Indus Realty Belief has acquired Phoenix Airport Logistics, a 393,484-square-feet warehouse/distribution heart in Phoenix’s airport submarket. CBRE Funding Administration offered the asset for $72.4 million, in line with public information. The constructing was totally leased to 5 tenants on the time of the sale, together with Amazon. Cushman & Wakefield suggested the vendor.
Forward of the current sale, the property carried a $27.2 million mortgage originated in 2020 by Pacific Coast Capital Companions. The property final traded in 2019, when Principal Actual Property Traders offered it for $38.8 million.
The cross-dock distribution heart situated at 3333 S. Seventh St. got here on-line in 2016 It features a 36-foot clear peak, 96 dock-high doorways and 62 trailer parking areas. It’s situated close to each downtown Phoenix and Sky Harbor Airport.
Indus Realty Belief, which makes a speciality of logistics properties, owns or has majority possession in 55 properties and tasks below growth, totaling 9.3 million sq. ft. Indus itself is essentially owned by associates of Centerbridge Companions, a personal funding agency, and GIC, a worldwide institutional investor. Additionally, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Funding Authority owns an curiosity in Indus.
Earlier this 12 months, Indus acquired a lately accomplished 550,243-square-foot industrial facility in Jacksonville, Fla., that’s totally leased to European retailer Primark. VanTrust Actual Property was the vendor.
As for the Phoenix deal, Cushman & Wakefield Govt Vice Chair Will Sturdy, Director Michael Matchett and Senior Affiliate Molly Hunt brokered the deal as unique brokers.
Provide wall hits Phoenix industrial
The Phoenix industrial emptiness got here in at 12.7 % within the third quarter of 2024, the sixth consecutive quarterly rise, in line with Cushman & Wakefield. The reason being simple: a rush of provide into the market instantly after 2020 that hasn’t been matched by demand, although demand continues to be increased than it was in 2019.
Web absorption marketwide within the third quarter got here in at 6.1 million sq. ft, a quarter-over-quarter drop from 8.1 million sq. ft. Loads of current absorption has been build-to-suit completions, comparable to for TSMC’s 4.3 million-square-foot facility, the C&W report famous. The tempo of building, nonetheless, is now really fizzling out.
The Phoenix Airport submarket had a emptiness price of solely 6.5 % within the third quarter, a lot decrease than the metro determine, the identical supply reveals. However even the Airport submarket is seeing a provide/demand imbalance: Yr-to-date web absorption within the space is about 228,200 sq. ft, whereas building completions within the third quarter alone totaled greater than 1 million sq. ft.
