The real estate industry is facing major changes: economic uncertainties, new demands on space, and shifting usage needs are currently shaping the conversation. This makes the exchange between practice, academia and education even more important.
Carmen Dilch, Head of Bachelor’s Program Real Estate at FHWien der WKW, was invited as an expert to two networking events in recent weeks. These events featured not only a hearty breakfast but also insights into Austria’s hotel real estate and industrial and logistics real estate markets.
Where is the Vienna Logistics Market headed?
OTTO Immobilien invited the country’s leading developers to an exclusive roundtable discussion on the Austrian industrial and logistics real estate market. Following opening remarks by Managing Director Dr. Eugen Otto, Carmen Dilch and Alexandra Fischer, Head of the Industrial & Logistics Team at OTTO Immobilien, moderated the high-profile panel.
Companies represented included MLP, DLH, EQT, Go Asset, AYKA ParX, GARBE, CTP, Panattoni, VGP, and Propel. This brought together a large number of the developers who are currently playing a key role in shaping the Austrian market.
The panel discussion made it clear that the market is currently in a phase of reorientation. While developers do not anticipate a long-term slump, they do expect more sustained, cautious growth. In the future, construction will be more demand-driven and differentiated. The requirements for real estate are also changing: While traditional big-box solutions remain relevant, flexible business parks, urban logistics, and specialized warehouse formats are gaining increasing importance. Multi-level concepts currently play a minor role in Austria, whereas brownfield developments are considered an indispensable topic for the future.
Trends in Austria’s Hotel Market
The Pitkowitz & Partners Real Estate Breakfast was also all about discussing current developments, with the focus this time on the hotel real estate market. Carmen Dilch opened the event with introductory remarks and expressed her delight at the strong turnout of alumni and students from FHWien der WKW.
The discussion centered on highly topical issues surrounding tenancy law, value preservation (ZIAG and MieWeG), and the impact of index caps on the valuation of existing real estate.
The two events thus offered not only expert insights but also a platform for networking and exchange among representatives from development, law, investment, and education, demonstrating the strong integration of theory and practice at FHWien der WKW.
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