Portaal housing corporation signs letter of intent for Baunei realisation with over 382 affordable rental homes in Cartesius at PROVADA in Amsterdam

In the presence of alderman Eelco Eerenberg, housing corporation Portaal symbolically signed a letter of intent with the Cartesius development consortium (MRP and Ballast Nedam Development) at PROVADA for the realisation of Baunei with over 382 affordable homes totalling about 23,000 m2 GO in Cartesius Utrecht. Of the 382 homes, 308 are for social rent with an average of 58 m2 and 74 are for the free sector suitable for medium rent. Within the 308 social homes, 173 are intended for Portaal's Mixed Living concept and 135 for regular social rented homes. The consortium is already working with Portaal in Cartesius for Okinawa with 165 social rental homes in Cartesius, construction of which has recently started.

Eelco Eerenberg, Alderman for Spatial Planning of the Municipality of Utrecht: "𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 382 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘜𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴."

From left to right Bart Meijer (MRP), Sander Heinsman (Portaal) , Jasper van Emstede (NS Stations), Onno Dwars (Ballast Nedam Development), wethouder Eelco Eerenberg (Gemeente Utrecht), Ofer Gilboa (MRP)

Baunei with 382 affordable homes for third phase in Cartesius

The name of the building block in the third development phase is a reference to Baunei in Sardinia in Italy. Baunei is in the province of Nuoro, which is one of the Blue Zones. These are places in the world where people live healthier and happier lives for longer, an important source of inspiration for Cartesius Utrecht. In addition to housing for regular house seekers, Baunei will also house a Mixed Living concept by Portaal. This is a form of housing in which residents with and without assisted living consciously choose to live together in an organised setting.

Sander Heinsman, Chairman of Portaal's Executive Board: "𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘪, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 382 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴. 𝘈𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 165 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘸𝘢, 𝘉𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘶𝘭𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳."

Mixed housing is an indispensable form of housing to help tenants leaving social care or sheltered housing settle into their new living environment. Mixed Housing also meets the need of regular house seekers to live in a neighbourhood where neighbours are involved with each other. Portaal is also exploring the possibility of developing housing for the elderly within Baunei. This provides an answer to the growing demand for housing forms for the elderly while at the same time boosting circulation in the housing market. The inner garden of Baunei will be designed with a semi-public character, a balance between tranquillity and bustle connected to Cartesius Park. www.cartesius-utrecht.nl

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