News a.s.r. real estate

Pensioenfonds Werk en (re)Integratie has joined the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund

02-01-2020

As of 2 January 2020, Pensioenfonds Werk en (re)Integratie (PWRI) has joined the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund as a participant. The investment amounts to € 45 million. This brings the total externally ...

a.s.r. invests over € 100 million in CBRE Pan European Core Fund

21-11-2019

a.s.r. is investing over € 100 million in the CBRE Pan European Core Fund. After its earlier investment in the BlackRock Eurozone Core Property Fund, this represents a next step in the diversification ...

a.s.r. real estate acquires new Oldelft Ultrasound headquarters on TU Delft campus

17-10-2019

On behalf of ASR Dutch Science Park Fund, a.s.r. real estate has purchased the new headquarters of Oldelft Ultrasound from cepezedprojects b.v. The nature-inclusive circular building, located on the TU ...

a.s.r. real estate acquires Exact HQ office building on TU Delft Campus

23-09-2019

Today a.s.r. real estate announced that, on behalf of the ASR Dutch Science Park Fund, it has purchased the Exact HQ office building at Molengraafsingel 33 in Delft. The building is a prominent fixture ...

Onderlinge ’s-Gravenhage has joined the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

23-09-2019

The Dutch pension and life insurer has joined the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund as an investor. The investment amounts to € 100 million. The ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund’s portfolio now consists of ...

a.s.r. real estate buys the majority of Phoenix portfolio

01-08-2019

Acting on behalf of the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (ASR DPRF), a.s.r. real estate has acquired 14 of the 15 properties in the portfolio of Phoenix Joint Venture C.V., with a total value of approximately ...

a.s.r. real estate launches ASR Dutch Science Park Fund

25-03-2019

On 1 March 2019, a.s.r. real estate launched the ASR Dutch Science Park Fund. The fund will invest in real estate on science parks in the Netherlands. Through the deployment of this strategy a.s.r. real ...

a.s.r. real estate buys not just offices but homes at Wonderwoods in Utrecht

19-11-2018

On behalf of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund, a.s.r. real estate has purchased 254 homes, a gym and a restaurant in the green, multifunctional real estate project Wonderwoods, located on Jaarbeursboulevard ...

a.s.r. cornerstone investor in BlackRock Eurozone Core Property Fund

17-09-2018

a.s.r. is a cornerstone investor in the pan-European unlisted real estate fund BlackRock Eurozone Core Property Fund (“Euro Core”). a.s.r. commits € 100 million in this European real estate fund, managed ...

Improved GRESB scores for a.s.r. real estate funds

13-09-2018

The continual commitment to long term sustainable investments has led to the further improvement of the GRESB score of the a.s.r. real estate funds. The ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund improved its GRESB ...

ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund to take over part of retail portfolio Ronstreet Properties

20-07-2018

On behalf of ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund, a.s.r. real estate is to buy a part of the retail portfolio from Ronstreet Properties. The portfolio consists of high street shop premises across the Netherlands. ...

ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund acquires Wonderwoods office in Utrecht

18-07-2018

On behalf of the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund, a.s.r. real estate has bought the site of the future Wonderwoods offices on Jaarbeursboulevard in Utrecht from G&S Real Estate and KondorWessels Projects. ...

Italian insurer invests in ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund

11-07-2018

An Italian insurance company has entered as a participant in the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund on 1 July. It is investing approximately € 30 million. This takes the total external equity raised by the ...

ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund raises over € 275 million

05-07-2018

As of 1 July, Pensioenfonds Vervoer, the Dutch pension scheme for employees working in the transport sector, Stichting Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor de Detailhandel, the Dutch pension scheme for employees ...

a.s.r. acquires country estate Junne from Delta Lloyd

25-05-2018

a.s.r. acquires the country estate Junne from Delta Lloyd, which was acquired by NN Group in 2017. Landgoed Junne is located in the municipality of Ommen in the province of Overijssel and, with an area ...

Name change a.s.r. real estate

01-03-2018

a.s.r. real estate is the brand name under which ASR Vastgoed Vermogensbeheer B.V. acts as of today. The name a.s.r. real estate fits within the diversity of activities that we have developed in the property ...

a.s.r. real estate investment management acquires Castellum shopping centre in Houten

21-12-2017

a.s.r. real estate investment management has acquired the Castellum shopping centre in Houten for ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund from Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance, which represented two Dutch ...

a.s.r. real estate investment management wins JLL’s Golden Brick at Realwise

24-11-2017

a.s.r. real estate investment management has been awarded JLL’s Golden Brick (Gouden Baksteen) 2017. The award was presented to Dick Gort, CEO of a.s.r. real estate investment management, during the third ...

VSB Vermogensfonds and VvAA participate in ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

16-10-2017

a.s.r. real estate investment management welcomes Stichting VSB Vermogensfonds, VvAA Levensverzekeringen and VvAA Schadeverzekeringen as new participants in the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund (ASR DCRF). ...

ARKET to open first store in the Netherlands

28-09-2017

ARKET will open its first store in the Netherlands on Koningsplein 20 in Amsterdam. The spring 2018 opening follows ARKET's launch in autumn 2017 with openings in London, Brussels, Copenhagen and Munich, ...

Higher GRESB scores for all a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management funds

08-09-2017

Four stars for ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund This year, all a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management (a.s.r. REIM) funds have improved on last year's scores on the Global Real Estate Sustainability ...

ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund raises € 150 million in first six months

07-07-2017

a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management (a.s.r. REIM), has completed its second close for the ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund (“the Fund”), established in December 2016. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, ...

First placement of ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund

12-06-2017

Pension fund for the Dutch retailsector (Stichting Bedrijfstakpensioenfonds voor de Detailhandel) joins Fund a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management has completed the first placement of the ASR Dutch ...

a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management sells six office properties to Cairn Real Estate

13-02-2017

a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management (a.s.r. REIM) has sold six offices from the office portfolio of the Basisfonds Stationslocaties C.V. to investment manager Cairn Real Estate. In December 2016 a.s.r. ...

IVBN presents paper: Investment in Office Property in the Netherlands, a European Perspective

02-02-2017

This morning in London IVBN presented the paper "Investment in Office Property in the Netherlands, a European Perspective. Read the press release or download the research rapport. Income Return Main Driver ...

Pieter Vandeginste appointed as Fund Director ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund

15-12-2016

Pieter Vandeginste (45) joined a.s.r. real estate investment management as senior acquisition and sales manager seven years ago. In his previous career, Mr Vandeginste was a member of the executive board ...

a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management acquires offices portfolio of Basisfonds Stationslocaties C.V.

06-12-2016

Prime real estate transferred to new ASR Dutch Mobility Office Fund a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management (a.s.r. REIM) buys the offices portfolio of Basisfonds Stationslocaties C.V. The portfolio ...

Hudson's Bay Company store to open in Amstelveen

28-09-2016

Hudson’s Bay Company announced today that it has finalized leases for two new store locations in the Netherlands (Amstelveen and Almere), in addition to the eleven locations previously announced. In aggregate, ...

Participants increase share in ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

21-07-2016

Participants in the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund (ASR DCRF) have underlined their confidence in the Fund by investing an additional € 60 million. The extra investment can be made thanks to the strong ...

Hudson's Bay Company reached three lease agreements with a.s.r. real estate investment management

11-07-2016

Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) annouced today that it has finalized leases for seven new store locations in the Netherlands, including three lease agreements with a.s.r. real estate investment management for ...

ASR Dutch Core Residentail Fund acquires Hoogvliet Residential Portfolio

02-06-2016

Hoogvliet Beheer B.V. and the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund have reached agreement about the acquisition of the Hoogvliet Residential Portfolio by ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund. The Hoogvliet Residential ...

a.s.r. real estate investment management acquires Lijnbaan shopping centre in Vianen

07-04-2016

a.s.r. real estate investment management has acquired the Lijnbaan shopping centre for the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund. The shopping centre is home to supermarkets AH and Jumbo, an Etos drug store, off-licence ...

Union acquires De Klanderij shopping centre in Enschede

15-01-2016

Union Investment has acquired its first shopping centre in the Netherlands for its institutional open-ended real estate fund UII Shopping Nr. 1. Completed in 2004, De Klanderij in Enschede comprises approximately ...

a.s.r. real estate investment management purchases 36 apartments in Nieuw Mariënpark development in Leidschendam

17-12-2015

On behalf of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund, a.s.r. real estate investment management has recently signed a contact of sale with property developer Blauwhoed for the purchase of 36 apartments in the ...

AM and a.s.r. real estate investment management acquire Chubb location at Cruquiuseiland in Amsterdam

04-12-2015

Area and property developer AM has acquired the site of United Technologies Corporation (UTC) located at Cruquiusweg in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It plans to transform the current location of Chubb Fire ...

Sustainability performance of a.s.r. property funds rewarded with higher GRESB score

04-09-2015

All three property funds of a.s.r. real estate investment management, namely ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund, ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund and ASR Property Fund, were this year rewarded by Global Real Estate ...

Edwin van de Woestijne appointed Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate at a.s.r. real estate investment management

20-08-2015

Edwin van de Woestijne has been appointed Managing Director of Commercial Real Estate and Fund Director of the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund at a.s.r. real estate investment management with effect from 1 ...

Third placement for ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

09-07-2015

The Dutch Pension Fund for Physiotherapists has increased its share in the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund by € 25 million. This is the third placement in six months, bringing the total of external equity ...

Second placement of ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

02-04-2015

Three months after the first placement of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund, a.s.r. real estate investment management (a.s.r. reim) has welcomed the PNO Media Pension Fund as its second external investor. ...

First close of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

12-03-2015

a.s.r. real estate investment management (´a.s.r. reim´), the real estate investment division of Dutch insurance company a.s.r., has completed the first close of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund (‘the ...

a.s.r. reim is granted AIFM licence

10-02-2015

The Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) has granted a.s.r. reim an AIFM licence to act as a manager of investment institutions. Besides managing the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund, the ASR ...

Fifth successful equity raise for ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund

09-01-2015

- Retail Fund goes global with €250m from Asia -a.s.r. real estate investment management, “a.s.r. reim”, has completed its fifth close for the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (“the Fund”). An Asian institution ...

Opening of Terwijde shopping centre in Utrecht (Leidsche Rijn)

05-11-2014

Today, alderman Geldof of the City of Utrecht will do the honours of opening the Terwijde shopping centre in Utrecht Leidsche Rijn. The shopping centre, which is located adjacent to the Terwijde railway ...

Fake letters about rent payments

01-10-2014

Criminal organisations are trying to swindle tenants and take their money. They will send letters to tenants stating that the bank account number for rent payments has changed or requesting them to use ...

The Hague Mayor Jozias van Aartsen opens ‘Nieuwe Haagse Passage’

18-09-2014

New retail formats and hotel concept make The Hague city centre even more appealing The Hague Mayor Jozias van Aartsen performed the official opening of ‘Nieuwe Haagse Passage’ on Thursday, 18 September. ...

A fresh impetus for The Passage heritage building in The Hague

16-09-2014

Retailers such as Apple and the Miele Experience Center are giving a fresh impetus to the historic shopping arcade that is De Passage. The strategy to attract new tenants and to upgrade existing formats ...

Successful a.s.r. real estate retaillounge

03-09-2014

The a.s.r. real estate retaillounge, an event targeting Dutch and internationally based retailers initiated by a.s.r. vastgoed vermogensbeheer and a.s.r. vastgoed ontwikkeling, was held in The Hague on ...

Amadeus in The Hague fully let

07-07-2014

Van Stockum booksellers returns to The Hague city centre Property development company Kalvermarkt (a joint venture between Provast and a.s.r. vastgoed ontwikkeling) has managed to let all retail space ...

Newly renovated shopping centre Klanderij Enschede virtually fully let

02-07-2014

Now that six contracts have been signed for De Klanderij in Enschede, a.s.r. vastgoed vermogensbeheer has let virtually every unit in the shopping centre, which is owned by the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund. ...

Futura Zoetermeer awarded “Very Good” BREEAM-NL rating

05-06-2014

Most sustainable residential building in the Netherlands The Futura residential building in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands, has been awarded BREEAM-NL New Construction certification (rating: “Very Good”). ...

a.s.r. real estate investment management purchases shops in Nijmegen

05-06-2014

ING real estate development (ING) has sold a shopping complex on the square 1944 in Nijmegen to a.s.r. real estate investment management. The shopping complex is included in the portfolio of the ASR Dutch ...

Waagblok heritage block in Leiden completed

08-05-2014

On Thursday, 8 May 2014, department store V&D opened its doors in the newly redeveloped Waagblok block at Aalmarkt in Leiden. This was the last step in the completion by Provast of the development ...

a.s.r. reim signs five-year lease with iCentre in Arnhem

14-04-2014

a.s.r. reim recently signed a five-year lease with iCentre for a retail property located at Roggestraat 13 in Arnhem, the Netherlands. iCentre will pay a market-based rent for the retail space and basement ...

Fourth successful money raise for a.s.r. reim

08-04-2014

ASR DPRF raises over €530m in total a.s.r. real estate investment management, “a.s.r. reim”, has completed its fourth close for the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (“the Fund”). Aviva Investors Global Real ...

Opportunities for international investors in the Dutch housing market

10-03-2014

Eight major housing investors present joint research paper Stef Blok, Minister for Housing and Public Service was today presented with the research paper 'Dutch residential investments in European perspective'. ...

De Klanderij first shopping centre in the Netherlands to be awarded BREEAM certificate for entire mall, including tenanted areas

15-01-2014

De Klanderij is the first existing multi-tenanted shopping centre in the Netherlands to be awarded the BREEAM certificate for the entire mall, including tenanted areas. a.s.r. vastgoed vermogensbeheer ...

Third successful money raise for a.s.r. reim

26-11-2013

ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund raises over €500m in total a.s.r. real estate investment management, “a.s.r. reim”, has completed its third close for the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (“the Fund”). A French ...

Nieuwe Haagse Passage reaches highest point

28-10-2013

Nieuwe Haagse Passage is a construction project in the heart of the city of The Hague. The construction work is in the hands of J.P. van Eesteren b.v. and the developers are Multi Vastgoed and AM Real ...

3 new tenants for a.s.r. vastgoed vermogensbeheer properties in Sassenheim

30-09-2013

On behalf of the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (DPRF), a.s.r. vastgoed vermogensbeheer has contracted 3 new tenants for the Voorhavenkwartier in Sassenheim. The new tenants are SUBWAY, Leuk & Lekker ...

7 new tenants for De Klanderij shopping centre

25-09-2013

On behalf of the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (DPRF), a.s.r. vastgoed vermogensbeheer has contracted 7 new tenants (approx. 1275 m²) for De Klanderij Shopping Centre in Enschede, the Netherlands in 2013. ...

a.s.r. purchase Eindhoven city centre retail property

17-09-2013

On behalf of the ASR Dutch Prime Retail Fund (ASR DPRF), a.s.r. real estate investment management (a.s.r. reim) has acquired the retail property, Demer 9, in the centre of Eindhoven. The property, in ...

Second closing of € 75m for a.s.r. Dutch Prime Retail Fund

02-07-2013

a.s.r. Real Estate Investment Management (‘a.s.r. REIM’), the real estate investment management division of Dutch insurance company a.s.r., has completed the second closing of the a.s.r. Dutch Prime Retail ...