Global Investment Partners (GIP) has invested in a Danish retail property asset in a joint venture with Portus Retail.
The company, CBREβs multi-manager, bought the BIG shopping centre in Copenhagenβs Herlev district.
NREP sold the 45,705sqm property to CBRE GIP, which bought the property for the European Co-Investment Fund (ECF).
Jeremy Plummer, head of EMEA and CBRE GIP chief executive, said the deal was its fourth for the ECF fund.
βBIG was a great opportunity to buy a well-performing asset with a real differentiation within the retail sector,β Plummer said.
The asset, to the north of the Danish capital, is 98% let to 26 retail tenants including H&M and Nike.
CBRE GIP $840m (β¬770m) from six UK, European and US pension funds for its new value-add fund.
The vehicle β the fund-of-fund platformβs first in Europe β is targeting assets in the logistics and retail sectors.
The closed-end, seven-year fund could also consider assets in the Nordics and Germany, Plummer said in February.
The fund, targeting co-investments and joint ventures, is expected to deliver a 15% net IRR.
