(To read more on the industrial market, click here.)

SAN ANTONIO-EastGroup Properties Inc., a Jackson, MS-based REITthat entered the San Antonio industrial real estate market in 2004,has grown its local portfolio to over 1.1 million sf with theground-breaking of a 64,000-sf, $4.22 million distributionwarehouse for Dallas-based Dal-Tile Corp. The building is expectedto be ready for occupancy in first quarter 2007.

The structure is within EastGroup's 14-building Arion BusinessPark, acquired in February 2005 for $40 million or $76.33 per sf.Arion, at that time, totaled 524,000 sf. "This development[Dal-Tile's building] will increase our ownership at Arion to694,000 sf and to over 1.1 million sf in San Antonio, a market weentered two years ago," says David H. Hoster II, EastGroup'spresident and CEO.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking commercial real estate news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical coverage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.