Belgium Real Estate Showcase 2013 - Mipim preview by Business Interactive Media (Bimedia)

Showcase 2013 / BELGIUM REAL ESTATE

ÂŠ UNStudio, Jaspers-Eyers Architects

Projects preview

Outstanding town planning & real estate projects cover BRES ProjectsPreview v3.indd 1

26/02/13 17:18

global

WORKPLACE CONSULTING

> UNDERSTAND | ANTICIPATE | IMPROVE Moving, merging, acquiring… Change offers a unique opportunity to redefine the structural imperatives of your company. From the analysis of your needs to the assessment of the solutions put in place, GLOBAL, with New Game, covers

give space a new dimension

every aspect of Workplace Consulting. Defining your precise operating needs is no easy task. Our Workplace consultants analyse

In crisis times, reducing costs is essential, but this challenge also presents an outstanding opportunity.

your organisation and draw up a customised

How can you reorganise your teams in the work area? What working method is most suited to the jobs

programme of needs. Redesigning your workplace gives you a chance

performed? How can you improve your communications ? As specialist in creating and developing work

to integrate major structural changes. We help

spaces, GLOBAL will help answer these questions and make your offices a real strategic lever. So you

you unite your management around a common

can successfully meet your challenges, today and tomorrow.

vision. Our consultants also bring your staff on board to ensure that the new practices put in place are firmly established and to breathe life into them. We also help you with the implementation of the New World of Work.

WWW.GLOBAL-DPM.BE / STEVEN VALKENIERS +32 (0)475 83 06 23 / PHILIPPE JANSSENS +32 (0)474 97 55 07

DESIGN MANAGEMENT

> LISTEN | CREATE | FORESEE | CHECK

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

> SELECT | MANAGE | CONTROL

The creative and aesthetic aspects take

After creation comes action. GLOBAL develops

shape, while the initial layout is refined.

and manages its projects in the field. A field

Choice of materials and colours, the look and

that it manages at every level: quality, time and

performance of the partitions, acoustic ele-

budget.

ments, ceilings, floor coverings, woodwork,

Specifications, invitations to tender and compa-

lighting, furniture, etc. The designer creates

rative tables, schedules, budgets, site coordina-

spaces dedicated to the well-being of your

tion and follow-up, quality control: the project

staff. He translates your programme of needs

manager - the client’s main contact - guarantees

in functional and aesthetic terms, making sure

that the work runs smoothly.

that you remain involved throughout the crea-

He selects the various trades on the basis of va-

tive process.

lue for money, combining rigour and flexibility in

Be it computer-generated imagery or brilliant

his approach.

sketches on the corner of a serviette – it’s the

GLOBAL offers you the best suppliers on the

idea that counts, as long as it fits in with your

market and negotiates with them so that you

aesthetic vision and comes through the feasi-

always benefit from advantageous terms. When

bility analysis.

the project so requires, GLOBAL goes as far as developing customised furniture and lighting solutions.

Untitled-2 1

26/02/13 17:20

I EDITORIAL I

Belgium Real Estate Showcase Projects Preview 2013 A special issue of Profacility quarterly magazine published by

Business Interactive Media sprl Avenue Louise, 475 - 1050 Brussels Phone: +32 (0)2 669 77 65 Fax: + 32 (0)2 626 37 17 info@bimedia.be - www.bimedia.be Publication Director Didier VAN DEN EYNDE - dvandeneynde@bimedia.be EDITORIAL Final Editors: Tim HARRUP - tharrup@pro-realestate.be Eduard CODDÉ - redactie@profacility.be Bruno HODITTE - redaction@profacility.be ADVERTISING & MARKETING Key Account Manager Sigrid NAUWELAERTS - snauwelaerts@pro-realestate.be Marketing Didier VAN DEN EYNDE - dvandeneynde@bimedia.be Advertising rates available on www.pro-realestate.be/advertising PRODUCTION Lay-out Kurt THYS - Str8 Communication Company - www.str8.be Production coordination Kim VERGHEGGE - kverhegge@bimedia.be Printing Van der Poorten SA - www.vanderpoorten.be PARTNERSHIPS Profacility is Media Partner of

Connect with www.pro-realestate.be for key information to optimize your real estate management: investment strategy (purchase, lease or rent), choice of the perfect location according to the company’s activities, selection of the most suitable building, financing and taxation, building fit out, move, building facilities operations.

A RISING MARKET SHORT OF EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE OFFICE BUILDINGS ?

hile it may be too early to say the crisis is behind us, the Belgian real estate market nevertheless showed signs of recovery in 2012. Take-up in the major Brussels office market pushed its way back to a much healthier 450,000 m² or so, and vacancy is down a little. The predominant factor in this is that the self-regulation in terms of new developments has had the desired effect – deliveries of speculative buildings are historically low and are set to stay that way for another couple of years. But when this is combined with the fact that tenants are showing a clear preference for new buildings in prime locations, and preferably with a green label, two problems appear. Firstly, they simply can’t find these products and secondly, older office buildings are no longer able to compete. The solution to the first of these observations may be – as one leading advisor has suggested – that it is now time for speculative developments to begin again. The market knew when to stop building, but will it know when to start again…? As for the second point, financial realities are making it even more attractive to convert old office buildings to new uses, most notably residential in all its forms, including in particular retirement homes, where even the ‘big boys’ are now taking positions.

But the Brussels office market is no longer the only topic. There is a continuing trend to move away from the ‘big city’ to smaller cities located within easy commuting distance of Brussels, especially by train. Given the small size of Belgium, this means that there are many candidates: Antwerp and Mechelen, Ghent, Leuven and even Namur. While Liège, the largest Walloon city, is flourishing in its own right, with a number of developments, particularly around the iconic ‘Calatrava’ TGV station. The relatively low number of shopping centres, or of new shopping centre developments, continues to sustain occupancy (and rental levels) on the high streets. Development does continue, of course, and is far more mixed use than in the past – a result of market needs and of political will. In this special Mipim edition of the Belgian Real Estate Showcase, we put the spotlight on some of the more major examples. The following edition of Belgian Real Estate Showcase will be published for the ‘Realty’ exhibition in Brussels in May, and will include articles and interviews with experts on the ground, with an emphasis on market analysis and property management best practices. Tim HARRUP Final editor Pro-Realestate Media

© All texts are protected by copyright. All advertisings fall under the sole responsibility of their authors. © No part of this publication may be reproduced and/or published in any form or by means of printing or photocopying, magnetic carriers, without the prior permission of the publisher.

002 Edito+Ours.indd 3

26/02/13 17:22

FoR CoRpoRaTE REal EsTaTE, a tailor-made approach is required. ShouLd A tenAnt move or renegotiAte the LeASe? ShouLd An inveStor buy or SeLL And when? whAt perSpeCtiveS doeS A deveLoper hAve? A thorough AnALySiS wiLL enAbLe you to mAke the right deCiSion.

Erasmus Hospital Investment (110.000 m²)

Gutenberg Investment (30.000 m²)

RTBF Consulting (80.000 m²)

Century Center Investment (25.000 m²)

Anixton is an independent consultant in corporate real estate. We do everything in our power to provide pragmatic and customised solutions to occupiers, owners, investors and property developers. We are committed to creating value, to giving efficient advice and to improving performances. While always bearing the following priorities in mind: ethics, quality, customised advice and services. Let us meet up and work out a strategy together!

Surf on our site www.anixton.com

Contact : +32 2 721 99 19 | info@anixton.com | www.anixton.com

Untitled-2 1

26/02/13 17:23

WTC IV Aux Laines de Ligne Brucargo Le Toison d’or Port Sud Chambon Abatan 2020 Victor Brussels Tower Solvay Silver Tower Tour & Taxis Brussels Law court UP-site

Erasmus Sud Belview Belair Black Pearl Livingstone Veridis Projet Urbain Loi Science 15-17 Trebel Matériaux E Lite Van Volxem City Docks Delta Regent IV

Just Under the Sky West End Gateway NATO Universalis Park Paepsem SME’sPark Royal 120 - Motel one Neo Tweebeek Treurenberg Tivoli Focus Park Greenbizz West End II

News and updated information on www.pro-realestate.be/projects

BRUSSELS 100 cover Brussels def.indd 5

26/02/13 17:23

Brussels Europa is an example of the principle of mixed urban functions (employment, housing and shops) and responds to the demands of sustainable development and of a compact, dense city.

Brussels I European District I Town Planning I

6 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

110 Europa.indd 6

26/02/13 17:25

Brussels Europa

Integration into the new urban framework At the beginning of February, during a seminar organised by Laurence de Hemptinne relative to the new real estate and town planning landscape in Brussels, real estate developer Atenor unveiled the first full views of its project for Brussels Europa, to be located in the very heart of the European district, at the junction of the Chaussée d’Etterbeek and the Rue de la Loi. This project falls within the context of an evolving urban framework. n Bruno Hoditte

n 2005 Atenor acquired the Crowne Plaza Brussels Europa hotel, located in the heart of the European district. The objective was to convert the building into a quality mixed real estate project, once the hotel activity ceased in December 2011. The project is now becoming a reality, within an evolving legislative framework, which has resulted in Atenor revising its plans, having originally lodged a permit request at the end of 2008, and lodging a modified permit request in December 2012. 114 metres high, 47,000 m² The Atenor project involves 47,000 m², this surface area being spread across the floors of a 114 metre high tower, with a ground area covering half a hectare. Brussels Europa is characterised by two breaks at different levels of its elevation, architectural devices which should be pleasing to the eye. The development forms part of the ‘Projet Urbain Loi’ (PUL), one of the twelve urban and architectural projects set out by the European District blueprint, adopted by the Brussels Capital Region government in April 2008. Designed to be a catalyst for the redevelopment of the European district, the Projet Urbain Loi conceived by French architectural bureau ‘Atlelier Christian de Portzamparc’ was evaluated

and approved by a Brussels decree on December 16th 2010. The PUL has a number of objectives. It aims to bring more density to the constructed area and to add a mix of functions into the district, with the target of minimum 12.5% of residential accommodation along with shops and services. The PUL aims to enable the Rue de la Loi to evolve from a ‘corridor’ into an open and lively street, reducing the number of driving lanes and creating many public areas of ‘pocket park’ type. To achieve this, the project schedules that several buildings are set back, and defines volumes and sizes according to type of construction. Stéphan Sonneville, CEO of Atenor, developer of the future Brussels Europa confirms the approach his company has adopted: “At the junction of two emblematic roads, Brussels Europa intends to perfectly reflect and bring into being this return of housing to a district dominated by offices. The Chaussée d’Etterbeek crystallises the human and convivial dimension of a very cosmopolitan district, while the Rue de la Loi remains profoundly characterised by the presence of European institutions”. The winding road of the RRUZ In order to make the ambitions and philosophy of the Projet Urbain Loi a concrete reality, the Brussels government for the first time

adopted a Zoned Regional Planning Legislation (RRUZ). This translates the ideas and concepts of the PUL into regulatory terms. The RRUZ was drawn up and approved by the government during 2011 before being put to public enquiry in 2012. Many observations were advanced by the district committees, which persuaded the Brussels Region Minister-President to carry out an impact study for the RRUZ at the end of 2012, in order to discover the strong and weak points of the dossier. Following this impact study, the text of the RRUZ had to be modified and the new RRUZ regulation is set to be definitively adopted over the coming months. Buildings which conform to the Projet Urbain Loi, such as the Brussels Europa project, will then finally be able to be built. Stéphan Sponneville comments on this course taken in order to arrive at lodging the environment permit request within a rapidly evolving planning and legislative framework: “With our architects we went back to the drawing board in order to respond to the demands of the RRUZ (in its initial form – ed.) particularly in terms of recess and volumes, thus turning an obstacle into an opportunity. We also paid great attention to the environmental nature of our project, making it a sustainable and passive building, both in terms of the choice of materials and in construction methods”.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 7

110 Europa.indd 7

26/02/13 17:25

Brussels I North I Town Planning I

Some provisional facts and figures Location

Total surface area (all functions)

Retail

Developer

Neo Heysel plateau Uplace Machelen Just Under the Sky Brussels North

68 hectares 190,000 m² 35,600 m²

72,000 m² 82,000 m² 35,600 m²

Brussels Region Uplace Equilis

The ‘Just under the sky’ shopping center project is located alongside the canal to the north west of Brussels centre, near the Van Praet bridge. Developed on the 4 hectare former industrial site of Godin factory, it is part of the entire ‘Canalside’ redevelopment project. Up to 60,000 m² of retail space is scheduled by developer Equilis along with 1,650 parking spaces.

8 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

130 Retail North.indd 8

26/02/13 18:09

Neo, Uplace, Just under the Sky

Competing for shoppers

The landscape where the proposed new shopping centres to the north of Brussels are concerned is not getting any less complicated. A debate has been raging for months (years?) as to whether the Neo mega-project on the Heysel plateau or Uplace in nearby Machelen should be preferred, or whether there is room for both, neither or even something else… And even the smaller-sized Just under the Sky shopping centre has not been free of controversy.

eo and Uplace are fiercely defended by their developers, and there has recently been some evolution in both. Uplace, which appeared to be closer to becoming a reality, has recently had its environmental permit suspended by the Council of State. Without going into too many details, the Council of State believes that the granting of the environmental permit by the Flemish government last year was premature, and that many assurances concerning the transport infrastructure remain to be answered first. Alongside this, a process seeking to permanently cancel the environmental permit for Uplace is still underway. The planned opening date for Uplace had been September 2016, but with works unable to start until these legal questions are resolved, it may be expected that this date will have to be put back. Neo Close by at Neo, however, following very long months when nothing at all appeared to be happening, the Brussels Region and City have now designated the three candidates for the construction of this multipurpose complex. They are Unibail-Rodamco/CFE/Besix, Hammerson/ Soficom/Codic and Klépierre/AG Real Estate/Wereldhave. The dialogue process is set to take another year or more, following which the

winning candidate will be named. The Brussels-Capital Region has set a demanding objective for this project, whose overall master-plan has been drawn up by Netherlands-based bureau KCAP. It has to combine its anchorage in a historical urban fabric with at the same time becoming a shining example of urban planning conception. One of the specific factors within the context of Neo, which will affect the shopping centre as much as the other functions, is that it is a private initiative subject to directional guidance from a public authority. Just under the Sky The third participant in the competition to relieve consumers in the north of the capital of their money is ‘Just under the Sky’. This development by Equilis is the only one within the urban area of Brussels. It is located close to the rapidly developing canal on the edge of the city near Laeken. Its 35,600 m² are all devoted to shopping and leisure, a contrast with the other two sites which both include offices and housing. This project has recently received the go-ahead for its socio-economic permit, having also been embroiled in a debate as to its usefulness/necessity. Works may be able to start in the early part of this year. It is widely agreed that Brussels is lacking in shopping centre space when compared to other major cities, and this is partially due to the

Image KCAP

n Tim HARRUP

Neo – Phase 1 The public call for tenders of June 2012 in order to find private partners involves phase one of Neo. This is for the construction of the 72,000 m² shopping centre with a further 9,000 m² of café and restaurant facilities, along with 500 to 575 residential units also set to be built. These units represent the second largest element of phase one of the project. In order to optimise the tourist attraction, already a very important feature of the Heysel plateau, candidates for its development have been invited to propose an extra leisure concept with a tourist vocation (15,000 m² indoors and 30,000 m² outdoors). The master plan also schedules a certain number of offices in order to facilitate the operation of the other functions within the site. This first phase also includes the creation of 3,700 underground parking spaces which should enable most above-ground parking to be eliminated and the quality and aesthetics of the public areas to be improved.

strong desire to retain the traditional city centre high street shops. It is this desire, defended by certain organisations such as Unizo, which has led to the long-running sagas surrounding these three developments. ‘Just under the Sky’ is likely to win the race in terms of timing, but the evolution of the other two is set to drag on for quite a lot longer yet.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 9

130 Retail North.indd 9

26/02/13 18:09

Brussels I Periphery North I Town Planning I

10 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

120 Gateway.indd 10

26/02/13 17:27

GATEWAY

KEYSTONE OF THE FUTURE AIRPORT VILLAGE The attraction of the area around the airport for companies has been further demonstrated by Deloitte in a quite spectacular

The existing U-shaped structure of the Gateway building will be renovated and a new wing added, which will have the effect of creating a large atrium. Once fully renovated, Gateway will be directly connected to the airport terminals.

manner. The company is to occupy the whole of the ‘Gateway’ building to be developed by Codic and Immobel. And Gateway is not in the ‘airport zone’, but in the airport itself!

he Gateway project being undertaken by Codic and Immobel, and designed by Jasper-Eyers Architects and A2RC Architects, follows the granting of the mandate to the companies by the Brussels Airport Company in the middle of last year. It represents the redevelopment of the former office building occupied by Sabena amongst others, adjacent to the original airport building. Once fully renovated, Gateway will be directly connected to the airport terminals. The existing U-shaped structure of the building will be renovated and a new wing added, which will have the effect of creating a large atrium. Around 2,000 members of Deloitte’s staff will be accommodated in Gateway. Thierry Behiels of Codic and Gaëtan Piret of Immobel have spoken of the ‘most advanced environmental standards and technological requirements’ integrated into the building. Interest for a multimodal hub For his part Deloitte CEO Rik Vanpeteghem has made reference to the fact that the airport is not the only transport facility to benefit Gateway: “Companies today are undergoing major changes, and the New Way of Working is on the rise. Employees themselves are

requesting more flexibility and better mobility. And that is exactly what Deloitte Belgium can offer through this innovative workplace. Thanks to the immediate vicinity of the train station, Gateway offers direct access to public transport, thereby raising the quality and the efficiency of the work environment. Moreover, its close proximity to the airport and the international Thalys station allows Deloitte to position its offices as the ‘Gateway to Europe’”. Of particular note in this respect is the recent opening of the ‘Diabolo’ rail link, which connects Brussels and the airport to Antwerp and Mechelen in particular, and by extension to all of the Belgian rail network. Arnaud Feist, CEO of The Brussels Airport Company confirms this “Demand for modern office infrastructure within the airport is very strong, and for two reasons: we are both an airport and an important multimodal hub”. Further expansion In time, the immediate vicinity of the airport will extend to around 400,000 m² of constructions (Airport Village), of which ‘Gateway’ represents the first stage. Many major companies have already located in the existing business parks close to the airport – one of the most recent being Johnson & Johnson . This is a sign that despite

■ Tim HARRUP

the high vacancy rate in slightly more distant parts of the periphery, ‘airport’ locations are likely to continue to be attractive. Other developments very close to the airport include the Corporate Village, offering very high visibility to occupants at the motorway exit to the airport, the Airport Plaza, and Pegasus Park, which along with its location no more than one kilometre from the airport, is unique in offering a railway station (Diegem) located inside the business park. It is also not a coincidence that the main boulevard leading from Brussels to the airport is home to the future NATO buildings and to international headquarters and major office buildings of companies including Toyota, KPMG, 3M, HP… all within two minutes drive of the airport.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE ShowcASE 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 11

120 Gateway.indd 11

26/02/13 17:27

BRUSSELS I NORTH I OFFICES I

WTC IV TOWER

Developer: Architect: Engineering: Surface area: Parking spaces: Certification: Status: Completition:

Fedimmo Jaspers-Eyers Architects Greisch bGroup / VK Engineering / Felgen Engineering 55.890 m² 211 car spaces + 282 bike spaces + 6 motor bike BREEAM Outstanding + Bâtiment exemplaires 2012 Building permit introduced 2015/2016

The World Trade Center towers I, II, III and IV, North Galaxy, together with the Belgacom Towers, form the anchor crossroad of the Espace Nord, the high-rise business district of downtown Brussels. The area was first envisioned in the 1960’s within the framework of an urban master plan and the World Trade Center IV (WTC IV) is part of the original central eight-tower concept proposed in 1967. The 55,887 m² WTC IV will be built within an existing infrastructure and urban master plan. It will, however, introduce to the ensemble the most advanced techniques in terms of master planning, landscaping and sustainability. While the 29-storey 102-metre high WTC IV tower will have the same dimensions as the other seven towers already completed, the net office area will be higher. In addition to an array of sustainable techniques such as 1,230 square metres of photo-voltaic cells applied all along the façades with an additional 620 square metres located on the roof, hanging gardens and a central rooftop landscaped patio will be integrated within the 9-storey podium. In addition to providing more useable areas with particularly large 3,863 m² floor plates, the new low-rise wing will allow the high-rise project to form a more coherent urban ensemble together with the lower buildings already completed nearby or scheduled to be built in the coming years.

Boulevard du Roi Albert II 24, 1000 Brussels

12 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

140-3 WTC4.indd 12

26/02/13 17:28

BRUSSELS I NORTH I OFFICES I

SILVER TOWER PLACE SAINT-LAZARE, 1210 BRUSSELS Located in the North District and close to the city centre (Place Rogier, Rue Neuve, City 2 shopping centre), with direct access to the North railway station, the Silver Tower is set to represent a new landmark in Brussels. Minimum 33,000 m² of offices will be spread over 27 floors. The building is designed to respond to the high environmental norms demanded for ‘BREEAM’ certification. Silver Tower will contribute to the rehabilitation of this part of Brussels. The intention for this area is to re-establish on the Boulevard St.-Lazare a genuine link between the city centre, the North district and the rest of the commune of St.-Josse. The authorities wish to breathe new, human life into the area which is so close to many of the city’s most popular attractions – including the Botanical Gardens. New lighting and signposting will form part of the plan, along with cultural and residential installations and shops. Just alongside the Boulevard St.-Lazare, the Place Rogier is already receiving a similar treatment, giving this focal point of the city the image it deserves.

AG Real Estate Accarain-Bouillot / Atelier d’Architecture de Genval 33,000 m² Start of construction to be announced

Developer: Architects: Surface area: Status:

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 13

140-1 Silver Tower.indd 13

26/02/13 17:29

BRUSSELS I NORTH I OFFICES I

BRUSSELS TOWER 1 Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 1000 Brussels This building originally dates from the 70’s – the former TBR Building occupied by the telecom operator Belgacom until 2009. The development will involve a heavy refurbishment of the existing structure with the construction of new additional surface. The outstanding architecture of the building will be in the form of a Z-shaped glazed tower. With the ‘Silver Tower ’project from AG Real Estate at the nearby place Saint Lazare and on the same boulevard, the WTC 4 project from Fedimmo, the Brussels Tower represents one of the last possible real estate developments in the North District. Developer: Architect: Structural engineer: Surface area: Status:

Immobel / KBC Real Estate Jaspers- Eyers Architects VK engineering 63,400 m² Building permit delivered

14 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

140-2 BruTower.indd 14

26/02/13 18:11

30 UP TO

€

UP TO

CARBON FOOTPRINT

OCCUPANCY COSTS

THE OSE FORMULA DEVELOPED BY AREMIS OPERATES ACROSS 3 AXES WHERE

FOR SPACE MANAGEMENT AND

THE E

FOR THE BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE

B E L G I U M

Untitled-2 1

F R A N C E

L U X E M B U R G

Through the combined optimization of those 3 elements, AREMIS helps its clients to reinforce the control of their

THE O STANDS FOR THE WORKSPACE OCCUPANCY RATIO, THE S

corporate real estate. In this way, the AREMIS “OSE” approach can help you reduce your occupancy costs by up to 30% and your carbon footprint by up to 70%!

S W I T Z E R L A N D

W W W . A R E M I S . C O M

26/02/13 17:30

BRUSSELS I north I Town Planning I

Office buildings located on Quai de Willebroek

Up-site A new place to live, work and play

UP-site represents a major part of the rehabilitation of the canal area, giving back to Brussels a waterway and the option of waterside living, something which the European capital lost a long time ago when its river, the Senne, was covered over. The UP-site project occupies an area of 1.25 hectares along the Brussels canal between the Quai de Willebroek, Place des Armateurs and Quai des Péniches. In terms of the urban planning objectives of the Brussels Region, UP-site clearly ticks all the boxes. The ‘mixed use’ project consists of a 142-metre high residential tower (with its 42-storey the tallest tower in Belgium), a group of smaller-size apartment buildings, an extensive office complex, leisure and retail activity. The tower with its 251 apartments will house a set of exclusive on-demand services including a VIP concierge, swimming pool, spa & wellness centre, private cinema, restaurants, kids playroom, etc. A walkway along the banks of the canal will welcome shops and proximity services suited to the neighbourhood’s dynamic new outlook. This ‘mixed use’ characteristic is a stated philosophy of Brussels for all new developments, and goes hand in hand with in-built mobility. Here too, UP-site scores. It is located in the center of the city no more than three hundred meters from North Station – the largest transport interchange and hub in Belgium. UP-site includes a complex of four office buildings (around 30.000 m²) located on Quai the Willebroeck. It constitutes a link between two office subdistricts – North District and Tour & Taxis – and all should be connected in the future by a new tram service to cross the canal. The offices are rapidly finding takers: contracts have already been signed: Ethias (7,150m²) for a building delivered in June 2012, Unizo for 6,300m² delivered in October 2012 and PMV, also for a 6,300m² building due to be delivered in June 2013. Around 10,000 m² are still available. Developer: Architects: Mixed-use project: Delivery:

Atenor Ateliers Yves Lion / A2RC ARCHITECTS Housing 50.000 m² Offices 30.000 m² Shops 1.650 m² 2012/2014

16 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

140-4 UP site.indd 16

26/02/13 18:12

BRUSSELS I North I Town Planning I

For better integration between the residential elements and the production units, the workshop roofs will be laid out as gardens and terraces, accessible to occupants. All car-parking is below ground.

Brussels Greenbizz The missing link between Tivoli and Tour & Taxis Greenbizz is part of a large-scale redevelopment project called Tivoli in the city centre, which schedules the building of an eco-district of 450 residential units on a site of almost 4.5 hectares extending from the Rue Lefèvre to the Rue Tivoli and from the Rue de Molenbeek to the Rue Claessens in Laeken. This new publicly funded sustainable neighbourhood will include both housing and economic facilities, and responds to the desire of the public authorities to bring new life to urban areas through mixed function developments. The part of the site to be dedicated to businesses and totalling 12,900 m² will be located along the Rue Lefèvre and will act as a transition between the new residential district and the TIR centre close to Tour & Taxis, thus demonstrating that it is possible to develop a business project in an inhabited zone. The project will comprise two buildings set around a new public plaza.One building with a floor area above ground of just over 8,000 m², will accommodate the Brussels Greenbizz project which includes an incubator for companies with an environmental vocation, and production workshops. The other building, with a floor area of 4,500 m² above ground and adjacent to the first, will be used for production workshops (ground floor) and areas for the production of non-material goods (upper floors). The Greenbizz building is funded by the European fund FEDER (approximately 14.4 million Euros), while the other building will be financed by a private investor.

Developer: Brussels Regional Development Agency (BRDA/SDRB) in partnership with Brussels Entreprise Agency (ABE/BAO) Brussels Environment (IBGE/BIM) Belgian Building Research Institute (CSTC/WTCB) Architect: Temporary association of architectural bureaux Architectes Associés Setesco - Stockman-FTI - Peutz & Associés - Cenergie - Health & Safety Surface Area: Building 1 : Greenbizz 8.219 m2 : incubator for companies 2.827 m2 + production workshops 5.392 m2 Building 2 : production workshops 4.500 m2 Start of works: mid-2013 Completition: 2015/2016

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 17

140-5 Tivoli-GreenBiz.indd 17

26/02/13 17:32

Brussels I centre I Offices I

The renovation of the Treurenberg building is organized around a stepped atrium which will allow the creation of an accessible terrace providing unique views over the Brussels downtown skyline.

Treurenberg Corner of RUE Treurenberg and RUE Place de Louvain, 1000 Brussels The 8-storey Treurenberg office project is located in the historical business district of Brussels, a few steps from the Central Railway Station and a block away from the Royal Park. The 9,800 m2 project , developed by AXA Belgium and designed by ASSAR Architect, is the result of a design competition for the reconstruction of the site. Sustainability is a focus with the objective to be a net zero energy project. The building is certified excellent under the BREEAM standards. Triple-glazing and 1,134 m2 photo-voltaic cells are only a couple of energy efficient and sustainable features. Original Brussels city walls hidden for decades behind the existing obsolete project will be restored and incorporated into the overall Treurenberg design concept and those essential heritage elements will then be seen by the public from the street when the project is completed.

Developer: Architect: Surface: Parking spaces: Start of works: Completion:

AXA Belgium ASSAR Architects 9,800 m2 59 August 2013 June 2015

18 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

140-7 Treurberg.indd 18

26/02/13 17:33

BRUSSELS I centre I Town Planning I

DE LIGNE Rue de la Banque 7, 1000 Brussels This project involves the renovation of an historical building at the corner of the rue de Ligne and the rue De la Montagne, and a modern office building of the 1970’s with accompanying underground parking facilities mixed use areas, archives and technical rooms. The building is located just behind the main St Michel and Gudule Cathedral, in the historic heart of Brussels just above the Grand Place, with easy access by public transport including the nearby Central railway station. The renovation will enable the building to meet contemporary comfort requirements, technical standards and environmental legislation. Three underground floors can be dedicated to facility services such as company canteen, conference center, archives, copy centre … More information: deligne.anixton.com. Developer: Architects: Service Engineer: Surface area: Parking: Status:

HF Estate Management Gmbh Jaspers-Eyers Architects VK engineering 33.000 m² offices + 6,500 m2 polyvalent surface 199 spaces Permit delivered

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 19

140-8 De Ligne.indd 19

26/02/13 17:35

BRUSSELS I centre I town planning I

Chambon New life for a major historical building A new step in the rehabilitation of the former CGER bank headquarters in the historical centre of Brussels has begun. The ‘Chambon’ occupies the entire block, nearly one hectare, in front of the Radisson hotel and behind the Place de Brouckère. The CGER first occupied their new headquarters in 1893. The original building was partially the work of celebrated architect Paul Hankar but the name ‘Chambon’ refers to the architects Chambon, father and son, who worked later on extensions to the building from 1910 to 1918 and from 1947 to 1953. The ‘Chambon’ is being renovated into a multi-functional complex, designed to be a miniature ‘district’ in itself. The rehabilitation of site will see the former 60,000 m² of offices which hosted up to 3,000 workers of the CGER banking institution, transformed into a ‘living district’ with apartments, student flats, a high quality hotel, traditional and loft-type offices and shopping and restaurant units. An interior garden designed by Wirtz, the renowned landscape architect, will occupy around a quarter of the space, enhancing the quality of living in the revamped complex. Allfin’s project director Jo Gielen speaks of making of Chambon a link between the Galeries de la Reine, the Place des Martyrs, the Grand’Place and the Place de le Monnaie. © Allfin / Jaspers-Eyers Architects

Developer: Architects: Office space: Apartments: Student housing: Hotel: Retail: Parking: Status: Completition:

Allfin Jaspers-Eyers Architects 11,500 m² 234 134 3,000 m² 2,400 m² 199 spaces Start of work - march 2013 2015/2016

20 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

140-6 Chambon.indd 20

26/02/13 17:36

Belview

Brussels I European District I Town planning I

Mixed use in the European district Belview is one of the projects which most reflects the thinking of the Brussels Region in terms of new urban developments. The philosophy is to bring a mixture of functions into districts which were previously extremely officebased. While the immediate surroundings of Belview are already residential in nature on one side, on the other side is that most ‘office ghetto’ of districts – the European district. It is precisely here that the Region is putting much of its development attention. At the crossing of rue Belliard and rue van Maerlant, Belview will offer around 5,000 m² of office space (modest in European district terms), but also 282 residential units and a number of shop units located in 10 new buildings to be constructed along the rue Belliard, rue van Maerlant and chaussée d’Etterbeek. The project also has the advantage of being located alongside the largest green area in the district, the Leopold Park, and thus offers a genuinely attractive location within a few minutes walk of both the European Parliament and the European Commission, with the lively Place Jourdan just around the corner. Developers: Architects: Office space: Residential: Retail/services: Parking:

The main residential tower constructed on the site will face Leopold Park on one side and the Place Jean Rey on the other.

At the crossing of rue Belliard and rue van Maerlant, Belview will offer around 5,000 m² of office space.

Allfin / BPI A2RC Architects / Jaspers-Eyers Architects 5,000 m² 282 units 1.800 m² 196 spaces BELGIUM BELGIUM REAL REAL ESTATE ESTATE Showcase Showcase 2013 2013 // PROJECTS PROJECTS PREVIEW PREVIEW 21 21

150-3 Belview.indd 21

26/02/13 17:37

Brussels I European District I OFFICES I

BLACK PEARL

15 Rue Montoyer, 1000 Brussels Located in the Brussels CBD in the European district, the 8-storey Black Pearl has been designed to meet all of the requirements of companies, associations and other bodies wishing to meet their strategic, financial and social objectives. The philosophy behind the architecture is to break away from the traditional ‘concrete blocks’ of Brussels European district. Black Pearl features a contrasting architectural style in both colour and form, juxtaposing the black tint of the masonry with large, glazed bright areas. The angle of the building is not a sharp edge but a full height curve, attractive to the eye. Even the car-park entrance is designed to blend with this attractive architecture, and to give the driver the feeling of entering into the building, not just descending out of sight below it. Features of the building include an extremely high level input of natural daylight, peripheral office areas with central service zones, a ‘duplex’ treatment of the floors for added airiness, informal areas for human communication, intelligent reactive lighting and intelligent, flexible temperature regulation. These elements have led to Black Pearl being named as winner in the ‘Brussels Exemplary Buildings 2012’ scheme and the BREEAM ‘Excellent’ certification. Developer: Architect: Stability and General technics: Special technics: Surface area: Parking: Delivery:

Immobel Art & Build Bagon – TPF group VK Engineering 11,500 m² + vast archives area in basement -2 (3.000 m2) 55 spaces End 2014

22 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

150-1 Black Pearl.indd 22

26/02/13 17:38

www.concerto.be

www.trevi.be +32 2 340 24 73

www.victoire.be +32 2 777 15 10

www.immobilierneuf.be + 32 2 423 00 00

Warm up to city living. UP-site, the new â&#x20AC;&#x153;place-to-liveâ&#x20AC;?. www.engelvoelkers.com

Untitled-2 1

A unique concept in Belgium

A growing neighbourhood

Customised apartment

Breathtaking views

Exclusive services

45% energy savings

+32 2 256 07 27

WWW.UP-SITE.BE

26/02/13 17:39

Brussels I Center I OFFICES I

E-LITE 143 Avenue Louise,1050 Brussels The development will transform the former Bayer HQ on the prestigious Avenue Louise, into a new office development combining low energy technologies with contemporary architecture. The project will be BREEAM and Valideo certified, both obtaining a global ‘very good’ level. E-Lite will offer improved accessibility, alternative mobility facilities, accessible terraces and patios, natural light for all offices, high efficiency energetic concepts and improved flexibility. These qualities convinced the Volkswagen Group Services, in an early stage, to sign up for circa 30% of the total surface.

Developer: Architect: Surfacearea: Parking: Delivery:

Pylos Jaspers-Eyers Architects 7.000 m2 offices 66 spaces Q4 2013

24 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

1140-11 e-lite.indd 24

26/02/13 17:40

BRUSSELS I Centre I Town planning I

Toison d’or A step nearer to completition The Toison d’Or shopping centre is set to occupy a ‘triple A’ prime location in Brussels. In between the Avenue Louise and the Chaussée d’Ixelles, and on a high street which already has two other shopping malls (one of which has just been totally renovated and attracted ‘Fnac’ as an anchor tenant). Yet this space located between Rue des Chevaliers and Rue des Drapiers has been empty for years, and has been awaiting approval for this centre. Now, Toison d’Or is a stage nearer becoming reality, as the local commune has just granted the permit. In keeping with the current desire of the authorities to ensure mixed use in all districts, the project is not only dedicated to retail, but includes a substantial degree of residential. Two crèches also form part of the plan. The local councillor involved in granting the permit, Nathalie Gilson, recently revealed a further element in this ‘mixed use’ factor: “Eight of the apartments will be ceded to the commune, which will use them as ‘modest cost’ residential units. This amounts to 10% of the total residential units”. It is widely anticipated that the rehabilitation of this uptown district will lead to it rivalling the downtown Rue Neuve district as the capital’s top shopping destination. Name: Developer: Architect: Total retail: Residential: Parking spaces: Status:

Toison d’Or Prowinko / TD Immo invest UN Studio / Jaspers-Eyers Architects 12,800 m² 14,600 m² 326 Permit granted

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 25

140-10 Toison d'or.indd 25

26/02/13 17:41

BRUSSELS I South I Town Planning I

A specific ‘signposting’ technique runs through the whole of Victor, giving it a strong identity.

Victor A major pillar of Brussels Midi district regeneration The area around Brussels South Station has already seen the arrival of several new office buildings over the past few years, along with hotels and restaurants. Victor is designed to enhance all of this with its resolutely mixed use character. The project will total 100.000 m2 including offices, retail and residential space and combines a variety of volumes in order to integrate the existing Midi Tower into the overall aesthetics. The scale of the project will definitely add urban life and friendliness to the Midi area, helping its revitalisation. Victor project will be located between the rue Blérot, Place Horta, rue Bara and rue Paul-Henri Spaak. The four new towers of differing heights (6 to 37 floors) will deeply change the urban skyline of this area. The French architectural firm Atelier Christian de Portzamparc has created a project that reconciles budgetary rigour and architectural quality. The South area has developed into an office sub-district in its own right as a result of the new constructions, and is home to the Midi Tower, which will remain the tallest tower block in Belgium, 2 metres taller than its future neighbour. The 3,500 m² of retail, restaurants and public space planned for the podium building of Victor will add to the shopping facilities already to be found inside the station. These are already sufficient to be considered as a mini shopping centre, and the totality of the new shopping facilities available will contribute to the attraction of the area which, in the past, has suffered from the same poor image which goes with the immediate surroundings of railway stations in many European cities. Developers: Architects: Surface area: Status:

Atenor / BPI Atelier Christian de Portzamparc / Jaspers-Eyers Architects +/- 100,000 m² offices, residential, retail Urban en environmental permit introduced in December 2010 Permit expected in 2013, start of work to follow

26 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

140-9 Victor.indd 26

26/02/13 17:42

CITY DOCKS New life on Brussels canal-side

City Docks, a project of the real estate developer Atenor, is located in Anderlecht, on the banks of the Willebroek Canal and close to the Brussels Ring – E40 junction. While just outside of the city centre, City Docks is nevertheless relatively close to South Station with its national and international rail links. The project is fully in line with a dynamic of sustainable urban development and will soon become one of Atenor’s major mixed use urban projects. The master plan for City Docks includes a wide variety of functions: housing, offices, retail, school, nursery, sports centre, polyclinic and rest home, public areas and infrastructure. The entire area has been taken into consideration in the new ‘PRAS démographique’ in progress, which studies the needs of the Brussels’ Region in terms of residential and urban industrial activities. With its strong urban planning approach, Atenor Group is pursuing a constructive and transparent dialogue with the local and regional authorities. One of the major objectives of both Atenor and the public authorities is to clean up and reconvert this 5-hectare area within a coherent urban planning allocation, in compliance with the future needs of a metropolis concerned with sustainable development.

BRUSSELS I south I TOWN PLANNING I

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 27

150-7 City Dockx.indd 27

26/02/13 17:42

Wijnegem Shopping Center The Landmark Shopping Center East of Antwerp

www.cbreglobalinvestors.com

Advert CBRE Global Investors.indd 1

Project Developed: CBRE Global Investors & AXA Belgium Architects: Jaspers-Eyers Architects Building Permit: March 2012 End of Constructions: March 2014 Total GLA: 57,000 sqm Parking: 5,000

Located east of Antwerp, Wijnegem Shopping Center has been for the last 20 years the unchallenged reference in the Benelux Shopping Center Industry. Two levels of shopping totaling 57,000 sqm and 5,000 parking spaces offer the 9,5 million visitors per year more than 200 shops and a wide variety of brands, experiences and shopping fun. In order to maintain that position its owners have launched a 50Mio investment and renovation program. The program consist of a redevelopment of the former â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Sarmaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; site and a full interior renovation introducing new design and features. Currently the construction is in full progress and first openings are foreseen in September 2013, with renovation executed in March 2014.

26/02/13 17:43

U-Place City Link Cadixwijk Spoor Noord Berchem-X Lichttoren Take Off Office Park Antwerp Headquarters Havenhuis Artesis Hogeschool Nieuwe Zuid Onyx Aartevelde Stadium Ghent Sint Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s railway station

Park Tower Eiland Zwijnaarde European Market City Kievit UCO Eilandje Oude Dokken The Loop Skyline E40 ZNA-Hospital Antwerp Mechelen Station district Zuidpoort De Waalse Krook York Tower

News and updated information on www.pro-realestate.be/projects

FLANDERS 200 cover Flanders.indd 25

26/02/13 17:44

FLANDERS I ANTWERP I TOWN PLANNING I

Data Blue Gate planning area: Blue Gate project area: Project developer: Structural partners:

103 hectares 73.1 hectares Blue Gate Antwerp nv. waterwegen & Zeekanaal [waterways & Sea canal] (Flanders) ParticipatieMaatschappij Vlaanderen (PMV), AG Vespa and Actieve Stad/werk en Economie (city of Antwerp) www.bluegateantwerp.eu

Blue Gate Antwerp is a 103 hectare triangular site, the base of which stretches along the Scheldt. On the northern side it borders on ‘Nieuw Zuid’, an area where development is fully underway and in which the new courthouse forms the landmark. On the south side there is the Hoboken Polder nature reserve.

30 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE ShowcASE 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

210 Blue gate antw.indd 30

26/02/13 17:45

Blue Gate Antwerp On the eve of the new beginning The ‘Blue Gate Antwerp’ site, formerly known as the ‘Investeringszone Petroleum Zuid’ [South Petroleum Investment Zone], is 103 hectares in size; 73.1 hectares of this can be developed in the short term as a project area. This involves a so-called ‘brownfield’ and is consequently subject to a rigorous preliminary investigation to speed up the later granting of environmental permits. The crucial environmental impact report is expected by autumn of 2013. n Eduard Coddé

lue Gate Antwerp is a triangular site, the base of which stretches along the Scheldt. On the northern side it borders on ‘Nieuw Zuid’, an area where development is fully underway and in which the new courthouse forms the landmark. On the south side there is the Hoboken Polder nature reserve. The Antwerp Grote Markt is only about three kilometres away. Connection to the international road network is provided via the Antwerp Ring. The site contains several particular obstacles, including a 40-hectare petroleum cluster for which the concession runs until 2035, and International Oil, for which a demolition permit has been granted. It has now been established that a number of heritage relics like the pipeline network and the petroleum pier will be kept as visual reminders and as features contrasting the past and future of the site. The environmental impact report will help determine the layout of the green link to Hoboken Polder (14.5 hectares). A soil survey and consultation with OVAM [the Public Waste Agency of Flanders] will definitively determine the remediation approach for the site.

Focus on the environment The public partners want to develop Blue Gate Antwerp according to the BREEAM principles. Blue Gate Antwerp can thus be a pilot project for area development according to the BREEAM principles. Moreover, the ‘Cradle to Cradle’ principles developed by American architect William McDonough and German chemist Michael Braungart are to be taken into account throughout the development of Blue Gate Antwerp: waste becomes raw materials, solar energy is used, and biodiversity is strengthened. Blue Gate Antwerp strives to be innovative in various areas: service provision, energy production, infrastructure, and synergy between production, logistics and R&D. The proximity of the University of Antwerp and several colleges is an added value for prospective users. Companies that locate on the Blue Gate Antwerp site will have to take into account, among other things, the BREEAM and C2C principles. That appears not to deter prospective users, as there is already a great deal of interest from national as well as international companies. Blue Gate Antwerp primarily targets R&D-oriented enterprises, ecoproduction and smart logistics. Sustainable chemistry - with the

BlueChem incubator - is a priority. Ultimately, Blue Gate Antwerp aims to produce more energy than is consumed by users on the site. City distribution pilot project Consideration of the environment also lies at the basis of the ‘city distribution’ pilot project that should begin this year. This involves organisation of a centralised warehouse for goods to be delivered to the city centre. Supply takes place from a logistics distribution centre. Deliveries (exports) from Blue Gate Antwerp are carried out on a bundled basis using electric vehicles, or even by bicycle, and no longer with the environmentally harmful vehicles for standard transport. The distribution centre can in addition offer various other services. The location on the Scheldt is naturally a major asset in developing this environmentally-friendly city distribution. Transport by water will be promoted as much as possible for all the companies on the site. A 13-hectare logistics zone along the river is also reserved for this. It is estimated that Blue Gate Antwerp will create 1500 to 2000 jobs at highly diversified levels. Complete development will take place in phases, depending on market demand.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 31

210 Blue gate antw.indd 31

26/02/13 17:45

FLANDERS I ANTWERP NORTH I TOWN PLANNING I

The new ZNA hospital will be constructed at the Kempisch Dok, across from the Artesis Plantijn University College and bisected by the Noorderlaan. Public-Private partnership with Kairos Consortium : Kairos / Cegelec / Robbrecht & Daem Architects/ VK Studio.

Artesis Plantijn University College new buildings will consist of a trapezoid principal building that opens onto the Noorderplaats (Italiëlei - 8 levels), a square building on the Ellermanstraat (4 levels), a long single-storey building on the Noorderlaan and a ramp on the Ellermanstraat leading to the extensive underground parking garage and bicycle racks.

32 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE ShowcASE 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

220 Spoor Noord-Artesis Hogeschool v2.indd 32

26/02/13 17:47

A striking gateway to the city

Spoor Noord Intense construction work is underway at the northern end of Antwerp’s boulevards (‘Leien’): the brand new campus of the Artesis Plantijn University College will make for a striking gateway to the city, while the building on the Spoor Noord site will, in its final phase, add two further towers. In addition, the detailed plans for a new hospital are also ready.

The 20 storeys Park Tower will house 360 residential units, of which 240 are designed specifically as student housing. This will fulfill part of the demand related to the construction at Spoor Noord of the new buildings of Artesis en Plantijn Hogeschool which will welcome up 4.700 students. Developer: Immo Sea Coast, Architect: ELD-architects

n Eduard Coddé

hree towers in a row. Immediately after the opening of the 24-hectare ‘Park Spoor Noord’, work began in 2009 on the 6-hectare site at the head of the Spoor Noord. The first building to appear was the 60-metre high ‘Noordster’ office tower with an underground car park. Since 2010, the tower has been occupied by the Customs and Excise administration. Next to ‘Noordster’, a second tower is being built on the Ellermanstraat across from the De Pretstraat: ‘Park Tower’, a design by the ELD architect firm and the tallest residential highrise in Antwerp. The third tower to be built is the ‘Lichttoren’ along the Ellermanstraat across from the end of the Fuggerstraat. This structure was designed by the architect Bob Van Reeth. Park Tower The 78.8 m high luminous white high-rise will house 360 residential units, of which 240 are designed specifically as student housing and 120 as two- or three-bedroom apartments. With the commercial ground floor, the building has a total of 20 storeys. The student rooms and flats are spread across floors 1 through 10, and have a separate entrance.

There is no direct connection between the Artesis Plantijn University College and the student flats. However, given the proximity to the college, this is of course an ideal location. The college recommends students use a dedicated student housing website (‘kotweb’) to help them find good quality accommodation. It remains to be seen, therefore, whether the investors will also advertise their properties at ‘Park Tower’ on this site. The building is a four-level mix of various functions: commercial ground floor, student housing, apartments and the technical areas, each separately accessible via different sets of lifts. This is a sustainable principle that will make it possible to vary and convert the uses of the space without any structural changes. The structure is designed in such a way that all the walls between the load-bearing facades, 6 columns, the stairs and lift wells can be removed. This means that lofts, hotel rooms or open-concept offices can be created with only minimal adjustments. The total surface area of the ‘Park Tower’ is 32,500m², of which 12,500m² is underground storage, parking and racks for 778 bikes. The completion of the tower is planned for September 2014.

State-of-the-art hospital for the 21st century At the Kempisch Dok, across from the Artesis Plantijn University College and bisected by the Noorderlaan, is the site where construction will begin in 2014 on the new ZNA hospital. The majority of the activities of the existing ZNA Stuivenberg – a trendsetter when it opened in 1884! – will be transferred there. The annual capacity is in the region of 135,000 patients. The plans include an accident and emergency department, an intensive care unit and a maternity ward, in-patient wards, a day hospital and an outpatient clinic. The new hospital building will be flexible in order to allow for easy adjustments to future changes in the health care sector. The project comprises three buildings and will be nineteen storeys high. Two residential towers with home care centres will flank the central hospital part. The entire ground floor will be taken up by a care boulevard and a shopping street. In all, the project will cover 65,000 m², to be built via a public-private partnership, and is to be operational in 2018. The Flemish and federal governments will finance 95% of the total investment of 150 million Euros.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 33

220 Spoor Noord-Artesis Hogeschool v2.indd 33

26/02/13 17:47

FLANDERS I Ghent south I TOWN PLANNING I

©Take Off_Bontinck

The building for the ‘Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij’ is one of the first which was constructed on Field 5 of the Loop.

Field 5 (see on the picture just before the bridge across the Pégoudlaan – right and left hand side) forms part of an urban strip which needs to be developed with a great deal of character, since it forms the face of the site towards the city centre. In the foreground of the picture, can be seen the original architecture of the mixed-used Take-Off park developed by Euro Crossroads Property Developer on Field 1 in association with Vande Walle Bouwgroep for the development of two residential buildings (the Vida Verde project).

34 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

230 The Loop.indd 34

26/02/13 17:48

THE LOOP

A SHARED VISION OF THE FUTURE ‘The Loop’ is a public-private partnership for the development of a 145 hectare new district of Ghent, with plans for a programme with a 552,500m² gross surface area. The site is made up of the former Sint-Denijs-Westrem airfield (1910 – 1984) and includes the ‘Flanders Expo’ exhibition space. Banimmo owned land there, as did the City of Ghent. All the land was brought together in ‘Grondbank The Loop’ . A master plan and a Spatial Planning Programme were soon drawn up splitting the area into 18 lots, each with targeted developments.

The ‘Grondbank The Loop’ master plan and spatial planning programme split the 145 hectare-area in 18 lots, each with targeted developments.

■ Eduard CODDÉ

©Take Off_Bontinck

he Loops is located between the Ringvaart and the Kortrijksesteenweg, and is bisected by the Adolphe Pégoudlaan. Banimmo holds options for Field 5 and part of Field 3. They include, first of all, over 60,000 m² of commercial space to be built. For Field 5, a municipal permit for office buildings has been requested. Field 3 allows for both office and residential developments. The first structure completed on Field 5 is the Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij (Flemish Environment Agency, VMM) building. Amaury de Crombrugghe, Investment Manager at Banimmo, says: “We offer office buildings on a build-to-suit principle, that is, the building is only erected once a tenant has been found. We wish to keep risks to a minimum, whereas the user of the building can have a site that optimally meets its expectations”. The offer applies to office spaces from 4,500 m² to 15 to 20,000m². Sales will begin immediately after the MIPIM real estate show in Cannes, and it is expected that the first building site will go up within this year. Arch & Teco Group of Ghent was selected as the architectural partner; it is an integrated full-service architect and engineering firm that has already drawn up a master plan for the office park on Field 5.

“We offer a maximally flexible layout of the buildings, both horizontally and vertically, where necessary with various access zones, so that the tenants can have a building that gives them room to grow, but also to shrink, if their business activities should decline”, Mr Crombrugghe explains. Landlords are interested in long-term leases, whereas tenants want maximum flexibility as regards the space leased, in order to be able to adapt to changes in their staffing over time. The combination of both parties’ interests is precisely what makes the new development at The Loop so interesting. The rent is estimated at € 135 to150 /m²/ year depending on the length of the lease. As Amaury de Crombrugghe puts it: “Banimmo believes strongly in the attractiveness of The Loop for Flemish companies, but also for companies looking to move out of central Brussels”. Accessibility ‘The Loop’, is located at the intersection of the E40 (Calais – Ghent – Brussels) and the E17 (Antwerp – Ghent - Kortrijk – Lille) motorways and allows for easy access for vehicle traffic. Not only do the two motorways play a part here, but the R8 ring road to Zelzate, with a

junction to the E34 (expressway Knokke – Antwerp), enhances accessibility. Today the ratio for parking space has been set at 1/100. Public transport services the site via a tram line that makes a loop and will have a stop in front of the future office buildings. Ghent places great emphasis on cycling and the extensive bike path network makes it possible to reach St Pieter’s Station in just 7 minutes from The Loop. The use of the southern bridge and the recently completed northern bridge across the A. Pégoudlaan ensure an even better connection to The Loop for vehicle traffic. The heart of The Loop Field 12 has been given this designation, located as it is between Flanders Expo and the Ikea store. In the Spatial Planning Programme, this area is recorded as the site where a retail shopping area is envisaged on a metropolitan scale, and is also well suited as an event site for largescale information, cultural, recreational and commercial events. The facilities to be allowed there must complement what is available in the city and in the central culture cluster, so that there the new development does not lead to flight from the city centre. There are also plans for the renovation and expansion of Flanders Expo on behalf of Artexis.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE ShowcASE 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 35

230 The Loop.indd 35

26/02/13 17:48

FLANDERS I Ghent I TOWN PLANNING I

ÂŠ courtesy of Ghelamco / Bontinck-Architecture and Engineering

The new football stadium for AA Gent is a multipurpose project development which includes also the building of retail, offices and events infrastructure to make this location attractive every day of the year, rather than just drawing in the crowds on match day.

36 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

240 Artevelde Stadium.indd 36

26/02/13 17:49

Artevelde Stadium

Multipurpose project development The construction of a new football stadium is not an everyday event in our country. What is special about Ghent’s Artevelde Stadium, however, is the multi-purpose approach that has been applied to the project. The football ground has been combined with a wide range of commercial possibilities that make this location attractive every day of the year, rather than just drawing in the crowds on match day. n Eduard Coddé

he site where the stadium is rapidly nearing completion was formerly occupied by the Wholesale Market, and has a road passing through it, the OttergemsesteenwegZuid. The City of Ghent granted a 99-year lease on the land in 2005. One of the strengths of this project is the site’s outstanding position and accessibility. It can be reached not just via the intersection of the E17 (Antwerp - Ghent - Kortrijk) and the E40 (Ostend - Brussels), but also by the R4 from both directions, thanks to the construction of a new roundabout. The infrastructure work associated with the site’s development also includes the building of a new bridge over the Ringvaart canal. In view of the stadium’s attractiveness as a destination, it will also be incorporated into Ghent’s public transport system. Five buildings On one side of the Ottergemsesteenweg-Zuid, the final touches are being put to the new football stadium for AA Gent, with a capacity of 20,000 seats and an optional extension for up to 25,000 spectators. The plans include 20 boxes (18 for 12 people and 2 for 24 people) and 2 ‘jumbo boxes’, which can be hired from the football club. This is a multi-purpose stadium aiming for maximum use outside match

days. Beneath the stadium and extending out towards the commercial premises situated opposite, 1,250 parking spaces have been provided. There will also be ample parking (400 spaces) available around the stadium, although for safety reasons these spaces will not be used during matches. As well as the stadium itself, a hotel will also be built in the future, with an expected capacity of 230 rooms and an underground car park. On the land facing the stadium, commercial premises with 12,000m² of space were completed in 2012, adapted to the tenant’s specific requirements. This was the first project to be completed on the Artevelde Stadium site. In autumn 2012, a gigantic Brico Plan-It opened here. The building, with its sloping green roof, attractive façade and large windows, stands on a kind of pedestal which has underground parking within it. On this part of the site, adjoining the Ringvaart canal, two office blocks are currently being erected, each of which will be 10 storeys high. Arte Offices and Schelde Offices offer a combined total of 28,000 m² of office space: 15,000 m² and 13,000 m² respectively. The basic construction phase should be complete by the summer of 2013. Much more than a stadium The football stadium is due to be delivered by June 2013, so that the

new football season can start here. The price tag on the project is around 50 million Euros. One of the long sides emphatically bears the mark of the home team, with its fan shop and changing rooms. On the first floor, there is a spacious lounge for 1,500 guests, where aperitifs can be served, for example, before moving on to the business restaurant upstairs. On the second floor, an 11,000m² covered walkway passes all around the stadium, along which a wide range of bars and food stands will be operated. Large screens will provide information to visitors and/or allow them to follow the matches. The stadium building even includes a brand-new shooting gallery for the Ghent police. This shrine to football also offers a further 8,000 m² of commercial/logistics space and 14,500 m² of office space, including 2,650 m² on the mezzanine level (first floor). On the third floor on the Ottergemsesteenweg-Zuid side, the Ghelamco Group will occupy new premises. On the same level, at the opposite end of the stadium building, Bontinck Architecture and Engineering will find its new home. Finally, there are a further 11 outlying offices, intended for mixed use as office space and reception areas for guests during matches.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 37

240 Artevelde Stadium.indd 37

26/02/13 17:49

FLANDERS I ANTWERP SINGEL I OFFICES I

CITY LINK 2 & 3 POSTHOFBRUG / ARBEIDSTRAAT / COGGESTRAAT / 2600 BERCHEM The City Link project is located in a desirable location: less than 5 minutes walk from the Antwerp-Berchem railway station, an important transfer point for the local bus and tram services. The site offers direct access to the Singel (R0) and the Ring road (R1), thus guaranteeing perfect connections in every direction. A few years ago, a development was launched on the site. The plan went hand in hand with the construction of four rectangular buildings, the site where the Mercator insurance company (recently Baloise Insurance) is located today. Two more buildings will go up on the same site, to be named City Link 2 and 3. Together, they will offer a little over 27,000 m² of office space. The ground plans provide several entrances to each building, with a view to maximum flexibility in the way the space can be divided up and used by various tenants. The project also includes a spacious

underground car park. Both buildings also house underground archival space. The design of the surrounding public spaces will blur the boundaries between private/semi-public and public spaces by introducing an easily recognisable system of paths and recreational areas. Willemen Real Estate, the project’s developer, emphasizes the buildings’ energy efficiency and high-quality exterior. They will make the necessary investments in building techniques and project development in order that the buildings will be certified Breeam ‘very good’.The technical specifications for the project provide for raised floors, lowered ceilings with acoustic tiles and cooling via modular suspended ceilings, and double glazing with a maximum K value of 1.1 W/m²K. Thanks to thorough insulation, the E value will be an attractive E 75.

Developer: Architects: Structural engineer : Technical engineer: Surface area: Status: Start of work:

Willemen Real Estate ABV+ Architects / Jaspers-Eyers Architects Van Ransbeeck CES City Link 2 - 9.754 m² + 194 parking space City Link 3 - 17,306 m² + 347 parking space Building permit delivered once 60 % is rented

City Link 2 is a corner complex comprising five storeys. It is to be built around an interior patio that will open up the ground floor to form a harmonious whole with the adjacent park.

City Link 3. Here, too, the plans are for an interior patio that connects the Posthofbrug and the Coggestraat.

The first phase of City Link project started with the construction of four buildings. Mercator Insurance recently Baloise Insurance) has chosen to locate their headquarters in two of City Link 1 buildings.

250-2 Posthofbrug.indd 38

26/02/13 17:52

Let’s talk real estate 28, 29 & 30 May 2013 Tour & Taxis Brussels

Your view

on the real estate market Book your ticket online before 31 March and save €45! www.realty-brussels.com – your promocode: BRES1

Full seminar & events programme

Untitled-2 1

26/02/13 17:53

Historic activity with a new dimension TDe Krook’ is a district in the heart of Ghent with a long and rich history of bustling activity. At the end of the eighteenth century, the area played a part in the rapid industrialisation of the city. The opening of the South Station made the spot one of the liveliest neighbourhoods of Ghent. Today the district is again the centre of enormous activity to rehabilitate this old district and give it a new future. The work first of all involves the reconversion of an inner-city area covering 0.4 hectares. The main focus is a new build project that will house the new main public library with an auditorium and a restaurant. It will also include the Centre for New Media, a development of the University of Ghent (UGent) and the Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT). Surrounding the new building will be attractive open spaces laid out with squares, low quays along the water with cycle and walking paths as well as two bridges for cyclists and pedestrians. The latter fits in perfectly with Ghent’s ‘smart city’ strategy, which was presented at the MIPIM and receives funding from the European Commission. The clean-up of the terrain is in full swing, and the first phase will be completed this year. As regards the construction of the new public library along the waterfront, 19 architectural teams submitted proposals. The winning team is an association between a Spanish architecture bureau RCR Aranda Pigem Vialta Arquitectes and the local Ghent Coussée & Goris architects. Adjacent to the new library, the former Winter circus will be renovated for a new use, a project that should be completed in 2015.

The ‘Waalse Krook’ district

FLANDERS I Ghent Centre I Town planning I

40 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

250-1 Waalse Krook.indd 40

26/02/13 17:55

Val Benoît Office House L’Arc Au fil de l’eau Coronmeuse Rue du plan incline Seraing City Center Tour des Finances Liège Courbevoie Aye Science Park Watson & Crick Hill Montagne du Parc Portes de l’Europe

Ath Sugar-works Andennes City Centre Parc Commercial Les Dauphins Hôtel de Police & Charleroi Danses Performing Arts Centre Loyers Business Park Parc de l’Alliance Rive Gauche La Strada Port du Bon Dieu Le Côté Verre Crescend’eau Trilogiport Mons station district

News and updated information on www.pro-realestate.be/projects

WALLONIA 300 cover Wallonia.indd 37

26/02/13 17:55

WALLONIA I LIèGE I TOWN PLANNING I

An esplanade is set to see light of day between the Calatrava station and the banks of the Meuse, where the Finance Tower will be constructed.

42 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

310 Liege Guillemins.indd 42

26/02/13 17:56

Guillemins district The Calatrava station – a source of inspiration In Liège, known as the passionate city, it is currently the Guillemins district which is attracting the attention of real estate professionals. A Guillemins district which has been profoundly transformed by the elegant curves of its station, the work of Santiago Calatrava. Two major projects are now taking place simultaneously in the district: the Finance Tower by Fedimmo and the ‘Plan Incliné’ of SNCB Holding. n Bruno Hoditte

he culminating point of the interest being aroused in a Guillemins district which has once again become attractive is the Finance Tower and its 27 floors. This Finance Tower is being developed by Fedimmo and will constitute the perfect counterpoint to the station, whose shapely curves are delighting commuters… and fans of architecture. Works on the Finance Tower have started at the Rue de Fragnée side, and the staff of the federal finance department are watching with interest as the walls of their future offices rise from the ground. For this tower, which will be the tallest in Liège, is to be leased by the Belgian State Buildings Agency. This agency will put this vast area – 36,700 m² with 325 parking spaces – at the disposal of the Federal Finance Service from the end of 2014, if the timescale is adhered to. This re-housing of the civil servants will have immediate repercussions in terms of real estate in the district: goodbye to the finance complex located at the side of the Tower in the Rue du Paradis. This finance complex is in fact destined to be demolished, freeing up another site which will also see a mixed use project of offices and housing developed, created on the esplanade which is in principle set to see

light of day between the branches of the Meuse and the Calatrava station. Much-awaited esplanade It is still, regrettably, necessary to say ‘in principle’ when talking of the esplanade in front of the Calatrava station. For three years after the inauguration of this magnificent edifice in characteristic white concrete, the absence of a single landowner is preventing the space being made available to investors. SNCB Holding, which owns sites in front of the station, is reluctant to transfer these sites to the Guillemins Development company (SDLG), the body which was specifically created to ensure the real estate development of this area. The city and the SNCB (Belgian railway operator) have diverging views as to what should be done with the esplanade in front of the station. But even if negotiations are difficult, progress is being made, step by step. The latest stage to date: approval for the future tram to pass across the esplanade and an agreement on the various public facilities on its way. But the SNCB Holding is also making itself known to the Liège

authorities via its projects involving the Rue du Plan Incliné, to the right of the Calatrava station. SNCB Holding is the owner of sites alongside the railway tracks here, right up to the motorway access roundabout. The existing buildings, comprising a multi-storey car park and an ABX Logistics depot, are going to be demolished. The SNCB had originally planned a long complex varying between four and seven levels and totalling 65,000 m². But since the first sketches dating back to 2008, SNCB Holding has reined in its ambitions. The impact study launched in March 2011 emphasises the necessity of phasing the project. Negotiations are currently underway with a Walloon administration which may, with its subsidiaries, occupy a first building to be constructed on the space currently empty immediately alongside the station. The project, which should be in architectural harmony with the station, involves a ground area of 5,000 m², giving 12,000 m² of offices and 300 underground parking spaces. As far as other future extensions are concerned, no decision seems to have been taken regarding either sale or letting. If these two projects – the Finance Tower by Fedimmo and the ‘Plan Incliné’ of SNCB Holding – are well on the way, their principal role is to act as a driver for the professional real estate sector in Liège.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 43

310 Liege Guillemins.indd 43

26/02/13 17:56

WALLONIA I LIèGE I TOWN PLANNING I

The Val Benoît Master Plan

➑ ➋ ➒

➏

➌ ➎

➍

➊

The project led by the SPI should give a resolutely contemporary look to the Val-Benoît Site.

➐

A project to rehabilitate a major site in Liège and which will include a substantial mix of uses. ➊ The Forem occupies the former Mathematics Institute ➋ The former abbey of Val Benoît, occupied by the Forem ➌ Building converted for the Higher College of Actors of the Royal Liège Conservatory (ESACT) ➍ Phase 1: conversion by the SPI of the Civil Engineering building – 12,500 m² ➎ Phase 2: conversion by the SPI of the Metallurgical Chemistry building ➏ The building of the Institute of Mechanics belongs to the city of Liège who will take care of its rehabilitation. ➐ The Thermo-electrical Centre belongs to the Ulg (Liège University) who will rehabilitate those buildings, or find a partner to do so ➑ The former Metallurgical Research Centre will be demolished and CFE-Moury will construct a new building with 11,000 m² of office spaces ➒ Residential buildings will be developed on the green esplanade

44 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

320 Val Benoît.indd 44

26/02/13 17:57

Val Benoît

Rehabilitation of the former university site While it may be Guillemins and the Calatrava station which are currently attracting the attention of real estate professionals in the Liège region, the Val Benoît site is also worthy of a pause. The former university site, home to the faculties of science and applied science of the University of Liège is the subject of a vast conversion programme. n Bruno Hoditte

al Benoît is a complex of modernist architectural style located on the banks of the Meuse, constructed between 1930 and 1965 by the University of Liège. The majority of the site has been abandoned since 2005, despite certain of the buildings having been put to other uses. The Walloon agency for promoting employment – the Forem – in fact occupies the Mathematics Institute and the old abbey of Val Benoît, both of which have recently been renovated.Another occupant to have set up alongside the Forem is the French community conservatory, converted by the Higher College of Actors of the Royal Liège Conservatory (ESACT). But in the opinion of the decision-makers of the SPI (the Liège province economic development agency), the former university site located between the Calatrava station in the Guillemins district and the boisterous stadium of the local football club, Standard de Liège, merits being totally redefined. The interest of this 8-hectare site lies in its undeniable architectural quality and its strategic geographic location: located at an entrance point to the city, just an hour from Brussels, with immediate connections to the dense motorway network which links France, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, close to the TGV

station with its national and international services (Thalys, ICE, Paris-Brussels-Cologne TGV line), on the banks of the Meuse, on the route of the future Liège tram and a stone’s throw from Liège Airport. The objective of the SPI is to re-lay out the site and transform several buildings (30,000 m² in time) into premises for businesses (workshops, offices, common services…), to be completed by around a hundred residential units. The SPI has mandated architectural and planning bureau Baumans-Deffet, temporarily associated with several study bureaux, to draw up a master plan for the whole of the site, in order to ensure harmonious integration of the various functions while taking into account the different developments and rehabilitations envisaged – to schedule the laying out of quality public areas and organise mobility within them. The aim of the SPI is to make rapid progress – the first companies could be in place in 2015. “We will kill not two but three birds with one stone via this project”, Pierre-Yves Jeholet, Vice-President of the SPI delightedly announces, “rehabilitate an urban eyesore, expand our offering to companies and save sites in our peripheral business parks, which do not suit all companies. And we are aiming to create 1,250 jobs too!”

A first 12,500 m² phase The plans for rehabilitating the Val Benoît site is scheduled to comprise several phases starting with putting the Civil Engineering building to new use. The building will become a ‘Company Zone’ with finished offices, storage zones, unfinished areas able to be turned into areas for SME’s with light production activities and enabling a high degree of flexibility in terms of use, areas for commercial use and services. The project for the Civil Engineering building has just been presented, along with the Master Plan. The administrative procedures will be set in motion at the same time with the permit request and the call for tenders for attributing works contracts taking place during 2013. Works should start in 2014 and the first companies may be able to install in 2015 with almost 12,500 m² available! The SPI is not alone in being interested by Val Benoît. Another rehabilitation programme, closely related to that of the SPI, is also being undertaken. This involves the rehabilitation of the former Metallurgical Research Centre (CRM) which is now empty. Demolition works have been carried out on the site, but the chedule envisaged by CFE-Moury for the installation of the planned 11,000 m² of offices is not yet known.

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 45

320 Val Benoît.indd 45

26/02/13 17:57

WALLONIA I Liège I Town Planning I

Coronmeuse An eco-district in the making It was one of the strong points of the application of the city of Liège to organise the 2017 International Exhibition: the transformation of 90% of the pavilions constructed for the exhibition into an ecodistrict, made up of housing, services and offices. Liege saw its flame extinguished by Astana, the powerful capital of Kazakhstan. But the eco-district is still a reality. The real estate investment in the pavilions (329 million Euros) was to be provided by the private sector, as was the money for transforming the site (159 million). In view of the very short timescale, the call for tenders for this dual deal had already been launched before the announcement of the winning city. The call for tenders included two options. The first was in two successive phases: ‘exhibition’ followed by ‘eco-district’ and the second constituted a single ‘eco-district’ development phase. Two consortiums made up of developers and construction companies put themselves forward, and the competitive negotiation process with them – Green Gate and Neo Legia – is underway. Green Gate is made up of five partners: CFE, Kairos, Moury Construct, Besix and Thomas & Piron. With regard to the Neo-Legia consortium, this brings together Matexi, Jan De Nul, Willemen, Nacarat and CIT Blaton. The developers of the Coronmeuse eco-district are delighted with the quality of the candidates and especially with the worldwide fame of the architectural bureaux which accompany each of them. The ‘Christian de Portzamparc’ bureau in the case of Green Gate’ and ‘Fosters and Partners’ for ‘Neo-Legia’ say a lot about the high planning levels the project is targeting. 46 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

330-1 Coronnemeuse.indd 46

26/02/13 17:58

Image © Wilhelm & Co

WALLONIA I La Louvière I Town planning I

La Strada Works on the Wilhelm & Co. project for the town of La Louvière, involving the rehabilitation of a site right in the city centre, has started, and construction and demolition works can be seen on this 15 hectare site, located some 40 km to the south of Brussels. On the former Boch porcelain site, this project intends to rebuild the complete town centre through the creation of over 30,000 m² of retail space, some 60,000 m² of residential accommodation, and other functions including a cinema complex, a museum (constructed by the public authorities), a company cluster for Dragone Entertainment Group and around 4,000 m2 of office space. A substantial mount of green space has been scheduled, and there will be car parking for 1,850 cars. The shopping centre will have direct pedestrian access to the town centre and the new railway station. The Wilhelm & Co. / Ron Arad partnership has worked together to produce the successful ‘Médiacité’ project in Liège; the same approach is being used for La Strada project. Developer: Architects: Site area: Retail & leisure: Residential: Offices and workshops: Park: Parking: Opening:

Image © Wilhelm & Co

Transforming a brownfield site into a mixed-use city centre area

Wilhelm & Co. Ron Arad 15 ha. 39,000 m² 60,000 m² (600 apartments) 4,000 m² 1 hectare 1,850 spaces end 2015/2016 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 47

340 Site Bosch.indd 47

26/02/13 18:01

Le Côté Verre

By locating on Leopold Square, ‘Le Côté Verre’ shopping centre will benefit from the relocation of the current bus station which is to be established on the covering of the railway station from 2014.

A shopping centre integrated into the future multimodal station In Namur a wide consensus – both commercial and political – has become established around the 23,000 m² shopping centre project proposed by City Mall and named ‘Le Côté Verre’. Representing a link between the main thoroughfare and the station district, this urban shopping centre project will benefit from the relocation of the current bus station to locate on the Leopold square. Wide footpaths will be a major feature along with rest areas, and the number of parking spaces will be doubled to almost 1,000. With its mix of glazed architecture and green spaces, this project is set to breathe a new dynamic into the Walloon capital and should attract consumers from outside of Namur, which will thus see its urban retail offering coming up to the level it deserves. Maxime Prévot, the very recently elected Mayor of Namur, has announced that the permit request will be lodged in April, with approval expected before the end of the year: “This shopping centre is of reasonable size and should augur well for the shops on the Rue de Fer” (the town’s main shopping street), he explained in the press. “And in addition, it should be able to offer the medium and large size units which retailers can’t find in the centre of Namur”. Patrick Huon of City Mall detailed: “Le Côté Verre will engender a good flow of people in an area where the current car park represents a destructive wall”. The project for the new multimodal station in Namur which was adopted by the Walloon government in 2012 will enable various modes of transport to come together on a single platform: car, bus and train. The new bus station will be constructed directly on the covering of the railway station by 2014. The project which integrates ‘Le Côté Verre’ is an architectural success with shelters for the bus access ramp which will be located to the rear of the shopping centre towards the future bus station.

WALLONIA I NAMUR I Retail I

Office buildings located on Quai the Willebroeck.

48 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

350-1 Cote verre.indd 48

26/02/13 18:02

WALLONIA I NAMUR I Offices I

L’Arc Boulevard Cauchy, 5000 Namur This building of some 14,600 m² gets its name from its gently curved form. Located in the centre of an administrative district within the capital of the Walloon region, L’Arc consists of three buildings able to operate either individually or as a group. Each of the units is autonomous in terms of access and technical equipment. All of the Walloon ministerial offices including that of the Minister-President are close by. It is located close to many public transport lines, and to the ‘Ravel’ cycle route, with the E411 Brussels-Luxembourg motorway just a few minutes away. L’Arc has been designed from the outset to respond to very high demands in terms of comfort and energy efficiency, and benefits from BREEAM ‘Very Good’ certification. This achievement recognises the environmentallyfriendly nature of the building and of its construction. Amongst the technical features of L’Arc are low energy lifts, air conditioning via cold beams, ventilation with energy recuperation, low luminance lighting with automatic dimming and presence detectors. Developers: Architects: Surface area: Delivery:

Kairos / Thomas & Piron Atelier de l’Arbre d’Or 14,600 m² Permit in request

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 49

350-2 L'Arc.indd 49

26/02/13 18:02

WALLONIA I BRABANT WALLON I OFFICES I

WATSON & CRICK HILL PARK Rue Granbonpré 11, 1348 Louvain-La-Neuve Located in northern Wallonia – a dynamic area with huge development potential – Watson & Crick Hill Park is an integral part of the University of Louvain campus (UCL), on the territory of Louvain-la-Neuve / Mont-Saint-Guibert. The office park benefits from easy car access, being located next to exit 9 on the E411 motorway connecting Brussels and Luxemburg, and only a 20 minute drive from Brussels Airport.

In a first phase, now completed, 20.000 m2 of offices, laboratories and mixed use area have already been refurbished and are now fully let, mainly to Biotech and technology companies. Phase 2 of the project consists of 20.000 m2 of offices, composed of separate buildings of ± 4.000 m2. Building ‘T’ is already in the construction stage. The qualitative work environment of this building combines overall efficiency and low occupancy cost and will obtain Breeam ‘Very Good’ certification.

Developer: Architect: Total surface area: New building T: Parking: Delivery:

Pylos Jaspers-Eyers Architects 50.000 m2 offices 4.000 m2 offices 40 spaces Q4 2013

50 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

360 Watson Crick Hill.indd 50

26/02/13 18:04

Identify the partners and suppliers who meet your needs through consulting their company profile

ONLINE NETWORK AND @ MIPIM 410 Network.indd 51

26/02/13 18:16

www.pro-realestate.be/network Connect to www.pro-realestate.be/network or www.profacility.be/guide to identify • key players in the Belgian real estate industry • suppliers who can assist developers in achieving their real estate projects • suppliers who can advise end-users to perform in their investment, property, building, workplace and facility management In the following pages you will find a selection of these companies with their company profile web address. Those companies are classified according to their field of activities. The Pro-Realestate online directory publishes the coordinates of more than 520 players of the Belgian real estate and building industry. Connect to www.pro-realestate.be/network for the full listing and their coordinates.

REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE CONSULTANCY ANIXTON Meet @ MIPIM

www.pro-realestate.be/anixton see advertising on page 4 Vincent GERIN, Managing Partner & Co-Founder Diego AQUILINA, Partner Patrice BEAUPAIN, Partner Florence DUPONT, Partner

AREMIS

www.pro-realestate.be/aremis see advertising on page 15

DE CROMBRUGGHE AND PARTNERS Meet @ MIPIM Guibert DE CROMBRUGGHE, Managing Partner FREESTONE

www.profacility.be/freestone

LEGAL AND FISCAL ADVISORY KPMG Meet @ MIPIM

www.pro-realestate.be/KPMG Koen MAEREVOET, Partner Wouter LAUWERS, Managing Partner of K law

REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS & INVESTORS AG REAL ESTATE Meet @ MIPIM Stand 20.01

www.pro-realestate.be/agrealestate see advertising on page 56 Serge FAUTRE, Chief Executive Officer Alain DE COSTER, Head of Development Jean-Marc DUBOIS, Head of Offices & Warehousing

ATENOR GROUP Meet @ MIPIM

Gilles EMOND, Head of Participation Structuring & Research Frederic BAERT, Development Manager Thibault DELAMAIN, Asset Manager www.pro-realestate.be/atenor see advertising on page 23 Stéphan SONNEVILLE, CEO Sidney D. BENS, Chief Financial Officer Laurent COLLIER, Executive Officer Guy DEGRYSE, Legal Manager William LERINCKX, Executive Officer Sandrine JACOBS, Communication Director

CBRE GLOBAL INVESTORS www.pro-realestate.be/cbreglobalinvestors see advertising on page 28 MATEXI Meet @ MIPIM

Carl VAN DEN EYNDE, Managing Director Eric SCHARTZ, Business Unit Manager Adel YAHIA, Manager

PYLOS BENELUX Meet @ MIPIM

www.pro-realestate.be/pylos Alex DE WITTE, CEO Johan THEUNIS, Chief Technology Officer Jurgen TRAPPENIERS, Project Director

WILLY NAESSENS INDUSTRIEBOUW Meet @ MIPIM Dirk DEROOSE, CEO Stand 05.14, 07.13 Rik BEMAEGHEL Filip BRANTEGEM Tony DE PAUW Wim HEYLEN Marie-Jeanne HUYSMANS

LOCAL AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES GROUND USE AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE BELGIAN BUILDINGS AGENCY www.pro-realestate.be/bba see advertising on page 53 BRUSSELS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (BRDA) www.pro-realestate.be/sdrb Meet@ MIPIM  Denis Grimberghs Philippe Antoine  Marc Frère BRUSSELS INVEST & EXPORT Meet @ MIPIM Jacques EVERARD, Managing Director Stand 07.20, 09.19 Marc LOOS, Economic Representative in Paris Hambenne ASHA

ARCHITECTS EXODE ARCHITECTURE www.profacility.be/exode POLO ARCHITECTS Meet @ MIPIM

www.pro-realestate.be/polo-architects Mauro POOPONCINI, Ir. Architect - Director Patrick LOOTENS, Ir. Architect - Director Patrick BILLIET, Ir. Architect - Managing Director

VK Studio www.pro-realestate.be/VK

CONSTRUCTION - CONSULTANCY ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AREMIS

www.pro-realestate.be/aremis see advertising on page 15

52 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

410 Network.indd 52

26/02/13 18:16

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 53

410 Network.indd 53

26/02/13 18:17

www.pro-realestate.be/network

www.profacility.be/ingenium

VK ENGINEERING Meet @ MIPIM Stand 09.27

www.pro-realestate.be/vk Kenneth GROOSMAN, Business Director Healthcare Dirk SLABBINCK, Chief Technology Officer Firmin VAN HAELST, General Manager VK Astana

REAL ESTATE - HR RECRUITMENT – PROJECT SOURCING SERVICE A

www.pro-realestate.be/service-a

FREESTONE

www.profacility.be/freestone

EXHIBITION EVENTS ARTEXIS EXHIBITIONS (REALTY) see advertising on page 39 Meet @ MIPIM Gregory OLSZEWSKI, Group Exhibition Manager Wim VERSTOCKT, Real Estate Consultant Pauline VAN LAETHEM, Communications

PROPERTY, BUILDINGS & FACILITY MANAGEMENT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

QUARES Meet @ MIPIM

www.profacility.be/quares Freddy HOORENS, partner

RELOCATION ANIXTON

www.pro-realestate.be/anixton see advertising on page 4

AOS STUDLEY

www.profacility.be/aos-studley

PROCOS GROUP

www.profacility.be/procos

TRAJECT

www.profacility.be/traject

REAL ESTATE & FACILITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS (FMIS) AREMIS

www.pro-realestate.be/aremis see advertising on page 15

AOS STUDLEY

www.profacility.be/aos-studley

PROCOS GROUP www.profacility.be/procos ULTIMO

www.profacility.be/ultimo

BELGIAN BUILDINGS AGENCY www.pro-realestate.be/bba see advertising on page 53

FACILITY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY

CAMELOT

www.pro-realestate.be/camelot

FREESTONE

www.profacility.be/freestone

AREMIS

www.pro-realestate.be/aremis see advertising on page 15

E&W

www.profacility.be/ew-facility-services

AOS STUDLEY www.profacility.be/aos-studley

INGENIUM

54 BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW

410 Network.indd 54

26/02/13 18:17

FREESTONE

www.profacility.be/freestone

MOVERS

PARTINION WALLS & COLD CEILING SYSTEM

L.O.G

www.pro-realestate.be/log

ARTHUR PIERRE

www.profacility.be/arthurpierre

PROCOS GROUP

www.profacility.be/procos

MOZER GROUP

www.profacility.be/mozer

www.profacility.be/quares

POTIEZ-DEMAN

www.profacility.be/potiez

QUARES

INTEGRATED FACILITY MANAGEMENT FACILICOM

www.profacility.be/facilicom

ISS

www.profacility.be/iss

SODEXO

www.profacility.be/sodexo

VINCI FACILITIES

www.profacility.be/vinci

BUILDING AUTOMATION

YOUR MOVER VANDERGOTEN www.profacility.be/vandergoten

WORKPLACE DESIGN & SOLUTIONS FIT-OUT AND WORKPLACE DESIGN

BEDDELEEM Meet @ MIPIM

www.pro-realestate.be/beddeleem Hendrik DANEELS, General Manager

MAARS JANSEN PARTITIONING SYSTEMS www.profacility.be/maars-jansen PAN-ALL

www.profacility.be/panall

OFFICE FURNITURE BEDDELEEM

www.pro-realestate.be/beddeleem

ADMOS

www.pro-realestate.be/admos

BRUYNZEEL STORAGE SYSTEMS www.profacility.be/bruynzeelstorage

AOS STUDLEY

www.profacility.be/aos-studley

GIROFLEX

BUROCONCEPT

www.profacility.be/buroconcept

GIRSBERGER www.profacility.be/girsberger

www.profacility.be/dcservices

KINNARPS

www.profacility.be/kinnarps

www.profacility.be/giroflex

ZUMTOBEL LIGHTING

www.pro-realestate.be/zumtobel

D&C SERVICES

HUNTER DOUGLAS

www.profacility.be/hunterdouglas

EXODE ARCHITECTURE www.profacility.be/exode

PAMI

www.profacility.be/pami

GLOBAL DESIGN, PROJECT & FACILITY MANAGEMENT www.pro-realestate.be/global see advertising on page 2

SEDUS STOLL

www.profacility.be/sedus-stoll

STEELCASE

www.profacility.be/steelcase

K-ONCEPT

www.profacility.be/k-oncept

WILKHAHN

www.profacility.be/wilkhahn

L.O.G

www.pro-realestate.be/log

SECURITY CAMELOT

www.pro-realestate.be/camelot

NEDAP SECURITY MANAGEMENT www.profacility.be/nedap SERIS SECURITY

www.profacility.be/seris

PROCOS GROUP www.profacility.be/procos

BELGIUM REAL ESTATE Showcase 2013 / PROJECTS PREVIEW 55

410 Network.indd 55

26/02/13 18:17

AG Real Estate, a 100 % subsidiary of AG Insurance, is the most important and polyvalent real estate group in Belgium. The company oﬀers a wide range of real estate services to its clients, its partners and the cities in which it has a presence. Active in 3 speciﬁc areas, it has a € 5.5 billion portfolio value: - DEVELOPMENT (800.000 m2, 40 projects in development) - INVESTMENT (€ 4 billion assets under management) - CAR PARK MANAGEMENT (290.000 spaces in 9 countries)

Silver Tower,

AG Real Estate shall develop the ﬁrst passive tower of Brussels AG Real Estate oﬃces

BUILDING THE FUTURE TOGETHER

Untitled-2 1

26/02/13 18:06