Appraisal Experts Since 1973
About Simon &
History
1973
The Beginnings
The cornerstone for Simon & Reinhold, a real estate appraisal firm now specializing in the valuation of high-value commercial and residential properties in Germany and abroad, Partner – which today specializes in the appraisal of high-value commercial and residential real estate both in Germany and abroad – was laid as early as 1973 with the founding of an expert appraisal office by Dipl.-Ing. Architect Prof. Jürgen Simon, who, at the same time, served as a staff member in the Appraisal Division of the Hanover Regional Finance Office, where he was responsible for the professional supervision and continuing education of the building appraisers employed by the tax offices of Lower Saxony.
1997
The founding of the partnership
Ab 1979 war Jürgen Simon schriftstellerisch tätig und ab 1981 darüber hinaus ehrenamtliches Mitglied des Gutachterausschusses Stadt Hannover und Hannover-Land. Ab Mitte der 1980er Jahre folgten Vortrags- und Dozententätigkeit im Fachgebiet Bewertung von bebauten und unbebauten Grundstücken für diverse Veranstalter, im Jahr 1990 zusammen mit weiteren Kollegen die Gründung der Zeitschrift Grundstücksmarkt und Grundstückswert (GuG).
Jürgen Simon began his career as a writer in 1979 and, starting in 1981, also served as a volunteer member of the Appraisal Committee for the City of Hanover and Hanover-Land. Starting in the mid-1980s, he began giving lectures and teaching courses on the appraisal of developed and undeveloped properties for various organizations; in 1990, together with other colleagues, he co-founded the journal Grundstücksmarkt und Grundstückswert (GuG).
In the same year, he was appointed to the expert committee of the investment company WestInvest and a pension fund. A year later, he was appointed chairman of the audit committee for the public appointment and swearing-in of experts at the South Thuringia Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In the years that followed, he received further appointments to expert committees of real estate funds.
Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Jürgen Simon and Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Reinhold
In 1997, the real estate appraisal firm Simon & Reinhold, Partner was founded through the merger of Jürgen Simon and Dipl.-Ing. Wilfried Reinhold.
Until he joined the partnership, Wilfried Reinhold was responsible for the professional supervision and continuing education of the construction experts employed by the tax offices of Lower Saxony in the Valuation Division of the Hanover Regional Finance Office. From 1997 to 2017, he was publicly appointed and sworn in by the Hanover-Hildesheim Chamber of Industry and Commerce to perform appraisals of developed and undeveloped properties.
From 1993 to 2013, Wilfried Reinhold served as a volunteer appraiser for the Appraisal Committee of the City of Hanover and Hanover-Land, and from 1992 to 1997, he was a committee member at the Federal Ministry of Finance (investigating the real estate market with a view to simplifying appraisal procedures). Beginning in 1999, Wilfried Reinhold served on various expert committees and worked as a technical writer and lecturer.
Jürgen Simon has been an honorary professor at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences in Faculty 2 Architecture and Civil Engineering since 2000.
In 2002 Simon & Reinhold, Partner was a founding member of the Bundesverband der Immobilien-Investment-Sachverständigen e. V. (Federal Association of Real Estate Investment Experts) – BIIS.
2006
Thore Simon joined as a partner
Thore Simon joined the appraisal firm as a freelancer as early as 1997. In 2006, he became a partner in the firm. A year later, he was appointed as a part-time lecturer at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences (Department 3: Economics; later also Department 2: Architecture and Civil Engineering) and also served as a lecturer at the German Real Estate Academy GmbH, as a speaker for various organizations, and as a technical writer.
Thore Simon has been publicly appointed and sworn in by the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers since 2008 and has been certified since 2010 in accordance with ISO/IEC 17024 as a real estate appraiser (HypZert) for financial purposes—CIS HypZert (F).
In 2008, he was appointed to the Appraisal Expert Committee B of Credit Suisse Asset Management Immobilien Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH. Further mandates would follow in the subsequent years.
Thore Simon has been appointed to the Appraisal Expert Examination Committee for the appraisal of developed and undeveloped real estate (öbuv) of the South Thuringia Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Lower Saxony Chamber of Engineers, as well as to the Hannover City Appraisal Expert Committee (Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landesvermessung Niedersachsen, Regionaldirektion Hameln-Hannover).
Prof. Thore Simon
Tobias Gilich
2012
Tobias Gilich joined as a partner
In 2012, Tobias Gilich joined the office partnership, where he had already been working as an employee since 2006.
He obtained his certification according to ISO/IEC 17024 as HypZert a real estate appraiser for financial purposes – CIS HypZert (F) in 2010 and since 2012 has been a publicly appointed and certified appraiser of the Chamber of Engineers of Lower Saxony.
In the same year, he was appointed to the Appraisal Expert Committee of a special fund. Further mandates for capital management companies would follow in the years ahead.
Tobias Gilich is a member of the Hannover Region Appraisal Expert Committee (Landesamt für Geoinformation und Landesvermessung Niedersachsen, Regionaldirektion Hameln-Hannover) and a member of the board of the Bundesverband der Immobilien-Investment-Sachverständigen e. V. (Federal Association of Real Estate Investment Experts) – BIIS. He is also an author of appraisal literature and a lecturer at various conferences and events.
Today
Simon & Reinhold, Partner
With the retirement of Prof. Jürgen Simon in 2014 and Wilfried Reinhold in 2015, leadership of the company passed entirely to Thore Simon and Tobias Gilich. The two partners have been running the company together ever since.
With currently 25 employees and freelancers, the company is working in over 30 countries (Europe, North America, APAC) in the field of real estate appraisal.
In addition to its teaching activities, the company is also active in the field of education where it places an emphasis on providing paid internships for university students and as a supervisor of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.
Simon & Reinhold, Partner
Our Team
Property appraisal is a task that requires a strong sense of responsibility and requires a broad, interdisciplinary expertise combined with reliability, strength of character, and personal commitment.
Our current economic environment also requires efficient time management and extensive resources. At Simon & Reinhold, Partner, our TEAM is our top priority. We are well aware of the fact that our most valuable resource is our employees and we are proud to introduce them to you. In addition to an undergraduate or a masters degree, our employees often also have relevant professional qualifications (public appointment and certification (öbuv), RICS, HypZert, Assessor of Surveying and Real Estate). More on our team can be found here.
Joanna Algermissen
Gabriel Baumgratz
Olga Baumgratz
Thomas Breitkreuz
Tobias Gilich
Anne Henschen
Franziska Hoffmeister
Lisa Hurth
Philine Kauke
Jaqueline Kliche
Karina Kröhnert
Nadine Leiße
Christin Lier
Vera Löffler
Tabea Mürmann
Angelika Rieger
Juliane Rosenboom
Samira Rucz
Johanna Runge
Sophie Schild
Jessica Schulz
Prof. Thore Simon
Jim Sylaj
Maria Tsiftsi-Mantoudis
Christoph Waurich
Our Memberships
- Bundesverband der Immobilien-Investment- Sachverständigen e.V. (BIIS)
- Designated and Associate Members, Appraisal Institute
- Fellow of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS)
- Professional Members, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS)
- Ehrenamtliche Gutachter für den Gutachterausschuss Hannover und Region Hannover
- Mitglied des Fachgremiums für Bewertung von bebauten und unbebauten Grundstücken; Mieten für Grundstücke und Gebäude der IHK Südthüringen (Prüfungsausschuss)
- Mitglied des Fachprüfungsgremiums (öbuv) für Bewertung von bebauten und unbebauten Grundstücken der Ingenieurkammer Niedersachsen.
- izert Programmausschuss – Zertifizierungsstelle für Immobilienbewertung Hochschule Anhalt, KöR
- izert Prüfungsausschuss – Zertifizierungsstelle für Immobilienbewertung Hochschule Anhalt, KöR
- Bundesverband Deutscher Grundstückssachverständiger e.V. (BDGS)
- Verband der Bausachverständigen Deutschlands e.V. (VBD)
- Ingenieurkammer Niedersachsen
- Ingenieurkammer Sachsen-Anhalt
- Architektenkammer Niedersachsen
- Immobilienbewertung-Förderverein Hochschule Anhalt e.V.
- Alumni und Förderer der Immobilienwirtschaft – Hochschule Anhalt e.V.
- Gesellschaft für immobilienwirtschaftliche Forschung
- Bundesverband Deutscher Volks- und Betriebswirte
- DVW e.V. – Gesellschaft für Geodäsie, Geoinformation und Landmanagement
- Förderergesellschaft Geodäsie und Geoinformatik der Leibniz Universität Hannover
Our Customers
Capital Management Companies
- AEW Invest GmbH
- BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Management Germany GmbH
- Catella Real Estate AG
- Commerz Real Investmentgesellschaft mbH
- Deka Immobilien Investment GmbH
- DWS Alternatives GmbH
- DWS Grundbesitz GmbH
- DWS Real Estate GmbH
- Five Quarters Real Estate AG
- HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH
- Hauck & Aufhäuser Fund Services S.A.
- Institutional Investment Partners GmbH (2ip)
- IntReal International Real Estate Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
- PATRIZIA Augsburg KVG mbH
- PATRIZIA Frankfurt KVG mbH
- PATRIZIA Immobilien KVG mbH
- Principal Real Estate Spezialfondsgesellschaft mbH
- Quadoro Investment GmbH
- Raiffeisen Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft bmH
- Swiss Life Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbh
- UBS Real Estate GmbH
- Union Investment Institutional Property GmbH
- Union Investment Real Estate GmbH
- Universal-Investment-Gesellschaft mbH
- Warburg-HIH Invest Estate GmbH
- WestInvest Gesellschaft für Investmentfonds mbH
More Private Customers
- Banks
- Insurance Companies
- Private Customers
- Public Sector