First new lease in Square 44, Europalaan Utrecht

25-5, 2023

First new lease in Square 44, Europalaan Utrecht

Tulp Training is the first new tenant for approx. 500 sqm in Square 44 at Europalaan in Utrecht.

Tulp Training is a reputable language training institute with multiple locations in the Netherlands.

Square 44 is a multi-tenant office building offering flexible lease terms, turnkey office space and fixed service charges.

The size of the building amounts to 17,000 sqm with 300 parking spaces and is located in the Merwede Kanaal Zone, section 6.

The area will transform into a vibrant working, recreation and living quarter in the near future.

Ans de Wijn and CBRE are the brokers for the Square 44 building.

For more information: https://www.square44.nl/

The commercial spaces in CROSSOVER in Amsterdam South Axis have been delivered

25-5, 2023

The commercial spaces in CROSSOVER in Amsterdam South Axis have been delivered

After more than two years of construction, and on schedule, the stunning CROSSOVER office building has been delivered by BAM Wonen Speciale Projecten. The offices score high on both comfort, health, and sustainability; the energy-neutral office building will soon boast a BREEAM Outstanding label, WELL Silver Certificate and an Energy A++++ label. CROSSOVER is a design by Team V Architects.

CROSSOVER, a collaboration between AM and Equity Estate, is located on the South Axis, near the A10 South exit and the Europaboulevard. It is a multifunctional building consisting of almost 11,000 sqm of office space, social spaces and a restaurant, and 130 flats. Lieven De Key will become the owner of 120 flats, which are expected to be delivered in June 2023. CROSSOVER gives a new impetus to the east side of the South Axis and contributes to the further development of this part of the South Axis into a lively and sustainable environment.

Now that the building has been completed, the tenants can get to work Meanwhile, STX Commodities, Pinsent Masons and BDR Thermae have committed to the office spaces as tenants.

Equity Estate achieves EPC label jump from C to A+

23-5, 2023

The Quarter Podium office building in Amsterdam Sloterdijk, has leapt from an energy label C to a whopping energy label A+.

Quarter Podium is part of the Quarter Offices portfolio, which also includes Quarter Plaza and Quarter Avenue. With the improvement of Quarter Podium's energy label, the entire Quarter Offices portfolio has been awarded at least energy label A.

Equity Estate aims to continuously improve the portfolio and has the ambition to certify all three Quarter Offices with a BREEAM Very-Good label.

Touch Incentive leases in Blaak 16 in Rotterdam

23-5, 2023

Equity Estate has signed a long-term agreement with Touch Incentive for the lease of approximately 900 sqm (l.f.a.) of office space located on the 1st floor and 9 parking spaces at a rent of EUR 240 per sqm for the office space.

BLAAK16 is located in the creative district of Rotterdam and borders the city centre and the Old Harbour. The location is easily accessible by car and public transport. The building has a parking garage and NS railway station Blaak is at 1-minute walking distance from the building.

Dating from the 1970s, the office building underwent a major renovation in 2018. The facades and all installations were completely renewed at that time. The building scores very well in terms of ESG. The building has a thermal energy storage system, solar panels, charging stations and is certified with an energy label A+, BREAAM Excellent and a WELL Gold certificate. This high-quality office building is thus qualitatively among the top office buildings in the Rotterdam office market. Which partly underwrites the rent level of the lease transaction. BLAAK16 has several communal facilities, including a communal meeting and conference centre and a roof terrace on the 11th floor. Other services of BLAAK16 are a reception area with coffee bar operated by Frame Offices, meeting space on the 11th floor as well as a meeting space on the mezzanine floor and a central entrance with double height.

“The high-quality finish in combination with the available ESG certificates have contributed greatly to the good lettability of this office floor. This shows that the demand for high-quality office space at A locations is very much in demand” said real estate consultant BRiQ Real Estate.

Touch Network is a leading company formed from the merger of Touch Incentive Marketing, Touch TVCC and Jibe Commerce and Sparco Loyalty Solutions. Touch specialises in developing promotions, savings programs and employee benefits, supported by specific software solutions. Equity Estate is delighted with Touch Incentive's arrival at BLAAK16.

"For Touch Incentive, we were looking for a new location for our head office that matches our identity, organisation and employees.

BLAAK16 answers in all areas. Strategic location in Rotterdam, sustainable, easily accessible by public transport, good parking facilities, inspiring office design and many attractive facilities in the immediate vicinity for our employees and business relations.

The new head office at BLAAK16 will contribute positively to the further growth and development of Touch Incentive!"
Dennis R. van Den Berg Founder & CEO Touch Incentive

Touch Network was accompanied by MD project partner. Equity Estate was assisted in the completion of this transaction by BRiQ Real Estate.

New Partnership: Equity Estate x Healthy Workers

9-3, 2023

New Partnership: Equity Estate x Healthy Workers

Get ready for a Healthy Workers and Equity Estate cooperation. A great match, if we may say so ourselves. Equity Estate fits seamlessly with Healthy Workers’ vision by investing in solid properties with a long-term perspective. Our common goal: adding real value to the real estate market by becoming Paris-proof as soon as possible. How? By providing a full range of direct asset management and making all assets sustainable and healthy – aka forward thinking. Equity Estate takes responsibility for our shared drive for net zero real estate. By joining forces, we can double our impact.

We are glad to have Healthy Workers on board. By combining our strengths, we prepare our portfolio in the best way possible for zero emissions in 2050. With that in mind, there still is a lot of work to do in sustaining properties. Healthy Workers’ data-driven way of working helps our buildings – and users – to perform as well as possible at all times. Plus: we always know where we stand and how to improve. – Nard Schuddebeurs, chief operations officer Equity Estate

Equity Estate has been in the business for over twenty-five years, (co-)investing in real estate all over The Netherlands – primarily for foreign investors. If you team up with Equity Estate, you can be assured they are closing deals with the highest level of attention, ownership, integrity, and transparency. Quality over quantity: they’d rather be the best than the biggest.

This partnership is unshakeable. We’re very excited to team up with Equity Estate so that we can make their entire portfolio future-proof. We make a great match because Equity Estate’s sustainability ambitions enable us to get the most out of their buildings. We started by mapping their portfolio on a usage level, including initial savings analyses. Based on those results, we’re currently implementing our other modules, optimizing building performances by using all available data in combination with our innovative technology — day after day. – Guus Meulendijks, co-founder Healthy Workers

With their smart building systems, Healthy Workers is already on the move to optimize Equity Estate’s portfolio. Including high-end buildings, such as Blaak 16 in Rotterdam, which achieved a BREEAM Excellent and WELL GOLD certification. No surprise and well deserved, looking at their sustainable development. As a team, we hope to realize many more future-proof buildings together.

Want to get to know us better? Contact us at: guus@healthyworkers.com or lansink@equityestate.nl

Equity Estate refinances Hill Top 4

16-1, 2023

Hill Top 4 is a joint venture between Equity Estate and Arzan Wealth, which invests in three office buildings in Amsterdam Sloterdijk, with an area of  in total 26,000 sqm. The joint venture was set up in 2018 with an initial period of 5 years.

Due to the strong results in the structure, the partners have decided to extend the term of the joint venture and attract new financing.

Deutsche Bank has provided a senior facility that offers room for repayment of the existing facility and further greening the buildings.

CROSSOVER signs lease with Pinsent Masons

28-9, 2022

CROSSOVER signs lease with Pinsent Masons Netherlands LLP for office space at Crossover building, South Axis Amsterdam

Amsterdam, 28 September 2022 - CROSSOVER (a joint venture between area developer AM and Equity Estate) announces the signing of a long-term lease in the CROSSOVER building. This high-quality and multifunctional building is under construction and located on the South Axis in Amsterdam, the most important Central Business District of the Netherlands. International law firm Pinsent Masons Netherlands LLP has signed an agreement for 1,556 sqm of office space and ten parking spaces. Among other things, the strategic location, high-quality office spaces and the exclusive roof terrace attracted Pinsent Masons Netherlands LLP to this building.

CROSSOVER, located on the corner of exit A10 Zuid and the Europaboulevard, near Hotel Nhow Amsterdam RAI and next to Terrace Tower, gives a new impulse to the eastern part of the South Axis. This 'Kop Zuidas' sub-area will develop further in the coming years into a lively and sustainable district. Construction started in February 2021 and Crossover is expected to be completed in spring 2023.

CROSSOVER has already received a so called BREAAM-NL design certificate ‘outstanding’, a bold sustainable achievement for a mixed-use building, and a WELL Core certification. The building is energy neutral.

Pinsent Masons is a multinational law firm specialising in technology, science and industry, financial services, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Operating across 26 offices it is one of the leading global law firms.

CROSSOVER is a 50-50% joint venture between area developer AM and Equity Estate launched in March 2021 for the development of a mixed-use building with 130 apartments and approx. 11,000 sqm of offices and a bar/restaurant.

DRS Makelaars acted as advisor on behalf of the joint venture. JLL advised Pinsent Masons in this transaction.

CROSSOVER signs lease of approx. 5,000 sq. m. to STX Commodities B.V.

13-9, 2022

CROSSOVER signs lease of approx. 5,000 sq. m. to STX Commodities B.V.

Amsterdam, September 12 2022 – STX Commodities has signed a long-term lease for approx. 5,000 sq.m. lettable floor area of office space in the high quality and sustainable office building CROSSOVER, a  landmark building situated on the South Axis in Amsterdam.

STX COMMODITIES B.V

Per July 2023 STX has leased 5,000 sqm of office space on the ground floor, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd floor and 36 parking spaces in the Crossover building for a period of 10,5 years.

STX is a leading global Environmental Commodity Trader, and a Climate Solutions provider for corporations. It has offices in Gothenburg (Sweden), Hamburg (Germany), Lyon (France), New York City (USA) and Singapore and is headquartered in Amsterdam (Netherlands) where it was founded in 2005.

STX has been and is at the forefront of global change away from pollution and from depletion of natural resources. STX has been pricing the cost of emissions and pollution for over fifteen years and has helped build trust in carbon-reduction and green energy trading. With its trading and Corporate Climate Solutions offering, STX ensures directly and indirectly that money goes to hundreds and thousands of projects that make the world a greener place, while providing corporations with the certified proof points of their contributions to environmental progress.The global STX team of 350+ people is growing fast, consisting of more than 50 nationalities, in 6 countries. The annual trading volume is close to EUR 1bln.

LETTING

The total rental area of the building is approx.11,000 sqm. Only 3,800 sqm is still available for letting of which 650 sqm is located on the top floor with a great view over Amsterdam. Another 1,500 sqm is let to an international law firm.

CROSSOVER is a 50-50% joint venture between area developer AM (part of Royal BAM Group) and Equity Estate launched in March 2021 for the development of a mixed-use building with 130 apartments and approx. 11,000 sqm of offices and a restaurant. The building is located in South Axis Amsterdam, which is the prime CBD of the Netherlands. The construction started in February 2021 and completion is scheduled for June 2023. The building will benefit from a BREEAM outstanding label and a WELL V2 Core Silver certification. This certification standard focuses specifically on the health and well-being of the users of the building. Crossover proves that it is possible to combine great architecture with the highest ambition in the area of sustainability, well-being, energy and efficiency.

JLL is the leasing agent on behalf of CROSSOVER in co-exclusive cooperation with DRS. NL real estate | Knight Frank  represented STX Commodities.

Equity Estate sells office EY in Zwolle

9-8, 2022

Equity Estate sells office EY in Zwolle

Equity Estate has sold a single-tenant office building at Zwartewaterallee 56 in Zwolle to Veldboom. The office building, located along the A28 motorway, and with a lettable floor area of 5,520 sqm and 154 parking spaces, is fully let to Ernst & Young.

Queristics Investment Group, a joint venture of Equity Estate and a Middle-Eastern investor, acquired the newly built property in 2010. Queristics invested in Germany and Benelux, focussing on logistics and office real estate. In 2018, Equity Estate bought out its joint venture partner and refinanced the pan-European portfolio with Partners Group, a Swiss asset manager. With the sale of the office building in Zwolle, the last building in the Queristics portfolio has been sold.

"With the sale of Zwartewaterallee, we have more than achieved our objective and can focus on new opportunities in the market.", says Nard Schuddebeurs, COO of Equity Estate.

Equity Estate was advised by NL real estate | Knight Frank and the seller by KroeseTempert Bedrijfsmakelaars from Zwolle.

Equity Estate launches Dutch Partners CV

16-3, 2022

Equity Estate and one of its international partners have launched Dutch Partners CV, an investment vehicle targeting on high street retail assets. The strong focus is at A1/A2 locations in the top‐20 inner city retail areas in the Netherlands. A healthy mix of retail, leisure, hotel and catering and daily shopping, and a strong catchment area are the basis for acquisition decisions. It is the ambition to build up a well‐balanced retail portfolio worth approx. EUR 100 million.
The first transaction has recently been finalised comprising 15 retail assets in prime cities such as Maastricht, Deventer, Den Haag, Utrecht, Enschede, Amersfoort and Apeldoorn. The portfolio has various tenants amongst which are Kruidvat, Costes, H&M, Heineken and Inbev.
Equity Estate is responsible for the acquisition and management of the portfolio.