Tag: Freo Group

Merlin Properties Sells Portfolio of Office Buildings for €225 Million

2 December 2019 – Merlin Properties announced that it had finalised the sale of a portfolio of 26 office buildings in Madrid and Barcelona to Cain International and the European real estate investment platform Freo Group for 225 million euros. The assets have a total surface area of ​​133,218 square meters, generating a gross rental income of about 11.8 million euros.

Twenty-one of the buildings in the portfolio are located in Madrid, while the rest are in Barcelona. The business parks include the two Muntadas, next to the El Prat airport, the Citypark in Cornellá, the Minipark complexes in Alcobendas and El Plantío in Madrid.

Original Story: Bolsamanía / Europa Press

Adaptation/Translation: Richard D. K. Turner

US Fund Cain to Acquire Portfolio of Second Tier Offices from Merlin Properties

15 August 2019

Cain, a real estate investment fund, is in talks with Merlin Properties to acquire a portfolio of second-tier office assets for more than 200 million euros. The US firm is currently concluding the process of arranging financing to acquire the portfolio. Cain is investing in the assets in conjunction with the Freo Group.

The portfolio, known as Project Juno, is made up of Merlin’s second-tier office holdings, which do not currently fit into the Spanish socimi’s investment strategy. Such offices, however, are also highly in demand at the moment.

The portfolio’s assets include the Miniparc complex, in Soto de la Moraleja (Madrid), the headquarters of Informática El Corte Inglés, in Mirasierra to the north of Madrid and the Európolis complex, in Las Rozas.

Original Story: El Confidencial – Ruth Ugalde

Adaptation/Translation: Richard D. K. Turner

German Fund ‘Freo’ Plans To Invest €120M In Spain

3 November 2015 – Expansión

The German fund, Freo Group, plans to invest €120 million in the Spanish real estate market over the next year. To this end, it has opened a subsidiary in Spain, headquartered in Barcelona, and today, it will open an office in Madrid.

Freo Group is a private capital fund manager that also has its own investment vehicle. Founded in Frankfurt twenty years ago, the group has offices in Europe’s major cities and is currently expanding its operations into the USA. The group focuses on the investment, development and management of real estate assets.

The change in the cycle in Spain’s economy has encouraged the group to invest here now and it has hired Daniel Mayans (pictured above, right), the former Asset Management Director at GE Capital Real Estate in Spain, as the CEO of the Spanish subsidiary.

The management team of the Spanish subsidiary will focus on buying office buildings in Madrid and Barcelona, although they do not rule out the acquisition of shops and other retail premises. “Between 40% and 60% of our purchases will be financed through bank debt”, said Daniel Mayans. The period between the purchase and subsequent sale of these assets will be between five and six years.

Original story: Expansión (by Marisa Anglés)

Translation: Carmel Drake