Blackstone Real Estate acquires Embassy Industrial Parks in $700-m deal
May 11, 2021
Embassy Industrial Parks’ warehouses are located across major industrial hubs in India
In one of the largest logistics transactions in India, PE fund Blackstone on Monday announced that funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate have bought Embassy Industrial Parks from Warburg Pincus and Embassy Group in a $700-million (₹5,250 crore) deal.
Embassy Industrial Parks comprises 22 million square feet of Grade A logistics and warehousing assets located in urban centres catering to tenants in major sectors. Blackstone, in the first tranche, is to pick up 10.6 million square feet and the balance would be acquired in two weeks.
In one of the largest logistics deals in the country in recent years, US-based private equity fund manager Blackstone Group has bought Embassy Industrial Parks from Warburg Pincus and Embassy Group. Though Blackstone did not disclose the deal value, sources in the industry pegged the transaction at an enterprise value of Rs 5,250 crore.
Embassy Industrial Parks comprises 22 million square feet of modern logistics and warehousing facilities, as well as yet-to-be-built assets, located across Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, and Pune. These are leased to leading e-commerce and retail players. Warburg Pincus had a 70 per cent stake in the $250-million joint venture (JV) set up in 2015, while Embassy had 30 per cent.
Blackstone acquires Embassy Industrial Parks from Warbug Pincus, Embassy Group
Embassy Industrial Parks comprises 10.6 million square feet of modern Grade A logistics and warehousing assets near urban centres, tailored for tenants in rapidly developing sectors.
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Blackstone is among the top 10 business groups in India by the total value of assets.
Global investment firm Blackstone on Monday said funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate have acquired Embassy Industrial Parks from Warburg Pincus and Embassy Group. Blackstone called it one of India s largest logistics transactions, but didn t disclose the deal value. Embassy Industrial Parks comprises 10.6 million square feet of modern Grade A logistics and warehousing assets near urban centres, tailored for tenants in rapidly developing sectors, the investment firm said in a statement. The warehouses are located across major industrial hubs in India including Bangalore, Delhi NC
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Embassy Industrial Parks a 70-30 joint venture between Warburg Pincus and Embassy has total 22 million sq ft logistics assets across India s major consumption centers including metros.
Being one of the largest owners of warehousing spaces globally, the group is moving swiftly to create a large portfolio in India and market watchers say that it is in advanced talks with developers to acquire and build warehousing assets
Private equity major Blackstone Group has acquired Embassy Industrial Parks at an enterprise valuation of Rs 5,250 crore from Warburg Pincus and Embassy Group in the largest yet logistics and warehousing deal in the country.
Embassy Industrial Parks – a 70-30 joint venture between Warburg Pincus and Embassy – has 22 million square feet logistics assets across the country’s major consumption centres, including metros.
Blackstone buys Embassy arm for ₹5,250 crore
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Blackstone on Monday announced that funds managed by Blackstone Real Estate have acquired Embassy Industrial Parks from Warburg Pincus and Embassy Group for ₹5,250 crore, in one of India’s largest logistics transactions.
Embassy Industrial Parks comprises 10.6 million square feet of modern Grade A logistics and warehousing assets located across major industrial hubs in India, including Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and Pune.
These are leased to leading e-commerce and retail players.
Logistics is one of Blackstone’s core investment themes globally. Since 2010, Blackstone has acquired more than 1.2 billion square feet of logistics.