Deka Immobilien has announced that its Kranhaus Sud office building in Cologne has been awarded a gold certificate by the German Green Building Council. Deka bought the building in April this year for EUR 65 mln and added it to its global property fund. The main tenant of the 16,400 m[sup]2[/sup] property is law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Deka Immobilien has announced that its Kranhaus Sud office building in Cologne has been awarded a gold certificate by the German Green Building Council. Deka bought the building in April this year for EUR 65 mln and added it to its global property fund. The main tenant of the 16,400 m2 property is law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

Deka expects to certify three other properties in its portfolio by the end of 2011. 'We strive to continuously increase the share of green buildings in our portfolio,' said Deka's managing director Torsten Knapmeyer.

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