Former Dutch health minister Elco Brinkman has been appointed by the government in The Hague to head the organisation charged with building a infrastructural tunnel under the Zuidas, the major urban project in the south of the Dutch capital. The cost of the construction of the tunnel, known as Dok model, is estimated at EUR 2 bn, half of which will come from private enterprise.
Swiss real estate group Investis has boosted its real estate holdings with the CHF 139 mln (€149 mln) purchase of prime residential properties in Vaud canton.
