The acquired building sits in central Aachen, next to the main station, and is scheduled for handover to tenants in September 2026.

RWTH Aachen University / the State of North Rhine-Westphalia leases around 79% of the lettable area, with the asset mainly comprising lecture halls, exam facilities and study areas. The wider development also includes a 300-apartment student residence, a 160-room Holiday Inn - the niu hotel, a World of Fitness gym and an underground car park. Hemsö frames the acquisition as another addition to its German education real estate portfolio in one of Germany's leading student cities.

Strategic context

For Hemsö, the acquisition reinforces its Germany strategy in public-use and education assets while attaching the group to a larger student-oriented urban development in Aachen. The deal gives Hemsö long-income exposure anchored by NRW / RWTH Aachen and places it alongside residential, hospitality and fitness uses that support a campus-style environment near transport.

For the market, it shows investor appetite for education-led mixed-use schemes where student housing is part of the wider value proposition even when the traded component is not a pure PBSA asset. The transaction also keeps Aachen on the investor map as a university city where institutional social-infrastructure capital is active.