The VGP Italian team is growing: New hires and a corporate vision increasingly focused on sustainability

Segrate, Milan - March 15, 2021 - With a view to expanding the development pipeline, new hires for VGP Italy are planned for 2021, and the company’s priorities include a policy strongly oriented towards respect for the environment, through sustainable and innovative solutions.

The VGP Italy team is seeking to hire more highly specialized and qualified professionals due to the company's commitment to quality and sustainable building practices and the significant pipeline of building projects. “We are happy to invest in the Italian market,” says Agostino Emanuele, Country Manager VGP Italy, “our aim is to grow the local team, adding, in particular, profiles related to sustainable building and renewable energy.”

VGP, a pan-European company that owns, develops and manages quality logistics and semi-industrial parks, arrived in Italy in 2018 with registered office in Segrate (MI) in Via Cassanese 45, and is now one of the main national players in the real estate sector with six logistics parks in Northern Italy and several projects in the pipeline.

“In more than two years, the team has grown constantly and now counts 11 professionals who, with their skills, contribute to the expansion of VGP in our country; a cohesive, professional team, full of group spirit and sense of belonging.” - adds the Country Manager - “We look to the future based on the values that have always distinguished our work, made of people and professionalism, innovative projects and focusing on agile people who work well together in teams and partnerships”.

Today, there are different types of profiles in the VGP Italy team, including transversal ones, each with a defined role and with skills in the Real Estate sector including economics, finance, facility management, marketing, technical design and construction, and contributing to the growth of the company

“The group is emphasizing its increased focus on in-house training through technical and sustainable building practice dedicated training sessions that will provide our teams opportunities to expand their skillset and at the same time improve our service offering and strengthen the loyalty of our clients”, concludes Agostino Emanuele.

Building to a high sustainable building standard is a key priority for the group.  In this context, VGP, which recently published its second Corporate Responsibility Report, is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2025.

Founded in 1998 in the Czech Republic, VGP today counts a staff of more than 300 employees and operates assets in 13 European countries directly and through its joint ventures.

Just recently, the Group announced its earnings for the year ending 31 December 2020, with a record net profit of €370.9 million and an increase of 80.4% on 2019, in addition to strong business growth across the portfolio.