Swiss Prime Site
Swiss Prime Site AG is one of the largest listed real estate companies in Europe.[2] The fair value of the real estate under management is around CHF 20 billion. The portfolio of the company's own real estate has a value of around CHF 13 billion and consists primarily of commercial and retail properties in the most important Swiss metropolitan regions of the Central Plateau. In addition to the real estate investments, the Group companies Wincasa, Swiss Prime Site Solutions and Jelmoli make up the Services segment.
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Type | Joint-stock company |
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Industry | Real estate |
Founded | May 11, 1999 |
Founders | Credit Suisse, Siemens, Winterthur Group |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | CEO: René Zahnd Chairman: Ton Buechner |
Number of employees | 1,474 (2021)[1] |
Website | sps |
History
The company was founded in 1999 by the pension funds of Credit Suisse and Siemens Switzerland and the then Winterthur Life (now Axa). Swiss Prime Site was listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in April 2000. At the time, the real estate portfolio had a value of around CHF500 million.[3]
In 2001, Swiss Prime Site bought a portfolio of office buildings from Swisscom.[4] In 2003, it acquired the Frey Group and in 2004 Maag Holding AG. In 2009, the takeover of the stock listed Jelmoli Holding AG took place. In October 2012, Swiss Prime Site acquired Wincasa AG,[5] a real estate service company in Switzerland, as well as the Tertianum Group.[6] In 2019 Swiss Prime Site announced the sale of the Tertianum Group.[7][8] At the end of 2021, Swiss Prime Site acquired the Akara Group to strengthen the Services segment.[9]
Completed construction projects: Espace Tourbillon Genf,[10] Basler Messeturm,[11] Opus Zug,[12] the PostFinance Arena and Schönburg in Bern[13] YOND and Sihlcity in Zürich[14] as well as the Prime Tower with the Clouds restaurant and its neighboring building. The Prime Tower on the Maag site in Zürich West, is with its total of 126 meters, one of the tallest office buildings in Switzerland.[15][16]
Real estate services
The business segment consists of the core business of real estate investments and Wincasa AG, a Swiss provider of real estate services. The investment focus in real estate is on investment in facilities, mainly with commercially used areas, as well as focus placed on project development.[17]
Management
The management consists of René Zahnd (CEO since 2016), Marcel Kucher (CFO since 2021), Anastasius Tschopp (CEO Swiss Prime Site Solutions since 2018), Nina Müller (CEO Jelmoli since 2021) and Oliver Hofmann (CEO of Wincasa since 2013).[18]
References
- "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). Swiss Prime Site. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- "Quarterly Review - Global Property Research". www.globalpropertyresearch.com. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
- "Development History 1999". Swiss Prime. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Development History 2001". Swiss Prime. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Swiss Prime Site übernimmt CS-Tochter". Handelszeitung Ringier Axel Springer Schweiz. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Development History". Swiss Prime. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Swiss Prime Site: Annual General Meeting approves all Board recommendations". Markt Puls. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "Swiss Prime Site sells the Tertianum Group to Capvis". capvis. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "Swiss Prime Site: Akquisition der Akara-Gruppe in Zug". IMMOBILIEN Business. 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- Hern, Miguel; ez. "Le projet social Tourbillon inauguré à Plan-les-Ouates" (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-27.
- "Messeturm überzeugt durch Ausstrahlung und funktionales Konzept" (PDF). Swiss Prime Site. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- Markus Graf. "Projektentwicklungenim Vormarsch". Private. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- "PostFinance Arena Bern / Neubau". ASP Architekten. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- Radovan Milanovic (19 May 2008). "Markus Graf, CEO Swiss Prime Site AG". Moneycab. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- "Swiss Prime Site AG : Official inauguration of Prime Tower". Market Screener. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- "Hochhaus-Kompetenz" (PDF). Prime Tower. 6 December 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- "Strategy". Swiss Prime. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
- "Executive Board". Swiss Prime. Retrieved 16 December 2017.