Real Estate Magazine

Anyone considering investing in real estate does not necessarily have to purchase a house or an apartment. If investment is defined as the ‘long-term commitment of financial resources into tangible or intangible assets’, we can safely conclude that any form of investment that commits capital into property may be considered a real estate investment.

Nothing enhances a property like a penthouse – and there’s no more coveted residential unit than the luxury apartment on the top floor. For good reason too: a penthouse combines maximum comfort and privacy with unobstructed panoramic views to create an extraordinary feel-good ambience.

Among the apartments and villas in prime locations, many German portfolios also include so-called ‘Liegenschaften’. But what distinguishes ‘Liegenschaften’ from other luxury properties? On the one hand, their spaciousness – on the other, a particularly high standard of location and quality.

Whether it’s their own home or an investment property, a detached house or an apartment, more and more owners in Germany are entrusting their construction to an experienced property developer. But what does this decision really mean? What makes working with a property developer special?

Why the world traveller, scholar and collector Alexander von Humboldt is namesake of our project. Like skimming our fingers across a spinning globe, a panoply of influences, styles, epochs, materials and colours reveal themselves in the ALEXANDER..

The striking building will integrate itself perfectly in the coveted Wilmersdorf neighbourhood south of Kurfürstendamm. Dark bricks over light limestone meld into a facade on the Emser Straße that draws on berlin’s classic brick architecture tradition. Forty­two masterfully laid­out units with high­quality fittings and of extraordinary craftsmanship are divided among the seven floors.

Duesseldorf is one of the most livable cities in the world, so says the annual ranking of a major consulting firm. Basically, it can be lived here almost everywhere well, beautiful properties are distributed throughout the city.

Architect Florian Kessel and developer Axel Schmitz discuss their collaboration, from preservation to architectural freedom, as well as achieving the highest home comforts.

One would think that there would be no other questions about elevators than their direction, but far from it: Showcase of exclusive RALF SCHMITZ lifts.

Luxury spacious apartment in charming urban villa available now – Those looking for tranquility and a refuge from the hectic pace of daily life will find it here

Buildings have charisma, too—and it’s no coincidence. Our sight lines usually go from outside to the inside—first we see the outer shell, then follows the core within. So it goes with buildings too.

Linienstrasse 72 concept honored with an Art Directors Club Award – Rocket & Wink’s design concept skillfully sets the scene for the contrasts of Berlin’s Mitte district

To guarantee that even the tiniest details of their high-end properties are given a special touch, RALF SCHMITZ relies upon the finest switch systems made in Germany’s Sauerland region.

South of Charlottenburg, in the venerable western half of Berlin, the district of Wilmersdorf begins directly on the world-famous Kurfürstendamm and stretches all the way to the Grunewald, a large forested area that abuts the western border of the city.

Graphical and elegant: With their very particular, timelessly classical aesthetic, our architectural ‘icons’ already incorporate the beauty of what is to be