Dear guests, thank you for being here today and for your interest in real estate research!
I commenced my General Business studies at the European Business School in 1996, and graduated in 1999 with a Master in Real Estate. Real estate research is a broad field, which is flanked by real estate law, real estate tax law and real estate economics. It is exactly this diversity that has always fascinated me. In 2008, the Aareal Award of Excellence in Real Estate was jointly created by my Chair of Real Estate Investment and Finance at the European Business School (EBS) and by Aareal Bank AG with the intention to offer those interested in real estate research an incentive to promote real estate economics, to be innovative and to create new trends.
With the Aareal Award of Excellence in Real Estate Research, I hope that many will share my affinity for real estate research and at the same time have the courage to turn in their research papers to have them reviewed by international experts.
I am looking forward to your research material and keep my fingers crossed for a first prize.
Yours sincerely,
Nico Rottke