YOUNIQ AG, market leader for student housing in
Germany, is transferring its properties in Karlsruhe (370 units) and Greifswald (176 units) to
the "MPC Deutschland 11" closed-end property fund with effect as of March 1, 2012.
YOUNIQ is generating EUR 36.6 million of gross sales proceeds from this transaction, which
are to be invested directly in the further expansion of its core "Student Housing"
business.
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YOUNIQ AG is further strengthening its position as a
leading provider of high-quality student apartments in Germany with the acquisition of two
new sites in Bayreuth and Lübeck. From April 2012, a total of 236 student apartments are to
be created in Bayreuth, and a total of 187 in Lübeck, entailing a rentable space of around
9,100 m². The 5,800 m² (Bayreuth) and 5,200 m² (Lübeck) land plots are both located directly
next to university campuses. YOUNIQ AG is investing around EUR 28 million into the new
projects. The company anticipates that the construction and subsequent rentals will be
completed by the 2013/14 winter semester. Both projects are to be recognised in profit or
loss statement of the
fiscal year 2011.
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YOUNIQ AG, the leading provider of high-quality student apartments in Germany, has acquired an
undeveloped plot of land of around 9,000 m² in Potsdam along with planning permission. A
total of 388 new apartments with around 7,760 m² of rentable space are to be created in
the Kiepenheuerallee directly next to the campus, entailing EUR 26 million of investment volume.
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YOUNIQ AG, one of the leading providers of high quality student
apartments in Germany, has sold the "Alte Hauptpost" property
in Leipzig to a project company owned by Grand City Hotels GmbH, Berlin. Earnings on the
sale of the property that is located on the Augustusplatz in Leipzig were optimised with the
sales proceeds exceeding the property's book value of EUR 6.2 million. This particularly
serves to help YOUNIQ expand its core "Student Housing" business.
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YOUNIQ AG, the leading provider of high-quality student apartments in Germany,
continues to focus on its core "Student Housing" business. The company
has acquired a further site in Frankfurt-Riedberg via notarial purchase agreement,
with the property totalling an area of around 4,540 square meters. The project
"YOUNIQ Riedberg II" will be built around 200 meters from
campus and will encompass 254 apartments with a total
living space of around 5,600 square meters as well as 85 parking spaces. Construction is due
to begin in January 2012. This increases the number of apartments under management or under
construction to
2,453 units.
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YOUNIQ AG, one of the leading providers of highquality student accommodation
in Germany, has sold two undeveloped construction sections of the planned "Liechtensteiner Gärten"
residential development to GRK Holding AG. At the same time, the successful
disposal of the construction sections enables the company to discontinue its Project
Development segment within one year. The Project Development segment renovates high-quality,
listed residential real estate.
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YOUNIQ AG, one of the leading providers of highquality student apartments in
Germany, today celebrates its first ground-breaking for student apartments at
Frankfurt-Riedberg. The company is realising a 234 residential unit project
according to a design by architect Jan Dirk Müller-Seidler on a 5,380 m² area
located directly next to the up-and-coming Riedberg Campus. The furnishing and design of
the student apartments was developed in cooperation with the internationally renowned
architectural and design bureau Matteo Thun & Partner. The student apartments offer
high-quality furniture over an average living space of 22 m², and are rented according
to the company's tried and tested all-in standard, which includes all ancillary costs,
cable TV and high-speed Internet connection.
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Following the successful conclusion of its capital increase, YOUNIQ AG,
one of the leading providers of high quality student apartments in Germany, is pushing
further ahead with the implementation of its project pipeline. The company has acquired
an undeveloped plot of land close to the university from Wohnbau Mainz GmbH with a notary
purchase agreement. The "YOUNIQ Mainz" project entailing a total of 395
apartments is to be created on an area of around 7,700 m² at Wallstrasse 31-37.
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YOUNIQ AG, one of the leading providers of high
quality student accommodation in Germany, has achieved further milestone targets in
the implementation of its expansion strategy. The company's focus on its "Student
Housing" business segment is gaining further dynamics with the construction start of
the development project in Leipzig, the shortly awaited construction kick off in
Frankfurt am Main, and the rental start of the YOUNIQ property in Karlsruhe.
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On a gross lettable area of 2,660 square metres, 87 studio apartments were
created at the address Querstrasse 15/17. The apartments are located in a listed historic
building originally raised by the architects Schmidt and Johile for the Teubner publishing
house in 1907, and fully redeveloped for its new residents. "Even before the official opening,
we have already let around one third of the apartments," said Rainer Nonnengässer, CEO of
YOUNIQ AG. "This demonstrates the high demand for fully furnished studio apartments for the
student community in Leipzig. We expect to achieve full occupancy by the 2011 summer
semester."
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With the acquisition of a 5,330 square metre plot in Frankfurt's Riedberg district, YOUNIQ AG is set to
realise its first project in the state of Hesse after similar projects in Greifswald, Leipzig, Erlangen,
Karlsruhe and Munich. The plot is located on Max-Born-Strasse and was sold by Hessen Agentur and project
developer Gross & Partner. 230 student apartments based on the design of architect Jan Dirk Müller-Seidler
will be raised here and enable students to have their own abode while remaining an integral part of
the student community. Construction is scheduled to start in Q1 2011, and to be completed in time for
the winter semester 2012. The investment volume totals 19 million Euros.
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YOUNIQ AG just introduced a new approach called "YOUNIQ designed by Matteo Thun" as the company continues
to expand. Together with the internationally active architectural firm Matteo Thun & Partners, the company
not only refined and upgraded the quality of its architecture, fit-out and style, but revamped its entire
structural concept of student lifestyle projects. The new approach of YOUNIQ, Germany's biggest provider
of student living, includes the use of modular construction and of timber as building material. The
YOUNIQ projects on Schleissheimer Strasse and Georg-Wopfner-Strasse in Munich serve as prototypes of
Matteo Thun's design and the modular construction method.
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Six months after construction work started and three months after the commencement of the carcass
construction, YOUNIQ AG celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its first YOUNIQ property in Karlsruhe.
On an 8,500 sqm plot at the corner of Degenfeldstrasse / Gottesauer Strasse in the city's Oststadt
district, 337 student apartments are under construction that will enable students to live within
their own walls and at the same time to be an integral part of the student community. The 171
apartments of the first and second construction stage will be completed in time for the 2010/2011
winter semester, while stages three and four with another 166 apartments are slated for completion
by the 2011 summersemester.
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Right on schedule, YOUNIQ AG commenced construction of the student living project the company to be
realised in Munich's northern district of Milbertshofen. On a site located on Schleissheimer Strasse,
the company will complete 85 student apartments - modelled on the YOUNIQ concept and meeting the
needs of present-day students - in time for the winter semester of 2010/2011.
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YOUNIQ AG, seated in Frankfurt, is realising its second student living project in Leipzig. At Querstrasse 15/17,
a total of 90 studio apartments on a gross lettable area of 2,660 square metres are slated for completion by the
summer semester of 2011. Construction will start in spring of 2010. YOUNIQ AG already sold the estate during the
project run-up to a private investor who signed a long-term management agreement with YOUNIQ AG to operate the
properties according to the YOUNIQ concept.
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Today, three months after the opening of their first student housing project in Erlangen, YOUNIQ AG (until mid-2009,
"ALTA FIDES AG") will celebrate the topping out ceremony for the second phase of construction in
Drausnickstrasse 1a. By April 2010, a further 94 apartments will be completed here in accordance with the YOUNIQ
concept, which enables students to live in their own four walls and, at the same time, within a student community.
"Students in Erlangen are already wistfully awaiting the nearly 100 additional YOUNIQ apartments.
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With the acquisition of a second site in the campus city of Munich, YOUNIQ AG (formerly Alta Fides AG,
rebranded in mid-2009) is about to realise its ninth YOUNIQ project for student housing in five different
locations in Germany. The property on Georg-Wopfner-Strasse in Munich's Freimann district enjoys very good
infrastructure, with its direct underground rail link (U6 line), as well numerous shopping facilities
in the surrounding area.
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