CBRE Global Investors relocates to new Schiphol airport HQ

CBRE Global Investors has signed the contract for its new EMEA headquarters at the World Trade Centre (WTC) at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

The deal sees the company move to 3,430 m² of office space, divided over three floors at the WTC on a 10-year lease. The WTC office complex is owned and developed by the CBRE Dutch Office Fund and Schiphol Real Estate, Schiphol Group's real estate subsidiary.

Plans for a new headquarters were prompted by the merger between CBRE Investors and ING REIM in November 2011, which sees the company move from its former offices in The Hague.

'This move to the World Trade Centre at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol gives us an international base which is in a very central, independent and accessible location for our people and clients alike visiting from the Netherlands and from abroad,' said Pieter Hendrikse, CEO of CBRE Global Investors EMEA. In London, Paris, Milan and Frankfurt similar projects have been initiated to integrate both businesses at one location, he added. 'We expect these projects to be finalised before summer, except for London, which is anticipated to move after the summer.'

CBRE Global Investors plans to move into the new offices in the second quarter of 2012. CBRE Global Investors was advised by CBRE during this transaction.