Revive

What Revive does

Revive is a Belgian sustainable project developer headquartered in Gent, founded in 2009, that specializes in brown-to-green urban regeneration. The company acquires forgotten, often polluted industrial and brownfield sites and redevelops them into sustainable residential and mixed-use neighborhoods, applying circular material reuse and energy-efficient construction techniques. Notable projects include Pier Kornel (joint venture), Minerve, 't Verband, and Saffrou across Belgian cities, plus a recently signed purchase agreement for the historic Solvay site in Brussels (December 2025).

Revive operates across Belgium (Flanders and Brussels) with additional project locations in Poland, employing 101-250 people. Its GTM motion is sales-led and direct: the company markets ready-to-move-in and under-development residential and commercial properties through its own website (revive.be), supported by content marketing via a blog and social media channels. Revive holds two key customer segments as primary — individual buyers and renters seeking sustainable, future-proof housing — while also serving property investors (via the 6% VAT investment scheme on apartments) and public housing providers (as evidenced by its participation in the Affordable Housing Forum 2026 in Kyiv). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contact-direct model.

Revive generates revenue through the sale and rental of residential and commercial properties within its regeneration projects. The firm has built a differentiated competitive position as the first project developer worldwide with B Corp certification and the first B Corp in Belgium, reinforced by dual gold wins at the Trends Impact Awards 2025 (SME Biodiversity and Global Impact SME). Strategic partnerships, notably with Belfius Immo, and the establishment of Revive Fund Management as a sub-brand, institutionalize capital relationships and broaden the project pipeline. CEO Alexandre Huyghe leads the company, with founder Nicolas Bearelle serving as executive chairman.

Name

Revive

Legal name

Revive

Website

https://revive.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Revive is a Belgian sustainable project developer (HQ Gent, founded 2009) that transforms polluted industrial and urban brownfield sites into sustainable residential neighborhoods using circular material reuse and energy-efficient construction. It sells and rents properties directly across Flanders, Brussels, and Poland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainable Real Estate Development

NAICS

Residential Building Construction (23611), Residential Remodelers (236118)

SIC

Land Subdividers & Developers (No Cemeteries) (6552)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIANAI

Urban Renewal, Brownfield Redevelopment & Land Reuse

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Housing, Urban Planning & Community Development

Keywords

• Sustainable property development
• Urban regeneration
• Brownfield redevelopment
• Residential construction
• Affordable housing

Headquarters

HQ city

Gent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Property sales and rentals: Revive generates revenue through the sale and rental of residential and commercial properties in sustainable urban redevelopment projects. Properties are marketed as ready-to-move-in offerings and development projects across Belgium.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Revive is a Belgian sustainable project developer that transforms forgotten and polluted urban areas (brownfield sites) into sustainable, vibrant residential and mixed-use neighborhoods. The company develops, sells, and rents ready-to-move-in properties using circular material reuse and energy-efficient construction techniques, with project operations spanning Flanders, Brussels, and Poland.

Product overview

Revive is a home value optimization company offering the Revive AI platform—a unified AI-driven tool for real estate agents that combines valuation intelligence, local market data, home condition analysis, homeowner financial modeling, and investment scenarios. The platform includes Smart Value Comparison and room-by-room condition analysis features to help agents guide homeowners on maximizing property value before selling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Revive Fund Management: Fund management division of Revive focused on sustainable investment projects

Products and services

• Pier Kornel (JV) Sustainable residential development project in Aalst, Belgium, offered as ready-to-move-in housing through a joint venture arrangement.
• Minerve Sustainable residential development project marketed by Revive as a ready-to-move-in offering.
• 't Verband Sustainable mixed residential and workspace redevelopment of the former Sint-Jozef clinic site in Gentbrugge, integrating living, working, and entrepreneurship, with apartments qualifying for the 6% VAT investment scheme.
• Saffrou Sustainable new-build residential project in Oudenaarde, offered as a ready-to-move-in (Instapklaar) property.
• Komet Mechelen (Fase 3) Sustainable residential development project in Mechelen (phase 3), developed in collaboration with Belfius Immo as part of Revive's sustainable urban development portfolio.
• Îlot111 (Jean Wauters site) Temporary community creative hub at the Jean Wauters site in Brussels, serving as a vibrant ecosystem for creativity and social engagement during site redevelopment.
• Solvay Site (Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels) Planned sustainable revitalisation of the historic Solvay industrial site in Neder-Over-Heembeek, Brussels, intended for redevelopment into a future-proof urban neighborhood.
• Revive Fund Management Fund management arm of Revive that structures and manages sustainable real estate investment funds, enabling investment in Revive's urban regeneration projects.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Belfius ImmocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership between Belfius Immo and Revive for sustainable urban development. Collaboration includes fund investments and shared vision on sustainability, societal impact, and long-term value creation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ghelamco: Ghelamco is a large Belgian real estate developer active in mixed-use, residential, and office projects across Belgium and Poland. It is directly comparable to Revive because it operates in the same geographies with a similar project-development model, though at a significantly larger scale and without Revive's brownfield regeneration specialization.
• Immobel: Immobel is a listed Belgian real estate developer focused on mixed-use, residential, and office projects in Belgium and selected EU cities. It is comparable to Revive as a Belgian-headquartered project developer with a sustainability agenda, although it is much larger, publicly listed, and not specialized in brownfield redevelopment.
• BoKlok (IKEA/Skanska JV): BoKlok is a joint venture between IKEA and Skanska developing affordable, sustainable, modular homes across Europe. It is comparable to Revive because both target affordable, sustainable residential buyers with an explicit focus on energy efficiency and accessibility, though BoKlok uses modular factory-built construction rather than brownfield regeneration.

Emerging players

• Triple Living: Triple Living is a Dutch sustainable residential developer focused on circular and energy-positive housing. It is comparable to Revive as a like-sized European specialist in circular material reuse and energy-efficient residential development, though it focuses on greenfield new-build rather than brownfield regeneration.
• EDGE Technologies: EDGE Technologies is a Dutch developer of sustainable, technology-driven buildings. It is comparable to Revive in its emphasis on energy efficiency and sustainable building practices in the Benelux, although EDGE focuses primarily on commercial office and technology-forward real estate rather than brownfield-to-residential regeneration.
• Ballymore Group: Ballymore is a UK/Ireland-based developer of large-scale, mixed-use urban regeneration projects, often on former industrial or dockside sites. It is comparable to Revive as a brownfield-to-residential regeneration specialist with a strong sustainability brand, although Ballymore operates at significantly larger project scale primarily in the UK and Ireland.

Broad incumbents

• BPD (Bouwfonds Property Development): BPD is one of the largest residential property developers in the Netherlands, part of Rabobank, and operates across multiple EU markets. It is comparable to Revive as a large-scale residential developer with an explicit focus on sustainable and affordable housing in Western Europe, though at materially greater scale and without the brownfield specialization.
• BESIX Real Estate: BESIX Real Estate is the Belgian property development arm of the BESIX Group, active in residential, mixed-use, and commercial developments across Belgium and the wider EU. It is comparable to Revive as a Belgian-headquartered developer with sustainability-oriented projects, but with broader capabilities and significantly larger scale.
• AG Real Estate: AG Real Estate is the real estate arm of Ageas, operating as a Belgian investor and developer across residential, office, and logistics assets. It is comparable to Revive as a Belgian real estate player with sustainability positioning and exposure to the same Belgian residential market, though it operates as a large-scale institutional investor-developer rather than a brownfield specialist.

Regional players

• Echo Investment: Echo Investment is a major Polish real estate developer active in office, residential, and mixed-use projects. It is comparable to Revive because Revive has expanded into Poland and Echo represents a key incumbent developer in the same market, with overlapping residential and sustainability positioning, though at much larger scale and without the brownfield regeneration focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAc6NclOHShEows-gdtfRtg
• Facebookfacebook.com/ReviveNV
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/re-vive
• Instagraminstagram.com/revive_webuildsociety

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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