Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH; Hotel am Belvedere GmbH & Co OG
BWB/Z-7135
On 14.11.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH (Germany), which is majorityowned (99.7%) by Deka Bank Deutsche Girozentrale (Germany) intends to acquire the real estate property EZ 3647, KG 01101 Favoriten, Arsenalstraße 10, 1100 Vienna, which currently houses the hotel “Andaz Vienna Am Belvedere”.
Economic sector: Rental and operating of own or leased real estate.
M - REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES M 68 - Real estate activities, M 68.2 - Rental and operating of own or leased real estate, M 68.20 - Rental and operating of own or leased real estate
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 12.12.2025.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 13.12.2025 .