Dubai-based Audacia Capital, a newly established investment bank, has completed the acquisition of two adjacent built-to-suit headquarter office properties now under construction in Hoofddorp, close to Schiphol Airport, The Netherlands.

 

The properties, being developed by Red Company and designed by architecture firm Powerhouse Company, are both state-of the-art office buildings with a strong focus on sustainability and health, said the company in a statement.

 

Consequently, the properties are designed to become an attractive, healthy, collaborative and cost efficient workplace to fulfil the ambition of realising sustainable and healthy buildings, the choice has been made for the world’s most recognised assessment systems in the field: Leed for sustainability and Well for health and well-being.

 

The ASICS EMEA and Benelux headquarters is due for completion in October next year, while the new Danone Netherlands Global headquarters office building is due for completion in March 2019.

 

Emad Mansour, the founder and CEO of Audacia, said: "This acquisition heralds our entry into the European real estate investment market and provides our partners with an exciting opportunity to be part of a ground-breaking development project."

 

"We will continue to develop in this sector, always striving to select and ensure solid, quality returns working alongside trusted partners. Our strategic aim is to continue to develop Audacia Capital to become a multi-asset class manager. European real estate is an important asset class to our clients thus we will continue to focus on sourcing exciting deals to help our clients achieve their investment objectives," he added.-TradeArabia News Service