Meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien

Meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH is a German real estate holding company specialising in residential and commercial property. Its individual operating companies trade under the umbrella brand meravis Immobiliengruppe and are each organised as a GmbH. The short name meravis is derived from the three core orientations Mensch, Raum and Vision (people, space, vision). From the outset the group has described itself as committed to a primarily social mission. Its sole shareholder is the Sozialverband Deutschland (SoVD), a German social association. The group traces its origins to 1949, when it was founded in Hamburg as Gemeinnützige Reichsbund Wohnungsbau und Siedlungsbau mbH (also referred to as Gemeinnützige Reichsbund Wohnungsbau und Siedlungsgesellschaft GmbH). Its purpose was twofold: to alleviate the post-war housing shortage and to provide financial security for the Sozialverband Deutschland (SoVD) through the earnings of the Reichsbund. In 1963 the head office was reorganised and the company's seat moved to the Lower Saxon state capital of Hannover. In 1990 the developer's non-profit status was changed and the company became Reichsbund Wohnungsbau GmbH. After the Reichsbund Stiftung was founded out of the company in 2006, the company was renamed under its current name in 2008. In the same year meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH moved into its new head office in Krausenstraße in the Südstadt district of Hannover. Growth followed through acquisitions: in 2009 meravis acquired Deutsche Angestellten Wohnungsbau Aktiengesellschaft (DAWAG) with around 6,000 apartments in Hamburg, and in the following year, 2010, it also took over the Hannover-based Verwaltungsunion Nachfolge GmbH. A new Hamburg branch was opened in Katharinenstraße in 2012. In 2015 the entire company was restructured as a holding with various subsidiaries. From 2018 the group communicated its division-of-labour reorientation under the umbrella brand meravis Immobiliengruppe. Also in 2018 the subsidiary Spiro.Bo was founded for digital services. At the end of 2021 meravis was active with its housing stock in and around the city of Hamburg as well as in the city and region of Hannover, and also in other cities in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, particularly in Düsseldorf. In the same period the company let properties at an average price of 6.96 euros per square metre. The group's subsidiaries cover different task areas such as the management of rental buildings and entire housing estates, the purchase and sale of properties, project development and the sale of new-build properties, and asset management. To specialise in these tasks the parent company founded subsidiaries including meravis Bauträger GmbH, meravis Immobilienmanagement GmbH, meravis Bauservice GmbH, meravis Gewerbeimmobilien GmbH, meravis Beteiligungs GmbH, meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG and meravis Geschäftsführungs GmbH. Meravis is a member of the Verband norddeutscher Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (vnw) and of the Verband der Wohnungs- und Immobilienwirtschaft in Niedersachsen und Bremen e.V. As a tenant and customer magazine the company publishes meravis miteinander, which can also be viewed online. According to its own website, the company rents, sells and creates living spaces with a team of around 220 employees, aiming to shape the housing solutions of tomorrow already today. Its portfolio includes rental and owner-occupied apartments, terraced houses, commercial properties and parking spaces, with new-build projects in Hamburg and Hannover, and it offers a tenant app and web portal called meine.meravis.

The company that is today meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH was founded in 1949 in Hamburg as Gemeinnützige Reichsbund Wohnungsbau und Siedlungsbau mbH, also referred to as Gemeinnützige Reichsbund Wohnungsbau und Siedlungsgesellschaft GmbH. Its founding purpose was twofold: to help alleviate the housing shortage of the post-war years and to provide financial security for the Sozialverband Deutschland (SoVD) through the earnings of the Reichsbund. From the beginning the enterprise described itself as committed to a primarily social mission. In 1963 the head office was reorganised and the company's seat was moved to the Lower Saxon state capital of Hannover. In 1990 the developer's non-profit status was changed and the company became Reichsbund Wohnungsbau GmbH. In 2006 the Reichsbund Stiftung was founded out of the company; the foundation keeps the former Reichsbund name alive and supports projects for people in difficult circumstances, including children, young people, families, the sick and people with disabilities. In 2008 the company was renamed under its current name, meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH, and in the same year it moved into its new head office in Krausenstraße in the Südstadt district of Hannover. Growth followed through acquisitions. In 2009 meravis acquired Deutsche Angestellten Wohnungsbau Aktiengesellschaft (DAWAG) with around 6,000 apartments in Hamburg. In 2010 it also took over the Hannover-based Verwaltungsunion Nachfolge GmbH. A new Hamburg branch was opened in Katharinenstraße in 2012. In 2015 the entire company was restructured as a holding with various subsidiaries. From 2018 the group communicated its division-of-labour reorientation under the umbrella brand meravis Immobiliengruppe. Also in 2018 the subsidiary Spiro.Bo was founded for digital services. At the end of 2021 meravis was active with its housing stock in and around the city of Hamburg as well as in the city and region of Hannover, and also in other cities in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, particularly in Düsseldorf. In the same period the company let properties at an average price of 6.96 euros per square metre. The group's subsidiaries cover different task areas such as the management of rental buildings and entire housing estates, the purchase and sale of properties, project development and the sale of new-build properties, and asset management. To specialise in these tasks the parent company founded subsidiaries including meravis Bauträger GmbH, meravis Immobilienmanagement GmbH, meravis Bauservice GmbH, meravis Gewerbeimmobilien GmbH, meravis Beteiligungs GmbH, meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG and meravis Geschäftsführungs GmbH. Meravis is a member of the Verband norddeutscher Wohnungsunternehmen e.V. (vnw) and of the Verband der Wohnungs- und Immobilienwirtschaft in Niedersachsen und Bremen e.V. As a tenant and customer magazine the company publishes meravis miteinander, which can also be viewed online. According to its own website, the company rents, sells and creates living spaces with a team of around 220 employees, aiming to shape the housing solutions of tomorrow already today. Its portfolio includes rental and owner-occupied apartments, terraced houses, commercial properties and parking spaces, with new-build projects in Hamburg and Hannover, and it offers a tenant app and web portal called meine.meravis.

• 2018

  Communicated division-of-labour reorientation under umbrella brand meravis Immobiliengruppe; founded digital services subsidiary Spiro.Bo.

• 2015

  Restructured as a holding with various subsidiaries.

• 2012

  Opened new Hamburg branch in Katharinenstraße.

• 2010

  Took over Hannover-based Verwaltungsunion Nachfolge GmbH.

• 2009

  Acquired Deutsche Angestellten Wohnungsbau Aktiengesellschaft (DAWAG) with around 6,000 apartments in Hamburg.

• 2008

  Renamed meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilien GmbH; moved to new head office in Krausenstraße, Hannover.

• 2006

  Reichsbund Stiftung founded out of the company.

• 1990

  Non-profit status changed; company becomes Reichsbund Wohnungsbau GmbH.

• 1963

  Head office reorganised and company seat moved to Hannover.

• 1949

  Founded in Hamburg as Gemeinnützige Reichsbund Wohnungsbau und Siedlungsbau mbH.

Socially committed housing and real estate group offering rental and owner-occupied homes, property management and development, with a focus on northern Germany.

• Rental apartments

• Owner-occupied apartments

• Terraced houses

• Commercial properties

• Parking spaces

• meine.meravis tenant app and web portal

• Wohnen am Kronsberg development

• Mietkauf by meravis

1. 1mensch raum visionmeravis.de
2. 2Über Unsmeravis.de
3. 3Meravis Wohnungsbau- und Immobilienwikidata.org
4. 4Meravis Wohnungsbau und Immobiliende.wikipedia.org