Matthias E. Bechtle founded COMFORT in 1979 in Düsseldorf. The property agent, who was born in 1952 in Tübingen, is now Managing Director of COMFORT Holding GmbH and COMFORT Center Consulting GmbH. At the same time, Matthias E. Bechtle is involved in a project development company, MBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft für Immobilien mbH, which he founded in 2004. It is also based in Düsseldorf.
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 Düsseldorf GmbH
Schadowplatz 12, 40212 Düsseldorf
Fon:+49 211 9550-0
duesseldorf@comfort.de
COMFORT Berlin-Leipzig 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-Leipzig 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
Björn GottschlingManaging Director
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.
Thomas HeckhManaging Director
Thomas Heckh has been Managing Director of Comfort Hamburg GmbH, with responsibility for retail investments, since 1 January 2015. Born in Stuttgart/Germany in 1968, Thomas is a Master of Business Management (CCI) and Certified Shopping Center Manager (ebs/GCSC). He spent several years abroad before becoming a professional estate agent at the real estate brokerage firms Kempers and Lührmann. Immediately prior to joining COMFORT he was an authorized representative with the functions of National Director and Team Leader Retail Investment at JLL.
Jürgen KreutzManaging Director
Jürgen Kreutz is Managing Director of COMFORT Düsseldorf GmbH and COMFORT Holding GmbH. Mr Kreutz, who was born in 1965 in Düsseldorf and holds a degree in Business Administration, switched to COMFORT from brokerage company Kemper's in 1999. He is now responsible for superordinate coordination of the Investment business within the Group.
Egon Meiners-HagenManaging Director
Born in Cloppenburg/Germany in 1976, Egon Meiners-Hagen is a property and housing expert with an MBA degree. He started out his career as a self-employed estate agent and property developer. After joining the COMFORT Group in 2007 as Investment Consultant, he was made an authorized representative in 2015 and appointed as Managing Director of COMFORT Düsseldorf GmbH, with responsibility for retail investments, in 2017.
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.
Daniela ReimertzManaging Director
Daniela Reimertz is Managing Director of COMFORT Management Services GmbH and authorised signatory of COMFORT Holding GmbH. Born in 1975 in Essen, Daniela Reimertz came to Düsseldorf and joined COMFORT in 1998. In 2001, she was appointed authorised signatory in the COMFORT Holding GmbH management team. In 2009, she also took over management of COMFORT Management Services GmbH.
Frank ReitzigManaging Director
Frank Reitzig is Managing Director of COMFORT Hamburg GmbH. The property agent, who was born in 1963 in Hamburg, joined COMFORT Hamburg in 2008 as a Leasing Manager, after holding various positions in centre management and leasing management at BBE, FRAPORT AG, I.T.C. Hamburg, FUNDUS Köln, B&L Group and Pirelli RE. Since 2010, he has been Managing Director focusing on Leasing.
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 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.
Holger WohnerManaging Director
Holger Wohner is Managing Director of COMFORT Holding GmbH. The businessman, who was born in 1960 in Rüsselsheim, switched to COMFORT in 1999 after holding various professional positions in the event and sales sector. From 2003 to 2011, Holger Wohner was also Managing Director of CENTRUM Grundstücksgesellschaft mbH. Since 2005, he has served as Managing Partner of his own project development company FIRST Immobiliengesellschaft mbH.
