Who is the mysterious 85-year-old plastic surgeon who bought Antwerp’s Stadsfeestzaal for 50 million?

He may be 85, but Jules Hayen can now call himself the new owner of the iconic Antwerp City Festival Hall. The real estate company of the elderly plastic surgeon from Hasselt reportedly paid around 50 million euros for it. Who is this man, and how did he become one of the largest real estate investors in luxurious retail properties in Belgium? “When he is in Belgium, he still makes his rounds through the Antwerp shops every day, pushed along in a wheelchair.”

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