We have been the world’s leading industrial real estate company for more than 30 years. See the key milestones that have helped us continue to build a better future for our customers and our company.
1983
Douglas Abbey, Hamid Moghadam and T. Robert Burke (joined in 1984) founded AMB Property Corporation, focusing on investing in office, industrial and community shopping centers on behalf of major institutional investors.
![Prologis Timeline - 1983 Prologis Timeline - 1983](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1983_founders.jpg?itok=9f6aEM8E)
1987
AMB refines its investment strategy by exiting office markets and focusing on industrial and shopping centers in infill trade areas.
![Prologis Timeline - 1987 Prologis Timeline - 1987](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1987_amb-building.jpg?itok=kAmojauH)
1991
The company that is to become ProLogis is incorporated as Security Capital Industrial Trust (SCI).
![Prologis Timeline - 1991 Prologis Timeline - 1991 Truck Court](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1991_scit-truck-court.jpg?itok=qwU-IrhW)
1994
SCI makes its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
![Prologis Timeline - 1994 Stock Certificate Prologis Timeline - 1994 Stock Certificate](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1994_scit-stock-certificate.jpg?itok=RQa_TGVh)
1996
SCI expands outside the United States for the first time with acquisitions in Mexico.
![Prologis Timeline - 1996 SCI Mexico Pacifico Prologis Timeline - 1996 SCI Mexico Pacifico](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1996_sci-mexico-pacifico_ic_1-b_tijuana_mex_.jpg?itok=0_c07b6e)
1997
AMB closes its initial public offering, with more than $2.8 billion under management.
![Prologis Timeline - 1997 Management Prologis Timeline - 1997 Management](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1997_management.jpg?itok=GIafmxOh)
1997
The company establishes its first European office in Amsterdam.
![Prologis Timeline - 1997 Amsterdam Prologis Timeline - 1997 Amsterdam](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1997_office-in-amersterdam.jpg?itok=7ym_D0GW)
1998
SCI officially changes its name to ProLogis. The company acquires Meridian Industrial Trust for $1.5 billion.
![Prologis Timeline - 1998 Prologis Logo Prologis Timeline - 1998 Prologis Logo](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1998_prologis-logo-wide.jpg?itok=tQ6_b-A2)
1999
AMB exits community shopping center investments to focus on industrial properties in targeted markets.
![Prologis Timeline - 1999 AMB Charlotte Prologis Timeline - 1999 AMB Charlotte](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/1999_amb_charlotte-nc.jpg?itok=_lCk5cqU)
1999
ProLogis forms its first property funds, ProLogis California ($556 million), and the ProLogis European Property Fund.
![Prologis Timeline - 1999 European Properties Prologis Timeline - 1999 European Properties](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/09/prologis-european-properties-1.jpg?itok=N6hoghNg)
2001
ProLogis announces its entry into the Japan market.
![Prologis Timeline - 2001 Japan Flag Prologis Timeline - 2001 Japan Flag](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2001_japan-flag.jpg?itok=jZJ7snZi)
2002
AMB launches an international expansion program focused on trade-centric locations in Mexico, Europe and Asia.
![Prologis Timeline - 2002 map Prologis Timeline - 2002 map](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2002_amb-expansion-map_1.jpg?itok=XQZgyh3W)
2003
ProLogis is added to the S&P 500. The company announces its entry into the China market.
![Prologis Timeline - 2003 Chinese Flag Prologis Timeline - 2003 Chinese Flag](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2003_chinese-flag.jpg?itok=6-vkwUDE)
2003
AMB enters the German market as AMB Property Germany GmbH. Target markets for AMB in Germany are Bremerhaven, Dusseldorf in the Rhine-Ruhr area, Frankfurt in the Rhine-Main area, Hamburg and Munich.
![Prologis Timeline - 2003 AMB enters German market AMB enters German market](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/thinkstockphotos-619762776_klein.jpg?itok=NFadaIV0)
2004
AMB forms the first open-end commingled fund by a REIT—AMB Institutional Alliance Fund III. It also establishes new business lines, including direct development and additional private capital products, over the next two years.
![Prologis Timeline - 2004 Open REIT fund Prologis Timeline - 2004 Open REIT fund](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2004_amb-opens-reit-fund.jpg?itok=ke7cou1B)
2004
ProLogis acquires Keystone Industrial Trust for $1.5 billion. The company forms its first joint venture in China with Suzhou Logistics Center Co. Ltd.
![Prologis Timeline - 2004 Suzhou logistics Prologis Timeline - 2004 Suzhou logistics](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2004_suzhou-logistics.jpg?itok=QXfj2yRF)
2006
ProLogis becomes a FORTUNE 1000 company. The ProLogis European Properties Fund completes its initial public offering on the Euronext exchange in Amsterdam.
![Prologis Timeline - 2006 Fortune 100 Logo Prologis Timeline - 2006 Fortune 100 Logo](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2006_fortune-1000-logo.jpg?itok=1bWKxwih)
2007
ProLogis releases the real estate industry’s first annual sustainability report.
![Prologis Timeline - 2007 SR Report Prologis Timeline - 2007 SR Report](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2007_sr-report_amagasaki-wind-turban.jpg?itok=4AeTF1PV)
2007
AMB Property Germany GmbH moves into its new headquarters in Frankfurt am Main.
![Prologis Timeline - 2007 AMB headquarters Frankfurt AMB headquarters Frankfurt, Germany](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/thinkstockphotos-619674286_klein.jpg?itok=-3F4TC3x)
2009
AMB completes an equity offering, fortifying its balance sheet and securing capital for needs projected through 2012.
![Prologis Timeline - 2009 AMB Logo Prologis Timeline - 2009 AMB Logo](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2009_amb-logo.jpg?itok=Z-skwiEm)
2011
ProLogis closes the sale of most Catellus retail and mixed-use assets to affiliates of TPG Capital for $353 million, including rights to the Catellus name.
![Prologis Timeline - 2011 Catellus Logo Prologis Timeline - 2011 Catellus Logo](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2011_catellus-logo.jpg?itok=o6Jl-Vil)
2011
AMB forms a €470 million joint venture with Allianz Real Estate, marking Allianz Real Estate’s largest joint venture and biggest foray into the logistics real estate industry.
![Prologis Timeline - 2011 Allianz Prologis Timeline - 2011 Allianz](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2011_allianz.jpg?itok=jk3RQOSv)
2011
ProLogis and AMB complete a merger of equals to create the pre-eminent global logistics real estate company, Prologis, with more than $40 billion of assets under management and a platform of logistics and distribution facilities on four continents.
![Prologis Timeline - 2011 Prologis Merger and IPO Prologis Timeline - 2011 Prologis Merger and IPO](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2012_prologis-merger-and-ipo.jpg?itok=3f3RA_Jm)
2012
Prologis completes a brownfield development with 29,800 square meters in Hamburg-Hausbruch, Germany.
![Prologis Timeline 2012 - Prologis Park Hamburg-Hausbruch, Brownfield-Entwicklung Logistikimmobilie im Prologis Park Hamburg-Hausbruch, Deutschland](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/prologis-hh-hausbruch-dc7-7467.jpg?itok=q03NLNqF)
2012
Prologis assumes 100 percent control of Prologis European Properties ahead of schedule, thus liquidating the fund. Assets received include 210 facilities covering 48.4 million square feet (4.5 million square meters) across 11 countries.
![Prologis Timeline - 2012 EU Presence Prologis Timeline - 2012 EU Presence](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2012_eu-presence.jpg?itok=vtLXQPnq)
2013
Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. (NPR), a Japanese real estate investment trust, successfully completes its initial public offering on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. NPR provides investors a unique investment opportunity and further positions Prologis for sustained growth in Japan.
![Prologis Timeline - 2013 Prologis Nippon Prologis Timeline - 2013 Prologis Nippon](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2013_prologis-nippon.jpg?itok=IlX8Ki0A)
2013
Prologis European Logistics Partners Sarl—a joint venture with Norges Bank Investment Management, manager of the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global—closes with an initial acquisition of 195 Class-A properties comprising 49 million square feet (4.5 million square meters).
![Prologis Timeline - 2013 Norges Bank Kirkegata Prologis Timeline - 2013 Norges Bank Kirkegata](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2013_norges_bank_kirkegata.jpg?itok=mTIAYmA6)
2013
Prologis has successfully developed more than 500,000 square meters in Hamburg, Germany’s second-largest city and one of the most desirable logistic hotspots in the country.
![Prologis Timeline 2013 - Prologis develops many logistics center in Hamburg Prologis Park Hamburg Waltershof, Hamburg, Germany](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/hamburg_waltershof_birds_eye_view-7_klein.jpg?itok=l2btKTgO)
2014
Prologis completes its IPO for FIBRA Prologis, the first IPO for a FIBRA in Latin America in 2014. FIBRA Prologis comprises approximately 30 million square feet (2.8 million square meters) across six markets in Mexico.
![Prologis Timeline - 2014 Prologis FIBRA logo Prologis Timeline - 2014 Prologis FIBRA logo](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/09/2014_prologis-fibra-logo-1.jpg?itok=yBvQsKYw)
2014
Prologis invites architects, civil engineers and students of both disciplines from Northern Europe to compete for the Prologis 2030 Design Award. An international and interdisciplinary panel of judges selects the best designs for logistics properties of the future, focusing on sustainability and architectural innovation.
![Prologis Timeline 2014 - Prologis 2030 Design Award Logistics hall, future, sustainability, architectural designs, Prologis2030Design Award](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/design_award_jury-1.jpg?itok=yRov6fAI)
2015
Prologis completes the acquisition of the real estate assets and operating platform of KTR Capital Partners and its affiliates for a total purchase price of $5.9 billion.
![Prologis Timeline - 2015 Prologis Acquires KTR Prologis Timeline - 2015 Prologis Acquires KTR](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/2015_ktr_ca.jpg?itok=sv14_9wO)
2016
Moody's Investors Service upgrades Prologis, L.P.'s senior unsecured debt rating to A3 from Baa1. The rating service also upgrades its ratings on Prologis’ preferred stock to Baa1 from Baa2.
![Prologis Timeline - 2016 Moody's Investors Service Prologis Timeline - 2016 Moody's Investors Service](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/09/moodys-2.jpg?itok=fKnMPSA9)
2016
S&P Global Ratings raises Prologis, Inc.'s rating to A- from BBB+, citing its diversified real estate portfolio and potential for rent growth.
![Prologis Timeline - 2016 S&P Global Ratings Prologis Timeline - 2016 S&P Global Ratings](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/sp.jpg?itok=iQiwm4wi)
2016
Prologis completes a logistics facility with over 114,000 square meters in Bruckberg near Munich for the German automobile manufacturer BMW in July.
![Prologis Park München-Ost, Bruckberg, Deutschland Prologis Park München-Ost, Bruckberg, Deutschland](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/09/germany_munich_east_dc1-124.jpg?itok=uoFurDiY)
2016
In October, Prologis celebrates the opening of a logistics facility with more than 41,000 square meters in Bergheim near Cologne for the British online retailer AO.
![Prologis Timeline 2016 - Opening of AO Headquarter in Bergheim, Germany Bergheim, Prologis, Logistics, AO](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/prologis_germany_bergheim_dc1-25_klein.jpg?itok=QTl9YGPV)
2017
In April, Prologis Germany won the award for Best Logistics Brand in the logistics real estate developer category. The award is presented by Logistik Heute, the logistics magazine with the highest circulation in Germany.
![Best logistics brand 2017 Prologis BVL best logistics brand Germany](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/award-beste-logistik-marke-2017-quelle-andre-baschlakow_logistik-heute-3.jpg?itok=0tmkPI2u)
2019
In May, Prologis and L'Oréal celebrate the opening of the carbon-neutral logistics facility in Muggensturm near Karlsruhe. With more than 100,000 square meters, it is L'Oréal's largest logistics center worldwide.
![Bird’s-Eye View Prologis Park Muggensturm Bird’s-Eye View Prologis Park Muggensturm](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/voices-from-the-industry_loreal_prologis-park-muggensturm-luftbild-2.jpg?itok=ufuOvSoS)
2019
In October, the carbon-neutral logistics facility of Prologis in Muggensturm receives the Logix Award. Thus, the team in Germany triumphs against around 100 other new construction projects.
![Logix_award_2019_image.jpg Gewinner des Logix Award 2019 jubeln](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/09/Logix_award_2019_image.jpg?itok=aaoBXm5w)
2021
With the logistics facility in Datteln, which Prologis developed according to the WELL Building Standard to create a healthy working environment for the customers' employees, the company wins the Logix Award for the second time in a row.
![Logix Award 2021 Logix Award 2021](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/06/logix-award-2021.jpg?itok=DkfbhOyj)
2021
In addition to the existing offices in Düsseldorf and Frankfurt am Main, Prologis is opening further offices in Munich and Hamburg.
![prologis-office-hamburg.jpg Brücke zwischen zwei Häusern in der Hamburger Speicherstadt](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2022/10/prologis-office-hamburg.jpg?itok=BhtOXb3n)
2021
Prologis enters the Berlin market with the acquisition of a portfolio of 11 properties.
![Berlin Luftaufnahme Berlin Luftaufnahme](/sites/germany/files/styles/375x280/public/images/2023/01/S%2015%20Berlin%20Luftaufnahme_shutterstock.jpg?itok=mUHL3I-N)