Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund, GIC & the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board enter into a Joint Venture with Cyrela Commercial Properties S.A

According to the Press Release, “Pursuant to CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, Cyrela Commercial Properties S.A. Empreendimentos e Participações (“CCP”), a commercial property development and leasing company with shares traded on the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA) under the ticker CCPR3, informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on July 7, 2009, it entered into an agreement establishing the basis for a joint venture with BRCOMPROP DEVELOPMENT JV PRIVATE LIMITED, an affiliate of GIC Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (“GIC Real Estate”) and CPPIB US RE-A, INC, subsidiary of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, (“CPPIB”), with the purpose of acquiring, holding, developing, building, leasing, managing and selling assets in the retail, industrial and office real estate segment in Brazil (“Joint Venture”).

The investments of GIC Real Estate and CPPIB will be made through CCP18 DE MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a company especially set up for this purpose pursuant to the laws of the state of Delaware, United States of America, with CCP Asset Management LLC, a whollyowned subsidiary of CCP, as its general partner (“Company”) being responsible for the allocation and management of the funds committed. The Company, in turn, will directly or indirectly invest, jointly with CCP, in specific purpose companies headquartered in Brazil, which will invest in retail, industrial and office real estate properties.

The investments committed by the parties to achieve the objectives of the Joint Venture total US$ 400 (four hundred) million and will be made in the ratio of 25% by CCP, 37.5% by GIC Real Estate and 37.5% by CPPIB.

This Joint Venture aims to combine CCP’s expertise in the Brazilian commercial real estate markets (office buildings, shopping centers and industrial facilities), with GIC Real Estate’s and CPPIB’s global investment expertise.

This partnership underlines CCP’s commitment to the Brazilian real estate market and its confidence on the growth prospects for the commercial property sector in the country.

read more: Cyrela Commercial Properties S.A – Press Release

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