The Bridge, located in the Amsterdam Life Science District, is a state-of-the-art development where living and working come together. The office tower has 10 floors with a total of approximately 9,600 m² of high-end office and lab space with its own outdoor space on each floor. The building contributes to increasing user quality, optimizing climate…
After 2.5 years of construction time, construction of the new Heineken Corner is nearly complete! We are happy and proud of the final result and would like to thank everyone who contributed to this iconic project.
The municipality of Amsterdam selected RED Company and Caransa Groep to develop the Havenstraat, located in Oud-Zuid, into VrijHaven. A unique neighborhood with middle-income rental and owner-occupied homes, space for makers, and community facilities. The raw and experimental atmosphere of the Havenstraatterrein will be preserved and made future-proof. Caransa Groep and RED Company will realize…
Kondor Wessels and Preco have started installing the first facade elements of the residential tower at The Bridge. The load-bearing facade elements are divided into an inner and outer shell, with a thick layer of insulation in between. These combined elements are simple and quick to install. The element’s outer shell (facade finish) is made…
On Monday 29 January, we organised a participation meeting for local residents and interested parties on the De Riekerhof renovation project. While enjoying a snack and a drink, together with the consultants and the municipality of Amsterdam, we used presentation panels to explain the renovation plans for the residential and care complex. De Riekerhof will…
After two weeks of Christmas holidays, construction of The Bridge recommenced last Monday. Great strides were made at the end of 2023: the ground floor, ramp, columns and the ground floor’s six-metre-high load-bearing walls were poured. The mezzanine level of the residential tower has also been installed. The contours of the lift cores of both…
But the façade is not yet finished; its construction is in full swing. The new Heineken Hoek is getting a spectacular double façade. The inner façade will feature white aluminium plate material in a triangular pattern with three different depths, creating a subtle relief. The outer façade will be constructed from glass triangles positioned at…
Today, the last part of the basement floor of The Bridge is being cast. The reinforcement and casting of columns and walls have already begun on the northern side of the construction pit. After the supporting structure (week 38/39) and the load-bearing beams for the ground floor have been constructed, the ground floor will be…
Yesterday (31st of August), while enjoying a snack and some drinks together with all the hard-working builders and installers, we celebrated the realisation of the highest point on the building. The construction of the new Heineken Hoek started at the end of 2021. Now that the highest point has been reached, work is continuing aimed…
Work has also started again at The Bridge, located on the Paasheuvelweg in Amsterdam. The tower cranes are ready, and Kondor Wessels has begun pouring the structural floor in the basement. The first part of the new basement at Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 129 is ready, and in the coming period Funderingstechnieken de Coogh BV will continue…
The new De Karel building, located at 67 Karel du Jardinstraat, was completed at the end of 2021. Besides the 24 apartments, the two public areas on the ground floor have now also been rented out. Kattenkliniek Sarphatipark, the first veterinary clinic in Amsterdam that exclusively treats cats, opened its doors on the 7th of…
The first construction crane for the residential tower was installed this week. The second crane base is currently being poured, after which the2nd crane, for the office tower, will be erected before the construction workers’ holiday shutdown. The cranes will initially be erected to half height, eventually reaching about 60 and 80 metres. In addition…
Besides constructing Heineken Hoek on Leidseplein, we are currently also renovating Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 129-137 (consisting of two buildings) at the rear. At the side of Korte Leidsedwarsstraat 129-131, we are restoring the foundation and excavating a basement. The basement floor has been reinforced and will be poured this week. The aim is to have the…
The seven luxury apartments at the Van Eeghenstraat 29b and 31 are for rent! Following a year-long renovation project, the seven apartments will be ready for delivery at the end of this month. The two separate buildings at Van Eeghenstraat 29B and 31 have been completely renovated. Both the exterior and the interior have been…
Development of The Bridge is in full swing. The watertight construction pit was recently completed, a successful collaboration between Van ’t Hek Foundation Techniques and Roel van der Stoel, specialist in, among other things, the pouring of underwater concrete. These two companies excavated the water-filled construction pit to the correct depth, moving a total of…
In just two and a half years, the foundation was strengthened (to support the weight of the new storey), the basement extended, the facade completely renovated, and nine luxury rental apartments were constructed on the roof. The building on Amsterdam’s Scheldeplein – famous in the 1930s as Sieberg’s Glass Palace – has regained its full…
Heineken Hoek is rising, floor by floor Despite some delay, the completion of the new Heineken Hoek is almost here. The precast concrete walls have been installed on the first level, and the floor of the second level has been poured. In the coming period, we will continue to pour floors, one by one, so…
After an unexpected halt of several months, we have restarted construction of The Bridge in Amsterdam. Initially, the building was to have a steel foundation, i.e. without piles, on the sand layer. Due to groundwater problems, we modified the plan to a foundation on piles combined with underwater concrete. The advantage of underwater concrete is…
The renovation of the seven apartments at Van Eeghenstraat 29B and 31 is in full swing. The luxury rental apartments vary in size from 57 to 127 m² and all have their own south-facing outdoor space in the form of a garden, balcony or roof terrace. A lot of work has been carried out in…
At last! From today, registration is open for the renting of the nine luxury rooftop apartments at Scheldeplein 1. The unique three- and four-bedroom apartments range in size from 100 to 150 m². Each one has its own generous south-facing outdoor space. The entire redevelopment of the facade and apartments was designed by Dok Architects….
We have been gaining ground in the recent period. Literally, as the basement is ready. The flooring of the ground level is almost completely poured. In other words, we are now heading skywards. There is a lot on the programme for the coming weeks, such as placing the precast concrete elements for the awning and…
Work on the nine unique apartments is going smoothly. The shells of the apartments are just about ready; the last interior walls are closed and the underfloor heating is being installed. The finishing work will start in the coming month. Delivery is fast approaching: currently scheduled for 1 December. Unique apartments, with a very contemporary…
We are currently working on the construction of an automatic parking system in the basement levels of the Karel 2.0 apartment complex. The parking system will provide a total of 53 vehicle bays, 28 of which will be electric charging stations. By implementing the automatic parking system, we will be making optimum use of the…
After the summer of 2023, it will be completed. The new Heineken Hoek will then open its doors for guests. The basement, ground floor and first floor are reserved for restaurant and catering facilities, and the upper floors will provide ample space for a stylish four-star hotel. The construction activities are in full swing to…
The excavation activities are now in full swing on the empty plot at Paasheuvelweg 22. After the summer, the building activities will start for The Bridge Amsterdam: A high-quality, multifunctional building with two towers, roughly 40 and 60 metres in height, that are linked to each other on the ground floor. The Bridge will be…
The renovation activities at the Scheldeplein are making good progress. The façade renovation was completed some time ago, and the basement beneath the former ABN AMRO space (on the corner of Geulstraat) and the ground floor are ready for use. The structural modifications in and on the building have already been completed, and we are…
Since January, we have been in the process of realising seven luxury rental apartments in the buildings located at Van Eeghenstraat 29b and 31 alongside the Vondel Park. The condition of the buildings is so poor that a total renovation was the best and only option. The design is being provided by Heyligers Design &…
Assembling the tower crane and activities in the coming period On March 16, the 40-metre high tower crane of the Heineken Hoek was assembled. The terrain was surveyed beforehand with a 3D-scan. With a margin of a few centimetres, over and under the tram overhead wires, the tower crane finally arrived on the right place….
At present, the demolition activities are well underway, and only the main concrete structure is still standing. The aim is to start with the construction of the new residential building in the fourth quarter of 2022. New use, new façade and contemporary look and feel The former office building will be used for a completely…
In the autumn of 2021, the Deegen company carried out the excavation activities for the new basement in order to prepare for the pile driving activities for the new Heineken Hoek. The installation of the bored piles, which involves a minimum of noise and vibration, was started in mid-November. The last bored piles were installed…
The time has come. After two years of construction, De Pijp has gained an apartment complex. A complex that provides space for no fewer than 24 two-room apartments in the medium-price rental segment, entirely in accordance with the wishes of the municipality of Amsterdam. All apartments have now been rented out. In fact, the new…
The Deegen company is presently finishing off the excavation activities, and has almost reached the maximum depth of the basement (5 m below ground level). In mid-November 2021, the building contractor, J.P. van Eesteren, will start laying out the construction site. The pile driving activities will start at the beginning of November, to be carried…
At an inauguration event on 16 September 2021, the Municipality of Amsterdam gave the go-ahead for the The Bridge project. Below is the official press release: MUNICIPALITY OF AMSTERDAM GIVES GREEN LIGHT FOR THE BRIDGE At an inauguration event organised by the Caransa Group on 16 September 2021, the Municipality of Amsterdam gave the go-ahead…
During the foundation renovation of the building at Scheldeplein 1-5, soil injection at pile points is used to improve the wooden pile foundation. Almer van der Stoel, Managing Director at CRUX Holding B.V. has written a great and clear article about this: https://nl.linkedin.com/pulse/scheldeplein-1-5-amsterdam-funderingsverbetering-van-der-stoel
On 8 July 2021, GGID acquiring the development of the largest and most energy-efficient data centre in Amsterdam from the Caransa Groep, the initiator of the project. The data centre being developed is located on the Donauweg in Amsterdam Westpoort. Caransa Groep started this project in response to the increasing demands for data centres. Sustainability…
The demolition of the old Heineken Hoek resulted in an open space on the corner of the Leidseplein, where a new building will stand two years from now, characterised by a transparent exterior façade, which will give the Leidseplein a fresh and lively look. The excavation of the building pit was started immediately after the…
Today a start was made with putting in the sheet piling for the new complex: The Bridge (Paasheuvelweg 22 in Amsterdam)! As soon as all the sheet piling is in place, the building pit will be excavated for a car park with a total of 107 parking places. The complex will be built in 24…
As a family business we are proud of what we have achieved over the years. We do this together with a fantastic team and long-term relationships. This year we are celebrating our 70th anniversary. A great moment for putting people in the spotlights who have been very important to us in a special way. …..
Tomorrow it is finally happening; from 1 April 2021, rentals for the 24 apartments (middle segment) in De Karel 2.0 will take off! 24 two-room apartments of approximately 48 m² are currently being realised at Karel du Jardinstraat 67. The apartments are set up as so-called “maisonettes” (divided over two floors), with the bedroom always…
And we’re off! The demolition of the two buildings at Paasheuvelweg 22A and B in Amsterdam is now in full swing. Demolition specialist Deegen started on the demolition work at Paasheuvelweg 22 A at the beginning of this year. The first step was the removal of all systems and installations, as well as the remaining…
The iconic beer glasses that adorned the roof of Amsterdam’s famous ‘Heineken Corner’ were removed on 4 March of this year. The glasses had been a feature of the roof of Heineken Corner since the 1980s, being replaced several times over the years. Now that the beer glasses and other Heineken advertising is gone, a…
The renovation of the façade of the building at Scheldeplein 1-5 in Amsterdam is more or less complete. The natural stone and brickwork have been cleaned, replaced where necessary, and the whole of the façade has been repointed. The bay windows on Geleenstraat and Scheldeplein, as well as the curtain wall on the corner of…
The demolition of Heineken Hoek, on Kleine Gartmanplantsoen 1-3/ Leidseplein 19, will be starting at the end of January. This will take around four months, and will be followed by the building work, starting in May or June. The overall construction time will be around eighteen months. The project is scheduled for completion in the…
The construction of the new De Karel building (phase 2), at Karel du Jardinstraat 67 in Amsterdam, is making excellent progress! The concrete for the second floor was laid in the first week of the new year. Next week, the prefab stairs connecting the first and second floors will be fitted in the ‘maisonette’ apartments,…
As you may have noticed, the building at Scheldeplein 1-5 in Amsterdam has been covered in scaffolding for some time. All the old front window frames have been removed and almost all the replacement aluminium frames have been fitted. On the Geulstraat side, a continuous curtain wall (consisting of slim-profile windows) has been erected, which…
The structural work of the second phase of De Karel is well underway. The lower basement floor has now been laid and the first basement walls have been constructed. This process will continue after the construction industry summer break, with the ground floor being laid in October 2020. The project as a whole will be…
We’ve finally reached our goal – after eighteen months of hard work, Amstelveen is now home to a wonderful apartment complex, ‘De Messina’. Centrally located among the rich greenery of Amstelveen on the corner of Straat van Messina and Kostverlorenhof. De Messina has five storeys and an underground car park. The 24 two and three-room…
The time has come: on Monday 20 January at 9 AM the rental process will start for the 24 three-room and four-room apartments in De Messina. The real estate agency taking care of the Messina rentals is Tel Makelaars. Registration procedure Starting on Monday 20 January at 9 AM, you can register by sending an…
The highest point of the construction of De Messina has been reached! The masonry on the ground and second floor is now almost complete, and the first aluminum facades will be installed this month. From now on we will be fully concentrated on making the facade wind and watertight so that the finishing work can…
Restaurant Simply Fish has opened its doors in a corner building located at Koninginneweg 212 in one of Amsterdam’s most lovely neighbourhoods, ‘Oud-Zuid’. The successful restaurant concept, managed by the partners Yip Group and Jan & Francis Rijk, has relocated from the city of Goes in the province of Zeeland to the capital. As the…
The contractor, Kondor Wessels Amsterdam, has started with on-site preparations for the renovation including the placement of construction fencing at Scheldeplein 1 (in front of the former ABN AMRO bank). The entire redevelopment project consists of the following elements and will be carried out in phases in the following order: The existing cellar area underneath…
As you may already know, the project consists of two phases. The first phase – the renovation and transformation of Karel du Jardinstraat 61-65 – has been completed. All 53 flats as well as the areas on the ground floor with a public function have been rented out. The last part of the former low-rise…
Following the application procedure, the selected candidates were invited to De Karel for a viewing at the end of June. This gave them an opportunity to view several completely finished apartments and take a first look at the roof garden. After the viewing, the candidates were allocated apartments – all 53 have now been let….
The final walls of the second floor will be poured next week and the initial floor sections for the third floor have already been laid. According to the schedule, the walls on the third floor will be poured before the official construction industry holiday (end of July). By October, the building shell (concrete work) will…
The day has finally arrived: the letting of the 53 apartments in De Karel starts today! The apartment complex De Karel is situated in the popular area de Pijp in Amsterdam. The 53 two-bedroom and three-room apartments range in size between 42 m² and 68 m². All of the apartments feature a luxury kitchen with…
The basement floor and walls have been poured as well as most of the ground floor. The access ramp to the car park has also been completed, which means that the contours of the building are becoming increasingly visible. The first structural walls on ground level will start to be poured in mid-April of this…
De Karel is an old building, which is why we sometimes come across things that are unexpected. That is also why we have to inform you that the delivery date for De Karel has unfortunately been delayed. The apartments are now scheduled for delivery in mid-June instead of May. We are now very busy putting…
Based on its ongoing ambition to unravel the secrets of cancer and improve its treatment, the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital combines quality care for cancer patients with cutting-edge innovative research. The Antoni van Leeuwenhoek research Institute is a world leader in its field. Thanks in part to their years of research, cancer is expected to…
The renovation of the façade in front (South) is almost completed. The brickwork has been repaired, almost all the new steel frames have been installed, and the French balconies will be in place by February. Half of the scaffolding has been removed, so that the renovated façade is partially visible. The existing façade openings in…
The lease contract with TANK, an international interior design studio, commenced on 1 December for the more than 480 square metres of office space on the second floor of the building located at Rembrandtplein 17 in Amsterdam. The above building has been in our possession for 50 years already, and is characterised by its elegant…
The lease made to Seqirus Netherlands B.V. (hereinafter Seqirus) for the property located at Paasheuvelweg 28 in Amsterdam will become effective on 1 December 2018. For Seqirus, a global supplier of influenza vaccines, this will be its first laboratory space in the Netherlands. Together with the existing tenant, Huid Medisch Centrum, this property is now…
The drilling of the 1st pile on 25 July last marked the official start of the construction of the De Messina apartment complex. The (temporary) sheet pile walls and all the foundation piles have been put in place. At present, the groundwater is being pumped out and the construction pit is being excavated down to…
The transformation of the former municipal district office Zuid into 53 apartments is in full swing! The outer as well as inner demolition work has been completed. The renovation of the façade is almost complete. The plastic frames have been removed, the old joints have been ground down, bricks have been replaced where necessary, and…
In collaboration with CBRE, a former automobile garage at Anthony Fokkerweg 15 in Amsterdam is being completely transformed into an office. The object is located in the Amsterdam Schinkel area directly adjacent to the A10 ring road, an area that is rapidly gaining in popularity. The entire transformation is expected to be completed in a…
A 160-metre long wall along the “Foodstrip” is the backdrop for the longest open-air street artwork in Amsterdam. The development of a new neighbourhood in the Amstel III area is going full steam ahead. With the painting of the 160-metre long wall along the “Foodstrip” on the Tafelbergweg, we have taken the initiative to create…
‘Some properties do not need any changes and should be cherished.’ At the end of May, we became the new owner of the beautiful location at Ferdinand Bolstraat 72 in Amsterdam. For over 30 years, this property was in the hands of the family that owned and operated the Pico café. We were able to…
The integrated environmental permit for the realisation of the apartment complex has been granted by the municipality of Amstelveen. The lot has been completely cleared of structures; the synagogue was demolished at the end of 2017, and the poplars were cut down by the municipality of Amstelveen in March 2018. Preparations for the building activities…
Several weeks ago, we started on the transformation of the Karel Du Jardinstraat 61-65 complex, and the demolition activities are now in full swing. The interior of the building is being completely stripped, and part of the low-rise section (Karel du Jardinstraat 67) is also being demolished to make room for the construction site. By…
The integrated environmental permit for phase 1 of the redevelopment of Karel du Jardinstraat 61-67 has been granted. Phase 1 involves the renovation and redevelopment of the high-rise section (Karel du Jardinstraat 61-65). The former council building for the Zuid district of Amsterdam is being redeveloped into a complex of 53 apartments with various social/public…
On Wednesday 3 January 2018, the newly opened Huid Medisch Centrum (HMC) at Paasheuvelweg 28 in Amsterdam welcomed its first 20 patients. HMC is a joint-venture between AMC, VUmc, and Centrum Oosterwal. The dermatological departments of both university hospitals have moved part of their care activities to HMC. HMC is centrally located opposite AMC and…
On 19 April of this year, the new Apollo Hotel Vinkeveen-Amsterdam welcomed its very first guests. The hotel comprises 88 modern rooms. In addition, The Harbour Club has opened its latest establishment in this brand-new hotel. The Harbour Club Vinkeveen can accommodate 150 guests inside the restaurant, 150 outside on the luxury terrace and can…