News Article Dentons advises Hines on €140  million logistics portfolio sale
by Property Forum | Investment

Dentons’ Real Estate team in Warsaw has advised Hines Global REIT on the sale of a portfolio of five logistics properties in Poland. The transaction value was approximately €140 million. The assets were acquired by Gemini Poland Holdcos, affiliates of Blackstone Group.


The portfolio, sold by Hines, consists of two warehouses in Warsaw, one in Wrocław and two in the Silesia region. All the properties are fully leased to tenants, which include ThyssenKrupp, LG Electronics, Johnson & Johnson and Toshiba.
 
The sale of the Polish portfolio is part of a larger transaction encompassing five logistics centres in Germany. The total value of assets acquired by Blackstone in both countries is in the region of €450 million.
 
Paweł Dębowski, Chairman of Dentons’ Europe Real Estate group supervised the project. Partner Bartłomiej Kordeczka led the transaction team with the support of senior associate Hanna Żarska and junior associates Maja Cywińska and Jacek Korcz.