Peakstone Realty Belief has acquired a 51-asset industrial out of doors storage portfolio throughout 14 states in an off-market transaction valued at $490 million. Alterra IOS and institutional buyers suggested by J.P. Morgan Asset Administration offered the portfolio.
The REIT funded the acquisition by a mixture of proceeds from its credit score facility and money available. BofA Securities served as Peakstone’s monetary advisor whereas O’Melveny & Myers LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and DLA Piper offered authorized counsel.
Peakstone’s newly bought portfolio spans a complete of 440 usable acres. Of those, 82 acres are slated for redevelopment. The adaptive reuse challenge targets six properties throughout Washington, Georgia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. A wrap-up for the redevelopment is predicted in 12 to 36 months.
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The working belongings are in Solar Belt and Coastal markets resembling Philadelphia and Atlanta—8 properties every—in addition to Houston (4 properties), Nashville, Tenn., (three properties) and Dallas-Fort Price (two properties).
The portfolio is roughly 100% leased to 36 tenants within the transportation, logistics, tools rental and constructing materials companies resembling FedEx, Amazon, United Leases, Sunstate Gear Co., Beacon and Builders First Supply. The annual rental escalation averages 2.6 %.
Pushed by the IOS sector’s compelling fundamentals, Peakstone’s acquisition marked the REIT’s first foray into the commercial out of doors storage sector, in keeping with an organization assertion.
Furthermore, with the deal’s closing, Peakstone’s share of the commercial sector’s contribution to its annualized base lease spiked from 30 to 40 %. Exterior of the newly acquired 440 IOS acres, the REIT’s portfolio additionally consists of 9 million sq. ft of business house.
A fragmented sector ripe for institutional funding
GreenPoint Companions CEO Chris Inexperienced identified that the IOS market’s profitability is predicted to extend because of a scarcity of provide, pushed by the shrinkage of obtainable inventory and zoning-related challenges for brand spanking new growth, in addition to rising demand.
One pitfall Inexperienced recognized is the IOS market’s fragmentation, which can fire up points stemming from inefficient operations. The REIT’s acquisition advances the sector’s institutionalization, in keeping with ready remarks by Leo Addimando, CEO & managing accomplice of Alterra, which may alleviate a number of the points.
Peakstone Realty Belief isn’t the one institutional participant making main strikes on the IOS scene. In 2020, Triten Actual Property Companions and TPG Angelo Gordon created a three way partnership to amass IOS belongings, investing greater than $500 million throughout 16 markets. On common, the three way partnership has closed 18 new yearly acquisitions since inception.
What’s extra, the companions have double downed on their dedication in June, after they laid out plans to speculate greater than $1 billion in IOS acquisitions over the following 5 years.
