Real Estate Investors in Austria

HIH Invest Real Estate GmbH, part of the HIH Group founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, is a leading institutional real estate investment manager. Specializing in Core and Core‑Plus assets—including office, retail, healthcare, logistics, and residential sectors—HIH Invest serves approximately 280 institutional clients across Europe. The firm provides comprehensive investment solutions, fund structuring, asset management, leasing, project development, and transaction execution. With a disciplined risk-controlled approach and strong ESG alignment, HIH Invest manages €22.3 billion of assets under management and is known for deep European market expertise. Leveraging in‑house teams and fully integrated capabilities from the wider HIH Group—including fund administration, IT consulting, and sustainable infrastructure solutions—HIH maintains a presence in eight major European markets to stay close to opportunities and deliver tailored value across investment life cycles.

The WALTER GROUP is a prominent Austrian private group of companies, established in 1924, with a strong presence across Europe. The group's core business activities are highly diversified, encompassing various sectors. These include the Europe-wide organization of full truck loads (FTL) via road and combined transport through its subsidiary LKW WALTER, a leading transport organization in the region.Beyond logistics, the WALTER GROUP is a specialist in mobile space solutions, offering the sale and rental of office, storage, and sanitary containers across Europe through CONTAINEX. The group also has significant involvement in real estate, investing in and letting commercial and residential properties via WALTER BUSINESS-PARK and WALTER REAL ESTATE. Additionally, it provides comprehensive warehousing services through WALTER LAGER-BETRIEBE, operating modern high-bay warehouses with substantial pallet capacities. The group further extends its services to the leasing of trailers and tractors through WALTER LEASING.The WALTER GROUP operates as a management-run private entity, emphasizing financing through generated cash flow rather than bank loans. It employs over 5,000 staff members from more than 40 nations, speaking over 35 languages, reflecting its international reach and diverse workforce. The group maintains a first-class credit rating from international agencies, underscoring its financial stability and robust business model.While the WALTER GROUP's activities include investing in and letting properties, and leasing equipment, it primarily functions as a diversified operational group rather than a traditional external investment firm focused on venture capital or private equity in unrelated companies. Its investment activities are largely concentrated within its core business areas of real estate and asset-based financing for its transport and logistics operations.

Weilburg Family Office is an Austrian multi-family office dedicated to providing comprehensive wealth management and advisory services. The firm specializes in strategic planning, wealth structuring, and the holistic management of significant assets across various investment classes. Their core mission is to alleviate the complexities associated with managing substantial wealth, offering professional investment strategies, operational control, and risk management tailored to individual client needs.Established in 2019, Weilburg Family Office was founded to serve as a trusted partner for private individuals, families, and foundations, guiding them through all aspects of wealth preservation and growth. Sebastian Scholda, MA, serves as the CEO and Managing Partner. The firm officially received its license as an investment services provider from the FMA (Financial Market Authority) in Austria in December 2019, becoming authorized to provide investment advice and order transmission services from January 2020.While specific portfolio companies are not publicly disclosed, Weilburg Family Office offers a dedicated private equity module. This module provides clients and institutional investors with access to the private equity asset class through annually launched private equity funds of funds. These funds invest in leading private equity funds, encompassing buyout, growth, and venture strategies. The firm's private equity investment focus is geographically centered on North America and Europe, specifically within OECD countries. They also manage and advise on real estate investments.The Weilburg Family Office team comprises experienced professionals, including Sebastian Scholda (CEO), Matthias Klautzer (Head of Family Office), Julia Feistl (Head of Reporting and Controlling), Nicole Pfeiler (Assistant to Management), Nikolaus Past (Head of Real Estate), and Nina Shabani (Accounting, Office Management). The firm has also strengthened its investment team with the addition of Alwin Lahl as a Senior Investment Manager, who focuses on liquid and private equity investments, bringing extensive experience from the pensions market.