Tuesday, 21 April 2026
GARBE Industrial Real Estate France has expanded its footprint in France through the off-market acquisition of a brownfield industrial site in the Centre-Val de Loire, south of the Paris metropolitan area.
The 6.5-hectare site includes an existing industrial building with approximately 30,000 sqm of floor area and benefits from direct access to key national motorway connections, supporting its future use for logistics and industrial operations. The acquisition brings the company’s total number of managed logistics assets in France to nine.
The transaction aligns with GARBE Industrial’s revised investment strategy in France, which places greater emphasis on the repositioning of brownfield sites with redevelopment potential. The property, formerly used as a print facility, is set to undergo modernisation, with plans to create a logistics asset designed to meet contemporary environmental and operational standards. The focus will include energy efficiency, optimised space utilisation and reduced environmental impact.
Michael Vidamant, Managing Director of GARBE Industrial Real Estate France, said the acquisition reflects the company’s ambition to transform legacy industrial sites into sustainable assets aligned with future occupier requirements.
The deal was completed with support from the Lasaygues notary office and engineering firm Ecor Ingénierie.
The acquisition follows GARBE Industrial’s recent delivery of a logistics scheme in Pléchâtel, near Rennes. The development provides approximately 25,800 sqm of logistics space alongside office units on a 57,500 sqm plot along the Rennes–Nantes corridor. The project is targeting BREEAM “Excellent” certification and benefits from strong connectivity to key economic hubs in western France.
