Property professionals at EPRA's Insight Amsterdam meeting held earlier this week tipped a range of property sectors for investment in the Netherlands and abroad.
Property professionals at EPRA's Insight Amsterdam meeting held earlier this week tipped a range of property sectors for investment in the Netherlands and abroad.
Joost Uwents, CEO of listed Benelux warehouse specialist WDP, championed the logistics property segment and said in an ideal world he would like to expand into the Ruhr region in Germany and the Paris region to provide a better offering for his clients.
Rafael Torres-Villalba, head of listed real estate Europe at APG, mentioned Dutch residential, factory outlets and convenience stores as markets with good opportunities.
Jaap Gillis, CEO of Bouwfond IM, flew the flag for European residential, noting there was more to the sector than the firm's home market in the Netherlands. 'Not all the residential product in the Netherlands is as good as you would want and in some cases not enough has been done about sustainability.' Gillis said there were 'more and more' residential property opportunities in places like France and Ireland. The fund manager is selling in Germany because it is getting a good price there, he said.
Bouwfonds, he added, also has funds that invest in alternatives such as car parks, farmland in Central Europe and communications infrastructure.
Jan-Willem Vis, chief investment officer, global listed real estate at BNP Paribas Investment Partners, looked to the far north, opting on a risk-return basis for Scandinavian offices.
