01Company
Quest Investment Partners sets standards in the revitalisation and development of properties as well as in investment and asset management. The company, based in Hamburg, Berlin, Munich and Frankfurt am Main, consists of the three business divisions Quest Development and Quest Property Management, then VIVAO. The joint focus is on property management for core-plus and value-add commercial properties with potential for value appreciation in selected locations in major German cities and in the Benelux countries.
The Quest Investment Partners division is currently responsible for around 3 billion euros in assets under management. Quest Investment Partners is owned by managing partner Theja Geyer and the investment holding company of property entrepreneur Erck Rickmers.
02Strategy
The development of continuously lucrative real estate by a combination of the factors: location – project ideas – capital – timing
Quest has the access to the market, the resources and the expertise to develop real estate to the next level or from scratch. In the selection of the locations, Quest is focussing in the field of office premises on urban ares (City and district locations) in Hamburg and Berlin as well on good central locations (prime locations) of German urban centers in the area of retail developments. Due to longterm connections and the good relationship with the tenants, new project ideas evolve even before the acquisition of real property.
Investment strategy
The aim is the creation of core real estate. Investments are only made in very good locations. There, the quality of the object is constantly improved.
The creation of values through:
- Development of projects
- Refurbishment and repositioning
- Improvement of the rental and revenue situation
03Management
Theja Geyer has combined the property company Quest Investment Partners with an investment platform for institutional investors. Before becoming self-employed, he was a partner at Art-Invest Real Estate Management. The architecture graduate also worked for IVG Development GmbH and Waterbound Real Estate, where he was responsible for project developments at Mayfair AG.
With concentrated expertise and a great passion for the refurbishment of special properties, he develops buildings with which he constructively helps to shape sustainable urban development.
Theja Geyer
Theja Geyer is a managing partner of Quest Investment Partners.
He is responsible for the areas of investment and project development.
04Development
Quest Development operates the project development business and has currently invested over 1.6 billion euros in almost 30 projects with an area of over 217,000 m². The company favours properties with a special ambience and unique selling proposition. The company covers all areas from property acquisition, due diligence and financing to planning, obtaining building rights and technical management through to marketing for letting and sales.
As a team, 40 experienced employees develop and manage high-quality property projects. The project development division also plans major properties in the form of joint ventures together with well-known institutional investors. The aim is to increase the value of property with individual and innovative ideas and to play an active role in shaping modern urban planning.
05Property Management
With this company, we operate asset management for properties in order to serve the entire value chain. In addition to property management, including reporting, we deal with tenant and letting management as well as construction and technical property management. We work for the companies of the Quest Group as well as for domestic and foreign investors with a focus on professional pension schemes, family offices, foundations and medium-sized property owners.
06VIVAO
The aim of the newly founded company of Quest Investment Partners and Competo Capital Partners is to use their joint expertise to provide investment and asset management for long-term property investments as value management and to increase the ecological, economic and social value of properties. In this way, sustainable property investments are actively shaped.
07Energy
Quest Energy is your partner for sustainable and climate-friendly energy generation.
The company aims to generate climate-friendly electricity from solar energy via photovoltaic systems on the roofs of properties.
08Funds
At Quest Funds GmbH, a 10-strong team is responsible for the fund and investment business as well as the asset management of the real estate and project development company.