Holland Metropole and meeting the housing challenge

The challenge of how to eliminate the Netherlands’ enormous housing shortage over the next decade is a key trending topic in the Dutch real estate sector. The Holland Metropole regional alliance, comprising the five big cities of Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Eindhoven and their metropolitan regions, together with leading Dutch property developers and institutional investors, is also keen throw its weight behind this discussion.

In an interview in July 2021, Erik-Jan van Kempen, Programme Director Spatial and Environment Planning at the Dutch Ministry of the Interior, and Dick van Hal, Bouwinvest CEO, call for more public-private cooperation as they reflect on what we can learn from the past, address what we need to do now and who should take the lead. You can read this duo interview, in which both men give their views on the solution to the housing crisis, on our website. In 2021, we also laid the foundations for a position paper on the housing challenge and issued an appeal to the Dutch government: get institutional investors involved in the solution to this complex issue. We published this position paper in March 2022.

Key figures

_{Due to rounding differences, totals may differ from the sum of the individual figures.}

Distribution invested capital funds and mandates

All amounts in € thousands	2021	2020
Dutch Residential Fund	7,681,103	6,931,287
Dutch Retail Fund	975,551	945,699
Dutch Office Fund	1,238,539	1,154,720
Dutch Hotel Fund	355,647	344,320
Dutch Healthcare Fund	455,796	380,381
Europe Mandate	1,480,959	1,101,892
North America Mandate	1,939,321	1,302,869
Asia-Pacific Mandate	1,358,025	1,115,941
Other (The Netherlands)	170,550	123,208
	15,655,491	13,400,317

Transactions

All amounts in € millions	2021	2020
International
Europe Mandate	173	422
North America Mandate	112	58
Asia-Pacific Mandate	347	247
	632	727

The Netherlands
Dutch Residential Fund	140	203
Dutch Retail Fund	66	30
Dutch Office Fund	-	-
Dutch Hotel Fund	-	-
Dutch Healthcare Fund	64	74
	271	307

Total	903	1,034

Overview responsible investment and business (GRESB scores mandates & funds)

Overview Responsible Investments & Business	Europe Mandate	North America Mandate	Asia-Pacific Mandate	Residential Fund	Office Fund	Retail Fund	Hotel Fund	Healthcare Fund
GRESB participation	86%	81%	84%	yes	yes	yes	yes	yes
GRESB star rating 2021*	4	2	3	5	5	5	5	5
(average) GRESB score	82	70	78	90	95	90	96	88
Share of sustainable investments (GRESB 4/5 stars)	50%	16%	42%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%

Holland Metropole and meeting the housing challenge

Holland Metropole and meeting the housing challenge

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Distribution invested capital funds and mandates

Transactions

Overview responsible investment and business (GRESB scores mandates & funds)