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Why Engel & Völkers?
The success and reputation of Engel & Völkers are built on four pillars: the brand, the network, the IT and the E&V Academy. Which are our firmly established benchmarks of excellence.
Following are a couple of points to help convince you.
Our History
| 1977 | Engel & Cie. by established Dirk C. Engel. |
| Sale of American real estate to German clients
in cooperation with Previews Inc.
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| 1980 | Company specializes in the sale and rental of top-quality residential properties in Hamburg/Germany.
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| 1981 | Christian Völkers becomes a partner and MD of Engel & Cie.
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| 1985 | Engel & Cie. and Sotheby's International Realty work together.
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| 1986 | Dirk C. Engel dies and Christian Völkers becomes sole owner.
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| 1987 | Name changes to Engel & Völkers.
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| 1988 | Establishment of Grund Genug Verlag, a publishing house which issues the architecture and lifestyle GG magazine. |
| Expansion of business into sale and rental of commercial property.
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| 1989 | Opening of first offices outside Germany in Majorca, Spain.
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| 1990 | Opening of offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf.
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| 1991 | Consolidation of exclusive partnership with Sotheby's International Realty in Majorca.
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| 1995 | Conversion from traditional franchise to Shop Concept. Opening of first Real Estate Shop.
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| 1996 | Transformation of all existing offices into Shop Concept. |
| Foundation of Engel & Völkers Real Estate Academy. | |
| Further real estate shops opened in Hamburg, Berlin and Majorca.
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| 1999 | Founding of Engel & Völkers AG
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| 2000 | Opening of shops in South Africa.
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| 2001 | Opening of shops in Austria and Switzerland.
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| 2002 | Opening of shops in Italy, Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom and Ireland.
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| 2003 | Commencement of cooperation with Christie's Great Estates, a subsidiary of the world's leading fine arts auction company. It includes the exclusive right of representation in Germany, Majorca, Costa del Sol and the Western regions of South Africa. End of cooperation with Sotheby's.
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| 2004 | Opening of shops in Dubai/United Arab Emirates, Luxemburg and Brussels, Belgium. |
| Foundation of the division International Project Marketing.
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| 2005 | Opening of shops in Hungary and the Czech Republic. |
| Engel & Völkers opens Asia Head Office in Hong Kong.
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| 2006 | Opening of shops in Turkey, Cyprus and Croatia. |
| Engel & Völkers obtains license to franchise in the USA. | |
| Opening of shops in Florida. | |
| Engel & Völkers open USA Head Office in New York.
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| 2007 | Opening of shops in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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| 2008 | Signing of franchise contracts for Russia, Greece and the Netherlands. |
Engel & Völkers opens USA West Coast Head Office opens in Beverly Hills, California. Opening of the first shop in Flanders: Sint-Martens-Latem
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| 2009 | Opening of the 400th office worldwide
Founding of the Capital AG Engel & Völkers wins first place in the "Maklerranking" of the "immobilien manager" magazine
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| 2010 | Engel & Völkers wins first place again in the "Maklerranking" of the "immobilien manager" magazine
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GG is our exclusive lifestyle magazine with reports on architectural and design trends in the luxury real estate market and is also an exclusive tool for worldwide exposure of Engel & Völkers listings.
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