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Clearbell lets 123,000 sq ft warehouse in Doncaster

2018-12-12T13:37:00+00:00By Mitchell Labiak

Clearbell has let the entire Aspect Warehouse in West Moor Park, Doncaster to MH Star on a 15-year lease.

Salmon submits planning application for 45,000 sq ft industrial scheme

2018-12-12T13:06:00+00:00By Mitchell Labiak

Salmon Harvester Properties has submitted a planning application for a 45,000 sq ft industrial development on the last remaining 2.7-acre site in Orbital Park in Ashford, Kent.

Barings buys Paco Portfolio in France

2018-12-11T12:21:00+00:00By Richard Hook

Barings Real Estate has increased the size of its French assets under management to more than €200m with the acquisition of a 968,750 sq ft logistics warehouse portfolio.

New industrial asset manager for BMO

2018-12-10T09:56:00+00:00By Richard Hook

Canada’s BMO Real Estate Partners has appointed a new asset manager to expand its industrial and logistics team in the UK.

CBRE GI teams up with Virtuo to eye €1bn logistics portfolio

2018-12-07T11:07:00+00:00By Richard Hook

CBRE Global Investors has partnered with French logistics developer Virtuo with plans to build a €1bn prime logistics portfolio across France for its Europe Value Partners 2 (EVP2) fund.

M7 adds Dublin industrial estate to portfolio

2018-12-05T11:09:00+00:00By Frances Ivens

M7 has acquired the Westlink industrial estate on the outskirts of Dublin for €13.9m (£12.4m).

FIH acquires Leyton industrial estate to house art handling business

2018-12-05T14:25:00+00:00By Richard Hook

FIH Group (Falkland Islands Holdings) has exchanged on the acquisition of a 2.5 acre industrial estate in Leyton, east London that is home to its art handling subsidiary Momart for £19.4m from H Young & Co.

Tritax raises £400m from US private placement

2018-12-05T07:55:00+00:00By David Parsley

Tritax Big Box REIT has signed up a number of new institutional investors for a private placement in the US of £400m new senior unsecured loan notes.

IOAM makes four Speke deals to take industrial park to fully let

2018-12-04T18:07:00+00:00By Richard Hook

IOAM has secured four new tenants to take its Speke Business Park on Merseyside to fully let.

AXA IM adds new head of logistics from Prologis

2018-12-03T13:37:00+00:00By Richard Hook

Prologis’ Northern Europe managing director Thomas Karmann has joined AXA Investment Managers as head of logistics as the firm seeks to increase its sector specific focus.