Blaak 16 in Rotterdam obtains BREEAM Excellent certification

4-10, 2018

In September 2018, the Blaak 16 office building in Rotterdam, received a BREEAM Excellent (four stars) quality mark from the Dutch Green Building Council. After already being awarded with the A+++ EPC label earlier this year this is the second confirmation of the strong sustainable characteristics of this completely re-developed office building. The 14,500 m² multi-tenant building is equipped with state of the art technology ensuring high levels of comfort and sustainability. The most important eco-friendly aspects comprise the use of solar panels, the heat and cold storage installation (WKO), sustainable use of materials and incentives to use the public transport as a result of its close proximity to the Blaak station.

Upon completion, the Blaak 16 office building has proven to be successful. Within one year from completion, the occupancy rate reached 90% and currently only has one vacant floor left. Key words for this high-end office building are comfort, flexibility and openness. Furthermore, the building is equipped with shared meeting rooms on the top floor, combined with a panoramic roof terrace that provides stunning 360 degree views on the skyline of Rotterdam.

The building was acquired and developed by Cairn Real Estate in cooperation with Kadans Vastgoed before it was sold to Blue Horizon Investors in March 2018. Equity Estate performs both the asset and company management for this building as the local partner of Blue Horizon Investors in The Netherlands.