A Pan European investment team

King Sturge is one of the leading international providers of real estate investment services, with a reputation for quality advice, expertise in formulation of portfolio strategies, and a commercial approach to transactions.

We act for a wide variety of institutional and listed funds, REITs, property investment companies, banks, corporate clients, Trusts, charities and private individuals and consortia.

Rather than a purely local focus, our European offices have been integrated into a single horizontal investment group, facilitating cross border transactions and the creation of European funds. This enables us to provide detailed local advice, informed by the experience of our occupational agency teams, who are ‘in the market’ on a daily basis.  Furthermore, in 2008, we were awarded the title of ‘European Investment Agent of the Year’ by Property Week magazine for the second year running.

Also, the King Sturge UK Investment agency team has taken second place in the annual CoStar (Focus) Investment League table for the 12 months January to December 2008. King Sturge transacted approximately £ 2,867 billions.

A well experienced local advisor

In Belgium, our investment team advises local and international clients on the acquisition and disposal of office, industrial and retail investment opportunities throughout Belgium. We represent institutional funds, property companies and private individuals.  Our aim is to provide a focused and detailed approach that ensures our clients receive the highest level of professionalism and competitiveness.
Belgium is a complex and inventive country in term of different regional legislation and tax regime which gives to this country its particularity and competitiveness.
In term of property market, Belgium is attractive in a number of points. The office market is characterised by a strong service activity throughout the country but mainly in Brussels where the EU institutions  occupies more than 10 % of the office stock and provide to this market a stable demand.  Regarding the logistical market , Belgium’s location in Europe has more than 60% of the purchasing power of the European Union within a radius of 500 km and remains the most sought after location for European Distribution Centres due to the transport infrastructure (Port of Antwerp, Motorway, canal and train network) and the relatively low rent levels. In terms of Retail, Belgium has the worldwide 15 highest GDP per habitant, and private consumption accounts for 53% (2007) of the GDP. 20 % of the population lives in the 7 most important cities: Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège , Bruge and Namur.       
 
 Our services are not limited to the mere offer of investment property or the active research of purchasers. We equally assist our clients in offering valuation services, we coordinate the due diligence process and manage the dataroom (website).

The King Sturge Belgium investment team ranked amongst the top three investment agents in the last two years and transacted over € 540m in the past two years