James Eddowes

Acting on the UK real estate aspects of the following headline making deals:

• For Blackstone on the c.£500 million financing with Barclays (by way of CMBS) of two portfolios of logistics properties comprising 66 sites.
• For Blackstone on the acquisition of a pan-European portfolio of logistics assets from Macquarie for c.€520 million.
• For Blackstone on the acquisition of the IQ student accommodation platform from Goldman Sachs for c.£4.7 billion.
• For Blackstone on the sale of Logicor to China Investment Corporation for c.€12 billion.
• For Brookfield on the acquisition of the Service Apartment Company (SACO) platform from Oaktree Capital for c.£430 million.
• For Cabot Properties on the speculative funding of a mid-box industrial/logistics development comprising 5 units at Axis J9 in Bicester.
• For Centerbridge on the acquisition of a pan-European portfolio of logistics assets for c.£60 million (UK assets) and c.€60 million (European assets).
• For Cummins (an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and distributes engines, filtration and power generation products) on the asset management of their European portfolio of real estate assets.
• For Diageo Pension Fund (managed by Savills IM) on the acquisition, development and letting of a state of the art life sciences park in Bourn, Cambridge.
• For EQT on the acquisition of the Instavolt electric vehicle charging point platform from Zouk Capital in a multi-million pound deal (pricing remains confidential).
• For Goldman Sachs in collaboration with Riverstone Living on the development of a luxury retirement living scheme in Fulham.
• For GreenPoint Partners on the acquisition of 37 car park assets from Davidson Kempner for £305 million.
• For Harbert Management Corporation on the acquisition of seven PBSA sites across England and Scotland from Starwood and Round Hill Capital for c.£130 million and the entry into a bespoke operating agreement with Abodus Student Living.
• For a JV between Lincoln Property Company and MGT Investment Management on the redevelopment of a mixed use scheme in the Station Hill area of Reading town centre.
• For Logicor on the letting of a 645,000 square foot industrial unit in Tamworth to XPO, a deal that won Best Asset Management Initiative at the Industrial Agents Society Awards.
• For SEGRO on:
  • The acquisition of Grand Union Trade Park (in Park Royal) from Abrdn for c.£80 million.
  • The sale of SEGRO Park Victoria Park (in Park Royal) for c.£115 million to Imperial College London.
  • The acquisition of Perivale Park Industrial Estate for c.£200 million from Federated Hermes.
• For Queensgate Investments on the acquisition (by way of share purchase) of four luxury Grange hotels for c.£1 billion together and the creation of income strip long lease interests.