Akzo Nobel Chemicals opens its new office building ‘Brouwershof’ in Amersfoort
Akzo Nobel Chemicals is officially opening its new office building ‘Brouwershof’ today on Stationsstraat in Amersfoort. The area around the station in Amersfoort has undergone a metamorphosis over recent years. Various large companies such as Philips, Agis and Twynstra Gudde have established themselves in the business district, and now 400 Akzo Nobel Chemicals staff are doing the same. Brouwershof, which gets its name from the brewery that previously stood on the site, is just a stone’s throw from both the central station and Amersfoort city centre, and there are good connections to the through roads.
The new office of Akzo Nobel is an eleven-storey building of about 10,000mē with parking facilities. It is the central element defining the appearance of a new square, where an office space of about 4,500mē for the rental sector has also been built. The construction of a hotel with some 115 rooms will start in mid 2007. Developers MULTI and Van Hoogevest are close to reaching an agreement with a candidate for this. The use of brickwork for the outer walls and light-coloured natural stone has provided the complex in the office district of Amersfoort with distinctive and friendly features. Underneath the square is a twolevel car park for about 225 cars.
T+T Design, Multi Vastgoed’s in-house design office, drew up the draft plan for Brouwershof. Architects Van den Oever, Zaaijer and Partners created the design for the U-shaped office building. The owner of the premises is KFN.
Profile Multi Vastgoed
Multi Vastgoed is part of Multi Corporation, a group of companies working throughout Europe in property development (Multi Development and Multi Vastgoed), investment (Multi Investment), asset management (Multi Asset Management) and mall management (Multi Mall Management). With a Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund as its new financial partner, MULTI has strengthened its position to become an investing developer and move forward on its path to further growth. MULTI’s strategy is and remains focused on developing projects in European countries where significant growth is expected.
Across Europe, MULTI’s inner-city projects, shopping centres and business parks are appealing to people’s imagination. The ‘Design & Development’ formula has focused attention strongly on design quality. MULTI has its own design group for urban development and architectural concepts, T+T Design. MULTI’s projects are internationally recognised for their original and innovative nature, the quality of their architectural character and their profound sensitivity to the blending of urban design. Our developments regularly act as the engine for regenerating a city or region. By respecting local culture and style, we develop projects with which people can easily identify.
Multi Development’s activities in 18 countries in Europe are conducted from offices in the Netherlands (head-office), Belgium, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Turkey.
Profile Van Hoogevest Groep
The Van Hoogevest Groep takes an integrated approach to providing accommodation solutions. All the products and services needed to produce total solutions in residential and utility construction are available from Van Hoogevest. The core activities of the group are carried out by the Development, Construction and Management business units. From its branches in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Almere, Woerden and The Hague, projects are realised in the fields of residential and utility constructions, small-scale new construction work, maintenance, renovation and restoration.