Equity Estate acquires Eempolis office building from ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund

3-8, 2021

Equity Estate has acquired the Eempolis office building, of almost 32,000 sqm and 350 parking spaces and located at Station Amersfoort Centraal. The state-of-the-art building has been awarded with a 'BREEAM-very good' rating and an energy label A. The building is let to 20 different tenants, including Arcadis, Dutch Railways (NS) and the Central Government Real Estate Agency (RVB).

In the short and medium term, a number of large-scale developments will take place in the direct vicinity. For example, the development of the new town hall in the Trapezium Triangle and the mixed-use development 'Wagenwerkplaats'.

This purchase is in line with Equity Estate's strategy to acquire office buildings at major public transportation hubs in the Netherlands. The strategy also focuses on a high quality for the internal and external environment of the offices. Eempolis excels both through its accessibility as well as through a high level of sustainability.

In 2016, a.s.r. took over the office portfolio of Basisfonds Stationslocaties CV. From this portfolio, nine offices, including the Eempolis office building in Amersfoort, were transferred to the newly launched ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund. Due to the fund's tightened strategy, which focuses on the office market in the G5 (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and Eindhoven) of the Netherlands, it has been decided to sell the Eempolis office building. The freed up capital is used for reinvestment.

CBRE supervised the sale for a.s.r. real estate.