Tradition and Innovation. For a Successful Future.
With a portfolio of approximately 53.000 residential units, GSW Immobilien AG is a leading residential property company in private ownership in Berlin. A subsidiary of GSW also manages approximately 17.500 residential- and commercial units for third parties.
The name GSW stands for more than 85 years of experience and commercial stability, and equally for modern expertise and an excellent relationship with the international financial market.
Here at GSW, our business is based on ensuring high levels of tenant satisfaction, providing residential properties for owner occupancy and as investments as well as on continuously expanding our stock of housing.
To tenants and buyers, GSW offers attractive apartments in carefully developed surroundings and on excellent terms. The special significance we attach to the concept of customer orientation is also reflected by the broad range of accompanying services on offer.
The strategic approach to developing value using residential properties is based on the company's value-oriented portfolio and property management policies. By deploying financing instruments that have proven themselves internationally, innovative product developments and efficient investment strategies, GSW is able to transform frequently static assets into secure and flexible capital market products.
This range of options allows it to cater to the retirement needs of tenants and small investors as well as to the returns expected by the markets. The objective is to develop GSW into the leading player in terms of opinion and quality on Berlin's residential property market. Our focus in pursuing this objective is on:
- targeted investments in the modernisation of properties and in the social balance of the tenant structure based on a policy of active neighbourhood management
- maintaining close relations with customers to ensure long-term tenant satisfaction and loyalty
- investing in new housing stock with development potential ? making attractive property acquisition offers to our tenants, owner-occupiers and private investors
- developing and implementing portfolio strategies for each residential unit
- continuously monitoring and improving our internal processes
GSW has put a strategy in place to ensure a successful future: for investors, employees and for over 130,000 people living safely and happily in GSW properties. A long-standing commitment to the city of Berlin is one of the company's core values, as is the concept of lasting social responsibility. The GSW privatisation code protecting tenant rights and the commitment to social, cultural and sport projects that focus on children and young people are examples of long-term investments in the future of both GSW and Berlin.