Colliers used Ten-X and its own proprietary investor database to market the property, resulting in 10 qualified, active bidders and the execution of 135 confidentiality agreements.
Private equity has gotten quite active, but REITs like Public Storage have started third-party management businesses that will give them the inside tracks.
Such is the demand among large tenants for space—especially close to Caltrain or BART—that Bay Meadows developers revised plans for the last two buildings to add 167,000 square feet to the initial 200,000 total.
Sitex will renovate the property's interior and exterior – as it has dozens of other properties in the area – improving functionality and aesthetics to appeal to corporate occupiers.