Allianz Real Estate鈥檚 Italian logistics fund has bought the fully-let Broni Logistics Park for an undisclosed sum.

The Investitori Logistic Fund has bought the 150,000sqm park from  Real Estate鈥檚 European Value-Add programme.

Allianz said the acquisition of the Broni Logistics Park is the firm鈥檚 fifth logistics deal in Italy in the past 24 months and lifts Allianz Real Estate鈥檚 Italian logistics portfolio to 鈧386m.

Allianz expects to further grow its Italian portfolio in equity investments over the next three years, it said adding, that the focus will be 鈥減rime assets offering long-term value, particularly through office assets in Milan and Rome as well as out-of-town logistics facilities鈥.

Donato Saponara, head of transactions for West Europe and country head of Italy, Allianz Real Estate, said: 鈥淭his off-market acquisition, one of the largest such parks in the region, offers additional diversification benefits such as tenancy profile to our Italian logistics platform.

鈥淚n addition, it offers an interesting yield and is in line with the firm鈥檚 aim to build the leading, directly owned scalable logistics platform.鈥

Alexander Gebauer, CEO for West Europe, Allianz Real Estate, said: 鈥淒iversification continues to play a fundamental role in our investment strategy which is why logistics remains a key focus for us. The sector is benefitting from the ongoing growth of online shopping and is seeing strong interest from institutional investors.

鈥淚n total, Allianz Real Estate has now grown its global exposure to logistics to more than 鈧8.8bn in asset under management, representing 11% of our global portfolio.鈥

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