US private equity giant Blackstone has acquired the new head office of global IT services company Capgemini near Utrecht in the Netherlands from developer AM Real Estate Development.
US private equity giant Blackstone has acquired the new head office of global IT services company Capgemini near Utrecht in the Netherlands from developer AM Real Estate Development.
Blackstone paid €61 mln for the building in Leidsche Rijn Centrum Noord near Utrecht, PropertyEU has learned. The property comprises 21,000 m2 of lettable floor space and is being rented in its entirety by Capgemini.
DTZ Zadelhoff brokered the transaction in cooperation with 3stone Real Estate.
The new head office is located next to the A2 motorway, adjacent to the new Leidsche Rijn Centrum railway station.
Capgemini has been closely involved with the development of the new building from the start. The offices, which were designed by Ibelings van Tilburg Architecten in Rotterdam, consist of four floors located above a two-storey car park. A car park building has also been erected alongside.
The offices have been awarded a Breaam-NL ‘Very Good’ rating.
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