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AUSTRALIA’s Macquarie Asset Management and real estate developer Edge have agreed a strategic partnership to develop sustainable, user-centric commercial real estate. Macquarie said it was acquiring a “significant” minority stake in the hightech office developer, alongside Edge’s founder and CEO Coen van Oostrom. Edge is active in the Netherlands, Germany and the UK, as well as working with joint-venture partners in the US. It is currently developing around €5bn state-of-the-art offices including Berlin’s Edge East Side, Amsterdam’s The Pulse and Edge London Bridge. “I’m thrilled to announce this partnership with Macquarie, which is a powerful testament to our shared commitment to create sustainable value over the long term,” van Oostrom said. “Leveraging Macquarie’s capabilities, we can
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build on our 25-year track record and further scale our efforts to help portfolio owners and real-estate managers upgrade their property assets, adopt smart building advancements and improve their energy efficiency.” “We are delighted to invest in Edge,” added Dana Gibson, co-head of Real Estate in Europe at Macquarie Asset Management. “We are seeing rapidly growing demand for sustainable, wellbeing-focused office spaces from tenants, investors, governments and financiers.” With the built environment responsible for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions, the real estate sector has a key role to play in the world’s decarbonisation efforts, according to Edge. Its buildings have consistently set new benchmark scores for sustainability, which have been recognised with BREEAM Outstanding, DGNB Platinum and LEED Gold accreditations. The acquisition is part of Macquarie’s global opportunistic real-estate strategy, which focuses on future-proof assets.
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