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PointPark doubles its fun

Warehouse & industrial
Prague-based warehouse developer PointPark Properties (P3) was recently bought by two global companies – TPG and Ivanhoe Cambridge – in a deal finalised in October. You currently own 1.46 mln sqm of warehouse space across Europe, but now you have announced that you intend to double that amount. How much time do you give yourself to achieve the goal of doubling your portfolio? How much will it cost and do you think this will be easy to achieve?
Ian Worboys, the chief executive officer of P3: If we can double that in 3–5 years I would be very happy. This is a challenge, because there are a few large investors, such as Blackstone and Prologis, who are trying to do virtually the same thing. That puts us in direct competition with funds and developers. It is not going to be easy, but it will be fun and I believe we can do it. One of the reasons why TPG also believes we can do it is that we are a management team with an average of 20 years of warehouse experience. This means that we have contacts with occupiers and investors that we can take advantage of. As for the investment costs, they are going to be in excess of EUR 500 mln. Where will you be looking?We are pan-European company. We have a team in the UK, but we don’t have any warehouse space there at the moment so we will try to buy something there. We are looking at all the main core markets, such as Germany, France and the Netherlands, and also at more opportun
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