Industrial to Retail Reposition Driven by Data on Highway Site

Client Name

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Location

Great Western Highway, Penrith

Required Service

repositioning

Completion Timeframe

4 Months

Old Tenant

Industrial, Under-utilised, Mum-and-dad Operator, in Arrears

New Tenant

Blue Chip International Tier 1 Gym + Blue Chip Recreation & Entertainment Tenant

The numbers

Old Value

$4,400,000

New Value

$9,800,000

Surplus Value Created

$5,400,000

Surplus Additional Income Created

$335,000 net + outgoings + GST

additional tenancies added

1

How we did it

Site Challenges: 
  • Site was not being utilised to highest and best use across its GLA of 2,000m2.
  • Existing tenant could not afford the rent and did not require the entire building
  • Low square metre rate due to business type not able to sustain across large building footprint, compressing the annual rent due to a total rent cap out
  • Existing business did not have longevity or pose future upside to the owners
  • Landlord and Tenant Legal Dispute ongoing

 

Greyfield Solution?

  • Split the building GLA into 2 separate tenancies as opposed to the previous single tenant layout to maximise square metre rate and attract more favourable national tenants
  • Sourced international, Blue Chip Recreation & Entertainment tenant to take 50% of the space
  • Secured 20 year lease
  • The first lease of half the building covered 80% of the previous total net rent
  • Resolved and liaised between landlord and tenant to recover long outstanding arrears of $50,000
  • Negotiated for existing tenant to relocate
  • Leased the remaining half of the building to Blue Chip International Tier 1 Gym Tenant for $210,000
  • More than doubled the value by exercising creativity
  • Sharper cap rate moving forward for client due to significant improvement of lease covenants

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