DEMIRE Deutsche Mittelstand Real Estate AG (ISIN: DE000A0XFSF0) has financed the recently acquired office properties in Essen, Aschheim and Cologne within the scope of a portfolio acquisition, as well as a property in Kassel that has been in the portfolio for some time, with a loan of about EUR 102 million from a major German mortgage bank. The disbursement of the loan was made in June. The favourable financing conditions which include a term of five years, improves DEMIRE's financing profile.

Tim Brückner, CFO of DEMIRE in his comments says: "I am very pleased that we were already able to underpin DEMIRE's strong operating performance in the first half of the financial year with advantageous financing conditions. We see this as a confirmation of our strategy of buying properties with potential and adding value through our expertise in property management. With the disbursement of this loan, we have been able to improve our average financing cost by 25 bps to an average of 2.75 % as at 30 June 2019."