Titanium, the joint venture between AXA IM Alts and Sirius Real Estate, have notarised the acquisition of the Sigma Technopark in Augsburg, Germany for €80m. The vendor is a German special fund managed by Corestate Group. Sigma Technopark, which will be rebranded as a Sirius business park, is a multi-tenanted business park comprising 113,000m² of space across a range of uses. In addition to over 1,500 parking spaces, the park also offers a range of onsite amenities including a canteen.
The business park is currently 90% let to 74 tenants ranging in size from well-established blue-chip corporates and public bodies through to SMEs and start-ups. These are diversified across numerous sectors including electronic production, educational organisations such as universities, logistics and technology. The asset offers strong asset management potential and the opportunity for repositioning through CAPEX investment to improve occupancy and rental rates.
Strategically located in Augsburg, Bavaria, in an area that is among the top logistics regions in Germany, Sigma Technopark benefits from excellent transport links, being situated just a 30-minute drive from Munich, and close to the B17 Autobahn. The asset is less than 4km from Augsburg’s main railway station (which connects directly to Munich, Stuttgart, Nuremberg and Würzburg) in an area that benefits from robust underlying demographics and is characterised by an imbalance between demand and supply for commercial and logistics space.
John O’Driscoll, Head of European Transactions at AXA IM Alts, commented: “This transaction further extends the portfolio of business parks we hold in our Titanium joint venture with Sirius Real Estate. It is a high-quality asset in a sector that has proven to be robust and resilient throughout the COVID-19 crisis both in terms of occupancy and rent collection. Our ambitions to grow this joint venture are strengthened and we look forward to working with Sirius Real Estate on this and future opportunities.”
Andrew Coombs, Chief Executive Officer of Sirius Real Estate, said: “This acquisition is a great example of the type of assets in which we want to invest alongside AXA IM Alts in the Titanium joint venture. It is a well located, large scale business park which offers both good quality day one income as well as an opportunity to grow rental income and create value through asset management. Alongside AXA IM Alts we have strong ambitions to grow the Titanium portfolio significantly and have a strong pipeline of further opportunities that we continue to explore.”
