Successful Rise
The federally owned company once known as "Industrieverwaltungsgesellschaft" has made a successful rise into the Champions League of the major listed European real estate companies since its IPO in 1993. 
| 1916 | Foundation of the Verwertungsgesellschaft für Montanindustrie GmbH (Montan) |
| 1951 | Change of name to Industrieverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (IVG) |
| 1986 | Change of corporate form to public limited company (AG) IPO and partial privatisation of 45% |
| 1993 | Full privatisation with a broad free float |
| 1996 | Launch of a holding model, accompanied by the clear separation of strategic and operational functions. Change of name to IVG Holding AG |
| From 1997 | Concentration on commercial real estate in Europe |
| 2002 | Change of name to IVG Immobilien AG (following the disposal of all non-real estate oriented business segments) |
| 2004 | Acquisition of 50.1% of Oppenheim Immobilien-Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH (OIK) |
| 2005 | Acquisition of 33 caverns previously owned by the Federal Republic of Germany at the Etzel caverns facility near Wilhelmshaven |
| 2006/2007 | Shareholding in OIK increased to 94% |
| 2008 | Launch Caverns fund Total investment volume 1.7 billion Euro |
