UBS Euroinvest Fund Acquires Core Madrid Office Asset

6 March 2018 – Property Funds World

UBS Real Estate has acquired the Titán 8 office asset in Madrid on behalf of the UBS (D) Euroinvest Immobilien fund. This transaction represents Euroinvest’s debut investment since the fund’s recent strategic relaunch.

Titán 8 is a prominent office asset in the south of Madrid comprising 18 storeys spread across 10,633 sqm and including 228 underground car parking spaces. The imposing tower has been acquired in Grade A condition having been completed according to the highest quality, efficiency and design standards in 2008 and well-maintained since. It features a glass curtain wall façade that offers impressive views from upper levels. Main tenants are from the financial business, the energy and service provider industry.

The asset is strategically located in Madrid’s business district of Méndez Álvaro, in the south of the city centre, and benefits from strong transport links, positioned adjacent to the M30 ring-road, providing access to Madrid’s international airport in just 15 minutes and with the capital’s main train station, Atocha, nearby. With highly constrained supply in the area and resilient occupier demand, Méndez Álvaro office rents have demonstrated buoyant performance over recent years.

Euroinvest comprises an EUR820 million portfolio of predominantly core office assets located across key European cities. Following a strategic review of the Fund, Euroinvest has strengthened its core-profile through the disposal of non-strategic assets and delivered a strong performance of 4.4 percent for its investors (as of 31 December 2017), outperforming its benchmark (MSCI OFIX Europe) by 260 basis points. The Fund’s management team is actively seeking further attractive investment opportunities that are in line with its strategy across top performing European markets.

Alexander Isak, Fund Manager of Euroinvest, says: “As the fund’s maiden investment since relaunching, Titán 8 is a perfect illustration of the high quality and resilient assets that we are targeting, benefitting from an excellent location which is proven to generate robust occupier demand and offering further upside as the Spanish economy strengthens.”

“We are pleased to be in a position to prudently invest in new attractive opportunities that we are identifying in the market, following a disciplined programme of non-strategic disposals and the extensive management of the Fund’s assets that has delivered a viable core European real estate portfolio for our investors.”

Euroinvest was established in 1999 as the first open-ended public fund focusing primarily on institutional investors, with this category of investors currently holding more than 95 percent of the Fund’s units. Its investment strategy is focused on core office properties located in the strongest European cities, demonstrating resilient occupational demand.

Original story: Property Funds World

Edited by: Carmel Drake