James Sheehan, senior director with Cushman & Wakefield Inc.'s Philadelphia office, tells GlobeSt.com that a sizable, brand-new facility like this is "extremely appealing to large institutional investors." Sheehan arranged the sale along C&W's Jerome Kranzel, Jeff Williams, Steve Cooper, Gerry Blinebury and James Vesey.
Completed in 2007, the building is the newest and largest of four facilities at the 800-acre industrial park, developed by Chicago-based First Industrial Realty Trust. It offers 32-foot clear heights, tilt-up concrete walls, ESFR sprinklers, cross-docking and additional trailer storage. Although a confidentiality agreement prevents him from disclosing the per-sf rates that Sears Logistics is paying, Sheehan says industrial rents in the northeastern Pennsylvania corridor range from "the high $3 to $4 range."
Sheehan points out that "like all asset classes, industrial is facing the storm of the credit markets," but he adds industrial properties "seem to fare better" in transaction volume. A news release from C&W notes northeastern Pennsylvania is "a rapidly growing distribution hub." The region contains more than 46 million sf of industrial space with a relatively low vacancy rate of 10.5%.
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