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Type | Private |
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Industry | real estate development ![]() |
Founded | 1993 |
Founder | Ivan Chrenko |
Headquarters | |
Area served | Slovakia, Poland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Germany and Hungary |
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Total assets | $2.59 billion [1] (31 December 2017) |
Website | hbreavis.com |
HB Reavis is a real estate developer company active mainly in Slovakia, Poland, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Hungary and Germany. [2] [3] [4] [5] The company is active both in development of new projects and asset management of existing portfolio. [2] [6] [7]
HB Reavis was established in 1993 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The parent company of the group is based in Luxembourg. Slovak businessman Ivan Chrenko is majority owner, co-founder, chairman of the board and former CEO (1994-2013). [8] [2] [9] Current CEO is Marian Herman, who replaced Pavel Trenka in 2018. [10] [11] [12]
In Germany, HB Reavis worked on the development of the DSTRCT project in Berlin at Landsberger Allee 104 opposite the Velodrom, which completed in 2021. It is part of the Alter Schlachthof development area and includes a renovation of the former pig slaughterhouses of the central cattle and slaughterhouse. In September 2019, HB Reavis announced that the Berlin internet service provider Strato would move its headquarters to the new building complex after completion. [13] In Poland, HB Reavis invested in the high-rise projects Varso Tower and Forest.
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