About us

From Vision to Property.

With more than 60 years of experience and expertise we combine location, concept and capital to form future-proof urban properties as distinct brands.

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Company

Experience and Perspective.

As a family-run company, FAY Projects has been developing commercial or residential projects and mixed-use urban districts since 1961 – from land development and new construction to the revitalisation and transformation of portfolio properties. With an experienced team, flat organisational structures and short decision-making paths, we realise projects of mostly between 25 and 80 million euros, and in individual cases considerably more.

Having specialised in inner-city projects, we are perfectly familiar with the complex requirements of an urban environment: we take a sensitive but focused approach in order to reconcile the diverging interests of policymakers, local residents or public advocacy groups with those of the occupiers and the investors.

Drawing on comprehensive market knowledge, we develop solutions for difficult locations as well. We identify potential uses and will not rest until we find a solution that optimally matches the situation on the ground. It is our experience and know-how that make our project teams efficient. The focus is on long-term value creation and attractive returns for investors and precisely fitting properties for tenants.

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Principles

A solid foundation. Our principles.

Sustainability.

As a family business now in its third generation, sustainability is a defining part of our DNA. We live it every day as an organisation and have been realising it in our projects for more than 60 years.

Partnership.

We treat everyone involved in a project with respect.

Reliability.

We do what we say. And we say what we do.

Risk awareness.

Because we fund most of our projects with our own capital, we pay particular attention to the risks that exist or newly emerge at every stage of a project.

Diligence.

We are meticulous in every detail and in our documentation, while always keeping sight of the whole.

Expertise.

We ensure the highest level of expertise – not least by bringing in specialists.

Focus on results.

We work with a clear goal in mind and deliver results.

Technology.

We have a fully integrated IT platform that unites the commercial and technical sides of property development (COOR, FLOWWER), and we work with BIM models to connect design, construction and operation.

Sustainability

Sustainable from the outset.

Mitglied der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen (DGNB)

Sustainable thinking and action is deeply rooted in our DNA. Developing projects of our own was the origin of the company when it was founded in 1961. As an independent family business, we work and think for the long term, with an eye to coming generations and free from third-party interests. And as a founding member of the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) in 2006, sustainability in the more familiar sense has always been a genuine concern of ours as well. Green buildings have been a fixed part of our day-to-day business for many years. Ever since DGNB certification has existed, we have achieved DGNB Gold certification for every one of our projects.

Team

Teamwork Meets Experience

Property development is a team-based effort. Our projects always combine various disciplines, detailed special skills, and plenty of know-how. The senior management team of FAY Projects GmbH reflects the fact. Our senior management pools proven and recognised experts with various professional backgrounds. There is one thing, however, they all have in common: many years of hands-on experience and interdisciplinary knowledge.

Carl M. Fay

Managing Director

Carl Fay joined FAY Projects in 2023 and is Managing Director of acquisitions, controlling and debt capital markets.

Prior to joining FAY Projects, Carl acquired extensive experience in these fields while working for Tishman Speyer in the Acquisition & Development division among other positions. Prior to that, he worked as part of a Pan-European investment manager where he was responsible for underwriting, structuring and executing debt and equity real estate investment products.

Carl Fay is alumnus and part of the network of the European Business School Oestrich-Winkel and has cleared all three stages of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program. Furthermore he has a degree in Real Estate Economics & Finance and a diploma in international business administration.

Ingo Lindner

Managing Director

Ingo Lindner is in charge of engineering and realisation, development calculations, the execution of technical due diligences prior the property acquisitions, as well as project control until completion, all owner/builder functions, and consultancy.

Mr Lindner has 27 years of professional experience in the areas of construction supervision, project control and project development of new construction and refurbishment projects. The architect, who is authorised to submit building documents, began his professional career at HOCHTIEF in 1994 before moving to the area of project management and project development in 2001. Most recently, as technical managing director of the Zielconcept Group, he was responsible for the project development of new building projects in Berlin. His references include the new construction of the Federal Ministry of Economics in Berlin, the Neckarforum in Esslingen, the Philippine Embassy in Berlin and the new construction and refurbishment of over 2,000 flats.

Prof. Andreas-Norbert Fay

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Prof. Andreas-Norbert Fay is Chairman of the Advisory Board, and in this role responsible for the strategic alignment of the company and for the high level customer relationship. He was already active in the family business while still enrolled in a legal degree program at the universities of Heidelberg, Lausanne and Mainz between 1981 and 1987. Having been admitted to the bar and having obtained a degree in real estate economics from the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel (EBS), he began to devote himself to the company full-time. In 1994, he was appointed to the senior management, and served in various roles until 2008. In the years since, he has chaired the Advisory Board.

Wolfgang Heid

Advisory Board

From 1991 to 2005, Wolfgang Heid worked as an auditor and tax adviser for PwC Deutsche Revision AG and its predecessor firms. In 2005 he moved to the FAY Group, where he served the company first as Managing Director and, from 2007, as Managing Partner, and where he has been a close personal adviser to Prof. Andreas-Norbert Fay. At the end of 2008 he was appointed Chairman and Spokesman of the senior management.