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Mining to dining: the new driver of the Australian industrial sector?

8 October 2013
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​Sydney, 8 October 2013 – Like data centres a decade ago, are refrigerated logistics facilities the next growth asset in Australia’s industrial property market?

That is the question posed in CBRE’s latest Australian ViewPoint which focuses on the rise in demand for refrigerated logistics facilities in what has been dubbed a shift from a “mining boom to a dining boom”.

The report looks at the transitional patterns evident in the retail sector and how these are influencing the industrial arena. A specific focus is the refrigerated logistics industry, which is responsible for the storage and management of a range of goods and commodities, including food stuffs, pharmaceuticals, agricultural imports and exports and specialised manufactured goods.

CBRE’s Senior Research Manager – Industrial, Luke Dixon, said rising sales turnover in the food retail sector had been one of the key market drivers, underpinning strong occupier demand for refrigerated logistics facilities.

This in turn has generated growing interest from institutional investors chasing the strong tenancy covenants on offer from some of Australia’s largest retail and wholesale manufacturing companies – among them Coles, Woolworths and Metcash.

CBRE Senior Managing Director, Victoria, Matt Haddon said  investors had recently shown their willingness to pay benchmark yields to get a foothold in the sector and acquire facilities with long Weighted Average Lease Expiry profiles (WALEs).

This was highlighted last month by Cromwell’s acquisition of a new refrigerated logistics facility in Adelaide for $32.7 million on a yield of 8.2% based on a WALE of 20 years. This transaction is expected to be followed by further strong evidence of investor demand for this asset class, as several sales at sub 8% yields are mooted to be at “due diligence” stage..

“Yields for refrigerated logistics facilities have sharpened as investors become more comfortable with the role that this asset class plays as a vital component of the infrastructure required to facilitate growth in the global supply of food and agricultural products,” Mr Haddon said.

“We expect this to continue and for yields on Refrigerated Logistics assets  to compress more rapidly than other industrial assets as they come off a higher base and investors chase the strong WALE’s on offer.”

Refrigerated Logistics Yield & Rent Comparison (as at Sep 2013)

The CBRE report also highlights a significant shift in the dynamics of the refrigerated logistics industry in recent years.

“As the logistics sector has consolidated and automated, technology has made leaner operations possible for clients,” Mr Dixon said.

“Typical asset sizes for new cold storage facilities are 10,000sqm+, although some facilities such as the Coles site in Truganina in Victoria are as large as 40,000sqm.  Some of the largest and most advanced operations have also shifted away from inner-city locations near ports and towards outer city industrial estates on established transport routes and arterial roads.”

Another focus of the report is the marked difference between the rentals and outgoings for refrigerated logistics facilities as opposed to traditional warehouses.

“Given the capital intensive nature of cold storage assets, face rents tend to average between $200 a square metre and $300 a square metre as opposed to typical prime warehouse face rents of between $80 and $120 a square metre,” Mr Dixon said.

“Outgoings costs also tend to be higher, averaging 20% to 30% of net face rents as opposed to 10% for standard warehouse facilities. Looking ahead, this suggests that occupiers will be attracted to assets that offer long term certainty over outgoings, particularly energy costs over the term of their lease.”

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CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2012 revenue).  The Company has approximately 37,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.au.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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