Bouwinvest raises €120m for Dutch residential investments

Institutional real estate investment manager Bouwinvest’s Dutch Residential Fund recently raised €120 million ($133 million) of new capital from existing external pension funds and has acquired more than 1,300 residential units for a total investment of approximately €305 million ($337 million).

“As the recovery in the major Dutch residential markets of the central Randstad urban conurbation accelerates with rising prices and rents, it is becoming increasingly difficult for investors to source the type of quality assets in the liberalized rental sector that we have just acquired,” said Allard van Spaandonk, Bouwinvest director for the Netherlands, in a statement. “Bouwinvest’s strategy of working closely with local development partners and government to invest in new residential projects of the highest standards is paying off, as we now have a secured supply pipeline of €658 million [$728 million] and are the biggest investo