Real Estate and Construction

Saving Greenbacks with Green DCs - Spring 2008-Vol.20, No.1 - available PDF file

The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 sets guidelines for tiered reductions in energy consumption for commercial buildings by the year 2050. This article highlights the costs and benefits to developers, and the innovative solutions to reduce energy use in the design of distribution centers.

Estimates are in that roughly 80% of all new buildings are speculative, but is that risky for industrial developers? With higher land costs and diminishing cap rates, new projects are becoming dependent on market rent to maintain profit margins. If demand slows, owners of second generation buildings could have the competitive advantage. Developers are entering a market dynamic that hasn’t existed before and are rolling the dice on whether new construction is the healthiest option.

This article discusses the unprecedented demand for stabilized industrial property and shows how The Walker Companies can deliver a “turn-key” leased facility to a corporate tenant at a significantly lower cost with the same or better execution capabilities as a national developer.

The Walker Companies are pleased to announce the creation of an Equity Investment division, which will acquire or develop facilities in second and third tier cities. An innovative deal structure Walker will utilize is creation of a joint venture with the corporate client. Walker will take the primary development risk, but the client, who is the tenant, is also an owner and participates in the cash flow, equity buildup and capital appreciation.

A 2002 Grubb & Ellis publication suggests that industrial vacancy rates are close to bottoming out. Large cutbacks in new space construction coupled with an upswing in the manufacturing sector suggest a market recovery is on the way.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is analyzed by building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, time on the market, and those with rail service or cranes.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is analyzed by building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, time on the market, and those with rail service or cranes.

Advances in technology and transportation have been the main catalyst for industrial facility design over the last three decades. This article explores the changes in office / warehouse and bulk distribution facilities over this time-period.

Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code provides a way an investor can avoid paying taxes on property transactions. This article is a simple explanation of this method of increasing wealth by deferring your taxes.

An examination of the four distinct phases of the real estate market, and how investors act in each phase of the real estate cycle.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is analyzed by building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, age, and other variables.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is profiled, with comprehensive data on available industrial buildings profiled by several different building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, average distance to the interstate, time on market, and those with rail service or cranes.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is profiled, with comprehensive data on available industrial buildings profiled by several different building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, average distance to the interstate, time on market, and those with rail service or cranes.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is profiled, with comprehensive data on available industrial buildings profiled by several different building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, average distance to the interstate, time on market, and those with rail service or cranes.

The Southeastern Industrial Real Estate Market is profiled, with comprehensive data on available industrial buildings profiled by several different building characteristics: available square footage, average building square footage, average distance to the interstate, time on market, and those with rail service or cranes.

An overview and comparison of various project delivery techniques, citing the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Examination of a new lease structure that allows corporations to achieve off-balance sheet treatment of the lease, yet still claim a depreciation deduction for the asset.

Sellers of real estate often reject purchase offers that they feel are too low. However, they ignore critical issues that, if evaluated, may cause them to accept such offers. This article offers an analytical technique to gauge real estate purchase offers using a methodology that incorporates all relevant issues, not just the value of the purchase offer.

With improved knowledge of the devastating impact of natural disasters on facility structure, building codes have been adjusted to reflect the likelihood of increased damaged by an event. It is important for companies to hold a comprehensive review of local building codes if considering expansion of an existing facility or retrofit of a second-generation building, as compliance with new codes could be very expensive.

A city-by-city comparison of lease rates on industrial space throughout the world.

The redevelopment of abandoned industrial land is flourishing because of modified laws and regulations.

An overview of the design/build project delivery method, which allots responsibility to one entity, theoretically reducing the adversarial relationship between the architect and general contractor, promoting communication, and keeping the building process on schedule.

Industrial space absorption in non-metro markets shows significant gains as companies capture the benefits of lower operating costs and less expensive real estate.

With economic recovery, the industrial real estate market continues to improve especially in the Southeastern region (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee). The article presents statistics on industrial space absorption by state and building quality for the period 1989-1994

Although the sun may have set on tax exempt industrial development bonds, current legislative activity points to an extension of this important tool to finance new manufacturing capacity.

Contrary to popular opinion, Japanese companies are not buying up all real estate in the US, and owners of surplus industrial buildings are misguided in their believe foreign companies are good prospects to purchase their surplus facilities.

Over the years, Interstate 85 from Atlanta to Greensboro has claimed the title of the strongest growth market; however, an analysis of industrial space absorption across the Southeast shows I-85 to be one of the worst markets in the past 22 months. The problem is that the amount of industrial space exceeds the amount actually absorbed.

Although there is a surplus of industrial space, development authorities continue to throw money at the construction of spec/shell buildings.

An examination of “Bargain Sales” of surplus industrial assets to 501c(3) organizations, with an illustration of a transaction to demonstrate the tax savings arising therefrom.

The federal government compiles a mass of data to benefit companies buying or selling industrial properties. The article lists nine such datasets.

An analysis of surplus building sale transactions and the effect of interstate proximity on the sale price.

Analyses of recent sales of large, freestanding industrial facilities suggest that rural or non-metropolitan properties hold their value better than metro-are properties.

TOXNET is an online database of the National Library of Medicine that can be queried by address or lat/long coordinate for a complete list of toxic chemicals used or stored at that location.

The Walker Companies analyzed its database of available industrial facilities in the Southeast, which included single-user buildings in the non-metropolitan areas of Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

An analysis of industrial space absorption in large industrial buildings in the Southeast, segmented by building quality.