Real estate Switzerland

Our properties are mainly located in urban centres and easily accessible suburbs, as well as along main traffic routes. We are looking to expand our portfolio.

• PUBLICA currently has CHF 3.7 billion invested directly in real estate. That is around 8.5% of our total investments.
• PUBLICA currently owns 83 properties in the residential, office and retail sectors. In total, that gives us around 641,000 m² of rentable space – equivalent to around 93 football fields. 
• There are 50 places in Switzerland in which PUBLICA owns one or more properties.
• Two new projects are currently under construction.
• The average value of the properties is CHF 44 million.
• We have purchased properties worth around CHF 650 million since 2019 and are continually expanding our portfolio.

These figures ar for 2024.

We answer questions about our real estate portfolio at immobilien@publica.ch

PUBLICA’s real estate team is made up of 15 specialists in various areas:

• Portfolio Management is in charge of strategically planning the real estate portfolio, taking investment decisions, optimising returns, minimising risks and securing sustainable performance, while taking account of market changes and trends. 
• Transaction Management is tasked with identifying suitable investment opportunities and efficiently managing purchase and sale processes by means of market analyses, negotiations and due diligence audits, so that we achieve our investment objectives and transactions are economically successful. 
• Asset Management Real Estate draws up property strategies and realises optimisation potential for the individual properties. To do this, it works closely with the companies that manage and maintain the properties on our behalf.
• Our construction projects should take account of sustainability, be carried out to the required standards of quality, and be completed on time and within the allotted budget. To this end, our Construction Management plans, controls and monitors our development and building projects. 
• The Operations team ensures that business transactions that are financially relevant are settled correctly and accounting standards are complied with. It also provides support in data, IT and risk/quality management.