Berlin roots.
European ambition.
Dr. Waithe Properties (DWP) GmbH was established in Berlin in 2007 to invest in the city's lucrative post-reunification real estate market. Its opening investment — a residential property in Berlin Mitte — was later sold in 2016 at an ROI of approximately 81%, providing the capital base for the group's next chapter.
2015: a redefined mandate.
In November 2015 the DWP strategy was redefined to better deploy its liquidity and financing relationships. The mandate broadened from Berlin real estate to selective European opportunities — with an eye for undervalued, asset-backed situations where the group could bring hands-on management.
The purchase of the Cava di Montemerano travertine quarry in Tuscany in 2016 — acquired below market value from a bankruptcy process — became the founding investment of the group's natural stone platform. The team retained the artisans and administrators of the previous operation, seeded the new entity with capital, and rebuilt the business.
Today the group spans quarry, fabrication, distribution and a proprietary technology platform serving the wider stone industry.
One team. A matrix of specialists.
Each operating company runs under a local General Manager with full P&L responsibility. Group Functional Heads — Sales, Marketing, Technology, Administration — own the standards, systems and cross-entity strategy. Together they co-own performance across the portfolio.
Financial health, governance and regulatory compliance across every country of operation.
Customer acquisition, order fulfilment and international market expansion.
Operational uptime, continuous improvement and volume-to-timeline reliability.