Global investment firm The Xander Group’s private equity real estate arm Xander Investment Management (XIM) has set up an industrial real estate platform for India. XIM Singapore will act as investment advisor to the platform that will invest USD 250 million or over Rs 1,780 crore in high quality assets over the next 12 months.
The venture will acquire assets in the high growth logistics and e-commerce sector along key industrial corridors across leading Indian cities. The platform has raised capital from leading European institutional investors that have previously been limited partners in XIM sponsored opportunity funds.
The platform has been seeded with a portfolio of two million sq ft incubated by The Xander Group. The portfolio is spread across Mumbai and Chennai and anchored by multinational and domestic corporations such as Amazon, Kerry Indev, DB Schenker, TVS Logistics, among others.