Comfort HighStreets

COMFORT is considered the retail specialist among Germany's estate agents and property consulting firms. Since it was established in 1979, it has specialised in the sale and letting of commercial properties and retail units in prime city centre locations of Germany and Austria.

One of COMFORT Group's important research products is the Annual Market Report, the most recent edition which containes 221 pages of detailed information about the status of the retail market and the state of the retail and commercial property market in the key shopping cities of Germany and Austria.

The majority of this research information is now complimentary available as iPhone application called COMFORT HighStreets to people with a great interest in city centre retail units and commercial properties - such as expansion managers, city managers, urban developers, architects, property landlords and investors.

Now cost-free: COMFORT HighStreets provides users anywhere in the world with access to relevant and fully up-to-date information and statistics on about 400 main shopping streets.

Including:

- Purchasing power index

- Centrality rating

- Rent demand coefficient

- Rent demand coefficient

- Population development

- Unemployment rates

- Employees paying social security contributions

- Purchase price development for commercial properties

- Commercial property purchase price trend

- Maximum rents for retail unit rents

- COMFORT City Index

The COMFORT City Index provides a summary of location evaluations from the perspective of retail chains. The evaluations are based on many different factors and are rated on a scale of 1 to 7 shopping bags. Seven full shopping bags is the maximum rating and one half-full shopping bag the minimum rating.

Furthermore, a map is also provided of retail space occupation in all streets and the position of the individual retail outlets, making COMFORT HighStreets an interesting option for shopping tourists. Where is that new Apple store in Hamburg? The COMFORT HighStreets application provides the answer.

You can also use the COMFORT HighStreets App, which is now also available as a universal iPad app, to contact a COMFORT consultant close to you. Access to the iPhone-optimised website is also possible.