Portugal Office Market View 2022
Limited capacity
Tuesday, 8th February
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Giovana
Giovana Caravetti
Head Southern Europe & FranceGRI Institute
Graduated in Advertising and Marketing from Pontifícia Universidade de Campinas. Experience in the service and sales business. Currently focused on developing relationships among entrepreneurs in the real estate market.
Responsible for the RE Club in Chile, Colombia, Argentina and Peru. Actively involved in the decisions and organization of meetings for members, and the relationship between them. Focused on bringing new members and relevant companies from the sector, to develop the Club in the Andean countries, and Argentina. Also responsible for the Hospitality sector throughout Latin America, concentrating efforts, for the main meeting of the sector at a regional level.
Ludwig
Ludwig Menke
Market Intelligence Manager, EuropeGRI Institute
International Relations and Affairs Analyst and Economist at Faculdades de Campinas (FACAMP). Study abroad in France and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA Program) at ICN Business School. Currently, Global Production Manager, Real Estate Europe at GRI Institute. I'm an experienced conference/event producer with +7 years of experience in the real estate industry, producing local and global private gatherings for leading real estate players and companies. Responsible for the whole cycle of production activities, including project management, market research, program and business development for online and face-to-face meetings. Brief work with commercial and customer relationship teams. Professional and personal experiences in Brazil, US, GCC and Europe.
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Portugal Office Market View
What makes sense for future demand, investment, location, and pricing?
- The Great 'De-Densification’ - Past months' vacancy levels highlights
- Workspace Occupation - How has the space demand impact leverage, portfolio size, rent payments, and revenue costs?
- Investment Transactions - Main Portuguese real estate deals too concentrated in office assets?
- Urban Integration, Location and Mobility - How to readjust the urban spaces to a value trend towards the suburbs?
- Tenant Experience - What are the main strategies being adopted with employees returning to the offices?
- Asset Pricing & Value - How might the acceleration to newer offices hinder investment returns on older stock and what to expect from future pricing and values?
Claude Kandiyoti
CEOKrest Real Estate
Belgium
Claude Kandiyoti is the CEO and founder of Krest Real Estate Investments, a Brussels-based firm with a diversified portfolio spanning offices, residential, retail, logistics, and hospitality. He transitioned Krest from his family's textile business into pioneering real estate development, including Belgium's largest office park. Under his leadership, Krest expanded significantly into Portugal in 2013, developing a substantial portfolio across Lisbon, Porto, and the Algarve, with over €250 million in pipeline investments. Kandiyoti champions sustainable and community-oriented projects, notably the K-Tower Lisbon Business Centre and Moxy Lisboa Oriente, emphasizing quality and affordable housing within their 600,000 sqm portfolio.
André Gomes de Sousa
PartnerCaprock Investment Partners
Portugal
André has accumulated extensive experience in the Construction and Real Estate sectors, since 2002, having led €1.8Bn of buy and sell-side transactions and managed assets of +500.000 sqm, across all segments and in different markets (Australia, Belgium, Japan, Portugal, UK, USA) Main skills: Structuring/Execution, Strategic Asset Management, Licensing, Development Prior to founding Caprock Investment Partners, André was Head of International Real Estate Investment at Fidelidade. Previously worked at ECS Capital, Crimson and Savills / Aguirre Newman MS Civil Engineering, IST Lisbon | Master in Real Estate Valuation and Management, ISEG Lisbon | Master in Finance, UCP Lisbon
Francisco Horta e Costa
Managing Director PortugalCBRE Iberia
Portugal
Francisco Horta e Costa serves as the Managing Director for CBRE Portugal, a position he has held since 2012. He leads a team of approximately 280 professionals, overseeing all commercial real estate sectors excluding residential B2C. His career began at Citibank, followed by a role in the treasury department of Agroman/Ferrovial. He initially spent a decade at CBRE, including nearly seven years as Head of Investment, before a period as International and Commercial Director at Norfin. Rejoining CBRE in 2009, he focused on Capital Markets before his current appointment. Under his leadership, CBRE Portugal has diversified its services to include tourism, healthcare, and agribusiness, and established a unique Capital Advisors branch. He also spearheaded the "Small and Medium Caps" unit. Horta e Costa is recognized for his expertise in the Portuguese real estate market, contributing to major transactions like the 2021 sale of a 4,400-apartment portfolio, the largest in Portugal.
Gilles Emond
Head of Real EstateAG Real Estate
Belgium
Luis Rocha Antunes
Head Investment team PortugalAcacia Point Capital Advisors
Portugal
Tiago Violas Ferreira
PartnerViolas Ferreira
Portugal
Tiago Violas Ferreira joined University of Porto – (FEP) Faculty of Economics - in 1988. Latter on, in 1996, he started to work as a Financial Director in his family company and would remain in the office about 10 years. Since 2006 he is the CEO of Holding Violas Ferreira SGPS, where currently he ́s leading development project ́s in the area of real estate, mostly in Porto city.
K-Tower is a Grade A office development with impressive architectural design by Saraiva+a and Metrourbe, exhibiting innovative solutions as well as up to 5,000 sqm of exterior private gardens. K-Tower is adjacent to the new Moxy Hotel, also developed by Krest Real Estate Investments, which helps create a vibrant environment for tenants as well as add amenities to tenants traveling for business. It also faces the impressive Gare do Oriente train station, designed by Santiago Calatrava. K-Tower, once completed in Q2 2023, will redefine Parque das Nações’ skyline adding a new architectural icon to the urban micro location. Today, it is 100% pre-let to Critical Techworks and Spaces. It was the biggest lease contract for the occupation of offices on the Portuguese market in 2021.
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