McCraney Property Co. has obtained $55 million in financing for a three-property industrial portfolio within the southeastern U.S. totaling 665,810 sq. toes. JLL secured the three loans for the borrower.
The non-recourse financing features a $25.8 million mortgage for the 390,498-square-foot 41 Logistics Heart in Adairsville, Ga.; $16 million for the 128,684-square-foot Royal Palm Logistics in Royal Palm Seaside, Fla.; and $13.2 million for the 146,628-square-foot Davidson 85 in Harmony, N.C.
McCraney developed the three services between 2023 and 2024. All of them characteristic 32- to 36-foot clear heights, ample parking and ESFR sprinklers. The portfolio was 94.7 % leased on the time of closing.
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JLL Senior Managing Director Melissa Rose, Senior Director Michael DiCosimo and Affiliate Nicole Barba led the Capital Markets’ Debt Advisory group that facilitated the loans. The identical brokers helped McCraney get hold of a $25.8 million mortgage to develop the primary section of an industrial venture in Pasco County, Fla.
McCraney, which has places of work in Orlando, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C., makes a speciality of industrial growth and possession, The corporate has greater than 25 million sq. toes accomplished or in lively speculative initiatives beneath growth. Its tenant base consists of firms within the manufacturing, logistics/distribution, meals and beverage, agriculture, aerospace and expertise sectors.
CRE lending rising
The drop in rates of interest corresponded with a rising quantity of business actual property lending, together with for industrial properties. In the course of the fourth quarter of 2024, originations for all main property varieties elevated 84 % over the yr, in keeping with Mortgage Bankers Affiliation information.
Industrial properties, which attracted giant quantities of financing because the sector grew within the post-pandemic years, are nonetheless robust in that regard, with originations up 94 % year-over-year in This autumn 2024, MBA experiences. Nonetheless, the sector didn’t develop as a lot as hospitality, whose originations have been up 124 % year-over-year in This autumn 2024, and workplace, up 105 %.
By the tip of final yr, total CRE origination exercise was again to 2022 ranges, MBA notes. The group expects extra business property-associated borrowing and lending this yr.