Our mission
Make quality rental housing economically viable at increasing scale while keeping total housing costs compatible with real household incomes.
Our vision
Help build enduring Swiss delivery capacity for affordable rental housing by connecting local needs with the skills, land and capital required to make projects happen.
Our role
CIVANTIS acts as developer, coordinator and long-term owner. We organise the full real estate process: housing need, land, design, financing, construction, commissioning, leasing and operations.
Real estate experience
Land, residential development, project structuring and long-term ownership.
Technical experience
Engineering, construction, quality, cost, schedule, coordination and commissioning.
Financial and entrepreneurial experience
Financing, governance, partnerships, business development and long-term management.
Our objectives
Build delivery capacity that can scale without losing discipline.
Increase affordable supply
Create new homes where housing need is real and documented.
Unlock more land
Work with public and private landowners to turn sites into deliverable projects.
Use capital more efficiently
Reduce capital tied up per home through better project structuring.
Protect long-term quality
Own and operate buildings with a long-term maintenance and stewardship mindset.
Our principles
What guides our decisions.
Affordability first
Real household affordability shapes the project from the beginning.
Swiss compliance
Law, standards, approvals and local accountability frame every development.
Quality over lowest price
Cost optimisation must not compromise liveability or durability.
Economic transparency
Benefits, costs, obligations and risks should be understood before commitments are made.
Human responsibility
Material decisions remain with accountable professionals.
Long-term quality
A building should remain operable, maintained and pleasant to live in long after completion.
Open to the right capabilities
CIVANTIS works with municipalities, cantons, landowners, investors, banks, pension funds, insurers, architects, engineers, contractors, manufacturers and public-interest housing providers. Each project brings together the partners best suited to its circumstances.