Nexus and Tristan Acquire Iconic office in Rotterdam’s CBD for €84 million

January 2020 – CCP 5 LL, the core-plus perpetual fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners, together with its local operating partner Nexus Real Estate, has acquired “The Core” in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from Credit Suisse REIM for c. €84 million.

The Core is situated in Rotterdam’s CBD, close to the central train station, and offers c. 16,940 sqm of quality office space across 10 floors and a parking garage with 478 parking spaces across four floors, operated by Q-Park on a long lease. Originally known as ‘The Weena Building’, the property dates back to 1968 and was originally designed by prominent reconstructionist architect Huig Maaskant. In 2019, part of the building was refurbished.

Kick Van der Wel, Director at Tristan Capital Partners, said: “The strength of Rotterdam’s underlying local economy is feeding through into stronger office occupier market dynamics at a time when there has been a steep reduction in supply of office stock. Older and obsolete space is being withdrawn from the market to be converted to other uses and the pipeline of new developments remains limited. As a result, the office vacancy rate in Rotterdam has fallen sharply over the past couple of years, putting upwards pressure on prime rents.”

This marks Tristan’s third acquisition with Nexus Real Estate in the past three years. In November 2019, CCP 5 LL acquired an office portfolio of six office properties comprising c. 126,000 sqm located in Amsterdam and Utrecht from German asset manager Commerz Real with Nexus Real Estate acting as local operating partner.

Jochem den Daas, Partner of Nexus Real Estate, added: “We particularly like the strategiclocation in the Rotterdam city centre in combination with the quality design offering attractive floor areas. The propertyis well-positioned to benefit from the favourable market dynamics and offers a strong basis for us to add value.”

CCP 5 LL was advised by Loyens & Loeff (legal), Stevens van Dijck (technical), PWC (tax) and De Mik (commercial).

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