Balzac REIM is an independent real estate fund manager regulated by the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers)
Balzac REIM builds bespoke investment strategies for its clients.
We offer a full range of services from sourcing buildings located in and close to Paris, to structuring acquisitions and applying our high-grade asset management know-how to complex real estate transactions.
Value creation is at the core of our corporate philosophy
Key Dates
2021
>€ 1bn AUM
1st dedicated office OPPCI
2020
Awarded Alternative Investment
Fund Management status by the AMF
2019
€ 700 million AUM
2018
€ 500 million AUM
2015
€ 200 million AUM
2009
Redevelopment of 26,000 sq m
flagship office building
2007
Launch Balzac REIM
5 guiding values
01Proactive
We listen
Our clients appreciate the way we listen to their concerns and treat every situation on its merits.
02Agile
We are agile
We strive to anticipate and adapt to the demands of a changing world.
03Professionnal
We act professionnaly
We apply, develop and hone skills that ensure we retain our position as the « go to » player in our market.
04Experienced
We apply our experience
We apply our team’s long-term and diverse professional experience to everything we do.
05Independent
We are independent
Balzac REIM is an independently owned and managed business which gives us freedom to make the right decisions for our investors.
Our approach to responsible investment
Managing our clients’ capital to deliver a positive impact on society and on the environment.
OUR ESG CRITERIA
Balzac REIM believes that a positive environment is a fundamental driver of growth.
Environmental
To reduce our carbon footprint, Balzac REIM occupies a building with exceptional environmental and sustainability labels.We recycle our waste and our office furniture is made of natural wood.
We encourage our staff to ride bicycles to work and use electric vehicles.
Social
Balzac REIM seeks to transmit its knowledge.We offer internships to students and regularly teach classes in France’s leading business schools.
We gifted our previous office furniture to a charity.
Governance
Balzac REIM values its independence highly as it guarantees our ability toprovide objective advice free of conflicts of interest.
When possible we co-invest our own equity alongside our clients.
AFFILIATIONS
Guided by responsible investment criteria Balzac REIM will sign The United Nations Principles for Investment (UN PRI).
The six Principles for Responsible Investment are a voluntary and aspirational set of investment principles that offer a menu of possible actions for incorporating ESG issues into our investment
practices.
OUR ESG APPROACH
We apply ESG considerations to real estate investment opportunities that we consider for our clients whenever possible. All our properties under management have best-in-class environmental and sustainability labels.
