Mission-critical industrial facility in Georgia sold

ATLANTA, August 11, 2020 – JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the $43.9 million sale of an 811,000-square-foot distribution center at 860 John B. Brooks Rd. leased to Bed Bath & Beyond in the northeast Georgia community of Pendergrass.

JLL worked on behalf of the seller, Oak Street Real Estate Capital, LLC, while an unnamed institutional investment group purchased the asset.

The distribution center is situated on 62 acres along Interstate 85, which is the industrial backbone of the southeastern United States. It is less than 70 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the world. The asset features tilt-up construction, 32-foot clear heights and a cross-dock configuration. It is a mission-critical distribution hub for Bed Bath & Beyond.

The JLL Capital Markets team representing the seller was led by Alex Sharrin, Britton Burdette, Brian Shanfeld, Matt Wirth and Dennis Mitchell.

“Industrial-oriented net-lease real estate has seen a much more muted sensitivity to the overall volatility in the commercial real estate marketplace,” Sharrin said. “Bed Bath & Beyond’s e-commerce and distribution center in Pendergrass sits at the nexus of strong intrinsic real estate value and credit, providing for a stable investment opportunity.”

“The buyer was attracted to the mission-critical operation, which servers the growing e-commerce business segment of the tenant along with the strong location and building attributes,” Burdette added. “This transaction highlights the continued growth in demand for quality industrial assets in the Atlanta market.”

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