Catella Real Estate is expanding its investment and fund strategy to include logistics and industrial real estate with the appointment of Wolfgang Holzberger as head of logistics investment management, effective this month.

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Holzberger has been entrusted with building up a logistics team at the Munich-based investment manager. He was previously managing director of Munich-based RLI Investors until November 2019 and responsible for transaction management, with a total deal volume of €1 bn.

Prior to joining RLI, Holzberger worked for Real IS as team leader legal for 14 years, accompanying numerous real estate transactions in Germany and abroad.

At Catella Real Estate, he will drive forward the development of a logistics fund for institutional investors and build up a portfolio. ‘We are very pleased that we were able to win Wolfgang Holzberger for us,’ said Henrik Fillibeck, CEO of Catella Real Estate. ‘With his 24 years of professional experience in the real estate sector, including 10 years in various management positions, and his expertise in the fund business, he is the ideal candidate to open up the logistics and light industrial property class for us and to expand our product range in this segment.’