1031 Exchange from Vacant Industrial to Cash-Flowing Single-Tenant Retail

Client Profile:

Seattle-based owner sold vacant industrial property and acquired cash-producing well located retail property.

Strategy:

Coordinate the sale of a vacant industrial property in Bellevue, Washington, and facilitate a 1031 exchange into a cash-flowing asset.

Outcome:

  • Following sale of the under-performing industrial property.
  • Identified newly constructed, 100% leased replacement property.
  • Markets procured long-term, fixed-rate financing.

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Outcome:

  • Disposed of a total of 17 Wendy’s properties.
  • Seven (7) properties transacted above $2.5M ($3.42M was highest on record for client).
  • The average cap rate across all transactions was 5.15%.
  • Seller used proceeds to exchange into primarily single-tenant net lease properties.

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Outcome:

  • Century Partners marketed both of the assets and they were quickly sold to private 1031 exchange investors. Four properties were sold at record-low cap rates, with an average cap rate of 4.59%, and a total consideration of $13.7 million.