Yassine Rifai has joined JLL in a newly created function as Director of Knowledge Centres, France, Belgium & Luxembourg, inside the agency’s EMEA Undertaking & Growth Companies enterprise. The appointment is ready to speed up JLL’s improvement within the sector and strengthen its positioning in key European markets by reinforcing the agency’s senior venture administration capabilities.
With almost 20 years of expertise inside actual property, engineering, and information centres, Rifai will present shoppers with strategic help, implementing and delivering key initiatives inside his key geographies. Rifai will help shoppers in navigating French administrative procedures and native city planning laws, throughout the whole venture lifecycle. Primarily based in Paris, Rifai stories to Maxime Michaux, Head of Engineering, France.
“We’re excited to welcome Yassine to the enterprise,” stated Jonathan Kinsey, EMEA Lead and World Chair, Knowledge Centre Options, JLL. “His appointment brings important experience to our staff and can assist us to develop our presence in the important thing French-speaking markets because the sector continues its upwards trajectory.”
Evaluation by JLL highlights the extent of the surge in information centre demand throughout EMEA, estimating that 742MW of hyperscale self-build is at the moment beneath building within the area, with an extra 2,661MW price of land banked. Primarily based on this present tempo of beneath building and deliberate developments, the EMEA market will possible broaden at a baseline 25% CAGR by way of 2027, in contrast with projected international development of 15%.
A graduate of the celebrated Skema Enterprise College in France, Rifai has held engineering and venture administration roles in Morocco, Center East and France, the place he specialised in information centres. His final function earlier than becoming a member of JLL was with Turner & Townsend in Paris, the place he served as Knowledge Centre Undertaking Director.
“France continues to be a core European market, with some particular challenges associated to administrative points and land availability,” defined Kinsey. “Yassine’s distinctive skillset will assist us create a real native centre of experience to help our shoppers because the sector continues to evolve. His in-depth information of the native building market and expertise delivering main initiatives within the area, can be a serious asset to our staff.”
