Building rights in real estate developments

Reform of property law - Building rights in real estate developments

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21-06-2021

The new book 3 contains important changes about the right to build (opstalrecht / droit de superficie). As building rights are frequently used in the context of real estate development, we analyse their impact below. In addition, we discuss two case studies on the use of building rights in real estate development projects.

The right to build is now defined as a temporary right of ownership on the volumes located on, above or under someone’s land.

Download the presentation in French and Dutch. You will also find below an infographic (in Dutch) explaining the changes to the building right as well as the recordings in French and Dutch of our webinar on the subject.