Clarion Partners snaps up prime logistics asset in UK from BlackRock
Clarion Partners Europe, the real estate investment fund manager specialising in logistics and industrial assets, has acquired a modern warehouse in Coventry from BlackRock’s UK Property Fund for £28.3 million (€32.9 million). The deal represents the first investment on behalf of Clarion Partners Europe’s core-plus, closed ended UK logistics fund, which last month achieved a final close with £427m of equity commitments. Located on Middlemarch Business Park, an established Golden Triangle distribution hub, the 208,000 square feet property is leased...