EHL Retail Properties Market Report 2024/25

Valuation

The key size for sustainable rents

Astrid Grantner-Fuchs MSc MRICS

Managing Director EHL Immobilien Bewertung GmbH

Commercial space is valued with an income approach or a DCF method based on the property rate and rental contract(s). The sustainable realisable rent

must be valued individually with the zoning or factor method. Under the zoning method, the business units are divided into zones (ranked by

and irregular layout, the less valuable. The declining quality of the space is included in the valuation as a decreasing percentage of the sustainable realisable rent. The factor method is primarily used for space that deviates substantially from the standard, e.g. multi-storey buildings or different types of use like sales combined with a workshop or office. According to the value of the separate areas for the overall use of the property, the best and weakest areas can be appraised individu- ally with a factor of 1 to 10. These valuation method are not rigid mo- dels: Individualisation and a case-by-case analysis are indispensable for determining a sustainable rent that is in line with the market.

and, accordingly, a possible over- or under rent must also be considered. This situation is quite common in the retail trade and the difference to actual rents is reflected nearly 1:1 in the market value. The starting point – as for all asset classes – is formed by comparative local values that

In no other real estate seg- ment is the determination of sustainable rents so important for correct valuation as in retail space – and nowhere as complex.

reflect the location, type, size, condition, furnishings and conservation status of the property. Retail space and separate areas

turnover). The general rule is: The closer to the entrance, the more valuable the space – the higher the number of niches

Reference projects: Valuation

ShoppingCity Seiersberg

EKZ City Arkaden Klagenfurt

This third largest shopping mall in Austria and the largest in the pro- vince of Styria is only 20 minutes by car from the Graz city centre. The location connects directly with the A9 motorway.

City Arkaden Klagenfurt shopping mall: The City Arkaden shopping mall is located on the northern border of Klagenfurt‘s inner city. It is the second largest shopping mall in the province of Carinthia after the Atrio shopping centre in Villach.

Total space Customer

88,400 sqm Finanz. Bank.

Total space Customer

36,600 sqm Finanz. Bank

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