of the Group's aims is to acquire new external clients for its asset and property management services. These are to come from the residential real estate sector as well as increasingly from the commercial sector. INDUSTRIA already manages external mandates. For example, the company manages the residential portfolios of Wealthcap, among others.

Jörn Stobbe, CEO of Becken Holding GmbH, says: "We see great potential in the combination of asset and property management with manage-to-ESG strategies and their implementation."

Markus Reinert, COO of Becken Holding GmbH, says: "I am looking forward to the new challenges in my area of activity within the Becken Group."

Before joining Becken, Markus Reinert worked for the IC Immobilien Group for more than eight years as Spokesman of the Management Board. Prior to that, he was Head of Property and Asset Management and Investor Services for Cushman & Wakefield LLP for over four years, responsible for the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa). Prior to that, he worked for Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) for more than 20 years in various functions and positions, including seven years as Managing and International Director and member of the German Management Board.

Jürgen Hau, Managing Director of INDUSTRIA and responsible for property management, comments: "INDUSTRIA was founded around 70 years ago as a management company. In this respect, property management is in our DNA, so to speak. I look forward to further developing our portfolio together with Markus Reinert. The external mandates we have already won confirm that we are adapting our strategy. Particularly in times of crisis, there is a greater focus on portfolios and their management or further development in the direction of ESG compliance. I see great synergies with our shareholder, the Becken Group. We want to make INDUSTRIA a major player in property management in Germany."