Redevco Iberian Ventures, the joint venture between pan-European retail real estate specialist Redevco and funds managed by global alternative asset manager Ares Management, has made its first acquisition through the purchase of a portfolio of six retail parks in southern and western Spain from the developer Bogaris for approximately €95m.
The parks comprise a total of approximately 84,240m² of space. All six retails parks are nearly fully let, featuring high-quality tenants including grocery chains Mercadona, Aldi and Dia, fashion brands C&A, Kiabi and Merkal Calzados, as well as Burger King, Media Markt, Sprinter and AKI Bricolaje.
The parks are:
- Mejostilla, Cáceres – 7,280m² in seven retail boxes
- Kinepolis, Pulianas, Granada – 25,500m² in 32 leisure and retail boxes
- Marismas del Polvorin, Huelva – 20,000m² in nine retail boxes
- La Heredad, Mérida – 13,500m² in nine retail boxes
- Retail Park Motril – 5,560m² in four retail boxes
- La Serena, Villanueva de la Serena – 12,400m² in nine retail boxes
Israel Casanova, Redevco’s managing director of Portugal & Spain, said: “This is a great start to the JV, illustrating the types of opportunities that we have been targeting to create a specific retail park-focused portfolio. It gives us immediate scale in the Spanish retail park market, and we will be on the lookout for fresh investment opportunities in Spain and neighbouring Portugal.”
Rafael Aviles, who is leading the joint venture on behalf of Ares Management, said: “These six retail parks are all dominant in their locations and enjoy a long-performing attractive tenant base. This fits the objectives of our JV as well as Ares’ longstanding real estate investment strategy. There is significant value-add potential to improve the portfolio’s operating performance in the coming years, including property enhancements that will ensure they continue to attract shoppers and retailers.”
Ares and Redevco announced the creation of Redevco Iberian Ventures in September 2015, and with this transaction, the JV’s total committed investment value is now more than €200m. The joint venture targets value-add and core-plus investments in retail properties in the Iberian Peninsula.
Advising Redevco Iberian Ventures on the purchase of the retail park portfolio were JLL and Deloitte.
