EPIX Spaces: Landmarken develops new asset class for urban sports, leisure, and community venues
The Landmarken Group is developing EPIX Spaces, a new real estate product that sees sport, leisure, health, and community as integral parts of modern urban development. Specific locations have already been identified in Frankfurt, Berlin, and the Ruhrgebiet that are to be developed into EPIX Spaces.
The idea behind it: In an increasingly digital world, there is a growing desire for analog, authentic experiences. Sport is a social anchor, a meeting place, a connecting element in urban societies, and much more than just physical activity. When people are active together, relationships, identification, and social stability develop.
Designed as flexible multi-tenant properties, EPIX Spaces address precisely this need. The result is a new generation of urban locations that intelligently combine different uses and thus remain adaptable in the long term. The Landmarken Group plans to realize ten of these multifunctional locations by 2032. These combine curated sports studios, exercise and health offerings, and selected leisure formats with complementary dining and high-quality lounge areas.
Unlike classic event or single-tenant sports properties, the model is based on a curated multi-tenant approach with modular space structures that enable high third-party usability and long-term institutional investability.
EPIX Spaces takes its name from EPIX Sports, a group for experiential sports founded by experienced Berlin entrepreneurs Lea-Sophie Cramer, Lukas Brosseder, Johannes Kreibohm, and Oliver Roskopf. The company invests in operator concepts from strong local providers of fast-growing trend sports and develops them into professionally managed, scalable platforms and brandable concepts. EPIX Sports brings together strong boutique sports studio providers – from padel to bouldering to Pilates – under one roof with the vision of becoming Europe's home for the next generation of sports. Landmarken Group has been the lead investor in EPIX Sports GmbH since December 2025.
"In a world full of screens and digital acceleration, there is a growing desire for real experiences, exercise, and community. This is exactly where we come in with EPIX Sports," says co-founder Lea-Sophie Cramer. "Our vision is to support the best local sports providers in growing into European brands. Together with the Landmarken Group, we are creating EPIX Spaces, places that combine unique sports concepts under one roof and integrate movement into everyday urban life as a matter of course."
Operators see the concept as a promising approach. "Over many years, I have experienced how challenging it is to find suitable spaces for strong sports and leisure concepts in urban areas," says Till Walz, founder of Jumphouse, one of the leading providers of trampoline halls in Germany: "EPIX Spaces fill a key gap in the market because they combine modern sports and leisure concepts with suitable spaces and a genuine quality of stay for the first time."
The combination of a curated tenant mix, high third-party usability, and clearly defined quality standards creates robust, long-term sustainable cash flow profiles. The new asset class opens up sustainable, long-term growth prospects. At the same time, the concept contributes to key ESG criteria by promoting exercise, health, and social infrastructure in urban areas. By activating inner-city locations and integrating health-promoting infrastructure, EPIX Spaces also make a structural contribution to the social sustainability of urban neighborhoods.
"The more digital our everyday lives become, the greater the need for exercise, community, and genuine encounters. However, many cities lack suitable places that enable precisely that in everyday life," says Anke Tsitouras, CEO of Landmarken AG. "We are not developing an operating concept, but rather a scalable real estate product with clearly defined quality standards and a rental model that can be used sensibly in the long term and forms a stable basis for urban development and real estate investments."
Discussions are already underway with potential operators and partners for the specific locations identified in Berlin, Frankfurt, and the Ruhrgebiet. With the goal of realizing ten "EPIX Spaces" by 2032, Landmarken is specifically targeting investors and capital partners who are rethinking urban development and see sports and leisure infrastructure as an integral part of modern cities. The aim is to establish an independent asset class that is attractive to investors and combines economic stability with social relevance.
