VGP and Allianz Joint Venture Completes €68 million Logistics Portfolio Purchase
June 16 2021 - 12:00PM
VGP and Allianz Joint Venture Completes €68 million Logistics
Portfolio Purchase
PRESS RELEASE
Regulated Information
Antwerp, Belgium, 16 June 2021 (6.00 p.m.
CET)
VGP NV ('VGP' or 'the Company') and Allianz Real
Estate, acting on behalf of several Allianz Group companies, today
announced a successful eighth closing with its 50:50 joint venture,
VGP European Logistics (‘First Joint Venture’)1. The transaction
comprised of four logistic buildings, including two buildings in a
new VGP park and another two newly completed logistic buildings
which were developed in parks previously transferred to the Joint
Venture.
The four buildings are located in Germany
(three) and in the Czech Republic (one).
The transaction value is in excess of € 68.2
million2. The gross proceeds from this transaction amounts to circa
€ 51.8 million.
The proceeds will be applied towards the further
expansion of the development pipeline i.e. acquisition of new
development land and financing of existing projects under
construction and new projects which will be started-up shortly.
Following the completion of this eighth closing
of the First Joint Venture, the First Joint Venture’s property
portfolio consist of 95 completed buildings representing around
1,780,000 m² of lettable area, with a 99.5% occupancy rate.
As with this eighth closing the First Joint
Venture has reached its expanded investment target, this was the
last closing with the First Joint Venture to include new parks.
Advanced discussion between VGP and Allianz Real Estate with
regards to the expansion of the First Joint Venture are progressing
well and expected to be finalized in the coming period.
For Allianz Real Estate, this transaction adds
to its €9.4 billion global logistics AuM, an asset class in which
the firm has materially increased its exposure over the last few
years with a focus on grade A logistics portfolios in prime
locations.
For VGP the increase in the joint ventures’
portfolio should have a further positive impact on the fee income
generated by the asset-, property-, and development management
services rendered by VGP to the Joint Ventures.
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Martijn Vlutters VGP – Investor Relations |
Tel: +32 (0)3 289 1433 |
Petra Vanclova VGP – External Communications |
Tel: +42 0 602 262 107 |
Anette NachbarBrunswick Group |
Tel: +49 152 288 10363 |
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ABOUT VGP
VGP is a pan-European developer, manager and
owner of high-quality logistics and semi-industrial real estate.
VGP operates a fully integrated business model with capabilities
and longstanding expertise across the value chain. The company has
a development land bank (owned or committed) of 8.54 million m² and
the strategic focus is on the development of business parks.
Founded in 1998 as aBelgian family-owned real estate developer in
the Czech Republic, VGP with a staff of c. 300 employees today owns
and operates assets in 11 European countries directly and through
several 50:50 joint ventures. As of December 2020, the Gross Asset
Value of VGP, including the joint ventures at 100%, amounted to €
3.84 billion and the company had a Net Asset Value (EPRA NAV) of €
1.35 billion. VGP is listed on Euronext Brussels and on the Prague
Stock Exchange (ISIN: BE0003878957).
For more information, please visit:
http://www.vgpparks.eu
1 VGP and Allianz Real Estate own three 50:50 joint ventures (i)
the First Joint Venture i.e. VGP European Logistics S.à.r.l. and
(ii) the Second Joint Venture i.e. VGP European Logistics 2
S.à.r.l. and (iii) the Third Joint Venture i.e. VGP Park München
GmbH2 The transaction value is composed of the purchase price for
the completed income generating buildings and the net book value of
the development pipeline which is transferred as part of a closing
but not yet paid for by the First Joint Venture.
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