UI was founded by Josh Olsan in November 2008 to provide investors an opportunity to become capital partners with us to take advantage of the attractive investment opportunities available in the Japan logistics real estate sector. Josh has been actively involved in Japanese real estate and business for over 30 years and was an instrumental part of developing the ProLogis, AMB BlackPine in Japan and New City Corporation logistic businesses in Japan and China. In January 2012 Ross Antoci joined Unified as a principal and partner to Josh to broaden the scope of the asset and investment focus for our capital partners.
UI acquired controlling interest in UI Japan Ltd (formerly known as, UIG Asset Management Co., Ltd (“UIG”), in May 2012, a Japan registered and fully licensed investment management company. And UI China (“UIC”) (formally known as Song Lan) was established in May 2015; and at the end of 2016 Joshua and Ross moved to Hong Kong to establish UI Holdings Limited (“UIH”) as the group holding company.
In November 2021, Macquarie Asset Management (“MAM”), through one of its real estate vehicles, invested in UI Group and has provided initial capital to fund UI’s pipeline of investment opportunities across Japan and China.
UI Group has acted and continues to act for multiple investors including MAM and its institutional investors; CBRE Global Investors, Sumitomo, MUFJ Group, SC Capital as well as PAG, Star Asia and several private corporates and family office investors.
UI’s investment philosophy and mission is one of “focus”. That focus is:
We are truly focused on the specific investment and development opportunities we present to our capital partners.
Unique competitive advantages and strengths of the UI platform are
Hiroshi joined UI in 2023 as a Managing Director of Business Development and CIO Japan and has over 38 years of real estate experience in Japan having developed, invested and operated over 2.5mn sqm of GFA. He was appointed as the Japan CEO in 2024, overseeing all of UI Japan, while continuing to drive business development. He has acquired, developed, operated and disposed of across all asset classes including logistics, data centers, residential, student accommodation, retail and renewable energy. Prior to UI, he served in several senior positions including Representative Director at GSA Star Asia, Head of Industrial Capital Markets at JLL, Head of Real Estate at Walmart Japan, Vice President Development at AMB Property Japan.
He holds a Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Kyoto University, Japan.
Ricky joined UI in 2023 as a Managing Director, Head of Asset and Investment Management and has over 30 years of commercial real estate, banking and finance industry experience in Japan. Ricky has extensive experience in asset and investment management of various asset classes such as logistics, data centers, office, retail, corporate and senior housing. Prior to UI, he served in numerous senior positions including Executive Director at PAG Real Assets, President of CapBridge Asset Management and Managing Director at JP Morgan Securities Japan.
Ricky is fluent in Japanese and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law and Asian Studies from the University of Sydney and a MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, New York.
Frank joined UI in 2023 as Managing Director of Business Development and has over 20 years experience in various categories of real estate development and cross border investment management. He was appointed as the China CEO in 2024, overseeing all of UI China, while continuing to drive business development. Prior to UI, he was the National Head of Business Development of Prologis China, focusing on capital deployment in China. He managed a team of 14 people covering deal sourcing, underwriting, investment committee approval, government relationship and other functions. Prior to that, he worked for Capbridge Group K.K as the Managing Director to lead the real estate investment and capital raising for projects in the US. Prior to that he worked for Tishman Speyer China as Head of Investment of China and New City Corporation as the Head of Investment for China.
Frank holds a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics from Nanjing University, China and an MBA from National University of Singapore.
Vicki joined UI in 2023 as Managing Director of Investment and Asset Management and has over 10 years' experience in investment, capital raising and fund management in logistics sector. Prior to UI, she was the Director, Industrial Investment of CapitaLand Investment, focusing on logistics investment and capital raising. Prior to joining CapitaLand, she was one of the first few employees that joined LOGOS in 2014. Over her 8 years tenure at LOGOS, Vicki has covered various key roles including investment, capital raising and fund management. Prior to leaving LOGOS, she was the Director of Fund Management, leading a team of 8 people and played key roles in investments, portfolio management and divestment of all investments and establishments of all investment vehicles, including LOGOS China Logistics Venture 1–4, the CBRE LOGOS China Logistics Club and a Separate Mandate. She has a track record of FUM of over US$ 1.4 billion and AUM of over US$ 3 billion.
Vicki holds the dual Bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University and Fudan University. She was the Valedictorian in 2013 of School of Hospitality Management at Penn State.