{"id":1004783246,"date":"2026-01-08T02:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004783246"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:47:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:47:34","slug":"eqt-buys-1-6-msf-industrial-portfolio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/eqt-buys-1-6-msf-industrial-portfolio\/","title":{"rendered":"EQT Buys 1.6 MSF Industrial Portfolio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EQT Real Estate has acquired a 13-asset logistics portfolio totaling more than 1.6 million square feet through EQT Real Estate Industrial Value Fund VI. CBRE represented the seller.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/EQT-Real-Estate-portfolio-buy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"711\" height=\"533\" data-attachment-id=\"1004783273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/eqt-buys-1-6-msf-industrial-portfolio\/eqt-real-estate-portfolio-buy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/EQT-Real-Estate-portfolio-buy.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"711,533\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"EQT Real Estate portfolio buy\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Image included in the press release https:\/\/eqtgroup.com\/news\/eqt-real-estate-acquires-16-million-square-foot-us-logistics-portfolio-spanning-key-infill-markets-2026-01-06&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/EQT-Real-Estate-portfolio-buy.jpg?w=711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/EQT-Real-Estate-portfolio-buy.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of one of the industrial buildings that EQT Real Estate acquired \" class=\"wp-image-1004783273\" style=\"width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/EQT-Real-Estate-portfolio-buy.jpg 711w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2026\/01\/EQT-Real-Estate-portfolio-buy.jpg?resize=300,225 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The industrial portfolio comprises 13 properties with an average construction year of 2015. <em>Image courtesy of EQT Real Estate<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Located in Orlando, Fla., Jacksonville, Fla., Chicago, Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., Houston, San Antonio and Indianapolis, the assets are institutional-grade buildings with an average construction year of 2015, according to EQT. They function as regional and last-mile distribution to large population centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The properties feature 30-foot clear heights and flexible configurations as to create small-to-mid-sized footprints, which the buyer notes are in strong demand. That is the case as new development is constrained by rising construction costs and land scarcity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The acquisition aligns with EQT&#8217;s strategy of pursuing infill assets, CIO Matthew Brodnik said in prepared remarks. Jos\u00e9 Lob\u00f3n of CBRE National Partners advised the seller in the transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/top-emerging-industrial-markets\/\">U.S. Emerging Industrial Markets<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity has-very-light-gray-to-cyan-bluish-gray-gradient-background has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>EQT Real Estate has been an energetic industrial asset buyer recently,&nbsp;purchases including both single assets and portfolios. In July, the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/mapletree-bags-241m-for-industrial-portfolio\/\">acquired a 2.4 million-square-foot portfolio<\/a> for $241.2 million from Mapletree Investments. That deal involved properties in Florida, Georgia and Texas markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same month, EQT Real Estate acquired a 2 million-square-foot <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/eqt-buys-central-valley-portfolio-for-264m\/\">industrial portfolio in Manteca, Calif.<\/a>, also through its Industrial Value Fund VI. The assets traded for $264 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-eqt-exeter-reit-also-makes-acquisition\">EQT Exeter REIT also makes acquisition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate deal, EQT Exeter Real Estate Income Trust, a related company, acquired a 76,007-square-foot industrial property in Torrance, Calif., for $51.5 million. The asset occupies about 9.6 acres in the South Bay submarket of Los Angeles, another supply-constrained logistics hub, with proximity to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PepsiCo previously owned the property at 1500 Francisco St., Yardi Matrix data shows, and will continue to occupy it under a sale-leaseback agreement. Completed in 2000, the LEED Platinum-certified building features a 30-foot clear height and about 12 percent office build-out. There are multiple EV charging stations to support zero-emission last-mile delivery fleets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deals came at a time of industrial development contraction. In November 2024, developers had broken ground on 22.9 million square feet of U.S. industrial space, which was less than the go-go period immediately after the pandemic, but still active. By November 2025, however, starts collapsed to just 8.7 million square feet, marking a 62 percent decline, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/industrial-construction-update-commercialedge\/\">according to Yardi Matrix data<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The assets are located across seven markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1023,"featured_media":1004783273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21748,21783,23891,21742],"tags":[32789,51502,52639],"class_list":["post-1004783246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industrial","category-investment","category-national","category-latest","tag-cbre","tag-eqt-exeter","tag-eqt-real-estate"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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