GI Partners Launches Real Estate Essential Tech + Science Fund
Fund to focus on data center properties, life sciences assets, and “always on” research and development facilities
SAN FRANCISCO — GI Partners launched the GI Real Estate Essential Tech + Science Fund (ETS Fund), which seeks to invest in real estate assets that continuously operate in order to support mission critical functions of the technology and life sciences industries. The ETS Fund will seek to acquire data center properties, life sciences assets, and always on research and development (“R&D”) facilities within the office and industrial sectors.
Established in 2001, GI Partners has focused on downside-protected growth investing across all its strategies, with a particular focus on technology and health care. The ETS Fund seeks to continue the firm’s strategy of investing in specialized opportunities in essential technology and science real estate by capitalizing on the collective technology, life sciences, and real estate skill sets present within the company. The ETS Fund is led by John Sheputis, former president of Infomart, and a team of over 20 investment and management professionals.