Foundation Industrial has acquired a 472,512-square-foot flex industrial property assortment scattered throughout metro Tampa, Fla., for $60 million, doubling its footprint available in the market to greater than 1 million sq. toes.
Birtcher Anderson & Davis beforehand owned the portfolio, in response to CommercialEdge data. An in-house consultant spearheaded the negotiations for every firm.
The capital stack for the acquisition included debt from Seaside Level Capital Administration and, in response to ready remarks by Foundation Managing Associate Anthony Scavo, fairness from the corporate’s funding automobile Co-GP IV.
Birtcher Anderson & Davis purchased the portfolio for $42 million from B Developments in 2021. The gathering’s new price ticket underscores shallow bay industrial’s rising demand, particularly in Larger Tampa, the place restrictive zoning could hamper new improvement.
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The traded properties embrace:
- Bryan Dairy Enterprise Park, 7201-7243 Bryan Dairy Highway, Largo, Fla., 102,166 sq. toes
- Starkey Middle I & II, 12345 and 12505 Starkey Highway, Largo, 102,652 sq. toes
- Turtle Creek, 4900-4914 Creekside Drive, Clearwater, Fla., 121,217 sq. toes
- Cross Bayou, 11701 S. Belcher Highway, Largo, 58,088 sq. toes
- ICOT IV & Condominium, 13921-13923 Icot Blvd. and 13830-13922 N. 58th St., Clearwater, 88,389 sq. toes
Foundation plans to renovate the buildings, together with repairs to the parking areas, sidewalks, curbing and entrances. Extra overhauls will contact upon the roofs, the place relevant, and exterior caulking, landscaping, in addition to branding.
The tenant roster consists of Weatherproofing Applied sciences, Rotech Oxygen and Medical Tools, Hoya Optical Labs of America and Analysis Growth Manufacturing, amongst different firms.
Scavo led the negotiations on behalf of Foundation, whereas Birtcher Anderson & Davis Co-Chairman & Principal Bob Anderson supplied in-house illustration for the vendor.
Foundation Industrial goes into growth mode
Foundation Industrial owned or managed greater than 5 million sq. toes of business area throughout the nation as of March. The corporate additionally had greater than $1 billion in property below administration. By 12 months’s finish, Foundation expects to extend its footprint by a further 2 million to three million sq. toes.
Final August, the corporate expanded its stock by a flurry of acquisitions encompassing 1.1 million sq. toes. The property are unfold all through Texas and Florida, principally clustered round Houston, Dallas and St. Petersburg, Fla. Seaside Level Capital Administration supplied acquisition financing.
Tampa’s versatile industrial costs
Metro Tampa’s industrial gross sales quantity wrapped up 2024 at practically $1.1 billion, in response to CommercialEdge’s newest report. Final 12 months, property traded on common for $124 per sq. foot, barely beneath the nationwide determine of $129 per sq. foot. Nashville, Tenn.’s industrial properties edged Tampa’s—going for $128 per sq. foot—whereas Atlanta’s have been barely cheaper, at $109 per sq. foot.
Final 12 months’s funding momentum rolled properly into 2025. Simply this month, Stonemont Monetary Group divested Lakeland Commerce Middle’s Constructing 400 in Lakeland, Fla. A consumer suggested by MetLife Funding Administration paid $50 million for the asset.
