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Consus Real Estate - Embracing the ‘build-to-hold’ business model

On 15 December, Consus announced that Ado Properties had acquired a c 22% stake in the company for €294m in cash. The purchase price of €9.72 per share represents a c 58% premium to the closing price of €6.15 on 13 December. As a result, Ado’s current holding is c 25%, with a call option for a further 51% stake. On exercise of the option, Ado intends to make an exchange offer for the remaining shares. The announcement follows the agreed merger of Ado and Adler Real Estate and will make it the third-largest listed residential company in Germany. Moreover, Ado and Consus signed a strategic co-operation agreement on joint development projects.
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Consus Real Estate AG

CONSUS Real Estate AG is a Germany-based company specialized in the real estate sector. The Company specializes in the development of entire neighborhoods and standardized flats. Additionally, CONSUS Real Estate AG operates along the entire real estate development chain, which includes the acquisition, development & planning, forward sales, construction, hand-over, as well as letting of real estate developments and other services via its subsidiaries CG Gruppe AG and SSN Group AG. The Company reports its businesses into three main segments: Consus, which focusses on supporting the subsidiaries through head office functions; CG, which includes the development of real estate for residential and commercial use, as well as the renting of commercial and residential real estate services, and SSN, which encompasses the development of real estate for residential and commercial use. The Company is present in Berlin and Frankfurt, among others.

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Martyn King

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