After waiting almost 10 months for the final agreement and official announcement of the deal between CBRE Investors and ING REIM, Pieter Hendrikse has no time to idle.
The new European CEO of the world's largest real estate investment fund manager immediately embarked on a whirlwind tour of London, Paris, Milan and Frankfurt - the top European cities where ING REIM is located outside its base in The Hague - to explain the deal to senior management teams.
Like Brett White and other senior members of the CBRE team, Hendrikse says he is 'excited' about the outcome.
'We worked hard on this, to ensure that ING REIM would land well, in terms of both our own staff and our clients. ING REIM has built up quite a presence in the past decades. ING is a great company, it was once a pur sang real estate company and we are now ending up with a new parent that is a truly integrated real estate company with a clear vision and a partnership model as a key objective. We can learn from them - they are incredibly client-focussed. This was a good choice,' he said during a telephone interview from Frankfurt, adding: ‘I’ve only heard positive reactions from our staff, clients and people in the business. That is a great compliment to both ING and CBRE.'
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