Blackstone set to buy £480m Chiswick Park


Blackstone, the US private equity group, is in exclusive talks to buy the 1.8m sq ft Chiswick Park, W4, for around £480m.


The office campus came to market in November almost a year after the termination date of its ownership vehicle, the Chiswick Park Unit Trust.

 

Schroders, which manages the fund with Aberdeen Property Investors and has a 20% holding in it, had been talking to investors over the future of the trust for the previous 10 months.

 

Blackstone is understood to have beaten rival bids from London & Stamford and Moorfield.

 

The private equity group is expected to acquire the vehicle that owns the park, which includes a collection of UK and Canadian pension funds.

 

The development, managed by Stanhope, was built on the site of a former London Transport bus depot. It produces income of £32m pa.

 

Savills and CB Richard Ellis are advising on the sale.

 

paul.norman@estatesgazette.com

 

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