- 2011
- Entered into strategic partnership with Transfar Road-Port to expand logistics network in China, adding a gross floor area (“GFA”) of 951,354 sqm to GLP’s China portfolio
- Acquired a 90% stake in the holding companies of Vailog Jiading Distribution Centre and Vailog Songjiang Logistics Park; GLP has an option to acquire the remaining 10% interest from Vailog, an Italian logistics properties provider
- Acquired a 49% stake of Shanghai Yupei Group Co., Ltd, one of the largest logistics property developers in the China market, with the option to increase ownership interest in Yupei to 50% and on majority of existing property portfolio and all new developments to 85%
- Expanded into Xiamen, increasing our presence in China to 20 cities
- Commenced 1.22 million sq.m. development and secured 1.3 million sq.m. of new and expansion leased area
- Acquired approximately a 53% stake in Airport City Development Co. Ltd., the sole developer in the Beijing Capital International Airport airside cargo handling and bonded logistics area, adding a gross floor area (GFA) of 273,843 sq.m. of completed properties and GFA of 513,000 sq.m. of development pipeline to our portfolio
- 2010
- Acquired a stake in the parent company of BLOGIS – the second largest provider of modern logistics facilities in China after GLP
- Expanded into Zhongshan, increasing our presence in China to 19 cities
- 2009
- Announced and introduced corporate branding of "Global Logistic Properties (GLP)".
- Became the largest provider of modern logistics facilities in China by floor area.
- 2008
- Expanded into Zhuhai, increasing our presence in China to 18 cities
- 2007
- Expanded into Ningbo, Chengdu and Shenyang, increasing our presence in China to 17 cities
- Started construction of our first multi-storey facility – GLP Park Yantian at Yantian Port, Shenzhen
- First GLP Hope School at Wuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
- 2006
- Expanded into Chongqing, Qingdao, Jiaxing, Nanjing, Wuxi and Dalian, increasing our presence in China to 14 cities
- GLP Park Beijing Airport was selected as the Olympic Games' designated distribution base by the 2008 Olympic Organising Committee
- 2005
- Expanded into Beijing, Tianjin, Foshan, Shenzhen and Hangzhou, increasing our presence in China to 8 cities
- Continued our expansion in North China by setting up GLP Park TEDA in Tianjin
- Secured our first airport logistics park project – GLP Park Beijing Airport, marking our expansion to the northern China market
- 2004
- Entered into the Pearl River Delta market with the groundbreaking on GLP Park Guangzhou Bonded
- Signed our first port logistics park project - Park Lingang
- Piloted China's first Type B Bonded Logistics Centre at GLP Park Suzhou facility
- Set up our first logistic park in Suzhou
- 2003
- Started business in China as ProLogis and set up the headquarters in Shanghai.
