Bilfinger Real Estate, the future “Apleona,” has been awarded consulting and management contract for the Bilfinger SE corporate properties

The real estate services provider Bilfinger Real Estate, which will be doing business in future as “Apleona,” has been commissioned by Bilfinger SE to provide consulting and management services for the Group’s worldwide real estate portfolio, which comprises more than 800,000 square meters in rental area.

The real estate services provider is to assist in creating a strategy for the efficient, value-oriented usage of the roughly 250 properties owned by the Group. In Germany, another task of Bilfinger Real Estate will be to coordinate the letting of Bilfinger-owned properties as well as the rental of externally owned properties for use by the Group. Bilfinger Group units abroad can count on the real estate services provider to lend support when they are looking to rent properties.

Most of the Bilfinger-owned properties in question consist of office spaces as well as warehouses, industrial halls, and production sites used by the Group. About half of the portfolio is located in Germany, while additional areas are distributed across other European countries, as well as North America.

Roland Drissen, Head of Key Accounts at Bilfinger Real Estate, commented, “The goal of our work is to more efficiently put to use the floor space of corporate properties by implementing a range of measures, such as long-term letting, reductions in energy costs and operating costs, plus workplace strategies that enable the available space to be used more flexibly. To this end, we are bundling our competences in the fields of energy consulting, project development, strategic real estate management, property-owner representation, workplace management, and property letting.”

Ralf Klann, Managing Director of Bilfinger Real Estate and responsible for the company`s Corporate Solutions services, added, “Many corporate real estate portfolios contain dormant, unrecognized potentials that remain unused. Thanks to our real estate expertise, we can help enterprises align their real estate strategies with their overall company strategy, enable them to use their floor space more flexibly and efficiently, while significantly reducing the operating costs of their office buildings, warehouses, and production plants.”