Flanders Investment Company (FICO NV), the Belgian family-owned real estate company, has always combined tradition with long-term thinking. With its headquarters in Haaltert and a portfolio rooted in the Flemish cities: Ghent, Antwerp, Aalst and surrounding regions, FICO continually seeks the right balance between the historical significance of its properties and their modern, sustainable functionality.
This philosophy shapes the company’s approach to investment, renovation, and development across a diverse mix of offices, retail spaces, residential properties, industrial assets, hospitality locations, and heritage buildings. FICO also manages an agriculture & forestry division and has built a substantial landbank over the years.
Creating structure in a diverse and evolving portfolio
As FICO’s portfolio is very diversified and so is the complexity of maintaining and improving each asset. Different building types, functions, and life cycles require a consistent, transparent way of managing technical processes, sustainability insights, and supplier coordination.
To support this evolution, FICO has selected Proprli as the platform on which all technical and sustainability operations will be centralized. This creates a unified and structured way of working across the portfolio, while giving each building its own clear operational environment. A portion of the portfolio will be managed together with Wanaka Partners, one of Proprli’s Belgian property management partners, ensuring that owner and manager operate from the same data and processes.
Davy Braem, Head of Asset Management at FICO, says: “Our properties carry history, but our responsibility is to prepare them for the future. Bringing our technical and sustainability processes together in one system gives us the clarity we need to make informed decisions across very different asset types. It strengthens transparency, supports our long-term view, and allows us to manage our portfolio with greater consistency and purpose.”
Connecting financial and technical data through Adfinity
FICO uses Adfinity for its financial administration. Proprli is currently developing a new integration with Adfinity, which will allow maintenance plans, budgets, warranty tracking, compliance responsibilities, technical workflows, and sustainability data to be aligned directly with financial processes.
FICO, together with a small group of other Proprli clients, will be among the first to use this integration, with an expected go-live in mid-January 2026. This connection strengthens oversight and reduces manual work across teams.
Strengthening the next chapter of real estate innovation in Belgium
FICO’s step marks another moment in the growing movement within Belgium to modernise technical real estate operations. More owners and managers are moving toward connected, structured, and insight-driven technical workflows. For Proprli, this collaboration reinforces the momentum of its expansion in Belgium.
