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Colonia Real Estate AG Acquires Further 2.199 Residential Units in Greater Berlin



    Colonia Real Estate AG (ISIN DE0006338007) has signed a purchase
    contract to acquire 2,199 residential units in Greater Berlin. The
    portfolio comprises 121,000 square meters residential and 14,000
    square meters office space as well as 1,013 parking lots. The current
    vacancy rate is at around 10 percent. The portfolio was acquired for a
    multiple of 10.9 times the net rental income of around Euro 6.61
    million per year. The purchase price is to Euro 72.50 million or an
    equivalent of Euro 537,- per square meter. Over the last years, the
    acquired portfolio got substantially redeveloped and renovated for
    Euro 74 million. This transaction fits in line with Colonia Real
    Estate AG's recent transactions as well as their financial structures.
    The closing of the transaction is expected to take place this year.

    Colonia Real Estate increases therefore its residential holdings
    in the promising area of Greater Berlin to 4,700 units. The total
    residential holdings of the group increases to around 9,000 units. The
    active real estate asset management will be taken over by the local
    specialist team Resolution GmbH, Colonia Real Estate's Asset
    Management subsidiary, which reduced already after a short time the
    vacancy of the recently acquired Berlin portfolio 'Helle Aue'
    significantly from 22 percent to currently 17 percent.

    Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

    'We see further upside potential on residential real estate in
    Berlin and we are convinced about the value potential of the currently
    acquired portfolios. Cost reductions and an active management will
    reduce vacancy over time and enhance cash-flows substantially',
    comments Stephan Rind, CEO of Colonia Real Estate. The company plans,
    as announced, further acquisitions in residential real estate,
    especially in Berlin.

    About Colonia Real Estate AG

    Colonia Real Estate AG (Reuters: KBUG.DE / Bloomberg: KBU GY) is a
    listed real estate investment and management group focusing on the
    German market. Its integrated business model consists of three
    synergistic cornerstones: The Investment Division concentrates on
    high-yield residential property portfolios held for the company's
    account and opportunistic co-investments in commercial real estate
    together with prominent partners. Resolution GmbH specializes in asset
    management for the Group as well as for complex domestic real estate
    portfolios held by international investors, whom it also advises on
    transactions. The focus is on yield optimization and realizing
    appreciation potential. CRE Fonds Management GmbH's core business is
    the conception, the marketing and the management of structured
    investment products such as closed-end real estate funds for
    institutional investors and private clients.

    This news release contains forward looking statements based on
    current assumptions and forecasts made by Colonia Real Estate AG
    management. Various know and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
    factors could lead to material differences between the actual future
    results, financial situation, development or performance of the
    company and the estimates given here. The company assumes no liability
    whatsoever to update these forward-looking statements or to conform
    them to future events or developments.

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    Contact:
    Christoph D. Kauter Head of Investor Relations
    Colonia Real Estate AG
    Zeppelinstr. 4-8 50667 Koln
    Telefon: +49 (0)221 71 60 71 0
    Fax: +49 (0) 221 71 60 71 99
    E-Mail: ir@cre.ag

    Sylvia Faber
    Citigate Dewe Rogerson
    GmbH GoethestraBe 26-28 60313
    Frankfurt am Main
    Tel: 0049-69 90 500 - 100
    Fax: 0049-69 90 500 - 101
    E-Mail: sylvia.faber@citigatedr.de
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    Language: English
    Issuer: Colonia Real Estate AG
    Zeppelinstr. 4 - 8 50667
    Koln Deutschland
    Phone: 0221-716071-0
    Fax: 0221-716071-99
    E-mail: info@cre.ag
    WWW: www.cre.ag
    ISIN: DE0006338007
    WKN: 633800
    Indices: SDAX, GPR 250, MSCI Germany Small Cap Index, FTSE EPRA/
    NAREIT, E&G DIMAX
    Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Berlin-Bremen, Frankfurt
    (Prime Standard), Dusseldorf; Freiverkehr in Hamburg,
    Munchen, Stuttgart
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