Third placement for ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund

The Dutch Pension Fund for Physiotherapists has increased its share in the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund (ASR DCRF) by € 25 million. This will bring the total external equity placed in the ASR DCRF to 80 million. This is the third placement in six months for the ASR DCRF.

The ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund is a.s.r. real estate investment management’s residential fund. The fund has a diversified residential portfolio, which is worth over € 0.8 billion.

It invests in non-subsidised rental properties mostly in the Randstad conglomeration. The envisaged participants are institutional investors with a long investment horizon. As the original owner of the portfolio, insurer a.s.r. will continue to hold a substantial share in the fund on a long-term basis.

Robbert van Dijk, Fund Director of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund: “In order to achieve the fund’s long-term growth strategy, we are pursuing an ambitious programme of acquisitions, chiefly in the Randstad conglomeration. But we are also looking at interesting projects outside this area. For example, we recently signed two contracts to build rented housing in the cities of Zwolle and Arnhem. We expect to make further acquisitions during the course of 2015 and hence to expand the fund in line with our shareholders’ wishes.”

CBRE Capital Advisors advised a.s.r. real estate investment management on the structuring and placement of the fund. De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek provides legal services to the fund and PwC is the fund’s tax consultant. The Dutch Pension Fund for Physiotherapists was assisted by Grontmij Capital Consultants.