About Aggregate Holdings
Aggregate Holdings SA (together with its affiliates, “Aggregate”) is a German-focused real estate investment company. As at FY 2022, the company had €4.7bn of total assets and a core strategy project portfolio with €5.3bn Gross Development Value. In its Build & Hold division, Aggregate owned Quartier Heidestrasse Track (“QH Track”), Fürst, Walter and Green Living. QH Track is a pure-play office building spanning over c.165,000 sqm of gross floor area (“GFA”), Fürst, is a prime commercial asset located on Kurfürstendamm in central Berlin with c.183,000 sqm of GFA, and Walter and Green Living projects located in Berlin have a combined GFA of c.842,000 sqm. Additionally, Aggregate holds a c.4% strategic stake in Adler Group SA, among other investments.
Management & Board
Chief Executive Officer
Cevdet Caner is CEO and shareholder of Aggregate Holdings SA. Mr. Caner sets the group strategy and helps the management team maximize value for the company’s stakeholders across existing as well as new projects.
He has over 20 years of experience in management and entrepreneurship across real estate asset classes, with focus on residential and commercial assets in both yielding and development segments. A graduate of Linz University, Austria, the genesis of Cevdet Caner’s entrepreneurship was Call & Logistik Center AG (“CLC”), a precursor to modern-day Food deliveries and so-called “dark kitchens” which eventually was listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange.
As executive, investor and advisor, Cevdet Caner has worked on more than three hundred transactions - across acquisitions, listed and non-listed equity and debt - with a total volume of billions of euros. Caner has been responsible for the significant growth and development of several German real estate companies. His involvement in deal-sourcing, financial structuring, and investment negotiation helped to finalise many high-profile agreements.
Chief Investment Officer and Interim Chief Financial Officer
John Nacos has over 30 years of experience in the financial industry in New York and London, having been Global Head of Commercial Real Estate debt at Deutsche Bank AG. John served as Supervisory Board member at CA IMMO, a Vienna-listed property company from 2015 to 2019 and was instrumental in steering the company’s success. At Aggregate, John Nacos is responsible for acquisitions and investments.
Benjamin Lee decided to step down as CFO of Aggregate Group, which became effective on 31 March 2023, in order to pursue other opportunities outside the company. Benjamin will support the company through a transition period.
Our strategy
Our philosophy is to extract long-term value for our stakeholders and partners at every level during the investment process.
Based on our strong, established network and deep market connectivity, we have access to undervalued assets and special situations with potential for significant value creation.
Following a rigorous due diligence process, new investment opportunities are often acquired at off-market at a very value accretive prices.
Post acquisition, the assets are actively managed and the following areas optimised : asset configuration and scale, financing structure and cashflow profile.
The strategy is to create platforms or assets in excellent locations which will continue to create value over time and which will be attractive to future purchasers.
Investment selection follows our three core business pillar strategies:
Our strategy
Our philosophy is to extract long-term value for our stakeholders and partners at every level during the investment process.
Based on our strong, established network and deep market connectivity, we have access to undervalued assets and special situations with potential for significant value creation.
Following a rigorous due diligence process, new investment opportunities are often acquired at off-market at at or below market value.
Post-acquisition, the assets are actively managed to optimize the following: asset configuration and scale, financing structure and cashflow profile.
Our strategy is to create platforms or assets in excellent locations which will continue to create value over time and which will be attractive to future purchasers.
Investment selection is aligned to one of the three pillars of our core business strategy: