Jan Rouven Künzel leaves QUEST Investment Partners
Hamburg, Februar 29, 2024. Jan Rouven Künzel, co-founder and Managing Partner of QUEST Investment Partners, will leave the real estate company at his own request on February 29, 2024 and will initially sell his shares to the entrepreneur Erck Rickmers, who currently already holds 60% of the shares. Since its beginning in 2016, Jan Rouven Künzel and Managing Partner Theja Geyer have successfully built and led the project development and investment company. In that time, the company has developed 35 projects with an area of over 500,000 m2.
“After eight intensive years, I am leaving the QUEST Group, grateful for the successful time and proud of what we have built together. I would like to thank all employees and business partners, and in particular our main shareholder Erck Rickmers, for the trust they have placed in me and the good cooperation,” says Jan Rouven Künzel.
Theja Geyer, Managing Partner of QUEST Investment Partners: “I have worked with Rouven for 20 years in various property development companies. I want to thank him for his dedication, drive, good ideas, and expertise in advancing QUEST Investment Partners. Together, we have made QUEST what it is today: a successful and broad-based company with the aim of shaping urban development in a sustainable way. I wish him all the best for the future, both professionally and personally.”
Erck Rickmers says: “I would like to thank Jan Rouven Künzel for the excellent collaboration over the past eight years and the successful growth of the QUEST Group. With its focus on commercial properties in central locations, a targeted climate strategy, and the areas of renewable energies and property management, QUEST is now a well-positioned property development company. We want to take advantage of the opportunities offered by the current market environment and successfully develop QUEST even further.”
About QUEST Investment Partners
The QUEST Group is an integrated property investment platform based in Hamburg with offices in Berlin, Munich, and Frankfurt. QUEST focuses on investments in high-quality commercial properties with value appreciation potential in selected locations in major German cities. QUEST Development realizes its projects, joint ventures, and service developments. Since 2016, 35 projects with an area of over 500,000 m2 have been completed. QUEST Property Management currently manages 125 properties with around 550,000 m2 of usable space. QUEST Energy provides CO2-free energy: the company installs and operates photovoltaic systems on the roofs and exteriors of buildings.