UPDATE 1-UK's Segro to form joint venture for UK logistics parks worth £3 billion

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Adds details on the joint venture

- British warehouse landlord Segro SGRO.L said on Wednesday it would form a 50-50 joint venture with an international investor to develop and operate three UK logistics parks along the M1 motorway corridor, with a fully developed gross asset value of about £3 billion ($3.97 billion).

Here are some details:

  • Segro will seed the joint venture with three logistics parks in Radlett, Coventry and Northampton, selling each for about £1 billion.

  • The deal comes shortly after U.S. logistics firm Prologis PLD.N made public its £12.6 billion takeover proposal for Segro, following the UK-based real estate investment trust's rejection of the initial approach earlier in June.

  • The parks currently comprise 225,000 square metres of fully leased space generating £25 million in headline rent, plus 380 acres of developable land. The M1 Motorway corridor connects the three locations to London.

  • When fully developed and let, the sites are expected to deliver about 925,000 square metres of warehouse space and £135 million in headline rent, with development is expected to be completed by 2030.

  • Funding for development is expected to come from a combination of partner equity and third-party debt at the joint venture level.


($1 = 0.7550 pounds)