CS Global Real Estate opens in Lausanne
Credit Suisse Asset Management's Global Real Estate has opened an office in Lausanne. This underlines the importance of the French-speaking part of Switzerland for the Swiss real estate market, the company says.
The aim of the new presence is to expand and develop existing and new partnerships in Western Switzerland, says the Global Real Estate. The branch will be represented by Michel Burgunder for acquisitions, Sonia Romano for marketing and Grégoire Hählen as asset manager.
In the view of Raymond Rüttimann, Head Global Real Estate Switzerland, the new location is an optimal starting point for future real estate projects: "Real estate is per se a local asset class, the success of which requires appropriate local networks and knowledge."
According to Credit Suisse, Global Real Estate has around 200 portfolio properties and construction projects worth CHF five billion invested in Western Switzerland. These include, for example, the Campus Santé in Geneva in the Jardin des Nations, which is part of the real estate portfolio of the CSA Real Estate Switzerland Commercial investment group, or the Cour de Gare development in Sion from the CSA Real Estate Switzerland investment group portfolio.
Lausanne is the fifth location of Credit Suisse's Global Real Estate, alongside Zurich, Frankfurt, New York and Singapore. (ah)
