ASB Real Estate Investments鈥 core property fund has paid $123.8m (鈧110.7m) for a newly-built US industrial distribution facility.

The $7.6bn Allegiance Real Estate Fund acquired the one-million-square-foot Columbia Business Park project in the Inland Empire, east of Los Angeles from a client of Washington Capital Management.

The fully-leased facility is located at 490 Columbia Avenue in Riverside.

Aaron Duncan, ASB senior vice president and western region head, said: 鈥淭he purchase furthers ASB鈥檚 strategic direction to expand our industrial portfolio while pursuing strong income-oriented returns for our clients.鈥

Since mid-2018, ASB has acquired more than 4.5m sqft of industrial space in major US distribution markets, including Northern Jersey, San Francisco, Miami, Houston and Philadelphia.