GVA Redilco won the contract to evaluate the entire real estate portfolio of the Pension Fund of Cariplo in Italy and abroad. How will the survey be carried out and with which targets?Does this mandate also include asset and property management?
"No. The scope of services has been agreed only to focus on the appraisal of the entire Cariplo Pension Fund portfolio".
Have you already had similar experiences in the property valuation sector? Why did Cariplo choose you?
"The Cariplo Fund chose GVA Redilco after a bidding process based on both quality and quantity criteria, and of course price considerations. Our “Valuation” division assesses real estate companies with a focus on office and industrial assets; our main customers are multinational companies that needs our support during acquisition or dismissal of branches, merger and acquisition, full analysis of real estate assets and portfolio management."
What type of charge do you apply on this operation?
"In this case, GVA will charge a flat fee."
Redilco’s activity is focusing more and more on service providing. From this point of view, do you have any ongoing projects?
"GVA Redilco's activity is focused on the following main services: -Agency and Advisory: the Company has seven divisions, specialized in different fields: office, logistics, industrial, retail, investment, hospitality and residential, with offices directly managed in Milan, Rome, Genoa and Turin.
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