Hansteen Holdings gives European companies a place to call home. A commercial real estate investment trust (REIT), Hansteen Holdings acquires, invests in, and leases industrial properties in Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. The company manages a portfolio of more than 100 properties totaling more than 2 million sq. meters of warehouse, office building, distribution, and other commercial space. It seeks to acquire low-cost, vacant (or occupied) properties that it subsequently invests in, leases out, and in some cases, sells. Co-CEOs Morgan Jones and Ian Watson founded Hansteen in 2005.