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CP • Very large, open central staircase with stained glass skylight • Marble fireplaces, staircases and floors • Wood (mosaic) flooring • Chandeliers, lamps, (ornamental) hardware • Stained glass windows • Wood carved doors and stairs • Handcrafted ironwork

CP City Palace is a unique piece of real estate located in Antwerp, Belgium. This part of the city is characterized by a very satisfactory transportation accessibility level. It takes around 5 minutes to reach the Rotterdam/Amsterdam highway, Antwerp Airport or city railway station. You can use the well linked public transport or have a walk in the nearby City Park or City Centre. • Few minutes from highway Rotterdam/Amsterdam and Brussels/Paris • Few minutes from Antwerp Airport and Antwerp Central Railway Station • Half hour to Brussels Airport • Public transport links inside/outside Antwerp in front • Walking distance from City Park and City Center • Unique comprehensive and open views to front and rear • Exceptionally spacious garden in castle style • Nevertheless very safe and private

CP During a meticulous restoration process (2009) by Belgian professionals, every square centimetre was carefully preserved. All original details and original marble and wooden floors were hand polished. Obviously gas, water and electricity infrastructure was replaced. But no changes were made that could damage the original character or features of the building. This property is different than other objects this size, due to the high level of light exposure and the clear structure with large spaces. To emphasize that further, bright colours (from the period 1865) were used for the interior. In doing so, a unique property – with an unusual amount of rich decorations in an extraordinary original condition – was restored in full glory. With an authenticity that still radiates the original grandeur of 1865.

CP Although the City Palace interior is filled with antique artworks and decorations, it is full of advanced technical devices to increase comfort level. Enter the fully modernized lift to switch between floors, relax in the infrared sauna and have fun in the game or fitness room. The whole house is protected by Caddx alarm and camera system. The heating devices are controlled by computer and the building has air conditioning where needed.

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City Palace Antwerp CP Price : € 3,5 Mio. (including antique inventory of € 0,6 Mio.) Mobile : +32 470 955 886 Email: [email protected] www.citypalace-antwerp.com





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One-on-one with David Melisse

5min with David Melisse 1. Your company is offering real estate projects in David Melisse - Owner & Founder Turkey’s most beautiful area to customers from all Aegean Locations over the globe; please tell us a bit more and what makes you so special? is getting more popular every day, even for Turkish citizens from Istanbul. Izmir has a history of a very I am a native Dutch citizen and lived already for diverse population with people from all backgrounds multiple years in different areas of Turkey. After 2 years and countries. Our experience is that property buyers being active in the financial sector in Istanbul I decided from the Middle East are very comfortable in this Area to move to a more comfortable environment where my since every form of lifestyle or religion is common and family already had some small boutique hotel socially accepted. This in combination with the nearby investments. The lack of professional real-estate coastal paradise Çeşme and easy purchase procedures brokers and guidance for foreigners plus my previous for Middle East property buyers can contribute to much experience in real-estate inspired me to start Aegean more property buyers from that area. One of our goals Locations. Amazed by Turkey’s most beautiful region: is to participate in this trend. Izmir-Çeşme-Alaçatı, I decided to use my previous background in real-estate and marketing to promote 3. What support do you offer international HNWIs to the area, guide foreigners with all property procedures meet the requirements of direct investments in so and help them to find their dream house. At this point called non-residential real estate and how do you deal Aegean Locations has two offices located in Izmir and with cross border/multijurisdictional matters for your Çeşme with agents in various countries all over the clients? globe. Providing tailor made services for property buyers and growing our international agent team is the For HNWIs we normally schedule an introduction call in primary goal of Aegean Locations. Our European order to exactly specify their needs and get a proper mindset, in combination with our multilingual team and impression of their situation. After the first introduction professionalism makes us special. Furthermore integrity a selection of investment projects will be selected and is very important for us, that’s why we are connected to shared with the client. the National Association of Realtors. Together with our legal team all details of a particular project will be discussed. If the client selected a certain 2. How has been your experience so far with clients project an NDA will be provided in order to confirm the from the Middle East from the GCC? expectations from both parties. Our financial advisor will assist in the return on investment calculations and In general we can say that Turkey has a lot of cultural other details. Since most HNWIs have a busy schedule similarities in comparison with the Middle East and GCC our goal is to prepare as much as possible before an countries. Istanbul is already a hotspot for property actual meeting in Turkey. Obviously, all services like buyers from the GCC countries for many years. Aegean accommodation, private drivers etc can be organized Locations believes that the limit of nature/beaches and by Aegean Locations. growing population (over 20 million) makes Istanbul not a very comfortable place to live. Izmir with a lower population (4 million) less traffic and lower cost of living

4. Let’s talk a bit about the Turkish Citizenship by A value increase of minimum 5 percent a year, (inflation investment, with Turkey’s convenient location corrected) is not abnormal in this area. Because the between Europe – Asia and visa free access to 110 interest rates dropped dramatically in Turkey there are countries, Turkey is an attractive place to invest, plenty of local buyers as well. We foresee a big trend in wouldn’t you agree? Çeşme where foreigners and national buyers are purchasing detached villas, especially with all recent Turkey has a wealth of cultural values, natural beauty, Covid19 Issues in mind. Apart from that, owning a and geographical advantage. These days it is very easy property in this area is also an interesting investment to get Turkish citizenship and a Turkish passport. Being for rent-out purposes due to the perfect comfortable a Turkish citizen has many benefits. Foreigners can climate. obtain a Turkish Citizenship through the purchase of a property or multiple properties with a minimum total 6. Finally: What’s the best piece of advice given to value of $ 250.000. Once you have a Turkish passport, you? you can travel to 110 countries using Visa-Free and 7 countries using e-Visa. As of 2 July 2019, Turkish Being a great realtor is understanding and putting citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 110 together the people puzzle. How much value can I countries and territories, ranking the Turkish passport create and how much service can I provide in the 53rd in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley interests of my clients. It is so important that you Passport Index. remember who you are working for and who signed the Because of its location between Far East and Near East contract. Integrity and having a moral compass is Asia, Turkey is a hub of European civilization with the everything in business. ancient and modern western world. Having a Turkish citizenship is valued by all countries and the doors are Connection first, product second. open for products and exports activities. With the all the new regulations, the conditions for being a Turkish David, we thank you for the interview. citizen by making real estate investments were simplified and legal gates were opened. Aegean Locations will guide you will all residency/citizenship procedures together with our Legal partners. What are the other benefits of being a Turkish citizen? - High quality of life - Living in a safe environment - Confidentiality of assets - Turkish cuisine - Take advantage of advanced and free education opportunities - Excellent health facilities 5. Being based in an upmarket location with sea views David Melisse is the owner & founder of Aegean Locations. David is in and around Çeşme/Alaçatı – How do you see the a native Dutch with a degree in Economics and multiple years’ housing market within the next 3-4 years? experience in Real-Estate. Amazed by the beauty of the area David decided to use his Real-Estate background and marketing skills to At this moment, most of the population in Izmir and promote the area and guide foreigners as a professional Real- Çeşme is Turkish. Mass tourism similar like in Estate broker with all procedures. One of the main goals for Aegean Alanya/Antalya is not the case in Çeşme since this area Locations is to provide personal tailor-made services to property is more exclusive with higher standards. High rise buyers with upmost integrity and expand our international agent concrete constructions are not allowed in Çeşme, so it team in a rapid pace. still has an authentic appearance. Because more people are discovering the area new projects (mostly villas) are developed every year.

SKYLOUNGE Portrait Aegean Locations Aegean Locations is a company with a European mind-set which focuses on offering real-estate projects in Turkey’s most beautiful area to customers all over the globe. The mission of Aegean Locations is to provide a total service package for buyers including: selecting the right property, dealing with local government procedures, setting up contracts, checking ownership documents, guiding transactions and payments plus tax/insurance procedures. Throughout the years we have generated much experience with buying and selling properties in Turkey. We noticed that it was difficult to find a reliable real-estate broker which can provide the same level of service like European real-estate brokers are providing. For the last 2 years we are successfully purchasing, and renting out various properties for our customers. For your peace of mind Aegean Locations is also member of the Izmir Chamber of Commerce and has all real-estate registrations and licenses in place (Sorumlu Emlak Danışmanı Seviye 5). Quality Property Aegean Locations only offers quality real-estate directly from the most highly respected builders. All the properties we offer are inspected for proper concrete, earthquake resistance and durable materials. Unfortunately there are plenty of builders who chose to work with cheap materials in order to create a lower cost price. All properties at Aegean Locations are selected for their high quality. AEGEAN EMLAK YAPI TİCARET IZMIR CESME T. +90 553 686 1196 İTHALAT İHRACAT LİMİTED ŞİRKETİ Adalet Mah. Anadolu Cad. 16 Eylül Mah. 3047 [email protected] No: 41 İÇ Kapi No: 081 - 1 Sk. No:9 www.aegeanlocations.com Bayrakli - Izmir Çeşme - Izmir

Highest level of personalized service distinguishes their prestigious company. Their team of experienced agents are committed and ready to help! Multilingual Professional Integrity





Property buying procedures for foreigners? Because of the central location of Turkey it has a history of foreign property buyers already for hundreds of years. If the property or land is not located in a protected area a foreign buyer can easily purchase their dream house, land or other investment. We guide our clients with opening their own Turkish bank account on their name. After a property is selected and a price is agreed we will set-up the official sales agreements and a pre-payment will be made to the developer or seller. This pre-payment is stated in the sales agreement as well. A date of official exchange will be organized at the “Tapu” office and all necessary documents will be provided. This can take maximum 4 days. At the date of exchange a transfer will be made to the developer/seller and the title deed is provided that same day. In general we inform our clients to stay at least 14 days in Turkey to arrange all procedures. The big advantage for non-EU citizens is that in most cases (Except from rare protected area properties) there is no need to open a company or other difficult constructions.

Design Villa Ovacık - Çeşme $ 575.000 Snapshots of our property portfolio

Luxurious sea-view apartments Çeşme $ 203.000 Stone-build sea-view apartments Çeşme Centre $ 115.000

Design Villas Alaçatı $ 453.000 Ultra Luxurious Residences $ 532.000

Off-plan project Izmir Centre $ 72.500

Unique Stone Villa Alaçatı $ 503.000

Luxurious Sea-view apartments Çeşme $ 178.000

“The shining jewel on the crown of Turkish tourism” Where is Çeşme? Çeşme The more than 20 beaches of Çeşme are easily competing with any of the best beaches in the world, and for every type of person there is a beach. The weather is nice from March till October and never uncomfortable hot because of the windy location. Therefore the region is also internationally famous for surf possibilities. This area in Turkey is one of the most important areas for tourism and its importance will only increase in the coming years. At this moment Çeşme still keeps its high quality image and new hotels plus restaurants are opening every year. In the centre of Çeşme a high class Yacht harbour was created in 2010 and a few years later a Yacht harbour in the close by area Alaçatı. Because of this reason and all the 5 star hotels plus amazing restaurants/nightlife Çeşme can be seen as a more affordable Turkish ‘’Saint Tropez’’ or ‘’Monaco’’. High quality tourists slowly start discovering Çeşme and cruise ships are stopping of in Çeşme these days. Furthermore there is an international ferry harbour in Çeşme which provides easy direct trips to different Greek Islands with Chios as closest destination (45 minutes/€ 25). Using the highway from Istanbul to Izmir it takes approximately 4 hours to reach Çeşme from Istanbul. Where is Çeşme? Çeşme is located about 80 KM west of the third largest city in Turkey named Izmir. The city of Izmir has a population of 3+ million citizens. A super modern 3 lane highway will bring you from Çeşme to Izmir in 45 minutes. If you arrive by plane the Izmir airport ‘’Adnan Menderes’’ will welcome you and within 1 hour you will reach Çeşme by car/taxi/ or hourly shuttle bus.

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Where is Izmir? “The pearl of the Aegean” Izmir is located at the Aegean coast at about 1 hour distance from seaside resort Çeşme. Izmir is served by national and international flights through the Adnan Menderes International Airport. Izmir has an extensive bus system, a metro and rail system plus a large urban ferry network. The rapid transit metro line running from the southwest to the northeast of the city is very convenient. The city also has a highway to Çeşme, Güzelbahçe, Urla as well as a ring around the city. Izmir Izmir is called ‘’The pearl “of the Aegean and is the third largest city in Turkey. The city of Izmir is composed of several metropolitan districts. The district of Konak corresponds to historical Izmir. With the formation of the ‘’Greater Izmir Metropolitan Municipality’’ the city grouped its ten urban districts: Balçova, Bayraklı, Bornova, Buca, Çiğli, Gaziemir, Karabağlar, Karşıyaka, Konak, Narlıdere. The fact that almost half of its population of 4 million are under the age of 30, makes Izmir a city full of life. The city hosts tens of thousands university students, scientists, academics, and business leaders. Because of the perfect climate, Izmir has a wonderful natural environment for agriculture products like olives, figs, grapes and cotton. Various sea food, wines, local herbs, olive oil and the delicious cuisine make Izmir also an interesting city for gourmets. The city is attracting investors through its strategic location and its new and highly developed technological infrastructure in transportation, telecommunications and energy. The province as a whole is Turkey’s third largest exporter after Istanbul and Bursa. Turkish exports are made with an yearly container loading close to a million through the Port of Alsancak. This together with all the international trade fairs makes Izmir a very interesting city for business.

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Petra Kaltenbach P.O. Box 102761 Dubai UAE, Mobile +971 50 873 8672 Email [email protected]

‫مقابلة مع بترا كالتنباخ‬ ‫‪One on one‬‬ ‫‪with‬‬

Five minutes with Petra Kaltenbach 1. A Fine Artist, Video Artist, Curator, Graphic Designer and Energy Healer, what in your own words describes you the best? My great love for art and creation has been with me all It is a need for me to involve the art lover in my my life. I first studied visual communication, was a thoughts and to communicate with him. Because of its creative partner in an advertising agency, and then properties, the pomegranate is my favourite object on devoted myself to painting. I took my affinity for which I can project my transformative thoughts. In technology into painting to create videos and integrate addition to the beautiful shape of the pomegranate, it is new technologies into my art. I understand art as an said to be a divine fruit and to represent love, health ongoing cooperation with God, in which my healing and wealth - all characteristics that stand for the abilities enable me to understand the divine deeply. characteristics of this region and that have strong Among other things, this gave rise to my core topic transformative powers. TRANSFORMATION.. 4. Holding also the prestigious position as one of the 2. You moved in 2004 to Dubai, how has the Art World Curators for World Art Dubai, how hard is it nowadays changed in UAE since that time? for young artists/newcomers to establish & express themselves through their works to a wider audience, In 2004, the art scene in Dubai was barely noticeable. I especially in the GCC region and what advice would would call it a grassroot scene. You mainly saw you give them? calligraphic works and little art from the western world. It is remarkable how much Dubai has now established Nowadays it is neither easier nor harder to find your itself as an international art hub. Our art scene is way and taking it than at another time. The greatest diverse and is becoming more and more lively. The part of success or failure depends on personal attitudes. government and high-level organizations are creating By that I mean e.g. Questions like: Do I believe in myself an increasingly professional art scene. Artists of various and my art? How independent is my style? Is my art genres are active, at private and public events. I find the competitive: price / performance? Etc. Large high proportion of female artists particularly pleasing, international art fairs such as World Art Dubai offer which is unusually high here. talented artists an ideal platform to show their art to an international audience, to gain contacts, and to sell. I 3. Let’s talk about your work, we can see a pattern of can only advise every artist to present themselves specific motifs used in your paintings (the regularly at such art events and to take part in tenders. pomegranate fruit), can you elaborate on that bit and Among other things, I oversee the Emerging Artist Prize what is it you like to express through your entire work of World Art Dubai and am pleased not only to see the of arts? growing number of applications, but in particular the increasing quality of the submitted works. My works deal with a wide variety of aspects of transformation and continuously convey new insights and eye-opening experiences to the viewer. Finally: What’s the best piece of advice given to you? The best advice I was given is: Put yourself out there and shine. Petra, we thank you for the interview.

Tamed Series of 9 motifs 40x40cm, on iron, acrylic and rust, CanonUV printed patterns in varnish, framed 3 prints per motif, every artwork will look different because the rust will grow.

Inspired 2018, Dubai, UAE, 76x100cm, on canvas, acrylic, UV-print, 23k gold leaves

THE BIGGER SELF 2018, 150x120cm, on canvas, Acrylic and UV Print About Petra Petra Kaltenbach moved to Dubai in 2004 when the transforming period of this city begun and which has lasted since that time. This process from the old into the new inspired her in many different ways and TRANSFORMATION became her core theme. As a fine artist, video artist, graphic designer and energy healer Petra experienced the special magic which has its home here in Dubai. The authentic inner transformation allows humans to step out of the restricted psychological conditioning and mental structures into freedom, expansiveness and peace of the true real nature. Petra developed special techniques ( QR-Code, UV-printing) to express her inner attitude in many creative ways. She has been able to integrate her healing abilities into her art to mediate positive energies to the viewer, which provide him with positive vibes in many different life situations. Shortlisted by the IEAA and for the Burj Khalifa Façade her art got attention and recognition. In 2018, World Art Dubai awarded Petra as the best UAE-resident-artist. Petra’s art is not only playful and profound, but also transports transformatory thoughts in very unusual ways.

Glimpses from the opening ceremony of the ‘Common Ground Art Exhibition’, where Petra Kaltenbach’s artwork is on display amongst the 100 creative pieces from the 100 creative minds based in the UAE – an insightful journey for the art lovers! The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. Salah Abdul Aziz Al Qassim, Advisor, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority along with Khalil Abdulwahid, the Visual Arts Manager at Dubai Culture and Arts Authority.









WOMEN IN ART 4th March 2020

Petra Kaltenbach is one of the curators & jurors for the World Art Dubai Emerging Artists Prize 2020! This is another feather in her cap & yet a perfect way to contribute to the society by paving way for the young talent.



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