Content
1. Introduction
2. Stock
3. Take-up
4. Supply
5. Investments
6. Definitions
1. Introduction
Over-performance Zuidas district due to polarization of the Dutch office market
The Zuidas district in Amsterdam is the most prestigious office location
in the Netherlands. This area, with its international allure, has
established itself as the best office location in the Netherlands whose
success is partly due to its excellent location close to Amsterdams
city centre and Oud-Zuid (Old South), and partly due to its accessibility
by all modes of transport, including train, bus, tram, and metro, as well
as being only 6 minutes from one of Europes main airports, Schiphol
Airport. The development of high quality office space with efficient and
larger floor plates in a multi-functional location has resulted in many
national and international companies relocating to Zuidas, particularly
financial and business services in the first instance, followed later by a
wider variety of companies and related businesses.
Most of the buildings have been developed over the last 10 years and
have had strong take-up levels, even throughout the Global Financial
Crisis. Whats more, the limited number of new developments has
brought down vacancy levels to a level of approximately 6.0% a rate
significantly below the average vacancy rate in Amsterdam (15.8%).
New developments in the Zuidas district are mainly residential projects
and pre-let office buildings, including the developments of Akzo Nobel,
Stibbe and NautaDutilh (400 Beethoven) which all have been sold to
investors prior to completion.
The demand for high quality office space is very strong and primarily
comes from companies in the business services and financial sectors
who are willing to pay high rents for high quality accommodation. As a
result, rents at Zuidas are amongst the highest in the Netherlands. The
top market rent reflects the quality of the location and accommodation
and lies at 345 per m lfa per annum and is expected to show an
upward trend as new speculative high quality office spaces are added
to the market. Incentives have already shown a decrease over the past
year.
Figure A: The new AkzoNobel and Stibbe office buildings. Source: CIIID / Cees van Giessen (2014)
2. Stock
New-build and renovation developments are driven by shortage of grade A supply
The Edge office building and the Handel office building were
completed during the second half of 2014 after a couple of years of no
completions within the Zuidas district. The Edge, located at the Gustav
Mahlerlaan, with 36,000 m lfa, was mainly pre-let to accounting firm
Deloitte and law firm AKD. The Handel, located at the Fred.
Roeskestraat, with 2,200 m lfa, was partly pre-let to real estate
investment firm Patrizia Immobilien AG and investment firm Dynamic
Credit.
As a result of recent completions, the total office stock of the Zuidas
district increased by 6% from 657,700 m lfa to 695,900 m lfa since
the beginning of 2014. Six more new office buildings are currently
under construction, with the majority (88%) being pre-let to large office
occupiers such as chemical company AkzoNobel and law firms such
as Stibbe and NautaDutilh. Upon completion, these six office buildings
will add a total of 60,000 m lfa to the Zuidas office stock, meaning a
growth of 9%. In addition to these new developments, the 32,400 m
lfa New Atrium office building is currently being refurbished.
These new-build and renovation developments are driven by a
shortage of directly available, large-scale, qualitative office space
within the Zuidas district. This is especially the case in the core area of
the district where supply is scarce.
Thousands
800
700
21%
12%
28%
17%
600
500
400
16%
300
7%
200
67%
100
28%
0
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
1,000-2,500
2,500-5,000
5,000-10,000
10,000-20,000
20,000>
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Pre-let
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2013
Speculative
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2015
2016
2006
2007
n/a
Owner-Occupied
2008
2009
2010
250-300
2011
2012
2013
300-350
2014
2015
2016
>350
Building
Major Tenant
Surface*
Completed
Rent**
The Rock
Symphony Offices
27,600
2009 HY1
From 325
APG
26,800
2009 HY1
From 335
Europaplein 24-38
Elicium
RAI Amsterdam
5,200
2009 HY2
UN Studio
RBS
22,600
2009 HY2
From 325
FOZ/FOA
10,400
2009 HY2
325
The Edge
Deloitte
36,000
2014 HY2
325
Handel
2,200
2014 HY2
From 325
* Surface in m lfa
Building
Major Tenant
Surface*
Completion
Prelet
1000 Mahler
Egon Zehnder
7,600
2015 HY1
86%
Europaplein 2-6
Amtrium
RAI Amsterdam
4,300
2015 HY1
100%
Christian Neefestraat 2
AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel
15,200
2015 HY2
100%
Beethovenplein 10-12
Stibbe
Stibbe
14,400
2015 HY2
100%
Beethovenstraat 390-452
400 Beethoven
NautaDutilh
12,500
2016 HY1
80%
Beethovenstraat 498-530
500 Beethoven
Spencer Stuart
6,000
2016 HY1
35%
* Surface in m lfa
1) Forum
2) Olympic Plaza
3) Handel
4) Justitie
5) Hogere Hotelschool
6) Atrium - Hoofdgebouw
7) Atrium - Toren A
8) Stibbe Toren
9) De Assurantiebeurs
10) WTC nieuwbouw
11) WTC oudbouw
12) Strawinskyhuis
13) Goede Doelen Loterijen
14) Elicium
15) Stadsdeelkantoor
16) Eurocenter II
17) Eurocenter I
18) TA7
19) TA5
20) Boelelaan 28
21) Stage Entertainment
22) The Boardyard
23) Nivra
24) Reuters Gebouw
25) Vivaldi Offices I
26) Cross Towers (EY)
27) Vivaldi Offices II
28) ABN Amro
29) Symphony Offices
30) ITO/SOM
31) Violy
32) Baker McKenzie House
33) The Rock
34) FOZ/FOA
35) UN Studio
36) The Edge
37) Infinity
38) De Zuiderhof II
39) De Zuiderhof I
40) Paviljoen 1 Zuiderhof
41) Paviljoen 2 Zuiderhof
42) Paviljoen 3 Zuiderhof
43) Paviljoen 4 Zuiderhof
A) AkzoNobel
B) Stibbe (nieuw)
C) Amtrium
D) 500 Beethoven
E) 400 Beethoven
F) Mahler 1000
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Figure B: Map of the Zuidas district. Source: ArcGIS, BAG, JLL (2015)
4%
21%
3%
12%
25%
4%
5%
7%
5%
10%
6%
14%
9%
OZD
OG
Ov
OGW
9%
18%
15%
3%
ICT
64%
18%
19%
11%
RJ
45%
3%
8%
9%
BFI
10%
3%
BTO
VP
MU
SP
BTA
Netherlands
Japan
Australia
UK
France
Canada
US
Sweden
Czech
Russia
India
Ireland
Germany
Switzerland
Other
For explanation of the business sector acronyms please find footnote at page 9
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Figure C: The (re)development of the New Atrium office building. Source: G&S Vastgoed (2014)
3. Take-up
Rents are under upward pressure due to continued demand on grade A office space
Transaction volume within the occupier market during 2014 amounted
to 33,600 m lfa. A large portion of this number (61%) refers to
transactions within new office space (younger than 5 years or not
previously let).
Ondanks het beperkte aanbod is in 2014 voor circa 33.600 m vvo aan
kantoorruimte opgenomen binnen de Zuidas. Een groot gedeelte, circa
61%, heeft betrekking op nieuwe kantoorruimte (jonger dan vijf jaar of
niet recent verhuurd).
Law firm CMS Derks Star Busmann has rented approximately 7,000
m lfa in the yet-to-be-built South Tower of the New Atrium office
building at Strawinskylaan. A second law firm, Lexence, has rented
approximately 4,500 m lfa in the Infinity office building (former ING
House) at Amstelveenseweg and consumer and industrial company
Henkel Nederland has rented approximately 3,200 m lfa in the
recently completed The Edge office building in Gustav Mahlerlaan.
Due to low supply level and increasing demand in Grade A office
space, the prime rent of the Zuidas district is under upward pressure.
During the second half of 2014 prime rent increased by 3% to 345
per m lfa per annum.
After a downward adjustment during the beginning of 2014, incentives
remained stable during the second half of 2014. Current incentives in
the Zuidas district fall within a bandwidth of 6 to 12 months (9 months
on average). Due to the increasing prime rent during the second half of
2014, the net effective rent (the rent an occupier pays) has increased
further and currently sits at 293 per m lfa per annum.
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10
2005
0
2005
OZD
2006
RJ
BFI
2007
OG
2008
V
Ov
2009
2010
OGW
ICT
2011
2012
BTO
VP
2013
MU
2014
O
2006
Netherlands
Switzerland
Israel
SP
2007
US
Japan
Taiwan
2008
2009
UK
Australia
Ireland
2010
2011
Russia
Sweden
New Zealand
2012
2013
France
Czech
100
100
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90
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80
70
70
60
60
50
50
40
40
30
30
20
20
10
10
2014
Germany
Canada
0
2005
2006
500-1,000
2007
1,000-2,500
2008
2009
2,500-5,000
2010
2011
5,000-10,000
2012
2013
10,000-20,000
2005
2014
20,000>
n/a
2006
2007
150-200
2008
2009
200-250
2010
2011
250-300
2012
2013
300-350
2014
>350
100
350
90
14
340
80
330
70
320
60
310
50
300
13
12
11
290
40
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30
10
270
20
260
10
250
240
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
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2005
2006
Prime Rent
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Address/Building
Surface*
7,000
Motive
Lexence N.V.
4,500
3,200
2,400
2,100
* Surface in m lfa
Sector: Main activity of a company according to the Dutch Business Sector Classification (SBI 93). SBI 93 is a systematic hierarchical classification of economic activities used by the
public organisation Statistics Netherlands (CBS). For this report, the following categories are classified: Banking & Finance (BFI), Architectural and Related Technical Consultancy (BTA),
Construction, Transport and Storage (BTO), Information Technology (ICT), Media & publishing (MU), Public Administration (O), Real Estate Activities (OG), Education, Health & Social
(OGW), Other (Ov), Other Business Services (OZD), Legal Services (RJ), Other Community Social & Personal Services (SP), Manufacturing (V), Insurance & Pension Funds (VP).
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Figure D: The 1000 Mahler office building. Source: G&S Vastgoed (2014)
4. Supply
Scarcity of grade A office space creates opportunities to (re)develop office buildings
Supply in the Zuidas district remained relatively stable during 2014.
Current supply amounts to 41,900 m lfa, a small decrease of 2%
compared to 2013.
Current supply in the Zuidas district corresponds with a vacancy rate
of 6.0%, significantly lower than the overall Dutch and Amsterdam
office markets which have vacancy rates at levels of 14.8% and 15.4%
respectively.
Despite the fact that the vacancy rate in the Zuidas district is relatively
low (6.0%), it is expected that office space will be available in this area
from the end of 2015, due to relocations by AkzoNobel, Stibbe and
NautaDutilh. Together they will vacate approximately 38,700 m lfa,
creating opportunities for smaller and larger occupiers to establish
themselves in the district.
Currently (1st January 2015) the largest supply belongs to office
buildings Atrium (14,500 m lfa) which is currently being refurbished,
De Zuiderhof Deel A (5,000 m lfa) FOZ (4,900 m lfa) and Olympic
Plaza (3,300 m lfa).
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35%
160
30%
140
25%
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100
20%
80
15%
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10%
40
5%
20
0
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2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
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2012
2013
2014
0%
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2006
2007
2008
2009
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0
2005
500-1,000
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2007
2008
1,000-2,500
2009
2,500-5,000
2010
2011
5,000-10,000
2010
Existing
2012
2013
10,000-20,000
2014
2011
2012
2013
2014
20,000>
2005
n/a
2006
2007
150-200
2008
2009
200-250
2010
250-300
2011
2012
2013
300-350
2014
>350
Address
Building
Strawinskylaan 3001-4111
New Atrium
Jachthavenweg 109-111
State
Surface**
14,500
Existing
Rent***
360
De Zuiderhof I
5,000
Existing
290
FOZ/FOA
4,500
Existing
325
Olympic Plaza
3,300
Existing
270
Tommaso Albinonistraat 5
TA5
2,900
Existing
240
1st
of January 2015
** Surface in m lfa
Address/Building
Surface*
3,300
Motive
900
M. Caransa B.V.
800
* Surface in m lfa
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Figure E: The Edge office building. Source: OVG Real Estate, photographer Ronald Tilleman (2015)
5. Investments
International investors own 48% of the Zuidas district office stock
National and international investors are attracted to the Zuidas district,
where the property owners are mainly institutional investors and Real
Estate Investment Funds. A large share of the properties (48%) is now
owned by international investors, were German investors account for
38%.
Between 2008 and 2012, investment activity was low with only five
properties changing ownership, making opportunities in the
Netherlands most core office market generally rare. 2013 was a
unique exception which showed a total of nine properties trading. This
was driven by a strong confidence in the location, the quality and the
market. These nine transactions consists of three pre-let
developments (AkzoNobel, Stibbe and 400 Beethoven) and two office
buildings (Atrium and Symphony). In addition, four properties (Cross
Towers, Vivaldi Offices I & II and Olympic Plaza) were sold as part of
larger portfolios.
In 2014, a further five office buildings traded ownership, which
reflected a total investment volume of approximately 485 million. The
largest transaction in 2014 was the ITO/SOM complex, comprising of
approximately 46,200 m lfa of office and retail space. The German
investor Union Investment acquired the modern building from the
German investor Commerz Real for around 244 million on behalf of
its open-ended real estate fund Unilmmo: Europa.
A continued demand for high quality office space in the Zuidas area
led to a downward pressure on yields in 2013 which reflected the
lowest bandwidth in the Netherlands. Since 2006 net initial yields (NIY)
in the Zuidas area have fluctuated between 4.75% and 5.80%, with a
current level of approximately 5.20%.
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800
800
700
700
600
600
500
500
400
400
300
300
200
200
100
100
2005
2006
2007
Propco's
2008
2009
2011
Pooled funds
2011
2012
Private
2013
2014
2005
2007
Global
2008
2009
Ireland
2010
2011
Netherlands
2012
2013
Luxembourg
2014
France
2006
Germany
Institution
6,0%
7.000
5,8%
6.800
6.600
5,6%
6.400
5,4%
6.200
5,2%
6.000
5,0%
5.800
5.600
4,8%
5.400
4,6%
5.200
4,4%
5.000
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2005
2006
2007
2008
8%
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Figure 22: Current stock by owner source of capital (2005 Q4 vs 2014 Q4)
3%
8%
2009
5%
4%
5%
6%
25%
11%
13%
42%
28%
52%
38%
15%
66%
19%
31%
21%
Pooled funds
Institution
Corporate
Propco's
Non-Profit
Private
Germany
Global
Luxembourg
US
Address
Building
2014 Q2
2014 Q2
2014 Q2
2014 Q3
2014 Q4
ITO/SOM
1000 Mahler
The Edge
Strawinskyhuis
Paviljoen 1
* Surface in m lfa
Surface*
Price**
46,300
7,600
36,000
7,400
1,600
243,7
36,8
Conf.
Conf.
8,6
Purchaser
Union Investment
Chanel International
Deka Immobilien GmbH
OVG Real Estate
Catella Real Estate AG Kapitalanlagegesellschaft
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6. Definitions
Zuidas: A sub location within the municipality of Amsterdam, which
corresponds to the submitted plan of the district office Dienst Zuidas
(2010), including sub market Zuiderhof.
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Sven Bertens
Research & Advisory
Jones Lang LaSalle B.V.
Tel. +31 20 5405 405
sven.bertens@eu.jll.com
timo.vandennoort@eu.jll.com
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