May Holding GmbH & Co. KG

May Holding GmbH & Co. KG is a German family-owned holding company whose principal activity is the operation of Gewerbepark May, a large commercial and industrial park located near Cologne in the Rhineland region of Germany. According to its official website, the park covers an area of more than 230,000 square metres, of which around 120,000 square metres is built over. It offers space and infrastructure for tenants active in production, logistics, skilled trades, retail and services, and it markets itself on a central Rhineland location close to Cologne. The company describes itself as a family business with a tradition of more than 100 years. Its roots go back to a medium-sized enterprise in the food industry that was founded over a century ago. As a family company, May Holding states that it takes a long-term view and prioritises the satisfaction of its tenants over short-term success, which it says is reflected in many long-standing tenancy relationships. The site's infrastructure includes fibre-optic connectivity, a diesel filling station, a canteen, substantial capacity for energy and water supply, and on-site trades services provided by the group's own companies. A gatehouse service is staffed around the clock, 365 days a year, and postal and telephone services and other service offerings are available. The park also advertises free space and new-build projects, including a planned hall of 10,000 square metres and a further 21,000 square metres of space. May Holding's operations are supported by on-site subsidiaries. The company states that its subsidiaries immoSERV and MayRiesen together employ more than 80 tradespeople and service staff. immoSERV GmbH & Co. KG, in which May Holding says it holds 100%, provides services for tenants, metalwork, maintenance of the group's properties and much more, and also performs work for third parties outside the site, covering a broad range of trades from sewer work, pipeline construction and maintenance of technical installations to roofing work. The website also refers to a further subsidiary in which the group holds 60%, though the supplied evidence does not name it. As a private, family-owned holding company, May Holding is not listed on a stock exchange. Its business model combines long-term property ownership and letting with in-house technical and service capabilities, positioning it as both a landlord and a service provider for companies seeking industrial and commercial space in the Cologne area.

May Holding GmbH & Co. KG traces its origins to a medium-sized enterprise in the food industry that, according to the company's own account, was founded more than 100 years ago. That food-industry business forms the historical root of today's family-owned holding company, which has since evolved into the operator of a large commercial and industrial park near Cologne. Over time the family business developed Gewerbepark May, a site of more than 230,000 square metres, of which around 120,000 square metres is built over. The park was developed to serve tenants from production, logistics, skilled trades, retail and services, and the company emphasises that its long-term, family-oriented approach has produced many long-standing tenancy relationships. To support the park and its tenants, the group built up on-site subsidiaries. immoSERV GmbH & Co. KG, wholly owned by May Holding, provides tenant services, metalwork, property maintenance and a broad range of trades including sewer work, pipeline construction, maintenance of technical installations and roofing, and also serves third parties outside the site. MayRiesen is another on-site subsidiary. Together, the company states, these subsidiaries employ more than 80 tradespeople and service staff. The group also holds a 60% stake in a further subsidiary, which is not named in the available evidence. The company continues to invest in the site, advertising new-build projects including a planned 10,000 square metre hall and a further 21,000 square metres of space. As a private family company, May Holding is not listed on a stock exchange, and its owners and decision-makers are described as being present on site daily.

• Roots in a medium-sized food-industry enterprise founded more than 100 years ago (per company account).

• Development of Gewerbepark May, a site of more than 230,000 square metres near Cologne.

• Establishment of on-site subsidiaries immoSERV and MayRiesen, together employing more than 80 tradespeople and service staff.

• Announcement of new-build projects including a 10,000 square metre hall and a further 21,000 square metres of space.

Family-owned, long-term-oriented operator of a large commercial and industrial park near Cologne, combining property letting with in-house trades and service capabilities.

• Gewerbepark May

  Commercial and industrial park of more than 230,000 square metres near Cologne, with around 120,000 square metres built over.

• immoSERV GmbH & Co. KG

  Wholly owned subsidiary providing tenant services, metalwork, property maintenance and a broad range of trades, also for third parties.

• MayRiesen

  On-site subsidiary of the group.

1. 1May Holding - Der Gewerbepark vor den Toren von Kölnmay-holding.de
2. 2May Holding GmbH & Co. KG - Wikidatawikidata.org