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Apollo provides €113.5m facility to support French logistics portfolio for Valor and QuadReal JV




Apollo Managed Funds has provided a €113.5m facility to refinance a portfolio of urban logistics assets across Paris, Lyon and Marseille, for a JV between QuadReal Property Group and Valor Real Estate Partners.

The three-year facility, with expansion options is being used to support a number of comprehensive refurbishment programmes across the seven-asset, 120,000 sqm portfolio.

Allen & Overy Shearman served as legal counsel to the Apollo, while Valor was advised by Simmons and Simmons (legal), Oudot (notary), Lockton (insurance) and Chatham (hedging).


Commenting on the deal Ben Eppley, partner and head of real estate credit for Europe at Apollo, said: “We are pleased to form this new lending relationship with both Valor and QuadReal, leading investors and operators in urban logistics, a sector that continues to show strong fundamentals in targeted markets.

“This refinancing presented an opportunity to lend into a well-capitalised, transitional business plan backed by strong sponsorship.”

 Matthew Phillips, partner and head of finance and operations at Valor, said: “This debt financing will support us in delivering a number of refurbishment programmes with ESG upgrades to create high-specification and sustainable logistics space in undersupplied submarkets.

“We are thrilled to establish a new lending relationship with the world-class team at Apollo who delivered flawless execution, and we look forward to expanding this partnership in the years to come.”

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