CBRE: Inv’t In Industrial & Logistics Assets Totals €386M In H1 2015

15 July 2015 – Misnaves.es

Investment in industrial and logistics assets in Spain amounted to €386 million during the 6 months to June 2015. This figure is considerably higher than the one recorded during the same period in 2014, when only €113 million was invested, according to data from CBRE, the leading global consultancy and real estate service company.

Several factors have contributed to this increase, including the greater ease of access to financing and the expectation that rents will rise.

International investors are continuing to see Spain as an attractive market, based on their analysis of location and type of asset. Investment funds and Socimis have been the main purchasers.

Madrid and Guadalajara accounted for the majority of the activity, although one-off transactions were also recorded in other Spanish cities. These include Merlin Properties’ purchase of Testa’s portfolio, spread across several regions, with a total surface area of 209,000 m2. They also include Rockspring’s purchase of two logistical warehouses, still under construction, in Montepino and Torrejón de Ardoz, with a surface area of 49,000 m2, which will be completed during the first quarter of 2016.

Two transactions were also recorded in Barcelona, including Baraka Global Invest’s purchase from Inbusa of Alstom’s facilities in Santa Perpetua de Mogoda, with a surface area of 370,000 m2 and a price of €60 million.

Both the increase in liquidity and purchasing activity, as well as the scarcity of supply in the market, has led to the compression of prime rental yields since 2012, to their current levels of between 6.5% and 7%.

Original story: Misnaves.es

Translation: Carmel Drake

Montepino Buys Logistics Plot In Guadalajara

14 April 2015 – Expansión

The company Montepino has closed the largest purchase of industrial land since 2007.

Inversiones Montepino has acquired a plot of land in Guadalajara measuring 150,000 square metres, where it will create a logistics platform measuring 100,000 square metres.

Original story: Expansión

Translation: Carmel Drake