HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, Berlinovo Immobilien Gesellschaft mbH and degewo AG entered into an agreement to acquire Portfolio of approximately 14,750 residential and 450 commercial units in Berlin from Deutsche Wohnen SE (XTRA:DWNI) and Vonovia SE (XTRA:VNA) for €2.5 billion on September 17, 2021. 4,250 of these residential and commercial units at a price of €811 million are from Vonovia's portfolio. HOWOGE, degewo and Berlinovo acquire almost 10,700 residential units and more than 200 commercial units from Deutsche Wohnen for about €1.65 billion. Vonovia's package includes around 800 apartments that will be notarized at the end of September, and the apartments shall be transferred to the municipal housing companies in January and July of next year. As on January 1, 2022, HOWOGE acquired a total of 8,267 apartments and 233 commercial units from Vonovia and Deutsche Wohnen. The purchase was financed through a corporate bond that HOWOGE placed in November 2021.
Alexander Hirsch, Christoph Brenzinger and Michael Brellochs of Noerr LLP and Bram Caudri and Philippe Koenig of Houthoff Buruma Coöperatief U.A. acted as the legal advisors to Howoge. Jan Kehrberg Jennifer Bierly, Petra Eckl, Andreas Peters, Rebecca Comtesse, Thomas Grund and Wolfgang Jegodka of GSK Stockmann + Kollegen Rechtsanwalte Steuerberater Partnerschaftsgesellschaft Mbb acted as the legal advisors and Mazars Group acted as the accountant to Dewego. Sara Berendsen and Henning Sieber of Greenberg Traurig Germany, LLP, Alexander von Rummel and Thomas Asmus of Lindenpartners and Fabian Ummen of Pwc Deutsche Revision AG acted as the accountant to Berlinovo Immobilien Gesellschaft mbH. Kai Mertens and Fabio Borggreve of Squire Patton Boggs acted as the legal advisors and Hardy Fischer and David Hotzel of Poellath acted as the legal advisors to Deutsche Wohnen. René Dubois, David Zafra Carollo, Jessica Vorster and Sandra Weyrich of Dentons GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft and Martin Schiessl of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater PartG mbB acted as the legal advisors to Vonovia. Jan Lindner of GÖRG and Henryk Haibt of Notare Droste + Haibt acted as the notary in the transaction. Christian Schulz-Wulkow of EY Real Estate acted as the real estate advisors to HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, Berlinovo Immobilien Gesellschaft mbH and degewo AG.