Goldman Sachs buys Australia logistics properties to beef up real estate portfolio
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July 23 (Reuters) -Goldman Sachs Group's GS.N alternative investments platform said on Tuesday it bought seven logistics-focused properties across Australia to scale up its real estate portfolio.
These "last-mile"properties are located along urbanhighways in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne and are leased to e-commerce, transport andwholesale distributors, Goldman Sachs Alternatives said.
Last-mile logistics assets are usually properties such as warehouses located exclusively in urban locations that enable final processing of deliveries before they reach the end-user.
Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
Goldman Sachs Alternatives has invested morethan A$13 billion ($8.62 billion) in Australia since 2012 and has allocated A$6.2 billion on industrialassets, office and commercial properties and data centres since 2017.
"This investment highlights our continued commitment to Australian real estate and reflects our conviction in sourcing Australian last-mile logistics properties for our investors," said Nikhil Reddy, head of Asia Pacific real estate at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
($1 = 1.5081 Australian dollars)
Reporting by Archishma Iyer; Editing by Savio D'Souza and Saumyadeb Chakrabarty
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