Tuesday, 15 September 2026
UNIQA Real Estate Management is opening its property investment platform to outside investors, marking a shift from managing real estate primarily for UNIQA Group to also handling capital from international institutions and large family offices. Germany and Austria will provide the initial focus for attracting investors.
The Vienna-based company currently manages approximately €3 billion of real estate assets and has around five decades of experience in the sector. Under the expanded strategy, external investors will be able to participate through investment funds, dedicated mandates and transactions involving groups of investors, depending on their capital requirements and investment objectives.
The new activity will use the same investment and property management infrastructure that UNIQA Real Estate has developed for the insurance group’s portfolio. The company covers both strategic investment decisions and the ongoing management of assets, allowing it to oversee properties through different stages of ownership.
UNIQA Real Estate’s existing portfolio comprises more than 200 properties with over one million sqm of leasable space. It includes offices, retail properties, hotels and residential assets, ranging from historic buildings in Vienna to modern commercial developments.
Geographically, the portfolio is concentrated in Austria and several Central and Eastern European markets. UNIQA Real Estate currently has property exposure in Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, providing the new external investment business with an established presence across some of CEE’s principal real estate markets.
Thomas Erdmann, Managing Director of UNIQA Real Estate Management, said the company intends to make the regional expertise accumulated through its own portfolio available to investment partners. The strategy will focus not only on acquiring properties but also on managing and improving them throughout the investment period.
The expansion gives UNIQA Real Estate a new source of capital beyond the insurance group’s own property allocations. It also positions the company more directly within the institutional real estate investment-management market, where international investors increasingly use local or regional operating platforms to access individual European markets.
UNIQA Group has operations in 14 countries and serves more than 18 million customers. Its established network across Central and Eastern Europe provides the real estate division with local market infrastructure that can now also be used for investments backed by external capital.
The change represents a significant development for UNIQA Real Estate’s business model. Rather than remaining primarily an internal property manager for an insurance group, the company is positioning its €3 billion platform as an investment partner for institutional capital seeking exposure to Austria and CEE.
