Dutch Bouwinvest opens NYC office to boost North American real estate investments

Dutch institutional real estate manager Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors has opened an international office in New York City as it targets approximately €300 million ($350 million) increase in its investments in North America to take total assets under management in the market to €1.7 billion ($2 billion) at the end of 2022, from €1.4 billion ($1.65 billion) now.

Bouwinvest’s international mandates in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific currently account for €3.6 billion ($4.3 billion) in invested capital and it has another €1.4 billion ($1.65 billion) in entrusted capital for these three regions. It aims to raise the international total to over €5 billion ($5.9 billion) in the next few years.

Stephen Tross, Bouwinvest’s CIO international investments, said, “We see great opportunities to build on our already substantial North American investments in coming years, with a particular focus on sustainable investments taking advantage of the secular gro