Newmark Advises Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust on Acquisition of Picton Property Income
Newmark Advises Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust on Acquisition of Picton Property Income |
| [14-September-2026] |
LONDON, Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Newmark Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NMRK) ("Newmark" or "the Company"), a leading commercial real estate advisor and service provider to large institutional investors, global corporations, and other owners and occupiers, has advised Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust ("Schroder REIT") on its £380 million acquisition of Picton Property Income ("Picton"), which was part of a consortium transaction with LondonMetric Property Plc ("LondonMetric").John Rodgers, Managing Partner – Head of UK Capital Markets, and Jamie Hall, Partner – Capital Markets, advised Schroder REIT on the transaction.
The transaction is transformational for Schroder REIT, creating a significantly larger and more diversified portfolio with a continued focus on the multi-let industrial and retail warehouse sectors. Under the terms of the transaction, Schroder REIT has acquired 54 percent of Picton's property assets by value. Rodgers said: "To conclude a transaction of this size in the listed market speaks to the appetite for scale in UK commercial property. Investors are focused on larger, more liquid portfolios weighted towards the higher growth sectors, with the industrial sector remaining at the forefront. We are very pleased to have advised Schroder REIT on this innovative transaction." The transaction further underscores Newmark's role as a trusted advisor on many of the real estate sector's most significant corporate transactions. Recent assignments include advising Blackstone on the sale of the Trot portfolio and Tritax on the acquisition of the Solstice portfolio, advising Blue Owl Capital Inc. on its $2.4 billion acquisition of Sila Realty Trust Inc. and advising the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board on its agreement to sell Amica Senior Lifestyles to Welltower Inc. for CA$4.6 billion. About Newmark Discussion of Forward-Looking Statements about Newmark
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