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You are considering an acquisition
Before you make an offer, you want to know what the leases, service charges and building services contain and what the property can deliver over the holding period.
Crane Houses in the Rheinauhafen, Cologne. Photo: Thomas Wanitschke
Real estate advisory from the Rhineland
Interim management, advisory and marketing for real estate.
For real estate companies and portfolio holders we take on managing director and other leadership roles on an interim basis, advise on assets, portfolios and organisations, and manage portfolios at strategic and operational level. We support acquisitions and disposals under a licence pursuant to § 34c GewO.
Thomas WanitschkeOwner, 30 years in the real estate industry. You deal with him directly.Real estate of all asset classes
- Residential
- Office
- Retail
- Hotel
- Care
- Logistics
- Land
01Your situation
Where does your property stand?
Four typical situations and the services that belong to them. You start with the part that is due now and add more when needed.
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You hold a portfolio
Your property or portfolio should run reliably, with documented statements and reports that shareholders and banks can rely on.
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Your portfolio needs a turnaround
Vacancy, rising costs, a change of property manager or a managing director position that has to be filled at short notice.
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You are selling or letting
Buyers and tenants expect reviewed documents, an orderly data room and a presentation that shows the property as it is.
The house
Management, advisory, review and presentation from a single source
Interim management, advisory, review and presentation are interlinked over the life of a property. At alwa group they rest with one owner who knows the portfolio, the figures and the parties involved.
Your contact for all four tasksThomas WanitschkeI
LeadResponsibility on an interim basisWe take on management and project roles for a limited period, such as heading asset or property management, owner representation or the commercial management of a construction project. We prepare the handover to a permanent appointment.
Interim & AdvisoryII
AdvisePreparing decisionsAnalyses, feasibility studies, business plans and decision papers on assets, portfolios and organisations, for management, boards and lending banks.
All servicesIII
ReviewQUAESTRAIndependent review for acquisitions, disposals and existing assets. Every finding is traced back to its source document; the results are presented in the client portal.
About QUAESTRAIV
PresentExposé websitesA dedicated bilingual website for each property for sale or letting, with key data, location, figures and document requests.
About exposé websites
30years
Experience
Thomas Wanitschke has worked in the real estate industry for 30 years, for family offices, institutional investors and corporates. He has managed portfolios, led the commercial side of developments, reviewed acquisitions, supported disposals and built real estate organisations.
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- core services, separately or combined
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- asset classes from residential to hotels and logistics
- § 34c
- licence under the German Trade Regulation Act
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- memberships: IMMOEBS e. V. , crenet Deutschland e. V.
02Services
What we take on for your real estate
Four core services that interlock. You commission exactly the part you need, or support across the entire life cycle of your property.
01Interim & Advisoryincl. interim managing directorManaging director and other leadership roles on an interim basis, plus advice on assets, portfolios and organisations when in-house capacity or experience is lacking.
- Interim managing director of real estate, property and project companies
- Interim lead in asset and property management
- Analyses, decision papers, repositioning
- Asset and portfolio strategy, budgets, reporting
- Tenant relations, letting, service charge statements
- Service providers, maintenance, modernisation
- Acquisition review and due diligence
- Information memorandum, data room, negotiation
- Letting and marketing concepts
- Stabilisation of operations and realignment of the business model
- Interim managing director in turnaround and restructuring
- Portfolio takeovers, change of property manager
- Organisation, processes, digitalisation
Additional
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Reporting
Asset and portfolio reports for owners, boards and lending banks, with budget variance analysis and key figures.
View serviceAdditional · newBusiness Plans
Business plans for standing assets, repositioning and portfolios, with documented assumptions and scenarios.
View serviceAdditional · newService Charges
Review and preparation of service charge statements in line with the leases, for residential and commercial properties.
View serviceAdditional · newTechnical Due Diligence
Technical review for acquisitions, disposals and financing, managed by alwa group and carried out with specialist partners.
View service03Process
How a mandate runs
Every task follows the same process. Each step shows which services come into play.
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Initial meeting
You describe the property, the situation and your objective. We tell you openly whether and how we can help.
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Status review
We review leases, statements, technical documents and figures. Anything missing is identified. If a decision is pending, this becomes a review.
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Plan and mandate
Objective, measures, budget and fees are agreed in writing, with a business plan where needed.
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Delivery
We take on the agreed task, whether interim management, property management, a transaction or a turnaround.
Interim & AdvisoryReal Estate ManagementTransactions and MarketingChange ManagementExposé websites
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Reporting and handover
You receive reports at the agreed intervals. The work ends with an orderly handover to your team, a buyer or a permanent appointment.
04alwa group products
Review and presentation from the same house
QUAESTRA reviews properties before a decision; exposé websites present them for sale and letting. Both come from alwa group.
III · Review
Independent review for acquisitions, disposals and existing assets
Leases, service charges and building services reviewed down to the source, income and price calculated transparently, results in the client portal.
About QUAESTRA
IV · Presentation
Exposé websites for individual properties
A dedicated website for each property, bilingual, with key data, location, building, figures and document requests. The example shows a hotel as a sample property.
About exposé websites
Thomas Wanitschke handles your mandate from the first meeting to the handover.
05The person behind alwa group
Thomas Wanitschke
Dipl.-Kfm. (FH), Immobilienökonom (ebs)
Owner of alwa Rheinland Immobilien KG
Thomas Wanitschke has worked in the real estate industry for 30 years, for family offices, institutional investors and corporates. His focus areas are real estate management, project development and construction, transactions and change management.
At alwa group you deal with him directly, from the first conversation to implementation. Depending on the task, he brings in specialist partners, for example for technical, legal or tax matters.
06Who we work for
Real estate companies, portfolio holders, investors, family offices
Different tasks, one standard. You have one point of contact who knows your property and is accountable for the results.
Real estate companies
We fill management positions on an interim basis, support restructurings, portfolio takeovers and changes of service provider, and assist with acquisitions and disposals. We work with your teams and within your processes.
Owners
You hold one or more properties and want them managed reliably. We take care of tenant relations, service charge accounting, service providers and maintenance, and report regularly on income and costs.
Investors
Before an acquisition we review properties from a commercial and technical perspective. During the holding period we act as your asset manager; on disposal we prepare documents and the data room and conduct the negotiations.
Family Offices
We set up a real estate management function or run it on an interim basis, including organisation, processes and reporting. You keep the decisions; we handle day-to-day control.
Based in the Rhineland, working across Germany.
07Project experience
Real estate mandates from practice
A selection of mandates from recent years. We name clients only with their consent.
Mixed portfolio
Owner representation, asset management and property management for a mixed-use real estate portfolio.
Business park
Concept, implementation and management of a business park with more than 30,000 m².
International investment manager
Acquisition reviews and property disposals for an internationally active real estate investment manager.
Handover from the previous manager
Management of the property management takeover, including business process analysis and optimisation, for an internationally known corporation.
Family office operating nationwide
Set-up of a real estate management function including organisation, structures, business processes, marketing and digitalisation.
Care properties
Asset management of care properties for a European group.
08References
Clients we may name
We treat mandates confidentially. Listed here are clients who have agreed to be named.
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Acquisition review of a shopping centre with around 70 leases. QUAESTRA review of the leases and service charge statements, income and price scenarios in the client portal.
Contact
Talk to us about your task.
You reach Thomas Wanitschke directly. Briefly describe the property or portfolio, your role and your plans, and you will receive an assessment of whether and how we can help.
Thomas WanitschkeDipl.-Kfm. (FH), Immobilienökonom (ebs)