LaSalle launches Japan real estate fund

LaSalle launches Japan real estate fund

LaSalle Investment Management (“LaSalle”) has launched LaSalle Japan Property Fund, a private open-ended core real estate fund.

The Fund invests in core properties in Japan and launched with JPY 61 billion (US$560 million) of initial equity commitments from Japanese investors along with loans extended by major Japanese financial institutions.

The initial portfolio includes six assets that have been selected based on LaSalle’s Research and Strategy framework of Demographic, Technology and Urbanization (“DTU”), for a purchase price of JPY 105 billion (US$965 million).

The Fund will invest mainly in the Japanese cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka in diversified assets across the office, industrial, retail and multifamily sectors. The Fund aims to grow to JPY 200 billion (US$1.8 billion) in three years and JPY 300 billion (US$2.7 billion) in five years.

“We are excited to launch our first private open-ended core fund in Asia with a sizeable initial portfolio that, given its high asset quality, potential to generate strong recurring cash flows and desirable locations, directly aligns with the vehicle’s investment parameters. Japan’s large, transparent real estate market is one we know very well, providing us with a sustainable competitive advantage as we invest into core assets. This advances some of our global and Asia Pacific regional strategies which is to target core assets with stable income generation and to offer our global investors access to a suite of products comprising a diverse range of real estate investments,” said Mark Gabbay, CEO, LaSalle Asia Pacific.


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