Leasing
Griffin reported the following for its industrial/warehouse portfolio for the three months ended
Weighted | Weighted Avg. | Weighted Avg. Rent Growth3 | ||||
Number of Leases1 | Square Feet | Avg. Lease Term in Years | Lease Costs PSF per Year2 | Straight-line Basis | Cash Basis | |
New Leases | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Renewals | 3 | 83,000 | 6.1 | 16.5% | 3.6% | |
Total / Avg. | 3 | 83,000 | 6.1 | $0.51 | 16.5% | 3.6% |
Griffin’s industrial/warehouse portfolio’s percentage leased was as follows:
2020 | 2020 | 2020 | |
Percentage Leased | 94.3% | 94.3% | 94.9% |
Percentage Leased – | 99.7% | 99.7% | 99.1% |
Approximately 79,000 square feet of the 83,000 square feet renewed this quarter was in Griffin’s New England Tradeport industrial park in
For Griffin’s office/flex portfolio, one lease was extended for a term of 5 years and 1 month, in exchange for the tenant’s reduction in premises from approximately 4,500 square feet to approximately 2,200 square feet. Griffin’s twelve office/flex buildings, which aggregate approximately 433,000 square feet and represent 9% of Griffin’s total real estate portfolio, were 64.7% leased as of
Griffin’s total real estate portfolio of approximately 4,639,000 square feet was 91.5% leased as of
Rent Collections/COVID-19 Impact
COVID-19 has not had a material impact on Griffin’s rent collection during the 2020 third quarter and as of the date of this press release. Griffin collected 99.9% of rent in each of June, July and August, inclusive of rent relief. Griffin entered into agreements with two tenants that granted rent relief aggregating approximately 0.5% of Griffin’s anticipated total annual rental revenue for fiscal year 2020. The much larger of these two tenants is a subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company and the rent relief was granted as part of an early 5-year renewal of that tenant’s lease that was executed subsequent to
About Griffin
Griffin is a real estate business principally engaged in developing, acquiring, managing and leasing industrial/warehouse properties. Griffin currently owns 42 buildings totaling approximately 4.6 million square feet (4.2 million of which is industrial/warehouse space) in
1 Excludes leases with an initial term of twelve months or less.
2 Weighted average lease costs per square foot per year reflects total lease costs (tenant improvements and leasing commissions) per square foot per year of the lease term.
3 Weighted average rent growth reflects the percentage change of annualized rental rates between the previous leases and the current leases. The rental rate change on a straight-line basis represents average annual base rental payments on a straight-line basis for the term of each lease including free rent periods. Cash basis rent growth represents the change in starting rental rates per the lease agreement on new and renewed leases signed during the period, as compared to the previous ending rental rates for that same space. The cash rent growth calculation excludes free rent periods. The change in rental rate calculations excludes leases for first generation space on properties acquired or developed by Griffin.
4 Stabilized properties reflect buildings that have reached 90% leased or have been in-service for at least one year since development completion or acquisition date, whichever is earlier. Stabilized properties exclude
CONTACT:
Chief Financial Officer
(860) 286-1307
agalici@griffinindustrial.com
Director, IR & Capital Markets
(212) 218-7914
apizzo@griffinindustrial.com
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