Aroundtown SA
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| Company type | Société Anonyme |
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| FWB: AT1 SDAX component | |
| ISIN | LU1673108939 |
| Industry | Real Estate |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , Luxembourg |
Area served | Germany, Netherlands, London |
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| Products | Office, hotel, residential |
| Total assets | €32 billion (September 2012) |
Number of employees | ~500[1] (2020) |
| Website | www |
Aroundtown SA (former Aroundtown Property Holdings Plc) is a publicly listed real estate company, registered in Luxembourg. It invests in commercial and residential properties in central locations in European cities primarily in Germany and the Netherlands.[2]
Company
[edit]Aroundtown invests in commercial and residential real estate. The commercial properties are held by Aroundtown, and in addition Aroundtown holds a substantial interest (40%) in Grand City Properties S.A. ("GCP"), a publicly traded real estate company that focuses on investing predominantly in the German residential real estate market.[2]
The company's total asset value is €32 billion, total equity value is €17 billion and funds from operations (FFO1) guidance for 2020 calendar year is above €500 million.[1] The net profit in 2019 was €1.7 billion.[1] The current global rating is BBB+ by S&P.[3] This credit rating is due to the business profile and the conservative financial policy with loan-to-value (LTV) of 34%.[1]
Over the last 5 years the company has raised over €20 billion in equity and bonds between 2015–2020,[1] working with global banks such as JPM, BAML, DB, GS, MS, Citibank, UBS, SocGen, Nomura, Santander, Barcleys, CS, HSBC, RBC and others.
The majority of the portfolio is located in the cities of Berlin (25%), Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Hamburg, Amsterdam, London and other major European metropolitans.[1] Approximately half of the portfolio is offices, the remaining is primarily hotels and residential (through 40% holdings in Grand City Properties).[1] Aroundtown owns over 170 hotels, mainly in Germany and other major European metropolitans.[1] The company owns hotels such as Hiltons in Berlin/London/Dublin/Edinburgh, Interconti Frankfurt,[4] Sheraton Rome, Marriot Paris, Crown Plaza Berlin[5] and Mercure Munich.[1]
History
[edit]The Group's business activity was founded in 2004 by Israeli Yakir Gabay, who is 10% shareholder.[6] The first acquisitions started in the center of Berlin, in neighbourhoods such as Mitte and Charlottenburg.
The company's stock was listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange in mid 2015[7] at a price per share of €3.2 and market cap of €1.5 billion.[8] As of mid 2018, the company is listed on the Frankfurt Prime Standard and is included in the MDAX index.[9] The company trades with at ticker "AT1" and has a full market cap of around €10 billion.[10]
Management
[edit]Aroundtown is managed by the management board, and is led by the Co-CEO Barak Barchen,[11] head of capital markets Oschrie Massachi,[12] Chief Development Officer Klaus Krägel[13] and CFO Eyal Ben David. The chairman of the advisory board is Gerhard Cromme, who served in past positions as the chairman of Siemens and ThyssenKrupp, as well as member on the boards of Lufthansa, Allianz, BNP Paribas, E.ON, Volkswagen and Axel Springer.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Aroundtown SA Company Presentation" (PDF). www.aroundtown.de.
- ^ a b "Aroundtown SA – Largest German Listed Commercial Real Estate Company". www.aroundtown.de.
- ^ "Rating – Aroundtown SA – Largest German Listed Commercial Real Estate Company". www.aroundtown.de.
- ^ Kingston, Charles (June 19, 2018). "Aroundtown features in prominent German hotel deals". REFIRE.
- ^ "Buying German Real Estate is This Company's Winning Strategy". Bloomberg.com. 2 February 2018.
- ^ "Aroundtown SA – Largest German Listed Commercial Real Estate Company". www.aroundtown.de.
- ^ "Aroundtown Property Holdings Plc. : ANNOUNCES STRONG Q1 2015 FIGURES, LISTING ON EURONEXT PARIS SE AND INTENTION TO RAISE EQUITY AND/OR BONDS". www.dgap.de.
- ^ Aroundtown Property Holdings euronext.com Archived 2018-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ AG, aktiencheck de. "Aroundtown-Aktie: Aroundtown wird in den MDAX aufgenommen – Kaufvotum bestätigt! Aktienanalyse (First Berlin) | Aktien des Tages | aktiencheck.de". www.aktiencheck.de.
- ^ "Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Quotes, Charts and News".
- ^ "Zusammenschluss: Aroundtown und TLG Immobilien verkünden Vorstand für gemeinsamen Konzern". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ "Oschrie Massatschi, Aroundtown SA: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
- ^ Köln, Immobilien Manager Verlag IMV GmbH & Co KG, Rudolf Müller Mediengruppe. "Aroundtown: Neuer Vorstand". www.immobilienmanager.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Management/Board – Aroundtown SA – Largest German Listed Commercial Real Estate Company". www.aroundtown.de.