Rotterdam-based green office developer OVG is looking to carry out more investments through private ventures as international demand for sustainable buildings increases, CEO Coen van Oostrom said during the Provada property fair in Amsterdam.

Rotterdam-based green office developer OVG is looking to carry out more investments through private ventures as international demand for sustainable buildings increases, CEO Coen van Oostrom said during the Provada property fair in Amsterdam.

OVG had considered going public as a way of raising capital for expansion, Van Oostrom said. But the company dropped the option after concluding that capital could be accessed 'more quickly and more cheaply through a private placement'.

Last September, OVG acquired a portfolio of eight office properties in the Netherlands in a joint venture with Goldman Sachs.

According to market sources the investment volume was in the region of €130 mln. The portfolio, totalling 62,000 m2, was sold by CBRE Global Investors on behalf of its Dutch Office Fund.

'We have strong expectations for the market this year as demand picks up,' Van Oostrom said. 'You only have to look abroad to see that real estate is in strong demand.'