Mitiska REIM
Axel Despriet is currently the Managing Partner at Mitiska REIM, a leading specialist investor in convenience real estate in Europe. Prior to this role, Axel worked as a Real Estate Investment Manager at GLL Real Estate Partners and as an Investment Advisor at Catella Property Group. Axel graduated with a Master in General Management from Vlerick Business School and a degree in Civil Engineering from KU Leuven.
Mitiska REIM
Mitiska REIM is headquarted in Belgium and is Europe’s leading specialist investor in convenience real estate, comprising retail parks, multi-let light industrial, self storage and urban logistics projects. The company’s investment focus capitalises on the converging trends across these sectors and the increasing demand for urban infill sites that offer accessible locations, affordable buildings, flexible design and sustainable solutions to a growing range of end-users. Mitiska REIM’s investment model is partnership-driven, positioning itself as an active, value-adding investor, in collaboration with experienced local co-investment partners in respective geographies. Its approach is to unlock opportunities and drive superior value creation through the execution of development projects and value-add acquisitions with subsequent active asset management. Mitiska REIM recognises that achieving sustainable urban growth is an important issue and that ESG factors play a crucial role in being a responsible fund manager, and are a key driver in creating long-term value for all our stakeholders and for society by making our business and our managed assets ‘future-proof’. In the past 10 years, Mitiska REIM has built on behalf of funds a portfolio of 94 properties representing 1,200,000m² gross leasable area across Belgium, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. www.mitiska-reim.com