City Special the Hague / Den Haag October 2017
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City Special The Hague / Den Haag October 2017 TURN OF THE TIDE October 2017 Contents CONTENTS METROPOLITAN AREA page 4 ABOUT THE HAGUE page 6 CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT page 8 OCCUPIER MARKET page 10 INVESTMENT MARKET page 12 TURN OF THE TIDE page 13 This publication This document was published in October 2017. The data used in the charts and tables is the latest available at the time of going to press. Sources are included for all the charts. We have used a standard set of notes and abbreviations throughout the document. 3 The Hague Special October 2017 Metropolitan Area - The Randstad The Hague is situated on the coast Both airports in the Randstad are FIGURE 1 and houses the Dutch government growing. In 2016 the number of Randstad polycentric structure and parliament as well as numerous travellers served by Schiphol airport international public bodies. grew by 9.1% to almost 64 million Rotterdam, which has the largest port and additionally 1.7 million tonnes in Europe, is an international centre of cargo were handled. This makes of transport and industry. Amsterdam Schiphol the fifth largest airport has become the commercial and in Europe in terms of passengers financial centre and is the most and the third largest in terms of important tourist attraction among cargo volume. Rotterdam The the four cities. Utrecht is not only a Hague Airport is situated right at national road and railway hub, but the northern edge of the city of The Hague is an important part At European and global level it is also the location for a large number Rotterdam and about 20 kilometres not so much individual countries of IT companies. The Randstad southeast of the city centre of AMSTERDAM of the Randstad conurbation, that compete with one another, but is home to many of the top Dutch The Hague. The airport welcomed This part of the which houses almost half of the rather major urban regions. The city industries, including manufacturing, 1.7 million travellers in 2016, a Netherlands of The Hague is part of the greater chemicals, logistics, water, energy, substantial 70% increase since equates the size UTRECHT Dutch population. If the region metropolitan area called Randstad, life science and the creative industry. 2009. The Masterplan for this airport of the greater THE HAGUE home to 7.8 million inhabitants The national government actively foresees further growth towards 2.4 London area were represented as a single ROTTERDAM and compromising Amsterdam, supports developments in these top million passengers annually. metropolitan area, it would come Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and knowledge-intensive sectors as they third in Europe after London and several smaller cities. ‘Het Groene can make a substantial contribution Hart’, a large agricultural and leisure to solutions to global social problems Paris. area protected by the government, as well as offer plenty of opportunities forms the green heart of this area. for exports to the global market. What makes the Randstad special The excellent infrastructure in the is the polycentric structure and the Randstad sets itself apart from built-in flexibility that comes with other metropoles. It has a very good 18% it. Where other metropolitan cities motorway network, fast railway have a relative small city centre and connections, two airports and two large suburban area, the Randstad harbours. By train it takes less than consists of city-hubs, each with a one hour to travel from The Hague to FIGURE 2 complementary focus. Amsterdam or Utrecht and even less Top sectors Concentrated in the Randstad than 30 minutes to Schiphol Airport. AGRI & FOODS CULTURE CHEMICALS MANUFACTURING 5% BRAINPORT SERVICES LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTH HORTICULTURE 5% WATER ENERGY LOGISTICS CREATIVE SERVICES Schouwburgplein (Ossip van Duivenbode, 2014) 5% PBL, 2014 4 5 The Hague Special October 2017 About The Hague Tourism The Hague is a major destination Savills identified 18,000 dwellings The Hague houses seven different for both foreign and Dutch tourists. being constructed now or are higher educational institutions. Ambition of municipality to realise This is due to a lively city centre and in pipeline. The largest projects Together they offer courses to must-see visits such as the Binnenhof concern the 800 dwellings along 28,560 students currently, which (where the Dutch government is the Trekvliet in De Binckhorst, is expected to grow to 30,250 in seated), the Royal Palace, the Peace Waldo Mountains (480 apartments), 2022/2023. Palace, the Mauritshuis museum, ZuidDuin (414 dwellings), Binckeiland 25,000 miniature park Madurodam and the (240 dwellings), New Norfolk (237 The Leiden University College presence of the sea. dwellings) in Scheveningen and Park The Hague opened in 2009 and is Hoog Oostduin (218 dwellings) in the only research university in the dwellings in the coming decade The Hague had about 4.6 million Benoordenhout. city (and ranked no. 67 worldwide The Hague is the capital of the The Hague is the capital of the visits in 2015, which makes it the according to THE). In 2013 it moved province of Zuid-Holland and most visited city in the Netherlands, Students to its permanent location at the Anna province of Zuid-Holland and seats the national government of after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Of The number of students living and van Buerenplein, a recent developed seats the national government the Netherlands as well as most those visitors about 897,000 spend studying in The Hague is increasing in the city centre. At this location foreign embassies and around the night in a hotel (ca. 22.4% more substantially. The city houses many academic facilities and residential Average transaction price of of the Netherlands. With a 150 international organisations, than 2012). The city centre attracts universities of applied sciences and accomodations are combined. dwellings in The Hague population of about 520,000 including the International Court about 32 million visitors per year. has a strong connection with the The University College allows 200 of Justice and the International University of Leiden, which fosters enrolments annually and currently inhabitants and more than one Criminal Court. There are also some major events a fast growing satellite location in has 600 students. The students at million inhabitants including the in The Hague that attract a lot of The Hague (the Leiden University the University College are all housed € 260,000 The city has 520,000 inhabitants, visitors. The biggest events are Campus The Hague). As The in rooms of the University College suburbs, it is the third largest which is projected to grow to the International Firework Festival Hague is the home town to many in the same building as the college over 640,000 inhabitants by (400,000 visitors), Parkpop (225,000 international public bodies, among itself. The rents of these dwellings city of the Netherlands. 2040 (+23.4%). The disposable visitors), Sculpture Festival (223,000 them the International Supreme are included in the educational fees. 13.4% increase yoy household income in The Hague is visitors) and the City-Pier-City Run Court, the city attracts studies that € 32,200 per year, which is 8.3% (200,000 visitors). have a strong tie with this sector. lower than the national average of € 35,100. Residential According to NVM the average Economy transaction price in The Hague The city hosts 48,680 companies increased by 13.4% yoy to currently that provide work for a total € 260,000 (slightly above the national FIGURE 3 of 271,960 employees. Large average of € 258,000). The average Inhabitants Development & Forecast employers with their head office selling time in The Hague decreased in The Hague are AEGON, APM from 60 days in the second quarter 750.000 Terminals, ASN Bank, Nationale of 2016 to 37 days in the second Nederlanden, Royal Dutch Shell, quarter of 2017. In the same period 650.000 Siemens AG, T-Mobile and PostNL the number of transactions decreased 550.000 (royal Dutch mail). The Hague has, with 4.3%, due to less supply. 450.000 after Amsterdam, the largest office stock of the Netherlands. The residential stock of The Hague 350.000 consists of about 253,200 dwellings. 250.000 The share of business services The owner-occupier market has a 150.000 within the labour market in The 42.2% share of the total market, Hague is 29.4%, compared while the rental market has a share 50.000 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 to 26.9% for the Netherlands. of 55.1%. The comparable national Around 42.1% of all employment figures are 56.2% and 42.5% FIGURE 4 is allocated to the public sector respectively. The social housing Households Development & Forecast and care, and 13.7% to trade and stock in The Hague amounts to transport. The national figures 30.5%, which is slightly higher than for these are 26.9% and 23.5% the national average of 29.5%. The 350.000 respectively. private rental sector amounts to 24.6% of the total 300.000 The economy of the The Hague housing stock, compared to 13.0% 250.000 area is about 5.1% of de Dutch in the Netherlands. GDP according to Oxford 200.000 Economic. The economy of the The municipality of The Hague has 150.000 region is forecasted to grow about the ambition to realise 25,000 new 1.6% in 2017 and 1.3% in the years dwellings in the coming decade. 100.000 thereafter, which is comparable to Most of these are aimed at young 50.000 the national average. families. 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040 2045 2050 Sources: CBS, CPB, NVM, Lisa, Funda.nl, Municipality of The Hague, ABF/Primos, Vastgoedmarkt, PropertyNL, Savills Research