555
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland Rotterdam, Blaak, Blaak 555
Blaak 555 is one of the Rotterdam landmarks. It has a remarkable history - twists and turns galore. It was designed by Helmut Jahn from Murphy/Jahn with Inbo and 3BN as participating partners It was commissioned by Credit Lyonnais and eventually became one of the seats of Fortis, once a large Dutch/Belgian insurance and banking conglomerate.
During the 2008 credit crunch, it went down, almost taking one of her recent acquisitions, Dutch system bank ABN/AMRO with it. Ii was bailed out and restructured/cut up by the Belgian and Dutch governments. And the building was sold.
The current owner is German investment group ‘ KanAm Grund ‘ which converted it two years ago into a multi-tenant (befrijfsverzamelgebouw) office building. The new name Blaak 555 (the address of the building).
555
Europe, Netherlands, Zuid Holland Rotterdam, Blaak, Blaak 555
Blaak 555 is one of the Rotterdam landmarks. It has a remarkable history - twists and turns galore. It was designed by Helmut Jahn from Murphy/Jahn with Inbo and 3BN as participating partners It was commissioned by Credit Lyonnais and eventually became one of the seats of Fortis, once a large Dutch/Belgian insurance and banking conglomerate.
During the 2008 credit crunch, it went down, almost taking one of her recent acquisitions, Dutch system bank ABN/AMRO with it. Ii was bailed out and restructured/cut up by the Belgian and Dutch governments. And the building was sold.
The current owner is German investment group ‘ KanAm Grund ‘ which converted it two years ago into a multi-tenant (befrijfsverzamelgebouw) office building. The new name Blaak 555 (the address of the building).