Curlew Netherlands has won a mandate with a large Dutch insurance company to invest in high quality housing for students and young professionals in The Netherlands.
The insurance company has committed €150 million ($185 million) of equity into this niche sector.
The investment objective is to implement a core plus strategy across the 12 academic university cities as well as the cities with the six largest universities of applied sciences in The Netherlands. The mandate includes a direct let strategy and all properties will be branded under one recognizable name. A seed portfolio is currently being formed and additional assets will be acquired during the investment period to create a portfolio of up to six buildings. The focus is to acquire new purpose built properties and conversions through forward funding or forward purchase.
Curlew Netherlands is part of Curlew Alternative Asset Management, which is a boutique investment manager specializing in managing ass
