Seoul, March 25, 2025 – The joint venture between Wide Creek Asset Management, a leading real estate manager in South Korea, and Warburg Pincus, the pioneer of private equity global growth investing, has acquired an 82,000-square-meter site in Anseong, Gyeonggi Province. The partnership plans to develop a five-story, 100% dry warehouse with a net leasable area of 100,000 square meters, approximately 70% of which has already been preleased to tenants in the life sciences sector.
In 2023, Warburg Pincus, through its Warburg Pincus Asia Real Estate Fund (“WPARE”), partnered with Wide Creek Asset Management to establish a joint venture focusing on investments in new economy real estate sectors, including logistics, data centers, life sciences, and business parks in South Korea. That same year, the joint venture acquired its first site in Yangju, northern Gyeonggi Province, to develop a last mile logistics center with a net leasable area of 144,272 square meters. The recent acquisition in Anseong marks its second investment in the logistics real estate sector. With this transaction, the joint venture now manages over 244,000 square meters of net leasable area and has an estimated portfolio value of over half a billion US dollars upon completion, showcasing its rapid and robust growth since inception.
The new project in Anseong boasts a prime location with excellent connectivity to South Korea’s key cities. It benefits from an extensive highway network, including the recently completed Anseong-Guri section of the Second Gyeongbu Expressway (Sejong–Pocheon Expressway), which significantly improves access to the Greater Seoul area. Designed as a single-building logistics center, the facility features the highly sought-after “Large Plate” structure, offering an expansive floor plate of over 16,500 square meters and ensuring maximum operational efficiency. Despite ongoing power supply constraints in the Anseong region, the logistics center has secured sufficient electricity capacity, providing a solid foundation for the integration of future automation systems.
Li Fan, Managing Director at Warburg Pincus, said, “We have built a high conviction in the long-term opportunities in South Korea’s logistics market and have strategically focused on prime assets in key metropolitan areas to address the demand-supply gap. Through our partnership with Wide Creek, we have been deeply impressed by its strong management team and unique capabilities in identifying and acquiring high-quality new economy real estate assets. By leveraging the deep expertise and extensive experience of both Warburg Pincus and Wide Creek, we believe this joint venture is well-positioned to capture the growth opportunities in the new economy real estate sector in South Korea.”
Kim Junghoon, CEO and Co-Founder of Wide Creek Asset Management, said, “This strategic acquisition marks a major milestone for the joint venture since its establishment in 2023. As one of the largest real estate investors in Asia Pacific, Warburg Pincus has a proven track record of building and scaling multiple new economy real estate platforms and ventures. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Warburg Pincus to unlock the full value of this collaboration and meet the increasing demand from high-quality tenants in South Korea.”
The newly acquired logistics center is poised to become a leading hub for life sciences logistics in South Korea. Situated in Anseong, a key logistics hub for 3PL, life sciences, and high-tech manufacturers, the logistics center benefits from its proximity to numerous large-scale industrial complexes within a 35-kilometer radius. Notably, approximately 70% of the logistics facility has been pre-leased to reputable tenants in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. The robust tenancy underscores the logistics center’s strategic role in supporting the emerging life sciences sector in South Korea.
About Wide Creek – Warburg Pincus Joint Venture
Established in 2023, the Wide Creek – Warburg Pincus Joint Venture focuses on investments in new economy real estate sectors, including logistics, data centers, life sciences, and business parks in South Korea. Currently, it manages over 244,000 square meters of net leasable area and has an estimated portfolio value of over half a billion US dollars upon completion. Since its inception, the joint venture has successfully executed two strategic acquisitions in the logistics real estate sector in South Korea, reinforcing its commitment to meeting the increasing demand from high-quality tenants in the country.
About Wide Creek Asset Management
Since its establishment in 2020, Wide Creek Asset Management has set up a total of 14 development projects and has recorded a cumulative AUM exceeding 2.9 trillion won. The firm specializes in innovative real estate investment, operation, and development with a customer-centered and community-focused approach. With a fast-paced and dynamic organizational culture, Wide Creek aims to become a model asset management firm leading the rapidly changing financial markets.
About Warburg Pincus
Warburg Pincus LLC is the pioneer of private equity global growth investing. A private partnership since 1966, the firm has the flexibility and experience to focus on helping investors and management teams achieve enduring success across market cycles. Today, the firm has more than $87 billion in assets under management, and more than 220 companies in their active portfolio, diversified across stages, sectors, and geographies. Warburg Pincus has invested in more than 1,000 companies across its private equity, real estate, and capital solutions strategies.
Warburg Pincus began investing in Asia real estate in 2005. Today, it has become one of the largest and most active investors in the region, with over US$9 billion invested in more than 50 real estate platforms and ventures. The firm is a pioneer of platform investing and has co-founded or sponsored leading platforms alongside best-in-class entrepreneurs such as ESR, DNE, Vincom Retail, BW Industrial, Princeton Digital Group, Weave Living and StorHub.
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