PARIS (22 January 2010) - LaSalle Investment Management (“LaSalle”) today announced that, on behalf of the LaSalle French Fund II, it has completed a lease on a major warehouse unit in Paris, France with POINT P, part of the Saint Gobain Group.
POINT P has signed a nine year lease, with a firm period of 7 years, for 51,000 square metres out of a total 64,000 square metres of stockage, which comprises eight units at a headline rent of 52 €/m²/year/HT/HC.
The Class A warehouse, which was developed in 2008 by GSE Group, is located in the Paris region of Brie-Comte-Robert, south-east of the City centre and well positioned for transport and other infrastructure.
Helen Garbutt, Director, LaSalle Investment Management said, “We are delighted that a tenant of the calibre of POINT P has leased this prime warehouse unit and believe that this demonstrates the continued strength of the Paris region as well as the specific qualities of the development.”
LaSalle and Point P were advised by BNP Paribas Real Estate.
The advisor indicated that this lease represents approximately 18% of overall logistic letting transactions in the Paris region for prime warehouses in 2009.
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