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Fund makes new investment in logistics

The partnership between Norges Bank Investment Management and Prologis has acquired 11 logistics properties in Germany, located in Berlin and the Rhine-Ruhr area.

20 July 2021

The agreement was signed 19 May 2021, and the transaction was completed 30 June 2021.

Norges Bank Investment Management paid 108 million euros for its 47 percent ownership interest. The properties are unencumbered by debt, and no financing was involved in the transaction.

Prologis will own the remaining 53 percent interest and will perform the asset management of the properties on behalf of the joint venture.

The seller is a German listed real estate company.

The properties have a total leasable area of 548 000 square meters.

Disposes logistics property

The partnership has sold one logistics property located in Jeffersonville, Southern Indiana.

The agreement was signed 26 March 2021, and the transaction was completed 17 May 2021.

Norges Bank Investment Management received 45 million US dollars for its 45 percent ownership interest in the property. The property was acquired as part of a larger portfolio transaction in 2015. 

The buyer of the property is a fund managed by Hines.

The building has a total leasable area of 1.0 million square feet.

Disposes logistics properties

The partnership has also sold 27 logistics properties located across multiple US markets, including Memphis, Louisville, Seattle, Baltimore/DC and South Florida.

The agreement was signed on 2 June 2021, and the transaction was completed 14 July 2021.

Norges Bank Investment Management received 206 million US dollars for its 45 percent ownership interest in the properties. The properties were acquired as part of a larger portfolio transaction in January 2020. 

The buyer of the properties is a fund managed by Ares Management.

The buildings have a total leasable area of 5.1 million square feet.

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