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Cold-Storage REIT Prices IPO, Launches NYSE Trading

Reportedly the first public REIT in the controlled-temperature space, Americold Realty Trust could be valued at up to $4 billion, Seeking Alpha reported in December.

By Paul Bubny | Updated on January 19, 2018

Americold acquired this cold-storage facility in San Antonio, TX in 2017. The REIT’s portfolio runs to nearly one billion cubic feet.

ATLANTA—Shares of cold-storage REIT Americold Realty Trust began trading Friday on the New York Stock Exchange under the COLD ticker after the company priced its initial public offering at $16 per share, the high end of the IPO’s price range. The IPO was upsized to 45.3 million common shares from the 24 million originally announced on Jan. 9.

A portfolio company of Ron Burkle’s Yucaipa Cos., COLD initially planned an IPO in 2010 but the offering was scrapped, reportedly due to market conditions. Published reports say the Blackstone Group sought to buy COLD last fall but was turned down when Burkle judged the $3-billion bid to be too low. The current IPO could value COLD at up to $4 billion, Seeking Alpha reported last month.

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