Who is Pylos

Pylos is a privately-owned commercial real estate development firm with Belgian roots and an international footprint. The company was founded in 2001 by Vincent Boutens and Edward de Nève, experienced real estate professionals who joined forces to create a lean and creative property development firm which works by the motto: buy time, optimize equity and limit risks.

The first projects developed by Pylos were office development in the Brussels region. The company quickly saw the opportunity to expand to neighboring Luxembourg, where it developed iconic projects like ‘Gare Immo’, amongst others. France followed, with a focus on build-to-suit projects. In 2010, driven by the growing Brazilian economy, Pylos opened an office in São Paulo and developed several properties, including yoo2 Rio de Janeiro hotel. In 2013, Pylos looked at the African market by developing retail projects in Zambia and Mozambique. In each country of activity, Pylos partnered with strong locally anchored professionals with vast property experience in their countries.

Since its inception, the Pylos Group has developed and sold a total of 35 projects with a total sales value of more than EUR950m in these markets, with a number of projects still in portfolio.

Pylos Group

  • Vincent Boutens
    Founder Pylos Group

    Vincent started his first years of law studies at FDNP University in Namur and obtained a law degree at the Leuven University. After this he studied Economics at Ichec. His professional career began at Kinnarps, where he worked as sales manager for 5 years. His next challenge was at DTZ, where he worked in the facility management division until he founded Pylos together with Edward.

  • Edward De Nève
    Founder Pylos Group

    Edward has a degree in Communications (Erasmus Brussels) and a master’s degree in Marketing (London school of Economics). He started his real estate career at King Sturge (Brussels) and Hays DX (London), after which he worked in the DTZ Corporate Real Estate Services department until the creation of Pylos. Edward’s main focus within the Pylos Group lies in the commercial and strategic focus of the Group.

  • Maarten Pauwelyn
    Chief Operating Officer

    Maarten Pauwelyn studied Business Economics at the KU Leuven and Master in Financial Management at the Vlerick Business School. He gained his first work experience in the Belgian strategy consulting company and joined Pylos in 2013 as a Prince Albert Fund Grantee where his role was to assist in the expansion of the Pylos operations abroad. He has since played an important role in various projects of the group in Zambia, Mozambique and Brazil. In his current role, he oversees the operations of the group in the various countries, with a focus on financial and commercial matters.