The activities will be continued in a new investment boutique under the name: Primevest Capital Partners. Primevest Capital Partners has acquired all activities in parking, the German communication infrastructure activities and two mandates in residential (affordable contemporary living). “With the establishment of Primevest Capital Partners we are able to continue our high quality  investment management services with our dedicated specialized teams that our clients are accustomed to,” says Managing Partner Bart Pierik at Primevest Capital Partners. “In recent years we have strengthened our leading position as car park investment manager, expanded our residential activities for key clients and launched a new fund in communication infrastructure, being the first investment manager to offer German institutional investors the opportunity to invest long-term in passive communication infrastructure assets. We see a growing interest from institutional clients for our innovative real asset investment strategies to further grow our assets under management,” continues Bart Pierik.

Primevest CP will employ 30 professionals who will serve its institutional clients from local offices in Utrecht, the Netherlands and Berlin, Germany. Primevest Capital Partners will be led by former Bouwfonds IM employees Bart Pierik (Managing Partner), Ruud Roosen (Parking), Hans-Peter Renk (Residential), Bas van Dongen (Communication Infrastructure) and former CFO of Foruminvest B.V., Walter Kuppens (Finance & Risk).

CommonWealth Investments B.V., a Dutch multi-client family office, is the financial sponsor of Primevest Capital Partners. “We believe that there is demand in the market for specialised investment managers with a focus on innovative distinctive investment strategies. The activities of Primevest Capital Partners match this demand and we have confidence that the management can successfully grow the existing activities of Primevest Capital Partners in the coming years,” explains Leo Derksen, co-founder of CommonWealth Investments B.V.

Buchanan Street, UK’s 2nd busiest retail street, after Oxford Street in London, is only yards away.The multi-storey car park of 220 parking spaces is operated by NCP, the largest car park operator in the UK which was recently taken over by a Japanese consortium of Development Bank of Japan and Park24. Bart Pierik, Managing Partner Primvest Capital Partners comments: “This is the first acquisition for our European Real Estate Parking Fund IV and the 47th car park in our portfolio. This car park will further strengthen our high-quality and sustainable portfolio of car park investments across Europe”.

Bas Magielse, Fund Manager Parking Primevest Capital Partners adds: “Mitchell Street is very well located and an asset which is expected to provide a very stable and relatively attractive cash return for our investors.”

The fourth institutional Parking Fund is structured as a German Immobilien-Spezialfonds serviced by HANSAINVEST Hanseatische Investment-GmbH (KVG) and will invest in a portfolio of car parks throughout Europe.

Primevest Capital Partners is the leading specialist for car park investments in Europe, and has been launching funds in this segment for over ten years. Including BEREPF IV, the investment manager currently manages a total of six funds with 47 car park properties. Assets under management in the car park segment represent a value of around EUR 900 million. The properties are located at very strong locations in several European countries.

On completion, Primevest CP has also refinanced the car park portfolio. The car parks in Germany, the Netherlands and France have been refinanced through a financing facility provided by BerlinHyp AG and Deutsche Postbank AG as Lenders, whilst the car parks in the United Kingdom and Spain have been refinanced through a financing facility provided by Deutsche Postbank AG.

Following completion, Primevest CP has successfully expanded the portfolio and divested its BEREPF I portfolio. The portfolio is now invested in 21 car parks in total, located in major cities in seven European countries. The portfolio is now fully invested with an investment volume of almost EUR 400 million. The seller, BEREPF I, was the first investment fund exclusively dedicated to investments in car park real estate car park that Bouwfonds IM launched in 2005 and reached fund maturity. After a careful and strict compliance process, in order to manage potential conflicts of interest and to ensure a transparent, competitive and fair sale, the properties of BEREPF l have been sold to Primevest CP.

In this multi-jurisdiction transaction both seller and buyer obtained support from renowned advisors. The seller was amongst others supported by Cushman & Wakefield (broker), CMS (multi-jurisdiction legal and tax support), Bureau Veritas Asset Management (technical support). The buyer was supported amongst others by Unifore DMC Real Estate Finance (financing arranger), Deloitte (tax), DLA (legal transaction support) , whilst Latham & Watkins (Germany , United Kingdom & Spain), and NautaDutilh (Netherlands and Luxembourg) were responsible for legal advice on the financing documentation and legal restructuring. Technical advice came from Apleona/GVA. Dentons has advised the banks on the finance documentation in all jurisdictions.

IntReal International Real Estate Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg, Germany, is acting as the service asset management company for the fund, performing administration of the open ended special AIF.