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04/02/2022
PGIM Real Estate Enters Joint Venture With Kier Property
PGIM Real Estate has entered into a joint venture with Kier Property, on behalf of its closed European value-add strategy, European Value Partners II, to develop a portfolio of light industrial and last mile urban logistics warehouses across the UK.
PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the $1.5 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial. Kier Property is part of Kier Group.
The venture will have £400 million of capital to deploy and will seek to acquire sites in key urban areas and strategic logistics locations to develop them under Kier's successful Logistics City and Trade City brands. Kier Property has an excellent development track record in the industrial sector, having delivered over 6 million sq ft of industrial floorspace across 48 schemes. Each scheme in the joint venture will be delivered to the highest institutional specification with a strong focus on sustainability, targeting a minimum EPC rating of A and BREEAM Excellent certification.
PGIM Real Estate and Kier Property will work together to source, develop and lease the portfolio. Together, it has already secured a strong pipeline of opportunities including two developments in Bognor Regis and Knowsley and a further deal in exclusivity within Greater London.
Bognor Regis consists of 8.9-acres at Saltbox Business Park where plans are to develop 200,000 sq ft of light industrial and mid-box industrial space. At Knowsley Business Park, the venture has been selected on a 28-acre site forming part of one of Europe’s largest industrial parks.
Leigh Thomas, Managing Director at Kier Property added: "I'm pleased to announce our joint venture with PGIM Real Estate. It’s a very exciting time for Kier Property and the JV is already creating key opportunity for our businesses to target. Our industrial offer includes enhanced ESG/sustainable design and renewable technologies, alongside consideration of each building's operation and management to encourage the reduction of carbon emissions."
PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the $1.5 trillion global investment management businesses of Prudential Financial. Kier Property is part of Kier Group.
The venture will have £400 million of capital to deploy and will seek to acquire sites in key urban areas and strategic logistics locations to develop them under Kier's successful Logistics City and Trade City brands. Kier Property has an excellent development track record in the industrial sector, having delivered over 6 million sq ft of industrial floorspace across 48 schemes. Each scheme in the joint venture will be delivered to the highest institutional specification with a strong focus on sustainability, targeting a minimum EPC rating of A and BREEAM Excellent certification.
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PGIM Real Estate and Kier Property will work together to source, develop and lease the portfolio. Together, it has already secured a strong pipeline of opportunities including two developments in Bognor Regis and Knowsley and a further deal in exclusivity within Greater London.
Bognor Regis consists of 8.9-acres at Saltbox Business Park where plans are to develop 200,000 sq ft of light industrial and mid-box industrial space. At Knowsley Business Park, the venture has been selected on a 28-acre site forming part of one of Europe’s largest industrial parks.
Leigh Thomas, Managing Director at Kier Property added: "I'm pleased to announce our joint venture with PGIM Real Estate. It’s a very exciting time for Kier Property and the JV is already creating key opportunity for our businesses to target. Our industrial offer includes enhanced ESG/sustainable design and renewable technologies, alongside consideration of each building's operation and management to encourage the reduction of carbon emissions."
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