Bouwinvest’s project Nowadays (Amsterdam) volledig verhuurd
(origineel Engelstalig persbericht)
Bouwinvest’s Amsterdam Landmark Retail Development Fully Let as JD Sports Opens Flagship Store in City’s “Red Carpet” Gateway
Amsterdam, November 20th – One of the largest High Street retail redevelopments in the Netherlands is now fully let after international fashion sports retailer JD Sports took the last available space within the Nowadays Project owned by real estate investment manager Bouwinvest’s Dutch Institutional Retail Fund. Nowadays links Amsterdam’s central Damrak thoroughfare to one its busiest shopping streets with 27,500 sqm of retail space and is the centrepiece of the city’s gateway “red carpet” urban regeneration plan.
JD Sports is to open its second store in the Dutch capital, selling casual wear and training shoes, within a 2,200 sqm former office space on the ground and first floors of Nieuwendijk 196, which lies parallel to the Damrak running between Amsterdam’s central railway station and the main Dam square. This is the first view of Amsterdam’s downtown area for many visitors and the city plans to transform a now rather dowdy experience into a “red carpet welcome” for arrivals with significant investment in a transformed urban environment.
Nigel Keen, head of real estate at JD Sports, said:
“JD Sports is establishing its flagship store in this landmark retail development because we expect the business to receive a significant boost from the investment being made by the city in the regeneration of the surrounding area. We were also attracted to the Nowadays project by the presence of our leading retail brand neighbours including Amsterdam’s first Primark, a flagship ZARA and a refurbished C&A store.”
Top Vastgoed, which is the developer and responsible for planning at the Nowadays Project, signed the agreement with JD sports, which joins other brands such as Starbucks and De Koffiesalon in renting space at Amsterdam’s new prime retail location. The redevelopment was designed by architect Frederik Vermeesch of Rijnboutt Architecten to replace an old C&A store complex on Damrak 70 & 80 and Nieuwendijk 196 and the project has moved forward at a fast pace. Top Vastgoed began planning the project in 2011, before building started in the Spring of 2014. Completion is due in early 2015.
Top Vastgoed and Bouwinvest were advised by Kokelenberg & Ouwehand in this latest leasing, while Jacobs & van der Meij advised JD Sports. FiMek Estate of Zaltbommel is responsible for the project management at Nowadays.
