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2024
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February
2024
| 11:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda will opt for a voluntary cap on its 2024 rent increase, raising rents by a maximum of 4% on 1 July. Meanwhile, the current caretaker cabinet is working on a legislative amendment for a maximum rent increase of 6.8% for the liberalised rental
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02
February
2024
| 12:36 Europe/Amsterdam
1 February saw the official handover of The Ox apartment complex in the Osdorp district of Amsterdam New West. In addition to representatives from Vesteda and construction firm and developer Van Wijnen, alderman Reinier Van Dantzig was present to
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30
January
2024
| 08:04 Europe/Amsterdam
On 3 April, Vesteda will officially nominate Astrid Schlüter for appointment as its new CEO. She will succeed Gertjan van der Baan, who announced in October his departure as of April this year. Following her appointment, Astrid and Frits Vervoort
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26
January
2024
| 09:16 Europe/Amsterdam
After the highest point of the first residential tower was reached at the Podium project in Amersfoort, Vesteda’s second residential tower is now also at its highest point. The residential tower has sixteen floors. Yesterday saw the performance of a
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16
January
2024
| 16:43 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda has commissioned property developer Heilijgers to improve the sustainability of 95 of its houses located on Bors van Waverenstraat and the surrounding streets. These homes, dating from the 1930s, have on average an F energy label. Once the
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2023
06
December
2023
| 19:03 Europe/Amsterdam
On 6 December 2023, Vesteda’s participants’ meeting approved the appointment of Ms Ditri Zandstra and Mr Paul Meulenberg as members of Vesteda’s Supervisory Committee. Ditri Zandstra replaces Seada van den Herik, whose second term expires on 9
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20
November
2023
| 08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Wednesday 22 November will see the festive start of construction on Vesteda’s new-build Zuiderhof complex in Rotterdam. This complex of mid-rental segment and free-sector apartments will be part of the Vreewijk garden village in the city’s
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20
November
2023
| 08:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Public sector pension fund ABP has increased its stake in Vesteda to a maximum of 33%. ABP’s new investment made it possible for Vesteda to purchase the new-build Zuiderhof project in Rotterdam. The homes in this complex will be rented on a priority
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24
October
2023
| 08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Gertjan van der Baan will step down as CEO of Vesteda in April 2024. Van der Baan has held this position since 1 January 2014. In April next year he will have been at the helm of the largest residential investor in the Netherlands for more than 10
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17
October
2023
| 08:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Since this morning, Vesteda is a GRESB Global Sector Leader Residential. This is the first time Vesteda has achieved this global top position in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark. On 1 October, Vesteda had already been awarded a
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02
October
2023
| 07:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda once again achieved a five-star rating in this year’s Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), but also climbed to the top position in the reference group in the Netherlands and Europe, up from 9th last year.The five-star rating
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02
October
2023
| 00:34 Europe/Amsterdam
On the 29th of September Vesteda closed a financing agreement for a committed standby facility of €250 million. It was provided by two of Vesteda’s relationship banks. The standby facility
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14
September
2023
| 09:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Commissioned by Vesteda, construction firm Van Wijnen is set to start in mid-September on a renovation project to make the Tuindorp complex in Utrecht more sustainable. This complex consists of 87 houses dating from the 1930s with energy labels
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13
September
2023
| 08:03 Europe/Amsterdam
In the recently completed De Regent new-build complex in The Hague, a third of new tenants work in education, healthcare, the police force or fire services. In De Cavaliere in Helmond, a quarter of new tenants are key workers. This last apartment
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12
September
2023
| 14:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda arranged a digital green bond on the public blockchain to gain experience with this technology. With this, Vesteda raised EUR 5 million from DekaBank, a German institutional investor. The proceeds of this transaction will be used to
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01
August
2023
| 17:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda’s half-year report 2023 is available as of today: Vesteda half-year report 2023.For more information, please visit www.vesteda.com or www.vestedareport.com.
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17
July
2023
| 14:45 Europe/Amsterdam
As per 1 August 2023, René Tim will be responsible within Vesteda for future acquisitions of new-build properties, dispositions and the redevelopment of existing residential properties.Gertjan van der Baan: "The market conditions for acquiring
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13
July
2023
| 14:58 Europe/Amsterdam
On Saturday evening, 3 June, a fire broke out in one of the added floors of De Enter apartment complex on Joan Muyskenweg in Amsterdam. All 95 households were able to leave the complex unharmed. Over the past few weeks, the fire service has been
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29
June
2023
| 11:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda’s letting agents are facing an increasing number of bribery attempts, more undue pressure and even threats via social media. The tight rental market in particular has  driven an upsurge in such excesses in behaviour among prospective
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28
June
2023
| 16:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Stichting De Herberg (Breda) and Vesteda signed a first rental agreement as part of the ‘Warm Thuis’-initiative. This initiative aims to help homeless young people aged between 18 and 27 live independently as much as possible. On 3 July, the first
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04
June
2023
| 10:42 Europe/Amsterdam
On Saturday evening, June 3, a fire started in Building 4 of De Enter apartment building in Amsterdam. The fire department extinguished the fire, early Sunday morning. Fortunately, all tenants are unharmed. It is not yet clear what started the fire.
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09
May
2023
| 17:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Pieter Knauff (CIO) is leaving Vesteda per 30th of June. On the 1st of September he will start as managing director Real Estate at Somerset Capital Partners.Since 2015, Pieter has played an important role in the growth and sustainability of
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08
May
2023
| 15:35 Europe/Amsterdam
On Friday, 5th of May, around the clock of 8.30 pm several tenants in the Willemstoren (Rotterdam) felt vibrations in the building. Vesteda took care of her tenants. Around 0.30 am all tenants could return home safely, after a thorough investigation
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06
May
2023
| 12:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Last night, several tenants felt vibrations in the Willemstoren-building around 8:30 p.m. Following a number of reports, the building was temporarily partly evacuated. After a thorough investigation, the fire brigade, police and Bouw- en
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25
April
2023
| 13:27 Europe/Amsterdam
In the first quarter of 2023, market conditions for housing investors in the Netherlands were valued at 5.5 according to Vesteda's Housing Market Indicator. This is a small plus compared to the previous quarter, but this indicates that the
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20
April
2023
| 14:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda has signed up to be a social partner to the National 4 and 5 May Fund for the next three years. The National Fund is an initiative of the National  4 and 5 May Committee and works with companies and other organisations to maintain and
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14
April
2023
| 09:00 Europe/Amsterdam
On 12 April, we published our Annual Report 2022.In 2022, we continued to invest in sustainable and affordable homes, we kept costs under control, and we delivered solid operational results. The portfolio was almost fully leased, tenant satisfaction
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17
March
2023
| 17:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Vesteda has certified almost its entire residential portfolio of 27,500 homes according to the new BREEAM-NL In-Use Homes guideline. This makes it the world’s largest ever residential certification achieved in one go. It also immediately creates the
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17
March
2023
| 10:28 Europe/Amsterdam
On Wednesday 15 March, the Struikroven foundation signed a cooperation agreement with Heijmans, Vesteda, BAM Wonen, ERA Contour, Dura Vermeer and Urgenda. These strategic partners will help the foundation achieve its mission more quickly. Its
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27
January
2023
| 12:30 Europe/Amsterdam
On 7 December, Zonneplan installed 4,000th solar panel of the year on the roof of a rental home in Krommenie. This meant Vesteda had achieved its annual target of an average of 4,000 solar panels per year. In 2023, Vesteda has more than doubled its
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