European logistics firm Delin Property and Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) have formed a joint venture to pursue value-add opportunities and have completed their first acquisition in the UK.

The partnership has acquired a 200,000sqft warehouse on the Colebrook Industrial Estate in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and intends to invest around 拢27m (鈧32.6m) to cover the acquisition and refurbishment of the asset.

Raffi Killian, Delin Property鈥檚 head of investments, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e taking a dated asset with low site density in a great location that needs hands-on asset management to meet today鈥檚 occupier needs.

鈥淚n Markaz we have an ideal JV [joint venture] partner, since it has been running a successful development strategy focused on the European industrial sector for the past seven years.鈥

Lisa Amin, Markaz鈥檚 head of European real estate business development, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to be joining forces with Delin Property, which has built a strong track record in value creation in the logistics space over more than a decade.

鈥淭his property ticks every box for our investors, with strong occupier demand for this location, given its proximity to London and access into a major artery for cross-Channel freight traffic.鈥

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