I hired Ward Richmond because I needed a fast-paced individual who specializes in solutions for 3PLs and could deliver a comprehensive solution that maximized site value and enabled me to close the deal. His market intelligence and relentless effort on this project undoubtedly helped us secure the business with this new, Fortune 500 customer.
Ward Richmond understands the 3PL business. We rely on Ward to help solve our customers’ supply chain opportunities and provide them with logistics solutions that fit their needs.
Ward has consistently demonstrated a high level of customer service, a strong work ethic, and comprehensive understanding of transportation & logistics-related real estate.
Ward and his team have consistently delivered a high level of customer service over the course of several years and hundreds of transactions by working closely with our team in an effort to assist us with developing and implementing creative real estate solutions.
Positive attitude and customer-centered approach made for a great working relationship.
Ward and his team have consistently exceeded our expectations while working closely with our Properties Team to execute our real estate strategies and achieve our stated objectives.
The Colliers team worked quickly and efficiently to leverage their local market relationships to find KW multiple short term, flexible space solutions in an expedient and professional manner.
Ward has acted as our strategic real estate partner for several years having assisted our team during our rapid growth by utilizing strong relationships and unparalleled market knowledge to source off-market opportunities for property expansion needs.
Corporate real estate solutions
By Ward Richmond
As DFW cruises through another Peak Season, Amazon is kicking off its Black Friday sales a week before Thanksgiving. I’m not surprised.
Consumerism is at an all-time high and so is the demand for Big Box Distribution Centers. This is especially true in my backyard and rapidly growing hometown of Dallas, TX! And, let’s not forget our cowboy cousin, Fort Worth!
In Q3 2018, the DFW Industrial Real Estate Market absorbed 3.5 Mil SF of new deals which pushes YTD absorption numbers past 13 Mil. We still have about 7 Mil SF to go if we want to hit 20 – which is what the large and in-charge landlords are hoping will happen.
Despite record strong leasing activity, our vacancy rates popped back up above 6% this quarter due to a massive amount of new product being delivered. Developers slammed down another 10 Mil SF, further expanding our Texas tilt wall jungle pushing New Supply YTD up to almost 17 Mil SF.
It should be no surprise that these aggressive developers are still pushing the eComm envelope with another 24 Mil SF currently under construction!
During this season of Thanksgiving, industrial real estate professionals everywhere should be very thankful to be living in the Golden Age of Ecommerce and working through the longest and strongest bull market in industrial real estate history!
I mean, I keep hearing people say that Industrial Real Estate is “Sexy”! They just might have a point.
To get further inside my supply chain brain,
please check out my website and blog:
www.SupplyChainRealEstate.com
Q3 2018 TOP DFW DEALS
AVG Qoated Rate:
$3.81 SF#BLDGS/VACANCIES
200,000-499,999 SF: 363/72
500,000-749,999 Sf: 94/25
750,000+ SF: 64/10
The vacancy rate experienced an increase of over 1.4%, as much of the product that delivered this quarter was speculative. With overall leasing activity down somewhat this year, expect vacancy to uptick more this year as close to 70% of product currently under construction does not have a tenant signed.
In the third quarter there were 12 Big-Box deliveries bringing the year to date total to 25 buildings with a combined square footage of over 13 million square feet. There are still 35 Big-Box buildings under construction with 16 million square feet expected to be delivered to the market over the next 18 months..
Rental rates for Big-Box inventory remained at at $3.81, making this the eighth straight quarter where rates hovered in the low $3.80’s..
Absorption dropped this quarter to 1.8 million square feet. While signicantly down from last quarters amount of 6.5 million, the metroplex is still on pace to have a very strong absorption total of 14-15 million for the year.
Ward Richmond has over eleven years of experience specializing in industrial real estate, and has negotiated over 500 transactions while working in over 100 cities across the USA, Canada, and Mexico. Several publications have featured Ward for his expertise in this field including the Wall Street Journal, Dallas Morning News, and Dallas Business Journal. He also serves on Colliers International Industrial Advisory Board, and is a member of the Logistics & Transportation Solutions Group.
The Richmond team also includes Liam Logan, Cole Hooper, Brad Balke, Zack Rutland, and Kristina “K-Rod” Rodriguez. This high caliber team delivers next level marketing activities, market analysis, financial analysis, strategic real estate and facilities planning, site selection, and acquisition and disposition services.
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The Richmond team is supported by Colliers International Research Team
This is a new map that we created with our superb Colliers DFW marketing team in an effort to show DFW’s 8 key industrial submarkets. This map gives you a snapshot of the DFW metro highlighting landmarks, airports, intermodals, distribution hubs and manufacturing facilities for notable tenants and of course the Best BBQ joint each submarket has to o er. We will keep evolving this map and if you would like to discuss the DFW marketplace, please contact our team to dig in further.
CONTACT WARD RICHMOND AT:
Office 214.217.1201
Mobile 214.336.5757
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