{"id":239021,"date":"2026-03-27T10:02:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239021\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T10:02:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T10:02:21","slug":"wpt-capital-advisors-acquires-oakland-industrial-facility-for-112m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/239021\/","title":{"rendered":"WPT Capital Advisors Acquires Oakland Industrial Facility For $112M"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/placeholder.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Placeholder\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n      An industrial and logistics building in Oakland&#8217;s Airport Business Park was acquired for $112.5M.\n    <\/p>\n<p id=\"docs-internal-guid-02c6092c-7fff-4286-7b2c-dd603f1bb0ae\" dir=\"ltr\">WPT Capital Advisors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2026\/03\/26\/oakland-property-build-real-estate-develop-industrial-economy-east-bay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">purchased the 375K SF Oakland Logistics Center<\/a> at the corners of Pardee Drive and Swan Lane in Oakland for $112.5M.<\/p>\n<p>The property on 18.6 acres was built in 2014 by <a class=\"tag tag-58552\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/birtcher-development\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"58552\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Birtcher Development<\/a> and Investments LLC and houses paint manufacturer Benjamin Moore\u2019s Oakland distribution center, with two commercial spaces available for lease.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tag tag-2620\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/bentall-kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"2620\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bentall Kennedy<\/a>, which in 2019 merged with <a class=\"tag tag-47527\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/greenoak-real-estate\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"47527\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GreenOak Real Estate<\/a> to form <a class=\"tag tag-186622\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/bgo\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"186622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BGO<\/a>, purchased the building in 2015, The Registry <a href=\"https:\/\/news.theregistrysf.com\/bentall-kennedy-buys-375k-sqft-industrial-building-in-oakland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The property, located within the footprint of Oakland\u2019s Airport Business Park, sold for 53% more than its assessed value of $73.4M, The Mercury News reported. <a class=\"tag tag-149881\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/pgim-real-estate-finance\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"149881\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PGIM Real Estate Finance<\/a>\u00a0provided WPT Capital Advisors with a $67.6M loan for the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"tag tag-155032\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bisnow.com\/tags\/oakland-industrial\" target=\"_blank\" data-tag-id=\"155032\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Oakland industrial<\/a> corridor, which comprises more than 127M SF, had an overall vacancy rate of 7.1% at the end of Q4 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/mktgdocs.cbre.com\/2299\/a1202126-a591-48cc-a813-892af1c08eb2-907727674\/Oakland_Industrial_Figures_Q4_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to\u00a0CBRE<\/a>. That\u2019s up from 5.8% in the same quarter in 2024 and nearly double the vacancy rate of 3.8% two years prior, CBRE noted.<\/p>\n<p>Overall asking lease rates, however, have held relatively steady during that span, ticking down to $1.31 per SF on a full-service basis versus $1.38 per SF in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Industrial developers delivered 1.2M SF of speculative construction in the Oakland\/East Bay submarket in 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.cushmanwakefield.com\/-\/media\/cw\/marketbeat-pdfs\/2025\/q4\/us-reports\/office\/east-bay-oakland_americas_marketbeat_office_q42025.pdf?rev=2b86cf39b4dc4cb083472f764422146b&amp;_gl=1*1doj8d4*_gcl_au*MTYwODY4MjY0Ny4xNzcxMjgxNTQx*_ga*NDU3Nzg2NzY4LjE3NzEyODE1Mzg.*_ga_LM51XKPGE6*czE3NzQ1NjA1MjkkbzIkZzAkdDE3NzQ1NjA1MjkkajYwJGwwJGgw*_ga_D68R2GB427*czE3NzQ1NjA1MjkkbzIkZzAkdDE3NzQ1NjA1MzEkajU4JGwwJGgw*_ga_B63VJVKT85*czE3NzQ1NjA1MjkkbzIkZzEkdDE3NzQ1NjA1MzEkajU4JGwwJGgw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to Cushman &amp; Wakefield<\/a>. But they have since pulled back on adding new spec inventory as vacancy continues to rise in the softening market. The industrial construction pipeline for the East Bay area is at its lowest levels since 2016, Cushman &amp; Wakefield noted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An industrial and logistics building in Oakland&#8217;s Airport Business Park was acquired for $112.5M. 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