We develop our projects in a modern, sustainable way

Vonovia is a residential real estate company that takes social and economic responsibility. We provide people with contemporary homes that meet modern standards, while doing our part to protect our climate. we incorporate innovative aspects of environmental, economic and social sustainability into our new construction projects – and always aim to continuously improve. Whether new residential construction, climate or demographic change: the housing industry plays a central role when it comes to the overall social challenges of our time.

Projects by our development subsidiary BUWOG

Urban areas are in urgent need of homes. We are helping to close this gap – through densification, vertical expansion and new construction. Thanks to its 2018 takeover of BUWOG – a separate entity in the company with new construction expertise – Vonovia has access to more than 70 years of development experience.

Speicherballett, Berlin

At our SPEICHERBALLETT project in the Berlin suburb of Spandau, right on the banks of the River Havel, a neighborhood is emerging that demonstrates what the neighborhood of the future could look like – one that promotes social diversity and quality of life, fosters the expansion of electromobility by making charging points available and uses solar power to save energy.

Pond in “52 Grad Nord”

The area between Regattastrasse and Dahme-Ufer in Berlin was once an industrial location. Now, here in the “52° Nord” neighborhood, it is home to a 6,000m² pond. It collects rainwater from the houses, purifies it by means of plants that grow by the water, and sends it back into the natural water cycle through evaporation.

“Kompasshäuser,” 52 Grad Nord

Sustainable raw materials are playing an increasingly important role in the construction process. In Berlin-Grünau, for example, our multifamily residences are built using wood-hybrid construction. Wood stores CO₂ as it grows and ensures a natural living environment when used as a building material later on. By contrast, we have used only limited amounts of conventional building materials such as CO₂-intensive reinforced concrete or bricks.

“Lotsenhäuser,” 52 Grad Nord

Marina Tower, Vienna

Geothermal energy is an inexhaustible and regenerative source of heat – and it is put to good use at our Marina Tower project in Vienna, where such a system generates some of the energy. A heat pump system uses the natural temperature of the layers of soil for cooling in summer and for heating in winter.

The View, Berlin

One of the tasks of architecture is to bring homes together with the community. The “floating walkways of Grünau” in the 52° Nord neighborhood is testimony to how this can be achieved. The central building of the three-building group THE VIEW has large balconies on the water-facing side. Walkways that appear to float connect the generous balconies and terraces on every floor with one another.

Urban Gardening, Vienna

Residents in the south of Vienna can also enjoy a special quality of life and leisure. With its holistic environmental concept, our ERnteLAA residential project allows residents to adopt a sustainable lifestyle and teaches them how to handle resources and nature carefully with its urban gardening approach.

Our aim is to create affordable and climate-neutral homes. By doing so, we are doing our part to protect the climate and providing new homes where they are urgently needed.

We factor environmental and social aspects into our new construction projects.
Our goal is to create neighborhoods powered entirely by renewable energy.
Projects that are designed with sustainability in mind help to effectively reduce the amount of space used and the area of soil sealed for new construction.
We take a building’s entire life cycle into consideration and use ecological construction materials wherever possible.
We approach mobility concepts in a holistic way, taking care to include e-mobility and mobility for all generations.
Through research and pilot projects, we test and continually improve innovative construction methods and concepts for energy and water management.
We are committed to digitalizing and fast-tracking approval procedures for construction projects.

Comprehensive project development

Our project developments include purchasing land without a development plan or dedicated purpose, completing new buildings, constructing new buildings on our own land, and the vertical expansion and refurbishment of existing residential buildings in our neighborhoods.
We either rent out new-build properties ourselves or sell them to third parties.

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Rental

The Rental segment combines all of the business activities that are aimed at the value-enhancing management of our own residential real estate. It includes our property management activities in Germany, Austria and Sweden.

Value Add

Value Add is where we bundle all housing-related services that we offer to complement the core property rental business: maintenance and modernization services in addition to services that are closely related to the rental business.

Recurring Sales

In Recurring Sales, individual condominiums or single-family houses in our portfolio are sold to private buyers. We have merged our sales activities in Germany and Austria to form one joint business area.

Strategy

To help in achieving climate protection goals while ensuring that our business model is fit for the future, we adapt our strategy on an ongoing basis.