The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area, a region comprising 32 municipalities in and around the Dutch capital, is launching a special website for international investors at Expo Real in Munich.
The website, www.investinamsterdamarea.com, will showcase investment opportunities in the areas of housing, offices and urban regeneration. It will highlight an initial 39 investment opportunities, with the participant municipalities expanding and updating this on a continual basis thereafter. Information is already available, for example, on housing development sites in Haarlem, Zaanstad, Almere, Lelystad, Haarlemmermeer and Amstelveen.
Around 250,000 homes are due to be built in the Amsterdam area between now and 2040, of which construction on some 60,000 is due to start by 2020. To realise this goal, the relevant municipalities are speeding up the allocation of new development sites, sharing of information and capacity, planning procedures and conversion permits as well as adjustments to zoning plans such as for the horticulture locations in Haarlemmermeer.
Attracting international investment is crucial to the region’s marketing efforts as it is clear that the demand for housing cannot be satisfied by Dutch property investors alone. Furthermore, past experience has shown that foreign competition often leads to better quality properties. Investors from the US, UK and Germany are already active in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area.
www.investinamsterdamarea.com will be launched at the Holland Metropole stand (Hall A2, Stand 230) on Tuesday 4 October at Expo Real.
