June 26 (Reuters) - Prologis Inc (PLD.N) said on Monday it has agreed to buy 14 million square feet of industrial properties from real estate funds affiliated with Blackstone (BX.N) for $3.1 billion in an all-cash deal.
It currently owns 1.2 billion square feet of logistics real estate in 19 countries.
With near record-low vacancy, logistics remains a high conviction theme for us," Nadeem Meghji, head of Blackstone Real Estate Americas, said.
Prologis and Blackstone have completed more than a dozen transactions together in the past 11 years, according to the statement.
Eastdil Secured, Barclays, BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman Sachs, J.P.Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley, PJT Partners and Wells Fargo acted as financial advisers to Blackstone.
Persons:
Nadeem Meghji, Prologis, Blackstone, Eastdil, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Kannaki, Shilpi Majumdar
Organizations:
Prologis, Blackstone, Estate, Duke Realty Corp, Barclays, BofA Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P.Morgan Securities, PJT Partners, Thomson
Locations:
Atlanta , Washington DC , California, Dallas, Las Vegas , New York, Phoenix, South Florida, U.S, Bengaluru