Profile:
Country Manager
Portfolio value of WDP:
+800 mil. €
Experience:
14 years as manager of WDP Romania
Jeroen Biermans is the Country Manager of WDP Romania, part of the Belgian-based WDP Group. WDP offers intelligent warehousing solutions, with a focus on the development and letting of semi-industrial and logistical real estate.
WDP has a solid presence in Romania, where it became the 2nd largest developer and owner of logistic warehouses that crossed the 1.3 mil. sqm milestone.
Prior to WDP, he held positions at Den Braven Sealants, as a lawyer at the Antwerp Bar and at other companies. Jeroen Biermans is a Law graduate from the Namur University and Leuven University, Belgium. He also studied Law at the Hamburg University, Germany. He holds an LL.M. degree in Maritime Law from the Southampton University, United Kingdom.
WDP is the largest operator on the Benelux semi-industrial property market and focuses on the construction of logistics spaces, with a property portfolio totaling 6 million sqm in Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Romania
“Romania is a central point in WDP’s strategy. We plan to continue to develop a €1 billion portfolio here by 2023. IFC’s green loan, combined with the certifying of our entire portfolio with EDGE, will allow us to become the largest owner of certified green warehouses in Romania.”
- Stefanestii de Jos project for Decathlon, a 5 mil. EUR investment.
- New developments for LPP, Eobuwie, Fedex, Profi.
- In 2020, WDP developed investments of +134 mil. EUR for 223.600 sqm of logistic warehouses.
- WDP contracted in 2020 a 205 mil. EUR loan from the IFC to develop 1 mil. sqm. in Romania.