GFH pushes deeper into US cold storage: GFH Partners, the Dubai-based asset management arm of Bahrain’s GFH Financial Group, has closed a co-investment in US cold-storage operator Cold-Link Logistics, according to a press release. The investment — whose exact ticket is not disclosed — backs Slate Asset Management’s and Hamilton Lane’s acquisition of the US-based cold storage outfit announced last month.

Cold-Link runs one of North America’s 10 largest privately held temperature-controlled platforms, operating nine facilities with more than 78 mn cf of capacity.

Why it matters: Cold chain has big potential in the US

The investment gives GFH a solid foothold in the US cold-chain logistics market, which is expected to grow aggressively over the next few years. Projections from multiple analytics firms, including Grand View Research, Allied Market Research, and Fortune Business Insights, place its compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in double-digit territory over the next five to seven years. Even conservative estimates, such as Mordor Intelligence ’s, put the market’s CAGR at almost 7%.

Background: Part of a bigger push

The move builds on GFH’s growing US logistics footprint. The financial group acquired aUSD 300 mn portfolio in the US back in 2024, spanning 25 industrial and logistics assets across seven states. Around 20 of those sites serve truck parking, servicing, fulfillment, EV charging, and administrative facilities. The group’s US portfolio also includes Manrre Reit — an industrial and logistics outfit it acquired for USD 75.5 mn earlier this month, with operations spanning the USA, UK, and GCC region.


GFH cold-chain interest is entrenched at home too, with the company collaborating with other developers on temperature-controlled warehouse projects in the UAE and Saudi.

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