Industrial engineer and real estate economist (ebs) Björn Gottschling was born near Hanover/Germany in 1975 and has been working in the Berlin investment market since 2001. He joined COMFORT as Retail Investment Director and authorized representative in 2010 after previous positions at Kemper´s and Jones Lang LaSalle. He has been Managing Director of COMFORT Berlin-Leipzig GmbH, with responsibility for retail investments, since 2013.
Prime business
location.
The COMFORT Group is an independent estate agent and property consulting firm that was established in 1979 specialising in retail properties at prime city centre locations in Germany and Austria. Today, it is one of the leading companies in this segment.
Focusing on a small yet exclusive market segment offers benefits to both us and our clients, many of which are expansion-oriented German and international retail companies, property owners and investors. They all know from experience that quality and success can only be achieved with a consistent and focused strategy.
We are also close to our markets, with offices in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich and Vienna. We offer the perfect combination of local market know-how plus national and international expertise. With our focus on prime locations we are usually one step ahead of the market.
We know what we’re doing and we do it well.
The specialist
for retail property.
Our long-term concentration on the retail property market has allowed us to build our excellent reputation as a retail property specialist. Instead of diversifying into other types of properties when the market got tough, we continued to focus consistently on prime locations. Out of conviction. And out of experience.
For this reason, our customers in the area of leasing invariably include all the successful chain store companies as well as regional retailers. They all value the COMFORT Group's knowledge and services and use them on a regular basis.
Our services naturally also include the conceptual design and restructuring of retail property for property owners or project developers. What we plan, we implement. What we advise you, we recommend from experience and based on knowledge of current market requirements. In this way, everyone involved benefits.
About us
COMFORT Research & Consulting GmbH
Mönckebergstraße 13, 20095 Hamburg
Fon:+49 40 300858-18
crc@comfort.de
COMFORT Düsseldorf GmbH
Schadowplatz 12, 40212 Düsseldorf
Fon:+49 211 9550-0
duesseldorf@comfort.de
COMFORT Berlin GmbH
Joachimsthaler Straße 34, 10719 Berlin
Fon:+49 30 780961-0
berlin@comfort.de
COMFORT Hamburg GmbH
Mönckebergstraße 13, 20095 Hamburg
Fon:+49 40 300858-0
hamburg@comfort.de
COMFORT Berlin GmbH
Goethestraße 1, 04109 Leipzig
Fon:+49 341 339681-0
leipzig@comfort.de
COMFORT München GmbH
Rindermarkt 6, 80331 München
Fon:+49 89 219988-0
muenchen@comfort.de
Management
Olaf PetersenManaging Director
Olaf Petersen is Managing Director of COMFORT Management Services GmbH. Mr Petersen, who was born in 1962 in Eckernförde and holds a degree in Economics, first worked for the Schleswig-Holstein Statistical State Office in Kiel, then as chief economist at the department store association of the Federal Office for Goods Transport in Cologne and finally as a manager at GfK GeoMarketing GmbH, formerly PRISMA Institut, in Hamburg. From 2003 to 2010, Petersen was also a member of the "Property Committee" of Immobilien Zeitung (a German property magazine) and ZIA (German Property Federation) where he was responsible for trade property. In 2011, he switched to COMFORT. He is responsible for the area of Research & Consulting.
Christian RosenManaging Director
Born in 19711, the econimic geograph from Aachen is Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS). He was previously active in a leading position at BNP Paribas Real Estate and Lührmann, before he acted as member of Catella Property Consultants throughout Germany. Since 2022 he has been Managing Director of COMFORT Düsseldorf with focus on investments.
Manfred A. SchalkManaging Director
Manfred A. Schalk is Managing Director of COMFORT München GmbH. Mr Schalk, who was born in 1962 in Burghausen and holds a degree in Business Administration and Property Economics from the EBS, switched to COMFORT in 2004 after holding professional positions with brokerage companies Kemper's and Jones Lang LaSalle. Since then, he has been responsible for COMFORT's activities in southern Germany as well as superordinate coordination of the Leasing business within the Group.
Thorsten SondermannManaging Director
Thorsten Sondermann is Managing Director of COMFORT München Holding GmbH. Born in 1971, he became an estate agent at Eschner & Partner in Frankfurt after graduating from the International Business School Lippstadt - Bad Waldliesborn. He joined COMFORT in Munich as Retail Investment Director in 2007 after holding the positions of Sales Director at LBS Immobilien GmbH, Property Specialist at AWD and Estate Agent at retail property specialist Lührmann. During 2011 and 2012 he was enrolled at the International Real Estate Business School in Regensburg, graduating with a degree in real estate economics. Thorsten has been Managing Director of Comfort München GmbH since 2013.
Ronald SteinhagenManaging Director
Ronald Steinhagen is Managing Director of COMFORT Berlin-Leipzig GmbH.After holding positions at Rohrer Immobilien, Trigon and the Stoffel Group, the property agent, who was born in 1956, has been Managing Director of COMFORT Berlin GmbH since 2005. Since 2007, he has been Managing Director, focusing on Leasing, of COMFORT Berlin-Leipzig GmbH.
