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After the reunification, Holger Mücke and Michael Ginzel initially started in the insurance business before gradually transitioning into real estate in 1992. They founded a GbR (Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts – Civil Law Partnership) and initially focused on property sales before expanding into property management. Today, they manage around 100 properties with 570 units—a well-established business now facing a crucial transition: the generational change in the real estate sector.
Challenges of Business Succession
Mücke and Ginzel had run their company without employees and originally planned to retire in a few years. However, finding a suitable successor proved challenging.
“We wanted a solution that guarantees stability for our clients while aligning with our own vision,” explain the two entrepreneurs. A business succession event at the IHK Rostock eventually led them to contact the Nachfolgezentrale MV, a succession consulting agency.
A Thoughtful Generational Transition with Foresight
In July 2024, Mücke and Ginzel contacted the Nachfolgezentrale MV, which assured them of a confidential mediation process. That same month, they met Matthias Scholz—the perfect match for the succession plan.
“The offer fit perfectly with our expectations and came at exactly the right time,” recall Mücke and Ginzel. On March 1, 2025, the official business transition in property management took place.
"The mediation offer from Nachfolgezentrale MV came at the right time, as it aligned perfectly with our vision."
– Holger Mücke and Michael Ginzel
A New CEO with Clear Future Plans
Matthias Scholz, a trained banking specialist and IHK-certified real estate manager, had long dreamed of running his own business in the real estate sector—whether in property management, rental operations, or brokerage services.
Already in summer 2022, he contacted the Nachfolgezentrale MV and, after extensive searching, found the ideal opportunity. In 2024, he founded his property management company “IMMO.BEING” and later took over the Arsenal Property Management GmbH in Schwerin. With the acquisition of Mücke & Ginzel GbR, he continues his expansion—a significant generational transition in property management.
Stability for Clients – Growth Strategy for the Future
Mücke and Ginzel remain with the company as employees, ensuring that clients will experience no disruptions.
“I am very grateful for the support of Nachfolgezentrale MV. Without their mediation, this step would not have been possible,” says Scholz.
Over the coming years, he plans to expand property management services, invest in personnel development and establish a professional WEG management model.
A major focus lies in digitizing processes. Together with Hamburger Volksbank and Bürgschaftsbank Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the succession was financially secured—a crucial step toward sustainable business continuity.
Confidential Succession Planning – A Successful Model in Real Estate
“Many entrepreneurs prefer a discreet mediation process to ensure a structured transition. They highly value protecting existing client relationships, avoiding uncertainty among employees, and finding a long-term, suitable successor,” explains Frank Bartelsen, team leader at Nachfolgezentrale MV.
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