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No city hates its landlords like Berlin does trib.al/YeMg6gT
In September 2018, Firman Properties sent an eviction notice to an anarchist bar called Syndikat.

It took 2 weeks to figure out who was behind Firman Properties: Mark, David, and Trevor Pears, three reclusive brothers from London worth about $4 billion trib.al/YeMg6gT
Soon, journalists caught wind of the story.

Using information from the Panama Papers, they also revealed that the Pears brothers collected at least $53 million in Berlin rents and sales in 2017 trib.al/YeMg6gT
In Berlin, revelations about the Pearses’ real estate ventures stoked a growing rage against big landlords and property speculators.

Read the full story here ➡️ trib.al/YeMg6gT
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