ECE mobilizes €350m of buying power for residential real estate in Europe

ECE has completed a first closing for its newly launched inaugural European residential real estate vehicle, the ECE Better Living Europe Fund.

The fund has raised equity commitments from renowned institutional investors, including two large highly reputable German insurance groups. With the capital raised in the first closing, the fund plans the purchase of investments with a volume of more than €350 million ($352 million). ECE is planning to secure additional capital commitments from institutional investors in the coming months.

“The fact that we succeeded in raising high capital commitments from renowned investors in the current market environment with rising interest rates and costs, high inflation and a growing uncertainty is a great success and speaks for the quality of our product and the sustainability of this concept,” said Jan-Hendrik Walloch, a managing partner of ECE Living.

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