The Koll Company Sells Two Industrial Parks Acquired Just Two Years Ago
Through strategic acquisitions and sales of properties in the Western United States, the company’s management team creates value for its property investment partners
Real estate daily news & red comps | September 23 2021
TEMPE, ARIZONA – The Koll Company announced the sale of two industrial parks in transactions that totaled nearly twice what the company and its investment partners paid for the properties just two years ago.
Immediately after acquiring the properties – AmPac Industrial Park in Henderson, Nev. and Broadway Industrial Park in Tempe, Ariz. – Koll undertook major reinvestments and implemented best-in-class management and leasing at both locations. From enhancing the properties’ interior and exterior spaces, to executing long-term leases at market rates, to improving operating efficiencies, these efforts transformed the properties into highly desirable, market-leading locations.
“We’re grateful that we were able to create exceptional value for our investment partners through the strategic purchase, hands-on management, reinvestment and sale of these properties,” said Scott Meserve, principal, The Koll Company. “Suffice to say our partners are extremely pleased with our performance and successful execution of the business plan for these two industrial parks.”
Meserve added: “What made these deals possible is the combination of implementing our in-house management expertise, strategic capital improvements and market knowledge of the leasing teams we partnered with for each property. Jennifer Levine and Elizabeth Moore of RealComm Advisors represented Koll at AmPac and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented Koll at Broadway.”
When AmPac Industrial Park was purchased in 2019, there were seven vacancies totaling 22,597-square-feet, as well as 20 month-to-month tenants. When Koll and its partners sold the property this year, it was 100 percent leased with no month-to-month lease term tenants.
CBRE, Darla Longo and Rebecca Perlmutter, partnered with Koll to sell the property, which comprises 175,818 square feet and 41 tenants. Koll and its investment partners purchased the property in 2019 for $21.2 million and sold it for more than $42 million.
For the sale of Broadway Industrial Park, Koll partnered with Cushman & Wakefield, Will Strong and Phil Haenel. Acquired in 2019 for $7.47 million, the property was sold for more than $13 million. Broadway Industrial Park comprises two tenants in two buildings that total more than 58,000 square feet. The property is in Tempe’s industrial submarket, one of the most sought-after industrial areas in metro Phoenix.
The Koll Company continues to achieve above-market returns for its investment partners, Meserve noted, by continually expanding its portfolio through identifying industrial investment properties across the Western United States. In just the first-half of 2021 alone, the company acquired more than $75 million in industrial properties.