1530 Real Estate advises VDG Real Estate on the sale of Four Portfolio

VDG Real Estate has sold VDG Four Portfolio totaling 67,000 sqm to Australia’s Macquarie Asset Management – a global financial services company. 1530 Real Estate assisted VDG Real Estate in the sale of the three state-of-the-art logistics newbuild properties.

One hundred percent has already been leased to both national and international tenants. LSE Logistics moved into a 14,000 sqm development in Venlo. In Ede, a bespoke property of 13,000 sqm is being realised for tenant HatchTech. Lastly, in Helmond, an industrial property of 40,000 sqm will be realised for tenant Modexpress. All properties will be or have been built by construction company Unibouw – part of Van Dijk Groep – and completed by mid-2023.

Buyer Macquarie Asset Management has been investing in the European logistics property sector for 15 years and manages a portfolio of 67 properties in Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and the UK. Christian Goebel, co-head of Macquarie Asset Management’s Core/Core-Plus Real Estate strategy: “We are delighted with the expansion of our logistics footprint that we are doing with this. Combining strategic positions along the axes of Europe’s supply chain networks and forward-looking facilities, this portfolio will help meet the demands of tenants and consumers in the evolving digital economy. “

Erik van Dijk, owner VDG Real Estate: “A portfolio like this with particularly high-quality, sustainable and future-oriented properties deserves nothing less than a reliable buyer like Macquarie Asset Management. Moreover, so do our valued users. For this reason, this deal was negotiated off-market.”

VDG Real Estate was assisted by 1530 Real Estate and CMS on legal matters and Savills acted as commercial advisor on behalf of the buyer.

About Macquarie Asset Management
Macquarie Asset Management is committed to delivering positive impact for all and manages more than €523 billion of assets globally for institutions, pension funds, governments and individuals. It provides access to specialised investment expertise in a number of areas, including infrastructure, green investments, real estate, agricultural and natural assets, asset finance, private credit, equities, fixed income and multi-asset solutions.

Macquarie Asset Management is part of Macquarie Group. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group is a diversified financial group providing its clients with asset management, financing, banking, advisory, risk and capital solutions in debt, equity and commodities. Macquarie Group employs a total of about 18,000 people in 33 markets. The group is registered on the Australian Securities Exchange.

All figures as at 31 March 2022. For more information, please visit macquarie.com.

About VDG Real Estate
VDG Real Estate is an ‘A to Z developer’ dealing with projects starting from 10,000 sqm. It currently has over one million square metres under development with a focus on logistics and industrial real estate. The focus here is on sustainability, design, value retention towards the future and delivering customised solutions. Through intensive internal and external collaborations