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Rotterdam has the highest office vacancy rate among the G4 Dutch cities at 10.9%, compared to Amsterdam (5.5%), The Hague (4.9%), and Utrecht (6.1%), with significant quality variations across sub-areas such as Kop van Zuid and the Central Business District. Savills research indicates that mixed-use development, residential conversions, and sustainability improvements, exemplified by projects like the Tree House development, are expected to positively impact vacancy rates and renew office stock in Rotterdam.

This is a market report published by JLL in March 2026 covering office sector dynamics in Rotterdam, Netherlands during the first quarter of 2026.
Rotterdam recorded the strongest office rental growth in Europe at 28.3% year-on-year, driven by competition for high-quality space among large occupiers and demand for sustainable buildings, according to Cushman & Wakefield's DNA of Real Estate report tracking 43 European cities. Across the Netherlands, Amsterdam Schiphol logistics rents grew 11.1% year-on-year, retail rents increased 2.0% in Amsterdam and 6.3% in Rotterdam and The Hague, and European office rents averaged 5.4% annual growth with the Benelux region leading at 8.2%.

The report analyzes occupier market trends across four Dutch office markets in 2025: Amsterdam experienced a 14% decline in office take-up to approximately 180,000 sq m, driven by reduced demand for larger spaces and a shift toward units of 200-1,000 sq m, with availability remaining largely unchanged at 990,000 sq m (15.5% of total stock). The Hague saw a notable increase in demand with approximately 104,000 sq m leased (70% higher than 2023), primarily driven by the Central Government Real Estate Agency taking 77,000 sq m, while Rotterdam maintained steady take-up at 87,000 sq m and Utrecht achieved surprisingly strong demand at 115,000 sq m, well above 2023 levels, largely due to major leases from PGGM and De Volksbank.

Cushman & Wakefield's Netherlands Retail Q4 2025 MarketBeat report covers the investment and occupier markets, documenting retail investment volume reaching nearly €1.3 billion in 2025 with activity driven by mid-sized transactions while larger deals were postponed due to capital market uncertainty and geopolitical tensions. The report finds that retail volume sales increased approximately 2% year-on-year supported by resilient consumer demand, with high streets accounting for roughly a quarter of total retail investment volume and sports brands maintaining active expansion while the drugstore segment faces intensified competition and pricing pressure.

The Netherlands industrial market recorded approximately 3.8 million square meters of take-up in 2025, with logistics continuing to dominate investment activity at around €2.5 billion in total investment volume, though pricing misalignment between buyers and sellers continues to constrain transaction volumes. The occupier market shows strong demand for high-quality properties in core locations with structurally low vacancy rates, while secondary markets face higher vacancy and increasing rental discounts, with prime yields at 4.75% and prime rent at €125 per square meter annually.

The Cushman & Wakefield Netherlands Living Q4 2025 report analyzes the Dutch residential investment and occupier markets, noting that full year 2025 investment volume increased 22% to approximately €5.7 billion, with 2026 expected to see strong growth following a January 2026 transfer tax reduction for investors, while gross prime yields are stabilizing around 4%. The occupier market faces a persistent structural shortage of approximately 395,000 housing units across both owner-occupied and rental segments, with average transaction prices at €502,000 and continued upward pressure on rents driven by reduced rental supply and high demand, particularly benefiting wealthier first-time buyers in urban apartment segments.

In the first three quarters of 2025, €1.5 billion was invested in the Dutch industrial and logistics real estate market, with 79% allocated to logistics, and the sector accounted for approximately 21% of total Dutch commercial real estate investment, with solid transactions occurring particularly in the €20 to €70 million range. The industrial occupier market recorded total take-up of 2,351,000 sq m in the same period, with strong demand for high-quality properties in core markets but very low vacancy levels there, while secondary locations showed higher vacancy rates and less occupier interest.

Cushman & Wakefield's Q3 2025 Netherlands retail market report shows that investment volume reached €877 million, 56% higher year-over-year, though growth slowed during summer months, while the occupier market experienced renewed high-street sales growth and declining vacancy at 6.3% despite retailers managing elevated costs. The report identifies wide bid-ask spreads, foreign capital constraints due to tax issues, and limited high-quality supply as key challenges, while noting strong demand for convenience retail and retail parks, and opportunities for discounters as the mid-price segment continues to disappear.

In the first half of 2025, Netherlands retail investment volume reached €750 million, more than doubling compared to the first half of 2024, with the out-of-town segment rising from €20 million in Q1 to over €117 million by Q2, driven partly by French SCPI fund activity. The occupier market showed discounters expanding in high streets at the expense of mid-price retailers, sports brands moving into larger stores to offer flexible layouts, and foreign drugstore brands entering the Dutch market while established players remained inactive due to high rental costs.

In the first half of 2025, €980 million was invested in the Dutch industrial and logistics real estate market, with 72% allocated to logistics; the occupier market showed modest 4% growth in take-up compared to H1 2024, reaching approximately 1,610,000 sq m, while total supply grew 8% year-on-year driven by large-scale logistics facility completions. Prime rents stood at €125 per sq m annually, the prime yield (GIY excluding buyers' costs) was 4.90%, and the market is characterized by tight supply and rising rents in logistics hotspots contrasted with rising vacancy rates at secondary locations.