INBRIGHT and Patron Capital Sign 16,310-Square-Meter Lease With Schnellecke Transportlogistik GmbH in Ludwigsfelde

Patron Capital and INBRIGHT have signed a long-term lease with Schnellecke Transportlogistik GmbH for a logistics property in Ludwigsfelde, south of Berlin, the firms announced Sept. 29, 2026. The lease covers approximately 16,310 square meters, or about 175,500 square feet, at Rudolf-Diesel-Straße 2.

Patron Capital is a pan-European investment manager and investor focused on real estate-backed assets. INBRIGHT is an investor, developer and asset manager of light-industrial and logistics properties. The announcement came from Berlin and London.

Lease Terms and Property Details

Of the leased area, around 10,000 square meters consists of hall and storage space, including offices. The remaining leased areas are Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS) space, which Schnellecke uses for its logistics and transport processes. The property is a single-tenant logistics asset in Ludwigsfelde, postal code 14974.

The joint venture acquired the property in March 2026 through a short-term sale-and-leaseback from Logtrans Spedition, a subsidiary of the Schnellecke Group. The new lease secures Schnellecke's long-term use of the site. The March acquisition announcement had indicated that Schnellecke would remain at the property until early 2027, when significant refurbishment work was expected to begin. The September lease establishes a longer-term arrangement under which the tenant remains in operation while the asset is upgraded.

Schnellecke is an internationally active family-owned company operating in logistics, transport and production in twelve countries.

Planned Upgrades at the Ludwigsfelde Logistics Property

INBRIGHT and Patron Capital plan to further develop the property while Schnellecke continues operating. The planned structural and energy-related measures are intended to improve building condition, energy efficiency and long-term usability. A central measure is the refurbishment of the roof, which will also create the preconditions for a future photovoltaic system.

"In Ludwigsfelde, we are deliberately developing the existing structures further to align the site optimally with the current requirements of the logistics industry. The combination of existing hall, storage and outdoor areas in particular provides a very good foundation for this. In close consultation with our tenant, we are creating the conditions for long-term use of the site," said Kilian Rendelmann, project manager at INBRIGHT Development GmbH. The quote is a translation of the German original.

Torsten Colditz, site manager for Ludwigsfelde at Schnellecke Transportlogistik GmbH, said: "Ludwigsfelde is a strategically important location for Schnellecke. The long-term lease provides the planning certainty needed to continue our operating activities here sustainably and to align the site with our future requirements. At the same time, it is important to us to have a reliable partner who develops the property in a targeted way alongside our ongoing operations." The quote is a translation of the German original.

Patron Capital and INBRIGHT Joint Venture Strategy

The Patron Capital/INBRIGHT joint venture invests in logistics, storage and distribution properties at established industrial and logistics locations in Germany and Portugal. INBRIGHT is responsible for development, asset management and property management. The focus is on the step-by-step structural and energy-related improvement of existing buildings and their adaptation to users' long-term requirements.

The venture is building investment platforms in both countries, concentrating on light-industrial and last-mile logistics properties. In Portugal, it targets a portfolio of 100 million euros. In Germany, the program has a target volume of more than 500 million euros. In both markets, the strategy involves acquiring well-located existing properties, developing them through ESG and capital expenditure measures, and building long-term investment platforms through active asset management.

INBRIGHT, founded in 2020, has initiated projects in Germany with an investment volume of more than 520 million euros and about 310,000 square meters of lettable area. The company also operates in Portugal through INBRIGHT Portugal and has 30 employees.

Berlin Logistics Market Context

Occupier demand in the Berlin logistics market remained substantial but uneven in 2026. BNP Paribas Real Estate reported 189,000 square meters of take-up in the first half of 2026, with prime rent for logistics space of at least 5,000 square meters at 8.30 euros per square meter per month and average rent at 7.30 euros per square meter, up 1% year over year. CBRE reported a lower first-half take-up figure of 170,300 square meters, a decline of just under 25% from the same period a year earlier. The two figures reflect differences in market boundaries, timing and methodology.

At the national level, BNP Paribas reported 1.5 million square meters of logistics take-up in Germany in the first quarter of 2026, 30% above the prior-year period and 3% above the ten-year average. Savills reported that prime logistics yields in Germany's major hubs had stabilized at approximately 4.5% by early 2026.

Ludwigsfelde sits in the southern Berlin-Brandenburg logistics belt and has an established industrial base. The property's outdoor storage component is relevant for transport and industrial users that need staging, parking and equipment-storage capacity alongside indoor warehouse space.

Sources

• INBRIGHT press release: https://inbright.de/pressemitteilungen/patron-capital-und-inbright-vermieten-mehr-als-16-000-m%c2%b2-in-ludwigsfelde-an-schnellecke/