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About

Criterion home for life

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Criterion Portugal was founded in 2022 with an ambitious goal: to build homes for life, for today's families and future generations.

Criterion Portugal was founded in 2022 with an ambitious goal: to build homes for life, for today's families and future generations.

With a philosophy focused on improving the quality of life of communities and their inhabitants, our developments bring a new perspective to housing projects.

Sustainability in its broadest sense is the anchor of our initiatives and a requirement we make of all our partners.

We want to be part of the future of Portuguese families, both by making the most of their investment and by providing high quality at balanced prices.

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The Company

The Company

Our history is recent, but our DNA contains the English sensitivity and culture of the founder of Criterion Capital, the financial fund that decided to invest in Portugal by creating Criterion Portugal, with strict parameters of efficiency and focus on customers and their needs.

Over the last 2 years, Criterion Portugal has built or is developing around 1300 apartments, of which we highlight the Alma Gardens and Alma Hills projects in Miraflores under construction and sale, the ParQ project in Oeiras under development.

With a set of assets valued at over €100m, Criterion Portugal aims to become the leader in the residential market in Portugal.

We exist with a greater purpose: to design and build modern, space-efficient homes that are market leaders.
We provide great value homes that are affordable for first-time buyers and those looking to expand their family.
We achieve this goal through carefully crafted projects and the use of smart technologies and environmentally friendly materials.

Values

Innovation

We believe that innovation is the basis of all the value we add to the market and to our customers. We innovate by seeking, above all, sustainability that encompasses all phases of the projects and the entire supply chain. This starts with efficient construction and the creation of the best hygiene and health conditions for those who build. It obliges us to seek to achieve a zero carbon footprint, promote biodiversity and foster environmental quality in our apartments, namely with a significant increase in energy efficiency.

Sustainability that is ensured by strict compliance with national and international standards and validated by BREEAM certification. Innovating at various levels is essential to guarantee the continuity of everything we do, with the certainty that only by innovating can we achieve positive social value.

Maximum efficiency

Efficiency begins with intelligent design that encompasses all phases of the projects and translates into quality architecture and construction, for which we seek the best partners.

Efficiency is also reflected in an internal culture of resource optimization and zero waste.

It is this culture of efficiency that allows us to have highly controlled costs that will translate into a fair balance between quality and price.

Total focus on the customer

Customer satisfaction is a constant concern that begins with the design of projects and extends to the innovation of our after-sales service.

For Criterion Portugal, it is not enough to just build and sell. Customers, whether they are first-time home buyers or investors, are the reason for our developments and, as such, they are the center of our attention, before, during and, above all, after any successful purchase.

We focus on the details that make everyday life easier and on the intelligent and personalized management of buildings, so that their days and lives run with the quality they deserve.

Our commitment

Our greatest commitment is to sustainability, which allows us to ensure quality, for today and for the future.

We have a holistic vision of sustainability, which ranges from design to materials and construction systems, to interior elements and surrounding green spaces, to which we add concern for biodiversity, which leads us to constantly strive to do the best that current science allows us to do.

The experience and translation of this commitment into work is attested by BREEAM certification, a world leader in the certification system in all dimensions of sustainability, with certain Criterion Portugal projects having achieved the “very good” rating.

The BREEAM system reduces both the search for zero carbon in buildings and the creation of healthy environments for people, taking care of thermal and sound comfort, adequate ventilation and air quality, thus promoting the well-being of the inhabitants of our developments.

Optimizing the use of resources, from a perspective of circularity and reuse, is another parameter that defines our actions both in terms of housing and surrounding spaces, taking care to ensure the environmental balance of everything that is built, preserving the biodiversity and typical nature of each location.

Our commitment
Social responsibility

Social responsibility

The way we approach our responsibility towards our communities is the result of our vision and our philosophy. Homes for life, for the families of today and the future. That is why we do not want our children to grow up without love, without a home and without a family, which is why we contribute to Aldeias SOS. We are also working to establish intelligent partnerships with the communities where our projects are integrated, contributing to a more harmonious development.

Criterion Portugal sets a generous example of corporate partnership. We deeply appreciate this friendship and support.

Nuno Pestana
SOS Children's Villages

The team

Asif Aziz
Asif Aziz
Founder & CEO
Luís Cabral Menezes
Luís Cabral Menezes
Head of Country
Daria Aziz
Daria Aziz
Head of Interior Design
Danny Venceslau
Danny Venceslau
Head of Sales & Marketing
Tim Bystead
Tim Bystead
Head of Planning & Design
Saskia Jiggens
Saskia Jiggens
Head of Comunications
Samuel Resende
Samuel Resende
Managing Architect
Pedro Crespo
Pedro Crespo
Head of Aquisition
António Santos Joaquim
António Santos Joaquim
Sales Advisor
Nuno Pinto Borges
Nuno Pinto Borges
Sales Advisor
Amilcar Séca
Amilcar Séca
Sales Advisor

Partnerships

We choose our partners from the best to ensure not only the quality but also the continuity of our projects.