 In one of the largest industrial real estate transactions in history, CBRE Investment Management, the investment arm of CBRE Group, the worlds biggest commercial real estate company, is buying up a 4.9 billion portfolio of logistics properties from Hillwood Investment Properties, a real estate business founded by Ross Perot Jr. The portfolio, which includes more than 57 real estate assets, comprises over 28 million square feet of warehouse space about 19 million of them are in the U.S., with the rest located in Germany, Poland and the U.K. CBRE expects to close on the assets in stages. This milestone transaction reflects our ability to leverage the strong financial capacity of our parent company to secure compelling opportunities that help to drive strategic real estate assets solutions for our clients, said Chuck Leitner, CEO of CBRE Investment Management, in a press release. 