Erik Verbruggen leaves JLL for Belsquare

People on the move
Tim Harrup

There has been a major personnel appointment in the letting and sales market. Erik Verbruggen, a well-known and respected member of the JLL team for the past 22 years, and currently Manager of the Offices Agency department for the whole of Belgium, is to leave the company and join up and coming agency Belsquare.

During his long career at JLL, Erik Verbruggen has helped many owners with selling their properties and many companies or government departments with the management of their real estate needs. Of particular note over recent times, he advised on a series of significant leases including 18,000 m² to BeoBank in the ‘Quatuor’ building owned by Befimmo, 70,000 m² to the Flemish Community in the ‘ZIN’ building under construction, owned by the same company, and 6,000 m² to AGEAS in Manhattan.

In his new role within Belsquare he will take charge of the seven employees in the Letting & Sales Brussels & Flanders departments. He will also contribute to developing Belsquare’s interdepartmental synergies. BelSquare points out that it offers its clients in Belgium a complete range of real estate services in Letting & Sales Offices and Retail, Capital Markets, Valuation and Design & Build.