{"id":16163,"date":"2021-07-09T02:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/07\/09\/singapore-asset-manager-lighthouse-canton-and-cdpqs-ivanhoe-cambridge-invest-in-life-sciences-rd-real-estate\/"},"modified":"2021-07-09T02:15:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T02:15:00","slug":"singapore-asset-manager-lighthouse-canton-and-cdpqs-ivanhoe-cambridge-invest-in-life-sciences-rd-real-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/07\/09\/singapore-asset-manager-lighthouse-canton-and-cdpqs-ivanhoe-cambridge-invest-in-life-sciences-rd-real-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore Asset Manager, Lighthouse Canton and CDPQ&#8217;s Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge invest in life sciences R&#038;D real estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media&#13;<br \/>\nOutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09 July 2021 &#8211;<b>\u00a0<\/b>In a landmark transaction in South Asia, <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivanhoecambridge.com\/\">Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge<\/a><\/b>, a global real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de&#13;<br \/>\nd\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec (cdpq.com), one of Canada&#8217;s leading institutional&#13;<br \/>\nfund managers, and Singapore based asset management firm, <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthouse-canton.com\/\">Lighthouse Canton<\/a> <\/b>(the&#13;<br \/>\nexisting asset manager with a track record of managing the portfolio), have&#13;<br \/>\nannounced their investment in a <b>0.85M sq.ft<\/b> life science R&amp;D&#13;<br \/>\noffice-labs portfolio in Genome Valley, Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The MN Park portfolio will&#13;<br \/>\nreceive investment from Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge and Lighthouse Canton in an 80:20&#13;<br \/>\nratio, respectively. The initial focus will be on consolidating the portfolio&#13;<br \/>\nwith select value accretive acquisitions in relevant life science R&amp;D&#13;<br \/>\nclusters in India. The transaction also includes the completion of development&#13;<br \/>\non identified land options within the portfolio to cater to tenant expansion&#13;<br \/>\nrequirements.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This new investment in MN&#13;<br \/>\nPark allows us to reinforce our conviction in life science real estate, a key&#13;<br \/>\nfocus area of our diversification strategy into high growth, innovation-focused&#13;<br \/>\nsectors&#8221;, commented <b>Chanakya Chakravarti, Managing Director, India, at&#13;<br \/>\nIvanho\u00e9 Cambridge<\/b>. &#8220;We anticipate that India will further cement its&#13;<br \/>\nposition in the global life science arena in the post pandemic world. A new&#13;<br \/>\nhealthcare focus positions office-labs as a unique and exciting opportunity. We&#13;<br \/>\nlook forward to participating in this high growth sector by expanding the&#13;<br \/>\nportfolio through select acquisitions in partnership with an aligned asset&#13;<br \/>\nmanager.\u00a0 MN Park offers diversification to&#13;<br \/>\nIvanho\u00e9 Cambridge&#8217;s India exposure, thereby enhancing portfolio resilience.&#8221;,&#13;<br \/>\nhe added.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is the first time a global&#13;<br \/>\npension fund is investing in life sciences R&amp;D real estate in the region,&#13;<br \/>\nand we are proud to be taking the first step in showcasing Singapore&#8217;s asset&#13;<br \/>\nmanagement capabilities in this space.&#8221; Said\u00a0<strong>Ms. Audrey Tang, Chief Operating&#13;<br \/>\nOfficer for Lighthouse Canton in Singapore. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Adding to this,&#13;<br \/>\n<b>Mr. Shilpi Chowdhary, CEO for Lighthouse Canton<\/b>, said, &#8220;The life sciences office-labs has&#13;<br \/>\nbeen a high conviction theme for the firm since our acquisition of the MN Park&#13;<br \/>\nportfolio in 2016. We are pleased to be co-investing with Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge, a&#13;<br \/>\nfirm which is deeply aligned with this strategy. This&#13;<br \/>\ninvestment sets the benchmark for such assets in the region, and we look&#13;<br \/>\nforward to continuing supporting the growth of the life sciences sector across&#13;<br \/>\nAsia<a name=\"_Hlk76663729\">.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Ivanhoe\u0301&#13;<br \/>\nCambridge&#8217;s investment in MN Park is in line with its global strategy of&#13;<br \/>\nfocusing on sectors that foster innovation and long-term growth fundamentals.&#13;<br \/>\nIn March 2021, Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge partnered with Lendlease to develop a&#13;<br \/>\n1.15-acre project featuring a state-of-the-art life science building with&#13;<br \/>\nworld-class amenities, located at 60 Guest Street, a land parcel in the Boston&#13;<br \/>\nLanding campus in Allston\/Brighton, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Lighthouse Canton successfully acquired MN Park in&#13;<br \/>\n2016. It is South Asia&#8217;s largest privately owned portfolio of leased life&#13;<br \/>\nsciences R&amp;D facilities. The park is&#13;<br \/>\noccupied by global and domestic credit tenants operating strategic R&amp;D&#13;<br \/>\nfacilities engaged in mission critical, core innovation focused healthcare&#13;<br \/>\nresearch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-07-09\/85197\/singapore-asset-manager-lighthouse-canton-and-cdpqs-ivanhoe-cambridge-invest-in-life-sciences-rd-real-estate\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0Media&#13; OutReach\u00a0&#8211;\u00a09 July 2021 &#8211;\u00a0In a landmark transaction in South Asia, Ivanho\u00e9 Cambridge, a global real estate subsidiary of the Caisse de&#13; d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec (cdpq.com), one of Canada&#8217;s leading institutional&#13; fund managers, and Singapore based asset management firm, Lighthouse Canton (the&#13; existing asset manager with a track record of managing the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}