Barings acquires light industrial asset near Paris CDG

Global real estate investment manager Barings has purchased a light industrial property near Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris from French developer Sogelym Dixence. 

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The financial details of the acquisition were not released.
The property, located in the Demi-Lune business park in Roissy-en-France, is an 18,788 m2 development consisting of two buildings. These will be divided into 12 units, each around 1,500 m2, offering both industrial and office space suitable for small and medium-sized businesses. The project is expected to be completed within a year and aims for a BREEAM Excellent environmental certification.
The location is highly strategic, just a five-minute drive from Charles de Gaulle Airport, with excellent road connections to Paris, the Ile-de-France region, and northern Europe. It also offers strong public transport links, including the RER B train line to Paris and TGV connections from the airport.
Guillaume Bieganski, managing director and country head France at Barings Real Estate, said: “Boasting a prime location in an area of limited local supply, acquiring this asset at this stage in its development offered a compelling opportunity to work in partnership with Sogelym-Dixence, a reputable French developer, to create a Grade A multi-let industrial space in the Greater Paris market. The industrial & logistics sector in France as a whole is likely to outperform in the coming years, and this sub-market in particular benefits from a lack of land to develop and from the proximity to Europe’s largest air freight hub.”
Gunther Deutsch, managing director and head of European Transactions at Barings Real Estate, added: “The acquisition is the sixth that Barings has completed in the industrial & logistics sector so far in 2025. This brings the total transacted in the I&L sector alone across acquisitions to €312 mln, with another two in the pipeline for a total €440 mln so far this year across a range of core, core-plus and value-add assets. We see significant potential in joint ventures with local developers across our preferred European markets (UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Benelux), as well as in investments in existing quality assets.”
Barings was advised by Oudot, LPA Law, Etyo, Carb0n, JLL, and Antea. Sogelym Dixence received advice from Oudot and August Debouzy. The transaction was marketed by Knight Frank.