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Construction & Development
Jun 8, 2026
Redevelopment gives real estate new value
Successful redevelopment starts with feasibility. Bulsink brings development, engineering and execution together from day one.
Redevelopment requires more than a good plan. It requires parties that connect development, engineering and execution from the very first phase. Through Bulsink Construction & Development, work is carried out on national and international hotel, office, redevelopment and transformation projects in which technical complexity, tailor-made solutions and integrated project management come together.
Complex transformations require an integrated approach
In addition to Bulsink Construction & Development, the company also delivers projects for leading international retail and leisure brands through Bulsink Retail. While retail projects require speed, flexibility and scalability, Bulsink Construction & Development applies its expertise to projects that demand careful coordination, technical depth and a tailored approach from concept to completion.
According to Antoine Bulsink, these worlds strengthen each other. The experience built up in recent years in complex construction and execution processes also provides significant added value in transformation and repurposing projects. “The challenge is becoming increasingly complex. That is exactly why it is important that development, technology and execution are not organised separately. By bringing these disciplines together from the start, projects are created that are not only ambitious, but can also actually be realised.”
The housing challenge is often linked to new-build development. At the same time, pressure on available space is increasing, and offices, shops and other commercial buildings are increasingly changing function. As a result, attention is shifting more emphatically towards the redevelopment of existing real estate.
Feasibility as the starting point
According to Koen van Tartwijk, Operations Director at Bulsink, the challenge lies not only in developing a good plan, but above all in realising it. “Many plans look good on paper, until the existing structure defines the limits. That is precisely why, as a developing contractor, you want to be involved in a project at an early stage. Only then can you properly safeguard technical feasibility, planning and execution.”
Where redevelopment was once often seen as a design challenge, today it increasingly revolves around feasibility of execution. Existing buildings come with their own technical and spatial conditions. Structures, installations, regulations and budgets ultimately determine which possibilities are actually available. “That is why we bring development, engineering and construction together early in the process. This leads to better decisions and greater control throughout the entire process,” says Van Tartwijk.
For property owners, investors and developers, this creates clarity at an early stage about feasibility, investments and execution. Especially in a market where speed, certainty and risk management are becoming increasingly important, this integrated approach is gaining significance.
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"The biggest challenges in existing real estate require parties that take responsibility for the entire process. That is precisely the role we want to fulfil as Bulsink Construction & Development."
- Antoine Bulsink, CEO at Bulsink
Redevelopment in practice
This development is now reflected in a wide range of projects throughout the Netherlands. On Geldropseweg in Eindhoven, Bulsink recently transformed a former office building with a commercial plinth into twenty-four modern apartments.
In Tilburg, Bulsink is transforming former commercial spaces into eighteen sustainable city apartments and two office spaces with De Pieter. The first apartments have now been delivered. In Waalwijk, the transformation of a former office building into nineteen apartments will also start shortly.
In addition, Bulsink is working on larger inner-city projects. In Rotterdam, work is currently underway on the iconic post-war reconstruction building Katshoek. Here, 245 apartments are being realised, supplemented by a commercial plinth and an additional rooftop extension.
The next phase of real estate development
According to Antoine Bulsink, the next phase of real estate development calls for parties that look beyond construction alone.
“The biggest challenges in existing real estate require parties that take responsibility for the entire process. That is precisely the role we want to fulfil as Bulsink Construction & Development.”
