Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld Explains Cabot Properties’ Latest Expansion
The private equity firm was one of the first to go big in the industrial logistics space, and it just raised another $1.57 billion fund
Franz Colloredo-Mansfeld is riding high entering 2024. Cabot Properties, the longtime investor’s Boston-based private equity firm, announced Jan. 31 that it had raised $1.57 billion in the firm’s Fund VII, which invests, develops and operates industrial logistics properties across the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Cabot has deployed more than $15 billion into the industrial sector since its 2002 launch, and raised approximately $5.75 billion worth of equity. With offices in Boston, London, Amsterdam, Sydney and now Tokyo, Cabot Properties is prepared for the continued growth of e-commerce across the planet. Colloredo-Mansfeld sat down virtually with Commercial Observer last week to discuss his career, the growth of Cabot Properties, how private equity fundraising works, and why the industrial sector has become arguably the hottest asset class in commercial real estate in the mid-2020s.