I have a weak spot for complex real estate.
The more moving parts, the more interesting it becomes. I am not particularly interested in real estate simply because it is real estate. What interests me are complex assets, difficult locations and unusual situations where investment, multi-user experiences, urban development and changing needs need to be brought together.
Over the years, I have worked across:
- Real estate investment
- Infrastructure
- Brownfield redevelopment
- Public-private partnerships
- Government real estate
- Corporate real estate
- Mixed-use development
- Heritage
- Care real estate
- Industrial sites
Some numbers
- €400M+ real estate transactions, including sale-and-rent-back portfolio government buildings for €355M+
- 330,000+ m² private and government real estate, including 115,000 m² ZIN redevelopment, new government building from 23.000 m² to 50.000 m² in Louvain, Ghent, Bruges, Brussels, Antwerp
- 240+ ha brownfield redevelopment, including Blue Gate Antwerp, former BP-site for
- 100,000 m² scale Maritime Campus Antwerp, NATO/Belgian Defence HQ
| ZIN — Brussels | Maritime Campus Antwerp | Flemish Government Real Estate Portfolio | Blue Gate Antwerp |
| From government accommodation requirement to best Tall Building in the World 2025 award-winning mixed-use redevelopment. Co-lead for the redevelopment of WTC I & II (115m height, 115.000 m² floor) into ZIN project with novel mixed use mix of the Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire government building, a hotel and apartments. | When real estate becomes an innovation platform A campus concept designed not simply around buildings, but around the needs of the maritime industry undergoing digital and energy transition. (project permit cancelled) | Building a professional public real estate portfolio Drafting of real estate portfolio policy, creation of internal government real estate market, initiation of the building of central government building replacing the old fragmented portfolio across Flanders. | From first letter on a paper to the full redevelopment of 210 ha of the brown/blackfield in the south of Antwerp |