New investments

In the future Wereldhave shall assess the quality of existing buildings with the BREEAM in use guideline. This guideline is not yet operational for retail and further elaboration will have to prove whether this methodology will indeed become the standard for standing investments. For the time being Wereldhave applies its own criteria for standing investments. A good location with a range of facilities and access to good public transport are part of these criteria.

Ealing Broadway shopping centre
The Ealing Broadway shopping centre, acquired in 2011, has excellent accessibilities such as bus, train and underground and the accessibility will improve even more with the opening of the ‘Crossrail station’ in 2018. In the due diligence process for the acquisition a sustainability assessment report was made, assessing several sustainability aspects such as energy labels (especially C labels and some D labels), present waste-management plans and the energy and water metering.