Our integral approach to real estate development

The RED Company team and construction crew on top of The BaanTower

From acquisition and design to construction and asset management, our model is engineered to control and elevate the entire value chain.

Four companies, one ecosystem

RED facts & figures

Under development & management

€5.9B

RISE, Rotterdam

RISE, our highest tower

286 m

The Rotterdam skyline with The BaanTower under construction

Founded in

2015

Nanne de Ru and Niels Jansen on a balcony of The BaanTower

We remain invested and involved

Landmark projects across the Netherlands

15+

Pouring a foundation slab

Gross Floor Area in development

1.067.200 m²

Fully integrated, forward thinking

We believe the only way to deliver truly lasting quality is to control the entire value chain. We have structured our company so that we can move seamlessly between development, architecture, construction and financial structuring. Great examples of this integrated approach are the BaanTower and the Floating Office in Rotterdam.

This approach leads to real estate that is as architecturally ambitious as it is profitable, and as sustainable as it is socially responsible.

Projects

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“We keep our projects economically sound, environmentally fit, and socially meaningful. Not just for now. But for what matters. For life.”

Nanne de Ru

Founding Partner

Founded in 2015

RED Company was founded by Niels Jansen and Nanne de Ru in 2015. It all started with a single objective: to create real estate of the highest possible quality that elevates the entire value chain.

We are an ambitious, agile, and resilient group of real estate development professionals, always on the lookout for innovative, design-driven, and sustainable real estate concepts. And proud of the milestones we’ve been able to achieve through our first decade of extensive growth.

Milestones

  1. 2015
    • RED Company was founded
  2. 2016
    • Acquisition The BaanTower & Bunker Tower
    • Acquisition ASICS EMEA HQ
  3. 2017
    • Acquisition Danone HQ
  4. 2018
    • ASICS EMEA HQ delivered
    • Acquisition LEAD & RISE plots
  5. 2019
    • Danone HQ delivered
    • ASICS WELL Gold & LEED Gold
    • Acquisition Johnson & Johnson HQ & Codrico
  6. 2020
    • Construction Company was founded
    • Think District competition win
    • Acquisition Brutus
  7. 2021
    • Floating Office Rotterdam delivered
    • Tuynvoort competition win
    • New RED Company HQ
  8. 2022
    • Floating Office BREEAM Outstanding and best office building award
    • Johnson & Johnson BREEAM Excellent
  9. 2023
    • Bunker Tower delivered and awarded best building of the year
    • Johnson & Johnson HQ delivered
    • Start construction The BaanTower
  10. 2026
    • The BaanTower reaches 159 metres
    • Tuynvoort: Eli Lilly facility in development

Working at RED

We are a team of dedicated real estate development professionals. Our focus is on reaching the highest level of quality in sustainability and design. We are ambitious and led by a single objective: to build for tomorrow’s generations, while acting responsibly and resiliently on today’s urgent needs. To do this, we have built a highly agile environment in which we learn from each other and grow as a team.