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13 marzo 2008
«The "Kraanspoor" office building in Amsterdam, belonging to Commerz
Real’s "Euro Office 1" institutional fund, received the MIPIM Award
in the new "Green Building of the Year" category at this year’s
international real estate trade fair in Cannes. Furthermore, it was
honoured with the "Special Jury Award" of the year.
The office property rises out of the IJ river on a platform that
serves as nesting place for a wide variety of bird species. The air
conditioning has exemplary character: It is connected to a system
that uses the river water both for cooling and for heating the
building.
"Kraanspoor is a very good example for innovative buildings that use
smart energy systems. The latter not only ease the impact on the
environment, but also enhance their quality of usage and
competitiveness by cutting energy costs," said Hans-Joachim Kühl,
member of the board of Commerz Real and in charge of real estate
acquisitions.
Commerz Real acquired the office building, which was completed in
November 2007, for a total investment volume of more than 34 million
euros from the Dutch developer ING Vastgoedentwikkeling B.V. The
fully glassed-in state-of-the-art office building was created in an
easily accessible location in northern Amsterdam on top of an
long-serving crane track formerly used to load and unload ships. The
three-storey office property that extend over a total length of 270
metres provides a gross lettable area of about 11,000 m². The
building, which subdivides into four autonomous core areas, offers
alternative usage options.
Commerz Real AG, a fully-owned Commerzbank AG subsidiary, was
created by the merger of Commerz Grundbesitz Gruppe and
CommerzLeasing und Immobilien AG. At 44 billion euros in assets
under management, the merger created one of the world’s largest
property asset managers and providers of leasing and investment
solutions. Commerz Real focuses on the provision of investment
products, such as open-ended and closed-end real estate funds,
institutional real estate funds, REITs, closed-end funds for ships,
aviation, and renewable energy. The spectrum of services includes
moreover the area of structured investments, which combines the
activities of real estate leasing, big ticket leasing, and
structured financings, as well as movables leasing.
The EURO OFFICE 1 institutional fund focuses on core real estate in
western European business hubs». (CS della Società)
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