Belgium

Western Europe

We have been active in the Belgian market since 1994. Brussels office was opened in 1997. We have managed to build up a loan portfolio of more than € 500m since then.

In 2005, Aareal Bank financed the largest urban development project in Belgium ever made - L’Esplanade in Louvain-La-Neuve - supplementing a university town with a modern shopping and leisure centre. We financed the largest recent office development in Brussels – the North Galaxy. We also financed the office building “Solaris" which the first environmentally friendly A grade building in Brussels.

Brussels Branch with its dedicated and experienced staff meets the specific demands of real estate finance thanks to the long standing and local expertise. Our clients also benefit from Aareal Bank‘s global network and financial engineering expertise. We offer individual and tailor-made financial solutions to investors and developers with the intention to optimise the financial structure of the real estate projects.

Our expertise includes both asset and share deals, secured and unsecured deals for all types of the properties such as hotel, logistics, office, retail and residential. In addition, we can provide our clients with a bank guarantee.

Both our office in Brussels and the supporting team in Wiesbaden, Germany, are made up of highly skilled real estate professionals.

Christine Schulze-Forsthövel

Managing Director

+49 611 348 2558

Christine Schulze-Forsthövel

+49 611 348 2061

Jean-Louis Watrice

General Manager

+32 2 549 55 27

Jean-Louis Watrice