01Development
Quest Development runs the project development business and currently has invested more than 1.6 billion euros in almost 30 projects spanning an area of over 217,000 m2. Preference is given to properties with a special flair and a unique selling point. The company offers a wide range of services, from project acquisition, due diligence and financing to planning, obtaining development rights, technical management and marketing for letting and sales.
A team of 40 experienced employees develops and manages high-quality real estate projects. The project development division also plans large properties as joint ventures with renowned institutional investors. The aim is to increase the value of properties with unique and innovative ideas and to actively participate in modern urban planning.
Managing
Director (CIO)
Luis Walther-Kraft
As Chief Investment Officer at Quest Development GmbH, Luis Walther-Kraft is in charge of the entire investment division as well as acquisitions and sales at the four branches in Hamburg, Frankfurt, Berlin and Munich. In addition, he oversees the strategic development of the company along with business development.
Curriculum Vitae
Luis Walther-Kraft has been with Quest since 2018, where he was last responsible for Transactions & Partnering as well as joint venture partners. He previously worked at GLL Real Estate Partners – now Mira Real Estate – in Munich and Paris on the purchase and sale of real estate in the pan-European sector. He was involved in transactions amounting to 500 million euros.
Prior to that, he worked for a company valuing European real estate.
Luis Walther-Kraft completed a Master of Science in Real Estate at the IREBS International Real Estate Business School in Regensburg and at Henley Business School in Reading, UK.
Managing
Director (COO)
Nils Femmer
As Chief Operating Officer, the experienced banker Nils Femmer is responsible for cost controlling and liquidity management of Quest’s project companies.
Curriculum Vitae
Nils Femmer is a banker through and through, having worked in various banks and gained experience in the fields of structured finance, restructuring and risk management.
Before joining Quest, he headed up the Hamburg real estate centre at DZ Hyp and was thus in charge of the sales region North. Prior to that, he spent more than six years as Head of Real Estate Finance Germany, Region North, at Deutsche Pfandbriefbank. He also worked at HypoVereinsbank/UniCredit in the field of Real Estate Structured Finance for almost seven years.
Nils Femmer graduated from Hochschule Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and Cape Peninsula University of Technology in Cape Town with a degree in Real Estate Management.
Managing
Director
Nicole Römer
As Managing Director of Quest Advisory, Nicole Römer is in charge of identifying relevant properties for acquisition, cooperating with brokers and establishing contacts with suitable capital and project partners. In addition, she represents the Berlin location.
Curriculum Vitae
Most recently, she worked as Head of Retail Capital Markets Germany at Cushman & Wakefield for over three years. Prior to that, she was Head of Retail at Art-Invest Real Estate Management. She spent a further 14 years with the broker Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) in the areas of retail leasing and retail investment, most recently as National Director. She began her real estate career at Kemper’s in 1997.
Nicole Römer graduated from Berlin School of Economics with a degree in business administration, specialising in marketing.
Head of Leasing & Marketing
Kira Groth
As Head of Leasing, Kira Groth is in charge of leasing all the properties in the Quest portfolio across the various locations.
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2016, Kira Groth has been working for Quest Investment Partners in Hamburg as Project Manager and Senior Investment Manager. She has overseen numerous projects, including listed properties. Since 2021, she has also been managing all activities related to the leasing of the properties.
She previously worked at the publicly listed construction group Hochtief for six years, most recently as Senior Project Developer. During this time, one of her responsibilities was the Hamburg Heights district development project with an investment volume of around 180 million euros.
Kira Groth holds a degree in urban planning (Diplom-Ingenieurin für Stadtplanung) from Hamburg University of Technology and HafenCity University in Hamburg.
Branch Manager München
Thomas J. Eirich
Thomas J. Eirich is Branch Manager and Senior Investment Manager at Quest Development GmbH in Munich, in charge of the new business and development of the Munich real estate projects.
Curriculum Vitae
He spent five years as Deputy Director and Fund Manager in the real estate division of the investment company Invesco Ltd. During this time, he was responsible for global transactions of logistics, office, residential and retail properties worth 1.3 billion euros. He also gained previous experience in fund and investment management at Hines and MEAG Asset Management.
Thomas J. Eirich holds a Master of Science in Real Estate from Henley Business School in Reading, UK, and from IREBS in Regensburg. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
02Highlights
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- Berlin
- Bremen
- Düsseldorf
- Frankfurt am Main
- Hamburg
- Munich
