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Interim Statement January – March 2026

Real Estate segment

Key figures

in € million

 

1–3 | 2026

 

1–3 | 2025

 

Change

Revenue

 

11.6

 

11.6

 

- 0.4 %

EBITDA

 

6.1

 

6.2

 

- 2.7 %

EBITDA margin in %

 

52.3

 

53.5

 

- 1.2 pp

EBIT

 

3.2

 

3.7

 

- 12.3 %

EBIT margin in %

 

27.9

 

31.7

 

- 3.8 pp

According to Grossmann & Berger’s market report, the market environment for office rentals in Hamburg remained challenging during the first quarter of 2026. The amount of office space let decreased by 23.4 % to around 96,000 m2, down from around 124,000 m2 in the same quarter of the previous year. The vacancy rate rose year-on-year by 1.5 percentage points to 7.1 %.

HHLA’s properties in the Speicherstadt historical warehouse district and the fish market area bucked the market trend with a stable development and almost full occupancy in both districts in the first quarter of 2026.

Revenue of € 11.6 million matched that of the previous year (previous year: € 11.6 million). Income remained constant in both the fish market area and the Speicherstadt historical warehouse district during the first quarter.

By contrast, there was a strong decrease in the cumulative operating result (EBIT), which fell by 12.3 % to € 3.2 million in the reporting period (previous year: € 3.7 million). This decline was primarily attributable to higher maintenance costs and increased depreciation and amortisation.