E-Commerce Breathes Life into Secondary Industrial Markets

Returns for industrial real estate have been close to the highest of all property types. But is there room to grow? Signs are pointing to yes, due to e-commerce’s contribution. With the ability to track, store, analyze and apply information, more efficiencies will be built into supply chains. Online retailers keep higher levels of inventories, have a wider range of products, and support direct-to-consumer shipping and returns, which translates to a need for more space. Given consumers’ penchant for immediacy of product delivery, demand for secondary industrial markets that are located closer to people are expected to emerge.

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NAIOP, Industrial Real Estate Fundamentals and Investment Outperformance

NAIOP, The Internet of Things is Changing the Supply Chain

NAIOP, Hot Industrial Markets for 2017

Modern shopping mall interior
Modern shopping mall interior

Malls Struggle to Maintain Relevance Amidst Online Shopping

When is the last time you got in the car and headed to your local mall for a day of shopping? Probably not recently if you’re a Millennial. Mall landlords today are struggling to keep their tenants and layouts relevant in the face of online shopping. That’s why they’re focusing on “placemaking” by making their stores more compelling and relevant and the utilization of technology that track customer movements and spending habits in an attempt to increase consumer foot traffic. Even though some see malls undergoing a death spiral, publicly traded REITs are beating analyst estimates.

Sources:

BISNOW, Mall Landlords Increasingly Rely on Technology to Track Customer Habits

BISNOW, Placemaking: These Landlords have Transformed Mere Shopping Centers into Destination Centers

 BISNOW, The Death Spiral, and How it Won’t Stop the Country’s Top Retail REITs

Office Investment Environment Continues to Appeal Despite Slowing Demand

The buzz is that the office sector will experience a slowdown this year due in part to a labor shortage and an abundance of new supply being delivered that will drive up vacancy rates and slow rent growth. Other contributors include less space required per employee due to the open-plan office space trend and a shift from downtown office demand to suburban markets. Despite these setbacks, the office investment environment, particularly within the West Coast and Florida regions, is cautiously optimistic due to the business-friendly policies being signaled by the new administration.

Sources:

BISNOW, Have Office Markets Plateaued? All Signs Point to Yes.

BISNOW, Office Investment Outlook Remains Strong, Despite a Few Headwinds

BISNOW, The Top 10 Buy, Sell Office Markets for Investors to Note

5717 PACIFIC CENTER

5717 Pacific Center Blvd.

Sorrento Mesa

67,832 square feet, Office

Recently purchased by Montana Avenue Capital Partners, LLC, based in Santa Monica, due to its potential for attractive risk-adjusted return on equity, this once single-tenant, corporate-headquartered, Qualcomm-occupied Class B office building will undergo a complete transformation. Built in 2001 and renovated in 2005, Meissner Jacquét Commercial Real Estate Services was retained by ownership to provide commercial property management services and assist in the repositioning of the vacant 2-story building into lifestyle multi-tenancy workspaces complete with Wi-Fi, upgraded exteriors and landscaping, renovated lobbies and restrooms, and an increased parking ratio.

MISSION CREEK

9420 – 9440 Cuyamaca Street

Santee

63,987 square feet, Retail

Meissner Jacquét assumed management of the 63,987 square foot neighborhood center owned by CNA Enterprises, Inc., a real estate investment and advisory firm headquartered in Los Angeles. This large institutional owner maintains the multi-tenant retail storefront located in the Santee submarket as their only retail project in San Diego due to its moderate to significant appreciation potential. After interviewing various local commercial property management firms, Meissner Jacquét won the contract due to their experience managing grocery-anchored shopping centers located throughout San Diego County. Meissner Jacquét provides day-to-day property management operations to this historically well-leased retail center with long tenancy terms.

METROWORK

1350 Columbia Street

Downtown

68,516 square feet, Office Condo

In April, Meissner Jacquét Commercial Real Estate Services takes over management of MetroWork Condominium Association, AKA 1337 India Street, to provide commercial association management to the 35-tenant, 68,516 square foot, Class B, office loft/creative space condominium building built in 2007. This 9-story high-rise is 96% leased and located in the highly sought-after Downtown submarket of San Diego with excellent walkability and access to transit. Meissner Jacquét will assist the Associations’ Board of Directors in the resolution of several construction defects that are pending in the project, in addition to providing association management services that include Board communication, vendor contract services, review of Governing Documents, executing the Board-approved annual operating budget, conducting Board meetings, and providing prompt accounting functions and financial reporting.

Aero

9797 Aero Drive

Kearny Mesa

92,463 square feet, Office

This previously outdated, single-tenant office space underwent a renovation that redesigned the building into a multi-tenant, creative office use. Ownership, AVID Center, sought Meissner Jacquét Commercial Real Estate Services to provide the commercial property management due to their local expertise with owner-occupied assets. Meissner Jacquét functions as the intermediary between AVID and the tenants in order to maintain high occupancy levels and hold the property to Class-A standards so ownership can focus on their core business.

Trepte Industrial Park

7606 – 7776 Trade Street

Mira Mesa/Miramar

233,731 square feet, Industrial

Trepte Industrial Park, LTD, ownership of this historically well-leased, multi-tenant, 4-star, industrial warehouse, decided to outsource the commercial property management to Meissner Jacquét Commercial Real Estate Services due to ownership’s out-of-state location and Meissner Jacquét’s ability to provide a local, advisory role to ownership regarding the asset. Commercial real estate management operations include preventative maintenance of the 233,731 square foot industrial park and maintaining superior tenant satisfaction.

National: CRE Investment Activity to Rise This Year

There is good news for commercial real estate investors this year, investment activity is expected to rebound. According to JLL, their analysis projects global investment volumes will rise to $700B in 2017, up $50B from 2016’s levels. Large institutional allocations into commercial real estate support the prediction, with many firms focusing on real estate as they hunt for higher-yield investments. That coupled with potential regulatory changes, including the Dodd-Frank Act and its CMBS risk retention requirements, will help out the market. Read more…

Industrial: Industrial Real Estate Demand Set to Slow in 2017

After a long period of expansion due to demand outpacing supply – in Q3 2016 the sector hit its 26th consecutive quarter of record net occupancy gains – and investors favoring the sector causing record levels of acquisition spending and low cap rates, it is inevitable that demand will plateau. 2017 may still see rising rents and supply-demand imbalance that will lead to shrinking vacancies, but the magnitude will get a bit smaller. However, e-commerce and the idea that users need to be as close to the customer as possible will continue to drive industrial real estate. Read more…

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