Industrial Logistics Properties Trust Adds a Second Partner to Existing $680 Million Joint Venture
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (Nasdaq: ILPT) has entered an agreement with a top-tier global sovereign wealth fund for a 39% equity interest in a joint venture of 12 mainland properties, valued at approximately $680 million. The deal involves an investment of about $108 million, which will significantly reduce ILPT's leverage by allowing the company to pay down its unsecured revolving credit facility. Following the transaction, ILPT will own 22% of the joint venture, and $407 million in debt will be removed from its consolidated balance sheet.
- Reduced leverage from $407 million in debt no longer recorded on the balance sheet.
- Investment validates the strength of ILPT's real estate portfolio.
- Additional capital from the investment will strengthen future growth potential.
- Potential risks associated with future property values and demand for industrial assets.
- Uncertainty around sustaining reduced leverage due to possible future borrowing.
NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (Nasdaq: ILPT) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a large, top-tier global sovereign wealth fund to take a
As a result of this transaction, ILPT expects that its leverage will be substantially reduced. ILPT plans to use the approximately
John Murray, President and Chief Executive Officer of ILPT, made the following statement regarding today’s announcement:
“We are pleased to add a new private capital partner to our joint venture, which we believe validates the strength of our real estate portfolio and further illustrates that demand for quality industrial and logistics assets like ours remains strong despite the economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This transaction also substantially reduces our leverage and better positions us for growth in the future. We look forward to both growing ILPT and this joint venture with the acquisition of industrial and logistics properties in the future.”
The joint venture is managed by The RMR Group LLC, the majority owned operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc. (Nasdaq: RMR) and the manager of ILPT. RMR is responsible for providing all aspects of business and property management services for more than 1,300 properties with over 93 million square feet of commercial office, industrial, medical office, life science and retail space.
About Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, that owns and leases industrial and logistics properties throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2020, ILPT owned 301 properties with 43.8 million rentable square feet which are approximately
About The RMR Group Inc.
The RMR Group Inc. is a holding company, and substantially all of its business is conducted by its majority-owned subsidiary, The RMR Group LLC. The RMR Group LLC is an alternative asset manager that primarily provides management services to publicly traded REITs and real estate operating companies. As of September 30, 2020, The RMR Group LLC had
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- Mr. Murray states that the transaction validates the strength of ILPT’s real estate portfolio and further illustrates that demand for quality industrial and logistics assets like ILPT’s remains strong despite the economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This may imply that ILPT’s portfolio will remain strong and in demand in the future. However, property values change and may decline and demand for industrial assets may decrease. Further, the impact of the continued COVID-19 pandemic on ILPT may be worse than anticipated.
- Mr. Murray states that this transaction substantially reduces ILPT’s leverage, which may imply that ILPT’s leverage will be sustained at this reduced level. However, ILPT has a revolving credit facility under which it may borrow, repay and reborrow amounts and ILPT may seek to obtain additional debt financing in the future. As such, ILPT may not maintain the reduced leverage it achieved by completing this transaction.
- Mr. Murray’s statement in this press release that ILPT looks forward to both growing ILPT and this joint venture with the acquisition of industrial and logistics properties in the future may imply that ILPT and the joint venture will grow in the future. However, ILPT and the joint venture may not be able to identify suitable acquisitions and ILPT and the joint venture may not grow in the future.
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