KGAL Investment Management has marked its entry into the Spanish real estate market with the acquisition of a fully-leased 19,400sqm office building.

The German manager, investing on behalf of a pan European real estate fund, has paid an undisclosed sum to buy The Torre Esteve building from Iberdrola Inmobiliaria.

Built in 2017 the Torre Esteve building is a multi-tenant property of office and restaurant space over 14 upper floors, KGAL said.

André Zücker, a real estate managing director at KGAL Investment Management, said: “Barcelona has developed into a high-tech location in recent years. With the change in economic structures, Barcelona has also become more attractive to us as a foreign investor.

“Due to the lack of available modern office space in the central districts, we also expect rents to rise.�

KGAL, which operates throughout Europe, is headquartered in Grünwald near Munich. The company manages more than €11bn worth of assets.

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