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Did Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods alter the Net Lease Grocery Sector?

While the grocery industry is undergoing changes in tenant mix, technology, and customer trends, the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon did not have a noticeable effect on grocery sector.

It was big news when Amazon announced they were buying Whole Foods. Amazon was expected to ramp up their fresh food and cut prices in Whole Foods. Speculations about what this meant for the internet giant and future of the grocery industry ran wild. We wanted to look at a few measurable effects in the net lease market in the 12 months before the announcement of the acquisition and from the announcement to present.

The average cap rate of single tenant net leased grocery stores is nearly identical before and after the merger. This non-movement mirrors the consistency in the wider STNL market which saw average cap rates move by 2 bps. The number of sales from before the announcement is slightly larger than the number of sales after, however this is driven mostly by the different lengths of time. We have 55 comps in the 12 months leading up to the announcement and 45 comps in the 10 months following the announcement, roughly four and a half sales per month for each time frame.

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Jonathan Hipp

Jonathan Hipp

Jonathan Hipp began his career in real estate over 25 years ago. In his early years as a broker, he ventured into the net lease industry and quickly began leading the US net lease market, closing over $3 billion in transactions. In 2005, Jon founded Calkain Companies, a company focused solely on net lease investment services. As President and CEO, he has been instrumental in building the firm into one of the leading Net Lease real estate companies, transacting over $12 billion of net lease deal volume over the past 13 years. He has expanded Calkain’s services to include brokerage, advisory, asset management, capital markets, and industry research. He has become a well-known resource, panelist, and speaker at various Net Lease and Industry conferences and is a regular contributor to GlobeSt.com on real estate trends. In June 2015, Jon’s passion for the real estate business was again recognized as he was nominated for the Top Real Estate Player in the DC area by SmartCEO magazine.

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