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Evonik plans real estate sale
German unlisted chemicals maker Evonik wants to sell the majority of its real estate business’ apartments. Through focusing on its core chemicals business, Evonik hopes to bolster itself for a planned initial public offering (IPO). Evonik’s residential real estate operations, Evonik Immobilien GmbH and THS GmbH jointly hold around 130,000 residential apartments.