Signa Holding
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| Industry | Real Estate |
| Founded | 1999 in Innsbruck |
| Founder | René Benko |
| Website | www |
Signa Holding GmbH (officially written as SIGNA) is Austria’s largest privately owned real estate company. Signa was founded in 1999 by the Tyrolean entrepreneur René Benko. Over the years, the two-man company with an initial focus on classic real estate development has become a pan-European real estate group with more than 150 employees and offices in Vienna, Innsbruck, Munich, Düsseldorf, Zurich and Luxembourg. The principal focus of the Signa Group of Companies is the long-term investment in real estate in prime city centre locations.
Fifteen years old, SIGNA Group has emerged as one of the leading and most successful privately owned European real estate companies. Dedicated to exceptional retail properties, the group was able to cultivate expert knowledge on the retail sector. In 2013, SIGNA extended its activities on merchandising by acquiring majority stakes in the German sporting goods specialist Karstadt sports and in Karstadt Premium. In summer of 2014, SIGNA took over Karstadt Warenhaus.
Since 2013 SIGNA operates in two independent business segments.
SIGNA PRIME SELECTION AG
Long term ownership of exceptional city-centre properties in European highstreets
SIGNA PROPERTY FUNDS
Closed-end real estate funds
SIGNA Development
Traditional project development
SIGNA RECAP
Real estate investment products
Karstadt Sports
Number 2 German sporting goods retailer
Karstadt Warenhaus
German department store group with over a century of tradition and experience
The KaDeWe Group
Operator of premium department stores in the legendary KaDeWe in Berlin, Alsterhaus in Hamburg and Oberpollinger in Munich
The group of companies covers real estate assets worth more than 5.5 billion euros and is one of the largest private owners of real estate in the centres of Vienna and Innsbruck. The Signa Group is not only active in its core markets of Austria and Germany but also in Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Czech Republic.
The principal shareholder of Signa Holding is the Familie Benko Privatstiftung which holds 50 per cent plus one vote. The remaining shares have been owned since 2009 by the Greek ship owner George Economou.
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