Transforming monumental offices into stunning
residential spaces

A conversation with Bart Dura of Impact Vastgoed

'Around the corner' from NIBC is an imposing property, a national monument and former KLM building on Plesmanweg in The Hague. The oldest part of this building now dates back to 1939.

It has now been purchased by Impact Vastgoed, which is redeveloping the 40,000 m2 office building to give it a new lease of life by creating flats, catering and hotel rooms, among other things. "A challenging project" says Bart Dura. "This redevelopment of an office building into a new living and working environment is a transformation of a national monument and at the same time a demolition and new construction of 160 owner-occupied flats. It is a challenging project because you are dealing with making an old office building more sustainable, which will be reused as housing. There will be flats on the side of the old part where KLM used to start its headquarters. There will also be a hotel with short-stay flats and hospitality which will soon allow us to create a new city within this enclave between Westbroekpark, Scheveningse bosjes, Scheveningen and the city where people young and old can live, recreate, live and work in order to possibly enjoy a beautiful part of The Hague here."