Online auctioneer EBay has hired 1,550 m[sup]2[/sup] of office space and 30 parking spaces in the former Renault building on the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam. The building is now full let. Other tenants include financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad and the paper’s subsidiary radio station BNR. US firm EBay owns Dutch auction site Marktplaats.nl. EBay was advised by DTZ Zadelhoff, which also sublet the US firm’s existing offices in Amsterdam's De Lairessestraat to Spotzer Media Group.

Online auctioneer EBay has hired 1,550 m2 of office space and 30 parking spaces in the former Renault building on the Wibautstraat in Amsterdam. The building is now full let. Other tenants include financial daily Het Financieele Dagblad and the paper’s subsidiary radio station BNR. US firm EBay owns Dutch auction site Marktplaats.nl. EBay was advised by DTZ Zadelhoff, which also sublet the US firm’s existing offices in Amsterdam's De Lairessestraat to Spotzer Media Group.

German property company NPC Cityfonds has sold a TNT Express distribution centre in the southeastern Dutch city of Eindhoven to Duch property firms Woudstaete, Fortress and Haagse Olifant for an undisclosed sum.

The deal covers two properties with a total of 4,500 m2 of warehousing space and 2,650 of office space. Express mail operator TNT has occupied the building since May 2000. NPC was advised by DTZ Zadelhoff.

In another distribution centre deal, Eindhoven-based property firm Elzent has acquired the former distribution centre of supermarket operator Schuitema in Gilze en Rijen for more than EUR 10 mln. The 49,000 m2 property includes a 25,300 m2 distribution centre, with 12,500 m2 of this currently leased to food retailer Sligro. Commercial real estate agent Bossers & Fitters acted for Schuitema’s property arm in the deal. Schuitema is majority-owned by food retailer Ahold.

Just a week after blowing off its Amsterdam IPO, due to investor apathy, property firm Uni-invest has hired almost 10,000 m2 of office space and 97 parking paces in Zoetermeer to market research group Panteia. The 15-year deal represents a rent of EUR 130 per m2 per annum. DTZ Zadelhoff brokered the deal.