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Blackstone eyes Daventry shed

Blackstone is manoeuvring to buy a major logistics hub at the Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal in Northamptonshire, as overseas investors increasingly seek provincial UK locations.

The US private equity fund is in talks to buy the 41,806 m2 Eddie Stobart hub at Plot F6 for circa £35m (€29.7m), equating to a net initial yield of around 8.25%.

The hub, which includes three warehouses and a small office block, has an annual rent roll of over £3m per year.

It was the biggest asset within Propinvest’s collapsed Gemini Portfolio, which comprised 35 assets across the UK.

Administrators at Deloitte were appointed in August 2012 to call in the loan secured on the portfolio and Valad Europe was appointed asset manager for Gemini last December.

CBRE is advising Deloitte; Dowley Turner Real Estate represents Blackstone.

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