KIEV, UKRAIN - Von der Heyden Group, an international investment firm on the European Real Estate market with a value of over 650 million euro in aggregated invested assets has been granted an asset management license by the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC) of Ukraine. The registered license establishes the Group, with a long track record of being a first mover in evolving free markets, as a pioneer to the investment potential that the Ukrainian real estate market offers. The license also marks the Von der Heyden Group as one of the very first foreign-owned real estate investment firms to obtain an asset management license in Ukraine over the last decade.
The license allows the Von der Heyden Group’s new asset management subsidiary to launch a real estate 
fund aimed at raising capital through the private placement of shares to professional investors with a minimum investment of 250k euro.
Robert Rottinghuis, Chief Executive Officer of the Von der Heyden Group:
The economic growth over the past 5 years coupled with the unrivalled locations of Kyiv and Lviv for real estate investments and developments has shown an increasing demand for high quality commercial, industrial and residential facilities. In an unprecedented climate, our fund is designed to be one of the building blocks for institutional investors’ continued adoption of real estate assets in upcoming markets. 
It provides a unique opportunity to secure competitive target returns and stable cash flows for our Group as well as for our limited partners.
The Von der Heyden Group have established a best-in-class local team with extensive real estate management experience. The fund’s annual net Internal Rate of Return (leveraged, after taxes and fees) is targeted to be in the double digits over the seven-year life of the fund. The Von der Heyden Asset Management Company enables the Group to manage its own sponsored funds as well as that of other institutional investors in light of providing exposure to a rapidly developing and upcoming real estate market.
The Von der Heyden Group Asset Management Company in Ukraine marks the Group’s further expansion as an international private investment, asset management and real estate development firm with representative offices in eight countries.
About the Von der Heyden Group
Von der Heyden Group (VDHG) is a high-quality niche player on the European Real Estate Market and has been successfully developing and investing in Class A Office buildings, hotels and residential projects in central and strategic locations in Poland, Germany, Malta, Spain and Portugal. The Group is commonly known for its high-end finishes and quality, and at all times achieved record prices for its award-winning projects, when sold.
Von der Heyden Group currently has offices and representations in Kyiv, Malta, Warsaw, Poznań, Lublin, Gdańsk, Berlin, Munich, Madrid, Menorca, Sardinia, Amsterdam and Luxembourg. The group has also recorded investments in other cities such as New York, Atlanta, London, Dresden and Leipzig in the nineties.
In February 2020, the Von der Heyden Group officiated the sale of the Blue Tower at Bavaria Towers, one of Munich’s largest development projects, to Real I.S, a leading asset manager on the German market after having completed long-term lease contracts for the state of the art project.
The Von der Heyden Group is currently undergoing the fourth and final development phase of the contemplated structure at the Anders Square in Poznań, Poland with Andersia Silver, a 117,5-meter high A-Class office building with a usable area of nearly 40,000sqm. The project is expected to be completed during the course of 2023 and will mark the finalisation of Von der Heyden Group’s development and co-investor partnership project with the City of Poznań. Andersia Silver is the last addition after Poznań Financial Center, Andersia Tower and Andersia Business Center, completed in 2001, 2007 and 2012 respectively.
With over 30 years of sound experience and continuing presence on European markets, the investment firm enjoys the trust of international financial institutions, investment and pension funds, big market players, as well as embassies, governmental institutions and cities but also of private investors. The Von der Heyden Group, have since 1989 recorded an investment program, impending acquisitions and developments with a value of over 650 mln euro.
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