Blackstone, Sattva-backed Reit files draft papers for ₹7,000 cr IPO
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A real estate investment trust sponsored by asset manager Blackstone Group and Bengaluru developer Sattva Group filed its draft papers with the market regulator for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise around ₹7,000 crore. The Knowledge Realty Trust has a portfolio of 30 Grade A office assets across 48 million sq.
ft., mostly concentrated in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai. It will be majority owned by Blackstone at 55% while Sattva Group will hold the rest, the company said in its offer document filed with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). It will be the second largest real estate investment trust (Reit) in Asia by leasable area, and the largest in the country by net operating income (NOI) and gross asset value.
Blackstone is a sponsor to three of the four listed Reits in India. Shirish Godbole, former managing director of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds in India, has been appointed as chief executive officer of the trust; Quaiser Parvez, former CEO of Blackstone-owned Nucleus Office Parks, will be the chief operating officer. Also read | With WFH ending, Reits have turned the corner. Will retail investors line up? The trust aims to raise around ₹7,000 crore, said a person familiar with the companies' plans.
The Reit has a ‘brand neutral’ strategy, where it aims to not only acquire assets inorganically but also give an opportunity to other developers who can contribute their assets to the Reit, while maintaining their brand identity, the person said. Reits have faced their share of challenges in recent years, many of them pandemic-induced. But with the office market turning around, they are gaining more acceptance.
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