Patrizia has sold a retail portfolio totalling 68 properties in Germany to a fund managed by GPEP, a management platform specialised in supermarkets and retail parks across Germany. The portfolio provides approximately 122,000m² of total rental space in established retail locations, which are anchored by the leading German food retailers such as Edeka, Lidl, Netto, Penny and Rewe. Patrizia has increased the portfolio’s WALT significantly through a programme of active management, optimising value on behalf of its investors. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Daniel Herrmann, Head of Fund Management Retail at Patrizia, commented: “As one of the first institutional movers into the food retail sector, we are well placed to capitalise on the growing investor focus on the German market. This transaction is our first large scale disposal in the segment of supermarkets and discounters. We are pleased that growing numbers of German and international institutions see grocery assets as a key element in their investment strategy. Patrizia is still an active buyer in the German food retail market. Even with this sale we will have grown our AUM in the sub-sector over the last 18 months. We continue to look for future investments, although we do so selectively and only where we see the opportunity to deliver strong returns.”
