Industrial Property Trust Inc. (IPT) — Denver-based Black Creek Group’s sponsored investment fund — has closed on the sale of its wholly-owned real estate portfolio to affiliates of Prologis, Inc., in a deal valued at $4 billion.
The transaction consisted of 236 properties located across 24 geographic areas and 37.5 million square feet of industrial holdings that are currently 96 percent leased.
“Black Creek has a long history of creating value through our investment solutions and the completion of this transaction is a testament to both our strategy and the strength of the industrial sector,” said Raj Dhanda, chief executive officer, Black Creek Group. “We are pleased to deliver on our commitment of building high-quality portfolios that provide investors with healthy shareholder returns and we remain dedicated to the industrial sector as we continue to acquire and develop industrial assets for our other portfolios. Our goal is to continue to deliver strong investment results for investors in our portfolios in the future.”
Black Creek currently offers investment solutions that span all major property types and strategies, which include core, value-add and opportunistic. The completion of this transaction marks the seventh platform that Black Creek has taken full cycle through either a liquidity event or an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.
The transaction will expand Prologis’ presence in strategic markets across the United States, including Southern California, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, Seattle, Dallas and New Jersey.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, which was announced last July, Prologis acquired IPT through its two U.S. co-investment ventures, split evenly between USLF and USLV.
“We are very pleased to add IPT’s portfolio to our platform,” said Prologis chief investment officer Eugene F. Reilly. “These high-quality assets are in markets and submarkets that we believe offer the best long-term investment potential. In addition, we welcome IPT’s 450 customers, 172 of which are existing Prologis relationships. With this acquisition, we have increased our presence in key U.S. markets and will leverage the benefit of our scale and proven operating expertise to deliver enhanced service to our customers, maximizing shareholder value.”
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Eastdil Secured, L.L.C. acted as financial advisors to IPT. CBRE, Inc. acted as real estate advisor to IPT. Hogan Lovells acted as legal advisor to IPT.
