May & Co.

May & Co.

May & Co. was established in 1983 by Michael May, building on the family's existing construction and development activities in northern Germany. The firm remains under family control, with Maximilian May and Alexander May serving as Managing Directors, and operates from dual bases in Itzehoe and Hamburg. The underlying wealth stems from decades of commercial real estate development and property management, with the family office now serving as the structured vehicle to preserve and deploy the resulting capital. The office pursues a strategy centered on direct real estate ownership — including development, long-term holding, and asset management — supplemented by select private equity and direct co-investments. Its asset-class mix spans industrial logistics parks, retail centers, mixed-use projects, hospitality, and renewable energy infrastructure. Confirmed holdings include the LOG Park Berlin Schönefeld (a joint venture with Pflugfelder), the Amazon Delivery Warehouse in Nuremberg, and a portfolio of prizeotel-branded hotels across Hamburg and Hannover. The firm also owns several ground-mounted photovoltaic installations in Schortens, Jarmen, Gera, and Bardowick, signaling an expanding allocation to energy infrastructure. Geographically, the portfolio concentrates on Germany, with a dense cluster of assets in the Hamburg metropolitan region and satellite holdings in locations such as Bad Homburg and Kappeln an der Schlei. The family office does not publicly disclose its team size or total assets, though it has completed more than 400 investments since inception. It maintains an office in Hamburg in addition to its Itzehoe headquarters. Recent operational moves include the April 2024 appointment of Tim Oertling, formerly of HIH Real Estate and the MOMENI Group, as Managing Director of May & Co. Development GmbH to build out the firm's office property division, succeeding Ole Segebarth who departed in December 2023. The office participates in industry networks such as the Logistik-Initiative Hamburg, reflecting its sustained exposure to logistics real estate. May & Co.'s architecture stands apart for its refusal to separate the operating company from the investment vehicle — it functions simultaneously as an active developer, property manager, and allocator. This integrated model, combined with an indefinite hold period for most assets and no external fundraising, gives the family office a patient-liability structure that institutional managers in the region often cannot replicate.