Site search for companies
The right location for your business.
A location ties a company down for decades. That is why everything starts with a requirements profile derived from actual operations – space, clear height, floor load, doors, energy, accessibility for employees and HGVs.
The search is not limited to the market: owners and municipalities are approached directly, including about land that has never been advertised. A lease can thus often be concluded within four to eight weeks. Before a relocation, we check on request whether staying at the existing site is more economical.
Requirements profile
Space, technical specifications, budget and timeline – derived from your operations and growth plans.
Search & selection
Logistics, production, warehouse and office space on the market and through direct approach to owners; assessed shortlist with viewings.
Permits & authorities
Operating permit, building permit procedure and coordination with the municipality – clarified before signing, together with specialist planners.
Purchase & lease
Negotiation of price, rent, term, indexation and fit-out through to contract signing.
Market entry for international corporations
Your project team in Austria and CEE.
We supported VGP and Topgolf in their market entry in Austria – from the first site comparison to the opening. We take on this role as an on-site project team: market, procedures and contacts from a single source.
Market & location strategy
Regions, rents, labour market, transport links and energy compared – as a basis for the location decision at headquarters.
Search & shortlist
Assessed selection of suitable plots and properties, on-site viewings, decision paper.
Authorities & partners
Municipalities, authorities, funding agencies, law firms and specialist planners – coordinated through one contact.
Negotiation & closing
Purchase, lease or built-to-suit agreements through to signing and handover.
Built-to-suit
A building that follows your processes.
If the market offers no suitable space, it is built to measure: a developer constructs the building to your requirements, and you lease it long-term or take it into ownership. Construction usually takes around six to nine months from building permit.
For the company
The building is planned around the processes, not the other way round.
- Clear height, floor load, doors and energy as required
- Rent instead of capital tied up in the building
- Expansion and purchase options in the contract
For developer and investor
Construction only starts once the occupier has signed.
- Pre-letting reduces vacancy and financing risk
- Long-term lease with a known occupier
For the municipality
Targeted business attraction instead of land held in reserve.
- Municipal tax: 3% of payroll flows to the municipality every year
- Local jobs, economical land use
Occupier, land, developer and municipality are brought to one table.
Process
Requirements profile
Space, processes, technical specifications, deadlines and budget.
Land & zoning
Selection and securing of building rights.
Partner selection
Developer and investor, lease or purchase.
Planning & construction
Delivery within the agreed timeframe.
Handover
Moving into a building designed around your operations.
Sale-and-leaseback
Release capital, keep the location.
A company sells its operating property to an investor and simultaneously leases it back long-term. Operations continue unchanged, and the capital previously tied up in the building becomes available for the core business. With complete documentation, such a transaction can be executed very quickly.
When it pays off
When the capital tied up in the property earns a higher return in the operating business than the rental yield the investor requires.
- Financing growth, investments or acquisitions
- Paying down bank debt
- Preparing succession or a change of ownership
What matters
Investors assess property, occupier and lease together. An excessive rent increases the purchase price but burdens operations over the entire term.
- Alternative use of the property
- Market rent, term and indexation
- Options to extend or repurchase
Balance sheet and tax
Under UGB, the rent is recognised as an expense. Under IFRS 16, a right-of-use asset and a lease liability arise, and a gain on disposal can only be partially realised – the balance sheet effect there is smaller than often assumed.
- Coordination with tax advisors and auditors
- Review of VAT consequences before the sale
Looking for a new location?
Tell us your space requirements, region and timeframe. We will get back to you personally.