HOME PORT FOR SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION

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05 Blue Gate Antwerp, welcome! 06 A prime location for transport, innovation and the ‘war on talent’

08 Mission: sustainable entrepreneurship, together

010 A public-private partnership with strong shoulders

012 Home port for innovative growers

014 01. Pooled innovation capacity: stronger together

016 02. Guided eco-effectiveness: guidance to sustainability

018 03. Smart logistics and distribution: conquering Europe over water and land

020 What happens if you decide to join Blue Gate Antwerp?

022 Plotting lots: where do you settle?

024 Discover your new home port for sustainable innovation

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Blue Gate Antwerp, welcome!

The site is located on the Scheldt, near the centre of Antwerp. Once it was the heart of the European petroleum industry. Today the remediated areas are ready for a new chapter: Blue Gate Antwerp, a leading public-private project for businesses that take control of their own future.

Blue Gate Antwerp is the first circular, eco-effective, water-bound business park in Belgium. The ideal breeding ground for the growth process of sustainable businesses in the chemical industry, cleantech and logistics.

Your company behind the steering wheel Reserve your lot at Blue Gate Antwerp and put your business behind the steering wheel together with other peers. Together we aim for economic growth through integral entrepreneurship.

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A prime location for transport, innovation and the ‘war on talent’

1. BY THE WATER

2. NEXT TO THE CITY

3. IN THE HEART OF EUROPE

You organise your transport mainly over the water, thanks to the water-bound logistics zone with a new loading and unloading quay. And you can reach all of Europe smoothly through the road network.

You work together with other innovative businesses on site and beyond, and with academic institutions nearby such as the University of Antwerp.

You attract talented staff more easily thanks to the green environment, the urban setting and the great accessibility through connection with the bicycle freeway, the new bus stop centrally located on site and the tram stop in walking distance.

This is what the future of your business looks like:

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Mission: sustainable entrepreneurship, together

Our sustainability vision starts with the 5 Ps of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. In partnership with Cifal, a training centre of the UN, we have implemented sustainable development goals into the DNA of Blue Gate Antwerp.

Co-creation Partners & stakeholders

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Blue Gate Antwerp is a community: together with the companies present, we are building the most sustainable business park in Belgium. We accompany you to make that happen together. And to reap the benefits of it.

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A public-private partnership with strong shoulders

Antwerp City The city of Antwerp is entirely committed to the sustainable redevelopment of the former Petroleum-South site. Antwerp is at the origin of the project through the autonomous municipal business for real estate and urban projects (AG VESPA) and the Business & Innovation (B&I) service. In this way, the city supports circular economy, sustainable innovation, local entrepreneurship, multi-modal mobility and high-quality job creation all at once.

The public-private partnership brings together a lot of relevant expertise, political support and financial strength. These are the strong shoulders that support Blue Gate Antwerp.

Flemish government The Flemish government is the initiator of Blue Gate Antwerp together with the city of Antwerp. Via the do and dare company PMV, it invests in the remediation and redevelopment of brownfields. The Flemish Waterway (the former ‘Waterways and Sea Canal’) carries out its core task through this project. It promotes inland navigation and water-bound entrepreneurship by offering business parks, quay walls and logistical facilities.

DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC)

DEC is an international specialist in environmental projects such as soil remediation, the purification of landfill sites, recycling techniques, waterworks and the redevelopment of brownfield sites. That makes DEC the right partner for this public-private partnership right from the start.

Bopro Bopro is an international real estate developer and service provider. It specialises in construction projects, property management and sustainability advice. Bopro uses this know-how to develop and manage Blue Gate Antwerp in a sustainable manner. During the entire development or guidance, the project managers take the global sustainability objectives into account.

Flemish and European subsidies The innovative vision and sustainability efforts of Blue Gate Antwerp are also rewarded with government support. The project receives subsidies from the Flemish Agency Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Vlaams Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen, VLAIO) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

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Home port for innovative growers

The soil remediation is almost done. Time to replace the bulldozers with businesses. Will you establish your business at Blue Gate Antwerp? Then you will have access to 3 growth accelerators: pooled innovation capacity, guided eco-effectiveness and smart logistics.

Guided eco-effectiveness You are actively supported in your sustainability efforts. Blue Gate Antwerp guides you to a climate-neutral infrastructure, the park management minimises the ecological footprint of the entire site, and we help you to conclude your production chain outside the site as well.

Pooled innovation capacity

You are surrounded by like-minded businesses that grow together. Thanks to accelerated innovation (through knowledge sharing), lower costs (through partnerships) and higher circularity (through complementary processes).

01 02 03Smart logistics & distribution You coordinate your production and transport perfectly thanks to the layout and location of the site. Make use of the new loading and unloading quay for transport via the water. Or you can reach the whole of Europe quickly from your centrally located base next to Antwerp.

“We gladly support a leading project such as Blue Gate Antwerp. It is the ideal location

for BlueChem, an incubator for sustainable chemistry where we help ground-breaking

innovations to develop into successful businesses.

- Frank Beckx, Managing Director Essenscia Vlaanderen and President of BlueChem plc -

“Blue Gate will be the new standard in terms

of effective use of space that continues to get more scarce. Innovative logistic buildings, a minimal impact on the environment and a

maximisation of social values such as pleasant workplaces, smart distribution and the

considerate usage and reuse of materials will be at the core of this project.

- Jo De Wolf, Chief Executive Officer Montea -

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“For Antwerp University, Blue Gate is the

perfect location to elaborate the eco-system of sustainable chemistry. Our

Blue_App project constitutes the bridge between the industry and the university.

At Blue Gate, we collaborate with our partners on the valorisation of the research in sustainable chemistry.

- Prof. Silvia Lenaerts, Vicerector Valorisation & Development Sustainable Energy, Air and Water

Technology, DuEL – Antwerp University-

Pooled innovation capacity: stronger together

Complementary businesses

Thanks to the clear ‘what, who and how’ from Blue Gate Antwerp you will automatically be surrounded by like-minded businesses:

» WHAT: research and development, production and distribution

» WHO: business from cleantech, the chemical industry and logistics

» HOW: sustainable entrepreneurship, innovation and partnership

Blue Gate Antwerp attracts complementary businesses to subsequently create economies of scale and partnerships.

» Sustainable mobility and cluster car parks

» The Facility Point and Congress Point

» Purchase of renewable energy and heat

Collective park management

The park manager facilitates the contact between companies and brings entrepreneurs together to create new synergies. The park manager is also responsible for the organisation, management and maintenance of common facilities such as:

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Do we expect you to comply with all best practices immediately? No, we will guide you from the start of the construction and your activities to

take the right measures and to take the next step every year towards more

sustainability, more circularity and more eco-effectiveness.

Guided eco-effectiveness: guidance to sustainability

A selection of the sustainability commitments that all Blue Gate Antwerp businesses share:

» BREEAM-certified business buildings

» CO2-neutral energy and heat consumption

» multi-modal access to the site

» closed processes through partnerships

» annual sustainability reports according to GRI Standards and five-year development plans

Eco-efficiency means that you achieve efficiency gains thanks to your ecological efforts. The establishment requirements of Blue Gate Antwerp offer you the framework to make this happen.

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VISIT BLUE GATE ANTWERP CURIOUS ABOUT THE SITE? MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR A SITE VISIT WITHOUT ANY OBLIGATIONS. Call +32 477 25 06 43 or mail innovate@bluegateantwerp.eu

“At Blue Gate Antwerp as a business,

you simply cannot stand still, thanks to the continuous impulses

and opportunities around you.

- Dennie Lockefeer, CCO Van Moer - Smart logistics starts at a prime location. Water-bound transport from Blue Gate Antwerp is self-evident, as is export to the whole of Europe and the multi-modal movement of your employees.

Water-bound transport

The unique location on the Scheldt and near the centre of Antwerp offers numerous possibilities:

» Organise your goods transportation through inland shipping.

» Make use of the new loading and unloading quay in the logistics zone.

» Set up a multi-modal city distribution network in the future.

Circular chains

The sharing environment stimulates sustainable innovations:

» Identify, collect and process residual streams in interaction with the city.

» Work more efficiently together with other companies thanks to smart logistics and distribution.

» Distribute innovative products with sustainable means of transportation.

Multi-modal intake

Manage the intake of your employees in a smart way:

» Call out the bicycle highways and cycle paths as an asset for cycling employees.

» Attract expats with the proximity of the city and excellent accessibility by public transport.

» Give employees who need the car a place in a car park building on the site.

Smart logistics and distribution: conquering Europe over water and land

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The development of the logistic zone on Blue Gate Antwerp is in collaboration with Montea.

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What happens if you decide to join Blue Gate Antwerp?

IT’S A MATCH

With an eye on far-reaching circularity, we match your business with other candidates to achieve optimal clusters. Therefore we use an identification tool to reveal the synergies both inside and outside the site.

MAKE IT LAST…

We take sustainability very seriously. We closely supervise the efforts in this area before, during and after the development of your CO2 neutral real estate. After which a sustainability report about the operations is made according to GRI standards.

LET’S BUILD IT

Together we draw up a program of requirements for the new building which indicates necessary functions and surfaces. The technical requirements regarding durability, together with the company-specific requirements will be treated in the program.

… AND CO2-NEUTRAL

With Blue Gate Antwerp we strive for CO2-neutrality for electricity and heating. In addition we work together with you on a development plan for this around five specific ambitions:

1. Eco-industry2. Optimally water-bound3. Eco-effective4. Open innovation5. Internationally oriented

LIVING TOGETHER

In consultation with all establishing companies, we develop a dynamic Park Regulations Book for daily and structural activities at Blue Gate Antwerp. We provide a Park Manager as contact point.

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Plotting lots: where do you settle?

The total project area of Blue Gate Antwerp amounts to 63 hectares. We develop the site as a green lung in which we embed companies in 3 phases. And you get the first choice: welcome to phase 1!

At this moment we are developing the first zone of the area. Between now and 2030 we will start phases 2 and 3 and the green corridor will be extended over the entire site. What weighs in the most for you: the proximity of the water, the interaction with other R&D companies, or the visibility on the approach roads? We are happy to advise you on your ideal location.

Technical details

The technical details and guidelines are different for businesses in the core area and businesses on the periphery. These are the most important agreements:

Lot size

At least 5000 m² per lot (potentially to be shared with another business).

Building grade CORE: at most 70% built, at least 70% green space on the undeveloped area and a maximum building height of 17 metres.

Rooftops At least 40% of the roof surface is covered by photovoltaic cells, technical installations are hidden from view, and remaining space is arranged as a green roof.

PERIPHERY: no more than 50% built, at least 70% green space on the undeveloped area and no more than 9 floors (with a maximum F/P of 2.5).

Claim your place at Blue Gate Antwerp WHICH LOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE TODAY? Ask for the latest state of affairs via +32 477 25 06 43 or mail innovate@bluegateantwerp.eu

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Public domain

Project border

zone logistics: 116.586m²

zone core - buildings: 94.768m²

Phase 1: 45.351m²

Phase 2: 49.417m²

zone border: 94.198m²

Phase 1: 14.700m²

Phase 2: 18.993m²

zone border: 94.198m²

Phase 1: 38.089m²

Phase 2: 22.732m²

Phase 3: 33.377m²

zone infrastructure public domain: 68.548m²

Phase 1: 58.682m²

Phase 2: 7.401m²

Phase 3: 2.465m²

zone green corridor public domain: 107.224m²

Phase 1: 71.895m²

Phase 2: 14.933m²

Phase 3: 20.396m²

zone wadis public domain: 31.216

Phase 1: 14.493m²

Phase 2: 14.901m²

Phase 3: 1.822m²

zone green corridor public domain (outside of project area): 11.928m²

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Log 1: 15.550m²Via Van Moer

Log 2: 67.709m²Via Montea

Lots 14, 15, 24 and 25= 10.671m²

R3: 13796m²

K2: 9369m²

R2B 9508m²

K4: 9369m²

K6: 9369 m²

K8: 9369m²

K10: 9369m²

K12: 13212 m²

R7: 10171m²Sold

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Discover your new home port for sustainable innovation

Do you share our enthusiasm for this project? Contact us quickly for a no-obligation conversation. For an answer to all your questions. Or for a visit to the site.

Call +32 477 25 06 43

Mail innovate@bluegateantwerp.eu

Want to know more?

Visit www.bluegateantwerp.eu

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