Lift Partners Pays $59.4MM for 249,000 SQFT Hayward Industrial Building
Why this matters
Industrial has moved into a normalization phase after the 2020-2023 frenzy. Vacancies are up modestly, sublease space remains a watch item in the big-box logistics segment, and rent growth has shifted from double-digit to mid-single-digit. The long-term tailwinds — nearshoring, e-commerce penetration, infill scarcity — remain intact. San Francisco continues to clear office at the deepest discounts to 2019 basis seen in the cycle, while multifamily fundamentals have stabilized and life sciences in the Peninsula remains active. Institutional capital is calibrating between core income and value-add basis plays as the cycle matures.
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The San Francisco investment firm’s purchase of the Cabot Distribution Center extends a years-long acquisition pattern across Bay Area industrial real estate, backed by the $500 million fund Lift closed earlier this y…
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