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Industries & Sectors

Healthcare

Real estate that keeps healthcare moving
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Better care, better returns.

Changing regulations, ESG requirements and growing demand for high-quality real estate are prompting healthcare providers and investors to reassess their property strategies. 

We provide specialised advice across all healthcare real estate types, including hospitals, health centres, clinics, nursing homes, private care facilities and senior housing. 

Our team combines deep sector expertise with broad market insights to help you navigate complexity and align real estate decisions with your strategic objectives. 

Whether you are a healthcare provider, investor or developer, we deliver the insight and execution capability needed to realise your ambitions. 


DELIVERING RESULTS

3M+
sq m Valued
800
Annual Valuations
8
Healthcare Specialists

What Sets Us Apart

End-to-End Lifecycle Support

We advise and support clients throughout the full lifecycle of healthcare real estate: from strategic planning and site selection to capital markets, development and facilities management. Our integrated services help healthcare organisations reduce operational costs while improving care outcomes.

Healthcare-Focused Expertise

Healthcare real estate directly supports the primary care process. Our team understands how regulation, reimbursement models and healthcare operations influence real estate decisions. With this expertise, we provide targeted advice tailored to the Dutch healthcare real estate market.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Our advice is grounded in proprietary data and real-time market intelligence. We analyse demographic trends, referral patterns and capital flows to help clients make well-informed real estate decisions that strengthen financial performance and competitive positioning.

Investment strategy and execution

We provide insight into asset performance and value creation strategies, enabling clients to deploy capital with confidence. Our advisors work with institutional and private investors across the full healthcare spectrum — a sector characterised by stable cash flows and long-term demand.

Optimised for Operational Performance

We help healthcare organisations reduce accommodation costs, improve space utilisation and enhance the experience of patients and staff. Our services include location planning, portfolio optimisation, acquisition and disposal support, and lease (re)negotiations — all aligned with operational and strategic objectives.

Navigating Complexity with Confidence

Healthcare real estate in the Netherlands is highly regulated. We work closely with clients to anticipate policy changes, ensure regulatory compliance and align real estate strategy with long-term objectives, with structural financial sustainability as a guiding principle.

Services

Investor Services



Capital Markets


We connect healthcare investors with capital and provide transaction execution and advisory services for acquisitions, disposals and repositioning. Our team offers access to institutional buyers, private equity and specialised healthcare funds seeking stable investments. 

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Agency Leasing


We provide leasing advisory services that attract high-quality healthcare occupiers. Our team understands the specific requirements of healthcare users, from specialised infrastructure to proximity to patient populations, referral networks and availability of qualified staff. 

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Asset Services


Our professionals optimise healthcare property performance through strategic leasing and operational efficiency improvements. We help investors maximise returns, strengthen tenant relationships and enhance asset value.

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Valuation & Advisory


We deliver independent valuations and strategic advisory services that provide insight into value, risk and strategic options for healthcare real estate. Our specialist valuers assess assets based on healthcare operations and funding structures, combined with market dynamics. We also advise on portfolio optimisation and healthcare property transformation. 

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Project & Development Services 


We support investors and developers in complex healthcare real estate projects, from feasibility and business case through to delivery and handover. Our services include site selection, cost and risk management, and development strategies focused on efficient execution and solid investment outcomes. 

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Sustainability Services


We help investors implement energy efficiency improvements, achieve sustainability certifications and comply with environmental and energy regulations. This reduces operating costs, mitigates sustainability risks and enhances attractiveness to healthcare occupiers.

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Services for Healthcare

Organisations



Tenant Representation


We represent healthcare providers in lease negotiations, helping secure favourable terms and reduce costs. Our services align real estate with your strategic growth plans and patient access goals.

Labour Analytics and Location Strategy


Attracting and retaining healthcare professionals is critical. We analyse labour markets, commuting patterns and demographics to support location decisions that improve staff recruitment and patient accessibility.

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Project & Development Services


We support healthcare organisations in the design, delivery and fit-out of care facilities, with a focus on continuity of care, user quality and cost control. Our services are aimed at on-time, on-budget delivery and environments that support care processes and patient experience.

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Facilities Management


We deliver facility management for healthcare environments, ensuring compliance with hygiene standards and patient safety. Our IFM solutions reduce costs while maintaining high-quality care settings.

Sustainability Services


We help healthcare organisations align their real estate with sustainability goals. This includes implementing energy-efficient systems, achieving sustainability certifications and improving indoor environmental quality — creating healthy, comfortable and future-proof care environments. 

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Team

Paul Smolenaers
Paul Smolenaers

Partner - Lead V&A Alternatives (EMEA Grade - Partner)
Eindhoven, The Netherlands

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Fabian Pouwelse

Partner -Valuer
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Jan Ruttenberg
Jan Ruttenberg

Senior Consultant (EMEA Grade - Senior Surveyor) Actions
Netherlands

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Research

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Insights • Economy

Outlook 2024 MIPIM Edition

In de speciale MIPIM Editie van onze Outlook geven wij voorspellingen over de transactiedynamiek op de verschillende beleggings- en gebruikersmarkten op basis van eigen visie en transactiedata. De prognose gaat over de ontwikkelingen op de kantorenmarkt, retail, woningen en de markt voor logistiek en bedrijfsmatig vastgoed.
12/03/2024
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Insights • Investment / Capital Markets

Fear of sharp price corrections due to high financing costs

Higher financing costs are a major reason why sentiment in the real estate investment market and for property development has turned abruptly in recent months. In several segments, interest costs are already substantially higher than initial yields. 'The math simply doesn't add up.'
Maud Visschedijk • 17/11/2022
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Insights • Supply Chain

Towards a future-proof supply chain

'You can't always get what you want' sang the Stones in 1969, but in 2022 this is no longer valid. Due to the massive embrace of online shopping almost all consumer goods are just a few clicks away.
Jos Hesselink • 29/09/2022
OFFICE FLIGHT TO QUALITY SPURS TALENT WAR AS FLEXIBLE WORKING IS HERE TO STAY
Research • Workplace

The 7 dynamics of the New Work Paradigm

The pandemic has reshaped the equilibrium between people, technology, offices and their organization. The new dynamics that arised from the traditional pillars of work should be explored, while also evaluating the opportunities and risks for both organizations and employees.
16/09/2022
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Insights • Workplace

Gender solidarity in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is arguably one of the most gender equal countries in the world. It ranks 5th in the EU on the Gender Equality Index and was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriages. However, we continue to face a major challenge in reaching equality between women and men.
07/03/2022
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Insights • Workplace

Upcoming shortage in the office market pending

The latest figures from Cushman & Wakefield show that the commissioning of office space in 2021 will amount to 1,040,000 m2.
Jos Hesselink • 03/01/2022
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Insights • Workplace

Office Take-Up Rises For Third Quarter In A Row

Increase in the occupancy of office space for Q3 2021: The total occupancy of office space by tenants and owners since 1 January of this year is 615,000 m².
Jos Hesselink • 01/10/2021
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Insights • Sustainability / ESG

Climate risk

Climate risk is now a reality which will impact current and future value of property. When we talk about climate risk, we invariably mean one of two things – the transitional risk of moving towards a low carbon economy or the physical risks associated with climate change.
Jos Hesselink • 29/09/2021
De stad na COVID
Insights • Sustainability / ESG

The city after COVID-19

COVID-19 shows our vulnerability. At the same time, it gives us insight into how we should improve the quality of life in our cities in a future-proof way. Anticipating population growth, climate change, health and our continuing need to live, work and stay in cities.
Jos Hesselink • 22/04/2021
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Insights • Sustainability / ESG

City streets should not have cars

The arrival of the car has radically changed the spatial development of our cities and the infrastructure in the Netherlands.
In order to bring cars and freight traffic safely and quickly from A to B, highways and motorways, bridges and viaducts, traffic lights and pedestrian crossings were necessary.
Jos Hesselink • 25/02/2021
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Insights • Workplace

Not a pandemic, but demographics will decide the future and value of the office

The global pandemic has massively accelerated our understanding of the opportunities for remote working. Those who only need a computer and telephone for their work have been putting home working to the test en masse since mid-March and, thanks to technology, have confirmed that this throws up few obstacles.
06/10/2020
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Insights • Economy

City Limits: A Dated Phenomenon

Jeroen Lokerse argues that the larger Randstad region - from Arnhem, Almere, Rijnmond to Eindhoven - offers a unique opportunity for business and workers compared to world cities such as London and Paris where urban living and suburban living could be at prices that are unthinkable for residents of London, Paris or, for example, Toronto.
08/10/2019
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Frequently Asked Questions

Healthcare real estate directly impacts both critical care delivery and financial performance. Assets must accommodate specialised infrastructure, support core care processes and comply with stringent regulation. We bring specialised expertise to help clients navigate this complexity while balancing operational requirements and financial returns.

This policy shift is driving structural repositioning, particularly within senior housing. Providers are adapting facilities, care concepts and location strategies to align with the new framework. For investors, this creates both challenges and opportunities. Modern, compliant assets command stronger valuations, while outdated stock often requires repositioning or redevelopment. We help clients assess portfolio implications and develop strategies aligned with policy and market demand.

Successful investment requires insight into operational quality and continuity, lease structures, location and alternative use potential. While Dutch healthcare real estate often benefits from long-term leases and stable demand, investors must carefully assess operational sustainability, regulation, energy performance and demographic trends. We provide due diligence, market analysis and investment strategies to manage risk and identify opportunities.

Sustainability is increasingly central to healthcare real estate value, driven by regulation and rising expectations from lenders and occupiers. Assets with strong energy performance, low emissions and appropriate certifications are more lettable, have lower operating costs and benefit from improved financing terms. Conversely, poor-performing assets face higher costs and downward value pressure. We support ESG improvements that enhance both asset value and risk profile.

Strategic portfolio optimisation can reduce costs and operational risk. This includes consolidating functions, shifting from ownership to leasing to release capital, selectively acquiring critical assets, relocating services to accessible and cost-efficient locations, and implementing flexible space strategies aligned with changing care demand. We help healthcare organisations develop and execute real estate strategies that support clinical priorities and financial objectives.

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