Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Union Investment Real Estate GmbH; Leasinvest Gewerbeparkstraße 2 Stadlau GmbH
BWB/Z-7166
On 09.12.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of real estate including a retail market by the special fund "DIFA-Fonds Nr. 3", represented by its capital management company Union Investment Real Estate GmbH, Germany.
Economic Sector: Other 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 07.01.2026.
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 08.01.2026 .