Roebuck Q&A on a new European logistics focused fund and expansion plans for the team

Roebuck advise long standing client Eddie Stobart on pre let of a new 560,000sq ft warehouse, to provide much needed extra capacity in the face of growing consumer demand

Having acquired the 872,000 sq ft asset for £62m in 2017 and sold for £90m in 2021, Roebuck have delivered exceptional performance for their South Korean partners

Following the acquisition of Roebuck, which will continue to operate independently and be managed by its founders, GFH will add significant expertise in European commercial real estate to the Group and gain strategic access to prime deal flow.

The investment in these assets, which cover an area of c.100,000 sq meters, benefits from strong market fundamentals for logistics and the warehousing sector in general as well as the thriving Spanish e-commerce sector, which continues to witness growth and holds further growth potential.

At the end of 2020 Roebuck successfully disposed of Langley Park Industrial Estate, Chippenham to Schroders Real Estate Investment Trust. The sale concludes a 5 year business plan, implementing various value add strategies

Roebuck Asset Management alongside Hyundai Asset Management has completed the acquisition of Aegon's UK HQ, 1-3 Lochside Crescent, Edinburgh for £133.25m - Scotland's largest commercial property deal of the year.

The Property which comprises of a 125,000 sqm, state of the art logistics warehouse is located 22 kilometres west of Prague in Dobroviz. The facility is leased to e-commerce giant Amazon through 2030 and will be managed jointly by Roebuck Asset Management and an investment vehicle managed by Kendall Square.

Accolade Wines has installed a 2.5MW wind turbine to power its 875,000 sq ft Avonmouth distribution centre near Bristol in the UK