THE KARDHAM GROUP ACCELERATES ITS DEVELOPMENT IN EUROPE AND CREATES KARDHAM GERMANY
PRESS RELEASE
Paris, 18 January 2022 - The Kardham GroupGroup, the leading independent and integrated French player in the professional real estate market, announces the creation of the holding company Kardham Germany with, as a first operation, the acquisition of P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH, a consultancy and support company for the development of professional workspaces. With this arrival in one of the most dynamic European markets, Kardham is accelerating its European expansion strategy, which will begin in 2019.
This external growth operation will create synergies between the two French and German entities with the ambition of making Kardham Germany a leading national player.
The first acquisition in Kardham Germany is the acquisition of P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbHP.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH, an independent business property operator located north of Frankfurt. The company, which employs around 20 people, offers consulting services in workplace, change management and space design.
With this transaction, P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH will complete its range of services by offering competences in architecture, digital or design & build, an activity that the Kardham Group wishes to develop on the German market. In addition to the expansion of its range of services, P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH will also be able to draw on the strength of a network of more than 400 employees and will thus be better equipped to respond to larger-scale projects.
For its part, P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH Kardham provides proximity and perfect knowledge of the German market, local culture and regulations. These are important assets for supporting the international development of Kardhams clients, especially in a market that is considered complex because it is highly fragmented.
"Joining the Kardham Group is a great boost for our business. It will help us to structure ourselves, to develop and to position ourselves on diversified markets with high added value and high stakes. It is therefore a lever of attractiveness for our clients but also for our employees who now have the possibility to access new skills and expertise and to evolve in a dynamic group with an international presence", comments Thomas Pfeiffer, Managing Partner of P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH.
"We are delighted to welcome P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH into the Kardham community. The arrival of P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH augurs well for synergies between our two companies. The German market is very promising, withmany Mittelstand companies and more and more international companies setting up operations. Moreover, because it is heterogeneous, accessing this market is a real challenge. P.O.T. Beratungsteam GmbH will help us to meet this challenge and to develop our skills more widely across the Rhine", continues Ursula Raidt, Strategic Development & International Director of the Kardham Group.
"The creation of Kardham Germany is part of a strong strategic desire that we have had for many yearsto diversify geographically and to accelerate our influence in Europe. As a global partner for real estate projects, we are increasingly solicited by our clients wishing to expand outside our borders. Inthe German market ,we want to build up a Kardham Germany through internal and external growth, which we hope will soon be considered a leading national player, and we now have an additional card in our hand to serve the ambitious projects of our current and future clients. As far as the European market is concerned, we are continuing our networking efforts by seeking partnerships that create value for the Kardham Group, its shareholders, customers and stakeholders ," concludes Jean-François Couëc, President of the Kardham Group.
ABOUT THE KARDHAM GROUP
The Kardham Group is a multi-trade specialist that assists its clients, users, owners, developers and investors, in all aspects of their real estate projects, from the upstream strategy to the completion of their real estate projects, in France and around the world. Kardham has nearly 400 employees. Thanks to our BIM, Green and R&D expertise, our teams of specialists offer innovative solutions that guarantee economic, technical, construction and social performance:
- Consulting: strategy, real estate research and negotiation, programming, AMO, Change & Workplace consulting
- Architecture & Engineering: integrated approach to architectural, environmental, TCE and digital design in a BIM process
- Space design: from conception to turnkey implementation
- Digital: smart building digital infrastructures and services
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