Commercial Investment Real Estate July/August 2018 | Page 42

REGIONAL OUTLOOK { MID-AT L A NTIC } Washington, D.C.’s Big Deal Less than three years after its $84 million purchase of One Dulles Tower, a 403,600-sf property in Herndon, Va., Federal Capital Partners sold the property for $226 million to Harbor Group International LLC. The 17-year-old building has been fully occupied by Amazon Web Services since 2017. FCP invested about $11 million in renovating and respositioning the 13-story building and was assisted in the sale by Cushman & Wakefield. { N ATION A L} {MIDWEST} Top Five U.S. Metro Areas Multifamily Cap Rate Trends Highest Apartment Occupancy 2017 96.9% (Down 20 bps YOY) Los Angeles South 96.2% (Down 30 bps YOY) Orange County, California 96.1% (Down 30 bps YOY) Milwaukee 96.1% (Up 20 bps YOY) Detroit 96.0% (Down 10 bps YOY) Two Ohio cities — Columbus and Cincinnati — had the highest multifamily cap rates in 1Q2018; Boston and New York City, the lowest. Figures are based on expected average ranges for Class A CBD assets. City Minneapolis Source: Berkadia National Multifamily Research Report Forecast 2018 Columbus, Ohio Cincinnati Pittsburgh San Antonio Nashville, Tenn. Raleigh-Durham, N.C. South Florida San Diego Boston New York City Cap Rate Range % 6.00% - 6.90% 6.00% - 6.80% 5.75% - 6.50% 5.00% - 6.25% 4.75% - 5.25% 4.75% - 5.10% 4.30% - 5.30% 4.00% - 4.50% 3.50% - 5.50% 3.30% - 4.30% Source: JLL {WEST} East Bay area was strong during the first quarter of 2018, according to Kidder Mathews. Rents for state-of-the-art spaces have jumped 20 percent over the last 12 months and have attracted investors from around the country, particularly along I-880. Rents for bulk industrial spaces larger than 100,000 sf continue to rise above $1 psf; average rents for flex spaces range from $1.65 to $1.75 psf. 40 July | August 2018 COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT REAL ESTATE Industrial Demand Strong in East Bay Demand for industrial properties in California’s