Hines Global REIT and Moorfield have completed the £190m acquisition of eight buildings at Brindleyplace in Birmingham from The Brindleyplace Limited Partnership. From the parties’ initial interest, the deal has been completed in just three months and is one of the largest property deals to be concluded in the UK this year.
The deal involves office buildings Three, Four, Five, Six and Nine Brindleyplace together with the multi-storey car park, the Costa Coffee building in Central Square and the Crescent Theatre. The properties are currently managed by Argent which retains an asset management role working alongside Hines and Moorfield and will continue to provide the highest level of quality service and value to occupiers across the estate.
Commenting on the deal Anthony Leonard from Hines said: “The speed with which the deal was completed reflects the excellent professional team work between all the parties and is a tribute to the comprehensive management and vision from Argent in building and maintaining such an attractive and internationally renowned development. We already have members of the Hines and Moorfield teams working in Birmingham a few days a week and are looking forward to a positive and long term commitment to the city.”
Jeremy Marchant from Moorfield, added: “Brindleyplace is one of the best mixed-use estates in the UK and will be a very strong asset for Moorfield and Hines. The impressive and stable occupier list combined with the superb estate management and tremendous track record ensured that the acquisition was an opportunity too good not to miss.”
Eurohypo provided debt for the transaction.