German Property Federation (ZIA)

The German Property Federation or ZIA, is a regulatory and economic lobby group for policy in the property sector. The confederation was founded in 2006 by well-known companies from the property sector in Berlin and is a member of the Federation of German Industry (BDI). At European level the ZIA is represented in Brussels and will be established there as the German Property Federation. The President of the Federation is Dr. Andreas Mattner, member of the executive board at ECE Projektmanagement G.m.b.H. & Co. KG.

The strong voice of the German property sector

With a nearly 20% share of gross domestic product, the property sector is one of the most important industries in the German economy. It employs approximately 10% of all workers in Germany and is therefore a key industry for growth and employment.

The property sector consists of numerous sub-sectors, for example, listed property companies, residential housing companies, project developers, broker companies, owners of industrial property portfolios or fund companies. There are sector associations, but these represent the particular interests of individual business areas. Until now there has been no single representative body for the entire property industry.

As a result, the significance of the property sector has been underestimated for years in politics and in the public sphere. The interests of the property sector are not considered enough, if at all, when it comes to economic and tax law. Participation in legislative procedure hardly ever takes place.

The ZIA would like to fill this gap and give the property sector a voice that can be heard. All companies and associations in the industry are warmly invited to work with us actively to achieve this goal.

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