BlueRock Group extends leases totalling around 7,600 sq m in an office and medical centre complex in Duisburg-Ruhrort

Zurich, 30 March 2026 – BlueRock Group AG (BlueRock), a Zurich-based real estate investment and asset management firm, has agreed on two long-term lease extensions in Duisburg, covering a total of around 7,600 sq m of lettable space within a combined office building and healthcare centre complex.

The property is located in the Ruhrort district and comprises the 'Medical Centre Ruhrort' (MCR) at Ruhrorter Strasse 195 and the 'Business Centre Ruhrort' (BCR) at Dr Hammacher Strasse 49.

At MCR, a healthcare centre offering a broad range of services, the City of Duisburg Public Health Department has secured the approximately 4,000 sq m it has occupied since 2011 on a long-term basis. The section of the building completed in 2007 includes, among other facilities, a private clinic, the Diabetologikum medical care centre (MVZ), the MCR Orthopaedics specialist medical centre and a wound care centre.

At BCR, HGK Shipping GmbH, Europe's largest inland shipping company, has also extended its leases for around 3,600 sq m. The company has been based in the building, completed in 2004, since 2017.

BlueRock acquired the property complex, comprising approximately 12,350 sq m of lettable space in total, in 2016. Occupancy currently stands at 93%. The property is just a few minutes' walk from the Port of Duisburg ('duisport') and is well connected to the city transport network via local bus and tram services.

HEUSSEN Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Munich, advised BlueRock on the legal aspects of the lease negotiations. Völkel Real Estate, Hamburg, continues to act as the property manager.