Verdion strengthens German team with three new appointments

Verdion has made three appointments to its team in Germany, strengthening the business’s focus on new acquisitions as its investment activity increases.

• Kai Kraatz joins the business in the newly-created role of Land Acquisition Director, based in Frankfurt. A trained real estate economist (IREBS), he was previously Development Director at CTP and before that with Landmarken AG. At Verdion, he will focus on the acquisition of new sites for urban logistics and other value-add opportunities in target locations across the country.
• Kateryna Sukhina joins the team as Senior Asset Manager, based in Düsseldorf. With more than 10 years’ experience in the sector, she joins from Mileway where she has managed a nationwide logistics portfolio for several years. She is now responsible for management, strategic development and value enhancement of Verdion’s existing assets in Germany.
• Felix Weinel has joined the business as an Investment Analyst following a Masters in Real Estate Investment and time at the Institut für Immobilienökonomie. Also based in Frankfurt, he works closely with Verdion’s investment specialists supporting asset acquisition and fund reporting.

Verdion remains focussed on urban logistics, value-add, strategic parks and complex build to suit, transforming predominantly brownfield sites through technical innovation and deep sector expertise, and ensuring new assets make positive contributions to local economies and environments.

A strategic focus for the business in Germany is the deployment of funds for its second European Logistics Fund, VELF 2, which closed at the end of 2024 at €300 million and is focussed on a value-add strategy to acquire and reposition under-capitalised and under-managed logistics properties in established locations across Northern Europe.

In June 2025, Verdion added a brownfield site in Rastatt on the German-French border. A pipeline of further acquisitions is in place, with a focus on Germany, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands.

Moritz Heißenberg, Country Manager Germany, at Verdion, said: “These new team members add important momentum to Verdion’s current growth. Their entrepreneurial thinking, positive approach and specialist expertise in a range of areas will be key attributes in driving the business forward across Germany.”