Arlington Securities (Acquired by Goodman International)

Note: This company is no longer trading as a separate enterprise.

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In 2005 Australian Goodman Group acquired Arlington Securities

In December 2005 Arlington Securities was acquired by international property group, Goodman International.

Goodman listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1995.  In 2005, the group embarked on a series of acquisitions designed to increase its breadth and depth and expand its operations into new markets. It acquired Arlington, Eurinpro, Akeler, Rosemound and J-REP.

It provides industrial property, business space and fund management.

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Arlington Securities business began in 1981 and pioneered the business park concept in the UK, with the development of Globe Park, Marlow. During the mid-1980s the development portfolio diversified to include retail and leisure developments. In 1989 BAE acquired Arlington to capitalise on the company's expertise in its field to profitably develop their surplus land and property assets. Arlington subsequently sold its retail and leisure interests to concentrate solely on business park development.

In 1998 BAE sold its interest in the company and in July 2003 Arlington took a further step, transferring all its property assets into three investment vehicles for UK, European and International developments. In June 2004 Arlington acquired Aberdeen Property Investors and re-structured the business into two operating units; Arlington Property Services and Arlington Property Investors.

Arlington manages the CELOGIX Property Fund. The CELOGIX Property Fund is a property investment fund in investing in logistics and distribution warehouse properties in Europe. The fund was launched in September 2000 and now has a portfolio of properties and tenants, with 22 properties in five countries across 17 markets. A further property is to be added to the portfolio in September 2005.

The Fund receives income from 31 tenants operating in five different major industry sectors and 13 institutions have invested in the Fund. Arlington is looking to establish a Central European Logistics Fund, CELOGIX CE and a European Regional Logistics Fund, focusing on Southern Europe. The CELOGIX Property Fund has 550,000 sq m of logistics space under management.