Industrial

According to Rene Circ, director with research firm CoStar Portfolio Strategy, now may be a good time to sell industrial portfolios since large institutional players entering the sector are, in essence, willing to pay double premiums on such deals.

The capital raising comes even as Trump has yet to deliver on a promise to facilitate the investment of as much as $1.7 trillion in the next decade.

Dense urban markets where land zoned for industrial is in short supply and property values are at a premium are candidates for vertical warehouse construction, industrial brokers say.

India and Vietnam might become the winners in the current trade negotiations, shifting growth in imports to the East Coast ports.

“Investors look at the fundamentals and can get comfortable with the high prices due to rent growth potential,” says Jack Fraker, vice chairman and managing director of CBRE’s global industrial and logistics practice.

Turns out the 2015 deal turned a tidy profit for the warehouse landlord.