CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has announced that it will open its fifth office in the Netherlands in April 2010. CBRE will build an additional property team in central Rotterdam to complement its existing network of Dutch offices in Almere (Rietmeijer Huisvestingsadviseurs), Amsterdam, Hoofddorp and The Hague.

As a key market within the European network, the addition of the Rotterdam office will strengthen CBRE's presence in the Netherlands and across the EMEA region, building upon the company’s full-service offering for clients and creating business opportunities both locally and internationally, the proeprty adviser said.

Martien van Deursen has been appointed as the new regional director for CBRE's Rotterdam operations. Van Deursen has been part of CBRE's Capital Markets team since 2003, first working in the company’s Amsterdam office and, after three years, joining the cross-border Capital Markets team for Europe, Middle East and Africa in London as a senior adviser. Having also worked as part of CBRE’s German Desk in the UK more recently, Van Deursen has significant local and international experience and has advised clients on transactions across the region, including in the Benelux region, France, Spain, Poland and the UK.

CBRE's new premises will be located within the Central Post development in Rotterdam's Central District, the redeveloped former Central Station Post Office.