Eurinpro (Acquired by Goodman International 2006)

Eurinpro was originally created as a separate department within the contractor company, Verelst in 1979. Eurinpro was founded in Heist-op-den-Berg (Belgium) in 1989 as a developer of residential projects and shopping malls. In 1992, 1993 and 1995 the contractor company Verelst incorporated several subsidiaries to develop industrial building projects in Germany, the Netherlands and France. In 1998, the contracting business completed a management-buy-out (MBO). Bart Verhaeghe, who had been in charge of Eurinpro for several years, acquired 25% of the capital.

In 1999, Eurinpro reinforced its position as a real estate investment banker through the successful listing of the logistics real estate investment trust, Siref, on the Brussels stock exchange. At the end of 2002, Luc Verelst reduced his participation, in order to enable Francis Hendrickx, who had already been managing the group for several years, to acquire a share of the capital. In May 2004, Eurinpro's shareholders" structure was realigned. Jan Van Lancker, Danny Peeters, Eddy Huysmans and Bruno Robberechts, whose core competencies proved to be valuable assets for Eurinpro, became shareholders.