Conversion of a 1992 office building into 163 apartments with ground-floor retail and 160 parking spaces, plus a new-build side wing. Architect: Max Dudler.
* sqm without additional floor
Uhlandstraße 181–183, between Kurfürstendamm and Kantstraße · Charlottenburg
Acquisition approval · Uhlandstraße 181–183
Project, planning position, returns
History, vacancy, purchase price
Charlottenburg · Ku’damm – Kantstraße
Max Dudler design, façades, courtyard, typical floor
Cost-to-value bridge
Yield and rent scenarios
Due diligence findings (CMS, structural, fire, MEP)
Workstream status, construction budget, timeline, term sheet
A 1992 mixed-use building, vacant for years, acquired at a fraction of its last transaction price
The building was completed in 1992 as an office and retail block with a three-level underground garage. In 2018 it was acquired by Credit Suisse (now UBS) for approximately €110m.
The mixed-use asset has been vacant for the last years. Credit Suisse initially planned to develop the property themselves. With the sale of Credit Suisse to UBS, the owners decided to dispose of the asset — also given the high initial purchase price.
We acquire the asset for €28.5m, roughly a quarter of the 2018 price, with an existing construction permit and roughly half of the interior strip-out already completed.
Charlottenburg · between Kurfürstendamm and Kantstraße · U Uhlandstraße
Uhlandstraße 181–183 sits one block north of Kurfürstendamm and one block south of Kantstraße, in the retail and hotel core of City West. U Uhlandstraße (U1) is 250 m away, Zoologischer Garten with S-Bahn, regional and long-distance trains 700 m. KaDeWe, Savignyplatz and the Ku’damm boulevard are within a ten-minute walk.
Designed by Max Dudler · plastered stone-grid façade to the street, planted brick courtyard
We have engaged the Swiss-German architect Max Dudler for design and permitting. We recently completed a comparable conversion project with the firm and were very satisfied with the result.
Max Dudler employs 120 architects and has close working relationships with the Berlin planning offices and the Senate. The firm was responsible for the redesign of the Bundesrat, the new Humboldt University library (Grimm-Zentrum) and the new Berlin Siemens headquarters.
The design keeps the 1992 concrete frame, replaces the envelope with a regular stone-grid façade, opens the courtyard into a planted garden and adds a slim seven-storey side wing in the rear. 163 apartments — predominantly studios and one-bedroom units — sit above two retail units on the ground floor.
2nd floor · apartments around the courtyard, side wing to the rear · 1:333
Standalone development appraisal, 9 September 2026 · €m · exit at practical completion, mid-2028
Pre-tax · GDV in €m · profit in €m · equity IRR on actual quarterly cash flows · base case highlighted
| Scenario | GDV | Profit | Profit on cost | Equity IRR | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exit yield 3.75% | |||||
| Rents -5% | 88.3 | 20.0 | 29.9% | 57.0% | 2.12x |
| Rents +0% | 93.0 | 24.6 | 36.7% | 68.0% | 2.38x |
| Rents +5% | 97.6 | 29.2 | 43.6% | 78.5% | 2.63x |
| Exit yield 4.00% | |||||
| Rents -5% | 82.8 | 14.6 | 21.8% | 43.2% | 1.82x |
| Rents +0% | 87.2 | 18.9 | 28.2% | 54.2% | 2.06x |
| Rents +5% | 91.5 | 23.2 | 34.6% | 64.6% | 2.30x |
| Exit yield 4.25% | |||||
| Rents -5% | 77.9 | 9.8 | 14.6% | 30.1% | 1.55x |
| Rents +0% | 82.0 | 13.8 | 20.7% | 41.2% | 1.77x |
| Rents +5% | 86.1 | 17.9 | 26.7% | 51.6% | 2.00x |
| Exit yield 4.50% | |||||
| Rents -5% | 73.6 | 5.5 | 8.3% | 17.7% | 1.31x |
| Rents +0% | 77.5 | 9.3 | 13.9% | 28.9% | 1.52x |
| Rents +5% | 81.4 | 13.2 | 19.6% | 39.4% | 1.74x |
Extensive due diligence with four specialist advisers
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A1 Status quo — workstreams · A2 Construction budget · A3 Project timeline · A4 Berliner Volksbank term sheet
Where the project stands ahead of signing
All cost groups DIN 276 KG 200–700 plus contingency · net of VAT · Bestand €1,600/m² BGF, Seitenflügel €2,200/m² BGF, garage lump sum
Revitalisation of existing building + rear-house new-build · GC tender open · Building permit Q4 2026
GRADIENT Development GmbH · Confidential · Not for distribution
All dates subject to authority decisions
Construction interim financing · one of two term sheets received (DKB pending comparison)