Rail LogisticsExperts forReal Estate Experts
Realise the potential of rail in your real estate projects.
Rail logistics expertise for investors, developers and real estate professionals.
Rail4Real®
Whether a property or site is attractive for rail logistics – and whether this is also reflected in rents or purchase prices – only becomes clear from a logistics practice perspective. Rail4Real brings that perspective into real estate decisions.
Use cases
What are you trying to do?
Buying a property
Reliably assess a property's appeal for rail logistics before investing.
Developing a site: new build
Integrate rail into concept development and planning at an early stage.
Developing a site: Brownfield
Assess and shape redevelopment for rail use.
Finding a suitable location
Translate rail logistics requirements into location criteria.
Assessing an unused site
Understand historic infrastructure as an option, obligation or risk.
Developing an economic location
Use rail potential for sites and regional development.
Marketing a property for rail logistics
Communicate rail usability credibly and with occupiers in mind.
Rail infrastructure as transaction risk
Keep rail infrastructure from becoming a due diligence blind spot.
Services
From the first question to implementation.
01
Rail Readiness Quick Check
A fast, evidence-based initial assessment of location quality and rail connectivity.
02
Rail Readiness DD
An in-depth review for robust investment and project decisions.
03
Market Potential Analysis
Identify, assess and translate market potential into a viable concept.
04
Rail Attractiveness Showroom
Make rail usability clear, tangible and marketable.
05
Rail Readiness Advisory
Independent guidance from site selection through implementation.
Your specialist
Sebastian Schilling
Independent advice at the intersection of real estate, markets, logistics and railway operations. After 28 years in rail freight transport – most recently as Senior Vice President Corporate Development and Marketing at DB Cargo AG, reporting directly to the CEO – Sebastian Schilling now advises developers, investors, real estate agents and economic development organisations on rail logistics projects.
Industry perspective
“Sebastian Schilling uniquely combines the requirements of shippers, industry and commerce, the full spectrum of rail logistics and railway operations to create successfully functioning rail logistics solutions.”
Partners
Target groups
Four perspectives. One shared objective.
For Investors
Robust rail logistics expertise for better real estate investment decisions.
For Developers
From site selection to viable infrastructure: making rail a working part of your development.
For Real Estate Agents
Explain the rail logistics quality of an asset clearly and position it with the right tenants or buyers.
For Economic Development
Assess site potential realistically and develop rail logistics as a regional advantage.