Ralph de Munnik joins Unifore, leading Unifore’s expansion into Dutch Industrial & Logistics real estate market

Unifore and Ralph de Munnik are excited to announce the launch of Unifore Industrial & Logistics (Unifore I&L), a new subsidiary of Unifore Group.

Unifore is a specialized Dutch real estate investment and asset management company. Unifore combines the best of the worlds of real estate (Unifore Real Estate) and financial markets (Unifore Property Finance). Together with its partners, Unifore makes a positive contribution to the future of liveable and sustainable cities in combination with an attractive return on its investments. Sofar focus of Unifore Real Estate was pre-dominantly on the Dutch office and retail property market. With the launch of Unifore I&L it will now also cover investment opportunities in the attractive Industrial & Logistics real estate market of The Netherlands.Ralph de Munnik has joined Unifore as partner of Unifore I&L to lead and grow the new business unit. Ralph has an extensive network and expertise in the Industrial & Logistics market with 18+ years of experience at DTZ, Cushman & Wakefield and most recently CTP.

Ralph de Munnik: “I’m very excited to join Unifore. We see an increasing number of opportunities in the Dutch Industrial & Logistics market. Joining the established Unifore Group in combination with my specialist expertise puts us in exactly the right position to capitalize on attractive market opportunities.”

Jeroen van Spaendonck (Managing Partner Unifore Group): “We are very pleased to announce that Ralph de Munnik has joined our team and see him as the ideal partner to achieve our ambitions in expanding into the Dutch Industrial & Logistics property market”.

The Dutch industrial & logistics real estate market has experienced steady growth over the past five years. The Netherlands is a major logistics hub in Europe, which combined with the rise of e-commerce has contributed to the increasing demand for high-quality, sustainable industrial & logistics real estate. Vacancy is very low and deliveries of new stock is rather limited, which will result in a continuous upward pressure on rents, especially if the buildings will enjoy further sustainability upgrades.

Unifore I&L’s will focus on value add opportunities as well as roll-out a mid-term portfolio strategy.

For more information contact Derck Jan Smits (smits@unifore.nl / +31 6 2326 1770) or Ralph de Munnik (demunnik@unifore.nl / +31 6 1310 2699)