Developers obtain $26 million construction loan for Hialeah warehouse
East Capital Partners and ViletCo Enterprises obtained a $26 million construction loan for a spec warehouse in Hialeah. First Bank Puerto Rico, doing business as FirstBank Florida, provided the mortgage to co-developers WGC 97th Property LLC, managed by Drew T. DeWitt, co-founder of Darien, Connecticut-based East Capital Partners, and NV Toro Owner, managed by Klaas […]
Large warehouse breaks ground in Miami’s Allapattah
Longpoint Realty Partners and Vivo Real Estate Group recently broke ground on a 107,632-square-foot cold storage warehouse in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood at 2260 N.W. 27th Ave. Called Point 27th, the warehouse facility is projected to be finished early next year. It will include high-efficiency refrigeration systems, a glycol system, 37 dock-height doors, two ramps, 35-foot clear ceilings, […]
Amazon Signs Another Big Warehouse Lease in Southern California
The king of e-commerce has expanded again with another warehouse lease over 1 million square feet in Southern California. The property spans over 60 acres at 3945 Lytle Creek Road in Fontana, Calif., according to leasing marketing materials. The site is just off the Sierra Avenue exit on Interstate 15, about 12 miles northwest of Downtown San Bernardino. […]
Property Management Success: Cool Heads for Cold Storage
Over the past several years, cold storage has become an increasingly heated industrial specialty. According to Grand View Research, the climate-controlled storage sector, worth $36.9 billion as of 2023, is expected to grow 17.5 percent annually by 2030. Much of this demand is structural. In a recent CPE Viewpoint, David Greek of Greek Real Estate Partners cited increased […]
Biden Increases Tariffs on Chinese Imports for Computer Chips, Electric Vehicles
During President Joe Biden’s administration, billions of dollars in factories making semiconductors, electric vehicle parts and solar panels were built partly to take advantage of federal subsidies meant to bolster U.S. production of these goods. Now Biden’s put some of those signature legislative items to the test. Biden on Tuesday approved higher tariffs on various cheap Chinese […]
Fed’s Powell: Rate Cuts Likely Delayed This Year
If inflation continues, long-anticipated interest rate cuts may not happen this year, the Federal Reserve chair said. Interest rates influence mortgage rates. WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell cautioned Tuesday that persistently elevated inflation will likely delay any Fed interest rate cuts until later this year, opening the door to a period of higher-for-longer […]
Business Rent Tax Reduction Set for June
A cut in the state’s commercial lease sales tax, from 4.5% to 2.0%, will begin on June 1, weeks earlier than originally expected. Business owners will see an earlier-than-anticipated reduction to the state’s lease tax, beginning in June rather than July, state leaders said. Florida’s commercial lease sales tax rate, also known as the Business […]
Getting in the Heads of Industrial Tenants
An excess of supply in some industrial markets has led to more rentable options and more favorable leasing terms for tenants. With new construction starts taking a more than 70 percent dive since early 2022, however, according to a 2023 Savills report, demand is likely to quickly outpace new deliveries. Until then, tenants have their […]
Industrial Rents Rise as New Pipeline Rebalances
National industrial in-place rents increased by 7.6% year-over-year to an average of $7.74 per square foot in January as the industrial new supply pipeline undergoes a rebalancing, according to CommercialEdge’s February Industrial Report. This data clearly shows that Industrial Rents Rise as New Pipeline Rebalances, reflecting ongoing shifts in the sector. The national vacancy rate […]
Cold Storage Is Hot — and It Will Stay That Way for A While
Forget labs or data centers. The true mission critical infrastructure of American life is the 3.7 billion square feet of big, boxy refrigerated warehouses that have recently become a real estate asset of interest. Significant changes in grocery shopping, restaurant operation, pharmaceutical storage (including new diet drugs), online ordering and meal kits, agriculture, food manufacturing […]