ATELIER V, a trendsetting firm in energy balancing of learn/work environments. ‘Grownup’ taste maker with a ‘Start-up’ curiosity and drive.
The interaction and synergy between people and the physical and digital learn/work environment forms the red thread at corporate/public real estate management (CREM/PREM) and Facility Management (FM).
More professional Marketing is indispensable for the real estate world. In the current market conditions, it is painfully clear how conservative the Dutch real estate world is. The ultimate wisdom still applies: location, location, location. In the projects that are being developed, more attention is paid to the ego of designers, developers and municipalities than…
Plans for new constructed neighbourhoods and restructuring of existing ones are characterized by collections of buildings and functions. But they do not determine the character of the neighbourhood, it is the people who live there who do that. They share each other’s lives there and want to meet each other. Strangely enough, development plans pay…
The economic recession is a fact. It means death in the office development pot. But aren’t there any positives? Does it not provide a chance for a quality improvement in the office area? Possibly, but on the basis of a carefully considered score, says architect and business administrator René Stevens. This is how ‘buildings with…
In my daily practice at Atelier V, it appears that it is the enthusiasm of the client and his team that breathes life into a soulless set of requirements. It is the things that are not in a brief, but that you read between the lines, the things that people want and that they feel,…
A trade-off between renting or buying is only meaningful if both the influence on the return on the property and the return on the company’s equity is taken into account. Which of the two forms of financing is best differs from case to case. This article lists a number of important ingredients and trade-offs that…
IFMA Holland held its first public meeting in March 2000. During this meeting, it became clear what this new professional association for the Netherlands stands for international orientation in the field and concrete information transfer. A report of the latter in particular. Stevens has encountered an increasingly critical stance where real estate is at issue.…
Optimal financing largely determines the return of real estate companies. However, the real estate itself (location and stones) remains the most important. “Always put this intrinsic value first”, is the motto of real estate advisor René P.M. Stevens MSc Arch/MBA at the symposium of ‘Vastgoed Belang’. After all, it has to take care of the…
In order to keep running in the premier league, entrepreneurs are increasingly concentrating on strengthening their economic performance and competitive position. Every day, the proof is provided of how much their accommodation can contribute to this. Commercial real estate must therefore be seen as a policy instrument of owners and users. In all its financial,…
“They didn’t have it in metallic grey,” my neighbour complained about his newly purchased car. It was again proof that emotional motives, such as colour and shape, play a large role in the purchase of all kinds of products. In the office market, too, matters such as feeling and sentiment appear to carry weight in…
“They didn’t have the others in grey metallic, so I took this one,” said my neighbour’s wailing about his newly purchased car. It was again proof that emotional motives, such as colour and shape, play a large role in the purchase of all kinds of products. According to DTZ Zadelhoff, the office building also appears…