Experience

Grimonte Investment Management

• Netherlands
• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Grimonte Investment Management B.V. was established in 2017 by 3 partners : Luuk van den Heuvel, Stefan Gales and Erik van Langeveld. The partners have been active in the real estate sector for the most part of their careers (total +75 years). Grimonte initiates, structures and manages real estate investments for professional (private) investors and family offices. We are interested in all segments of the residential market (regular units, student housing and care). Furthermore we focus on the retail sector in the Netherlands and Germany, especially looking for grocery anchored neighborhood shopping centres in cities with solid economic and demographic fundamentals. Grimonte also provides advisory/execution services to assist third parties. We have longstanding experience in creating value by active asset management, with nearly all types of assets. We optimize returns of individual assets and portfolios by active tenant management, selective building improvements, restructuring of the finance structure and ongoing hold sell analysis. In addition we can arrange the (equity) funding for new and redevelopment projects, for developers and investors. Our approach is : goal oriented, personal, transparent and pragmatic. Show less



The IBUS Company

• Head Acquisitions

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2016

  I have worked for about 18 years in several senior positions with The IBUS Company until the company was taken over by Rubens Capital. IBUS was an international real estate investment firm originally founded by Mr Onno Husken. The company was involved in EUR 1,4 billion of real estate transactions in several asset categories and countries : US, UK, France, Germany, Vietnam and The Netherlands. The clients bases consisted of high net worth individuals, (multi) family offices, institutional investors, management firms and foundations.We completed several real estate investments in Germany and Netherlands :- food anchored retail centres- residential projects- office and industrial assets- care residential building Show less

• Head Asset Management

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2010

  As a Head of Asset Management I was responsible for a team of 7 asset manager located in the Netherlands and the United States. We managed the performance of about 30 funds investing (about EUR 550 million) in offices, retail, residential an hotels in several countries.

• Asset Manager France

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2004

  I managed a portfolio of mainly office buildings in the Greater Paris Region (Ile de France) with a total volume of about EUR 150 million. Leases were renegotiated and improved, renovations executed, bank loans renewed and together with a local partner we realized the development of an office building. Furthermore we executed the disposition of the portfolio on piece by piece basis generating mostly double digit returns.

• Manager Investor relations

  • Jan 1999 - Dec 2001

  I started at the Investor relations department and arranged equity commitments for The IBUS funds. Investors were at the start mainly private investors. Later on we also initiated various dialogues with Dutch institutional investors which also participated in several IBUS funds. In addition we arranged equity for a leading US fund manager.



MeesPierson

• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager Property Financing

  • Dec 1987 - Nov 1998

  After several temporary positions I specialized in real estate lending. Clients were constructions companies, institutional funds, private investors and developers After several temporary positions I specialized in real estate lending. Clients were constructions companies, institutional funds, private investors and developers