Press Release
July 31, 2024

Goodwin Advises Underwriting Syndicate on Lineage’s $5.1 Billion Initial Public Offering, the Largest REIT IPO in History

Partners Scott Chase and David Roberts led a Goodwin REIT Capital Markets team that represented the underwriting syndicate of 29 investment banks in connection with Lineage’s (Nasdaq: LINE) recent $5.1 billion initial public offering. The offering is the largest IPO in the history of the REIT industry and the biggest stock market debut globally in 2024.

Lineage is the world’s largest global temperature-controlled warehouse REIT with a network of over 480 strategically located facilities totaling over 84.1 million square feet and 3.0 billion cubic feet of capacity across countries in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Coupling end-to-end supply chain solutions and technology, Lineage partners with some of the world’s largest food and beverage producers, retailers, and distributors to help increase distribution efficiency, advance sustainability, minimize supply chain waste, and feed the world.

In addition to Scott Chase and David Roberts, the capital markets included Chris Versfelt, Chloe Pletner, Jessica Park, Christiana Deily, Yifeng Yuan and Haylee Brown, the real estate team included Andrew Sucoff and Thayer Mullins, the tax team included Neal Sandford, George Davis, Gregg Coughlin and Alicia Shin-Hye Wi, and the executive compensation team included Sarah Bock and Adrean Williams.