Industrial Market Report
San Francisco - CA
PREPARED BY
Roark O'Neill Real Estate Agent
San Francisco Industrial
INDUSTRIAL MARKET REPORT
Market Key Statistics
2
Leasing
3
Rent
8
Construction
10
Under Construction Properties
12
Sales
14
Sales Past 12 Months
17
Economy
19
Market Submarkets
23
Supply & Demand Trends
27
Rent & Vacancy
29
Sale Trends
31
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Overview San Francisco Industrial 12 Mo Deliveries in SF
12 Mo Net Absorption in SF
Vacancy Rate
12 Mo Rent Growth
1.5 M
(994 K)
6.9%
1.5%
Demand for San Francisco's generally small-sized industrial market has been generated by last-mile logistics tenants, tech firms absorbing flex space, and biotech firms taking lab space. Industrial and flex vacancy fell to extreme lows during the 2010's expansion cycle, but have lifted higher over the past few years. Vacancy has increased in the peninsula and city, particularly among flex buildings and smaller dated warehouses that don't easily tie into e-commerce distribution. Tenants are often facing unenviable options upon lease expiration: renewing at a significantly higher rate, closing shop, or moving out of town due to a lack of alternative viable space availabilities.
Structural factors such as a lack of available industriallyzoned land, weak infrastructure, and confined port capacity limit the market's distribution facility potential. Severe supply constraints and high land values have constrained new development for decades. The market's demand drivers and historically strong rent growth are appealing to investors, but it's relatively limited and aged inventory mutes sales volume. Pricing is well above the national average, and cap rates remain among the lowest in the nation but may face upward pressure as lenders and investors take caution amid the coronavirus pandemic induced recession.
KEY INDICATORS RBA
Vacancy Rate
Market Rent
Availability Rate
Net Absorption SF
Deliveries SF
Under Construction
Logistics
49,556,840
5.6%
$18.06
7.7%
(275,157)
0
0
Specialized Industrial
17,715,856
4.1%
$19.40
6.5%
(66,359)
0
187,000
Flex
27,852,395
11.2%
$32.51
16.9%
188
585,404
1,788,892
Market
95,125,091
6.9%
$22.73
10.3%
(341,328)
585,404
1,975,892
12 Month
Historical Average
Forecast Average
Peak
When
Trough
When
Current Quarter
Annual Trends
Vacancy Change (YOY)
2.4%
5.6%
7.5%
10.3%
2003 Q4
1.2%
2000 Q2
(994 K)
(403,368)
(148,662)
1,945,329
2007 Q3
(4,791,557)
2001 Q4
Deliveries SF
1.5 M
363,710
754,554
1,095,963
2002 Q2
2,800
2016 Q2
Rent Growth
1.5%
2.4%
5.3%
6.9%
1998 Q1
-3.9%
2003 Q2
Sales Volume
$1.8 B
$532M
N/A
$1.7B
2020 Q4
$100.8M
2010 Q1
Net Absorption SF
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Leasing San Francisco Industrial Exaggerating and trending in conjunction with national trends, vacancy in San Francisco's industrial market has increased over the past few years. Now standing at 6.9%, vacancy in San Francisco exceeds that the national average of 5.5%, having risen at a faster pace recently. Net absorption in the market has registered strongly negative in four of the last five quarters, including 20Q4. The delivery and occupancy of new supply pulled absorption into positive territory in 20Q2, but move-outs outpaced move-ins within the existing stock even in that quarter. Over the past year, the occupancy losses in the market total -990,000SF in net. Vacancy among flex properties has ticked up to 11.2%, while logistics (distribution and warehouse) and special industrial vacancy (including heavy manufacturing buildings) has also risen, up to 5.6% and 4.1%, respectively. Due to the shelter in place orders issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the nation experienced its sharpest decline in industrial production since the postWWII demobilization from wartime to peacetime in 2020. Job losses related to the coronavirus were also been severe, and the sharp global economic downturn has weakened the Bay Area's industrial tenant base. Leasing activity fell off quickly at the onset of the pandemic in
2020, but rebounded gradually as the year progressed, which is an encouraging sign for the market moving forward. For the entire year, leasing volume in 2020 fell roughly 45% from 2019's total. San Francisco is one of the most expensive metros in the country for both industrial space and workers, and it is located geographically on a Peninsula absent of a major freight rail or port. Highways leading up the Peninsula into San Francisco are often chocked with traffic, which makes moving and storing goods in the market cumbersome. Distribution facilities are more prevalent in the East Bay, which also contains far more manufacturing and warehouse space, land for development, and infrastructure conducive to distribution. San Francisco's industrial market is more localized, and many tenants are in the area by necessity, either to be in very close proximity to their delivery points, or a highly skilled employee base. These tenants include food distributors, select retailers, and delivery services such as the USPS and FedEx, as well as biotech and flex tenants. The biggest threat to the market may be the metro's diseconomies of scale—caused by its high rents and business costs. Due to the rising costs of business, including a high tax burden and expensive lease rates, it has become increasingly difficult to maintain lowerrevenue generating business operations in the Bay Area.
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Leasing San Francisco Industrial NET ABSORPTION, NET DELIVERIES & VACANCY
VACANCY RATE
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Leasing San Francisco Industrial AVAILABILITY RATE
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Leasing San Francisco Industrial 12 MONTH NET ABSORPTION SF IN SELECTED BUILDINGS
Net Absorption SF Building Name/Address
Submarket
Bldg SF
Vacant SF 1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
12 Month
Gateway of Pacific
South San Francisco
512,000
29,000
0
0
0
0
483,000
Genesis South San Francisco
South San Francisco
374,433
19,872
0
0
0
0
196,918
The Cove at Oyster Point
South San Francisco
164,150
0
0
0
0
0
164,150
The Shore at Sierra Point (1)
Brisbane/Daly City
135,202
0
135,202
0
0
0
135,202
The Shore at Sierra Point (2)
Brisbane/Daly City
133,983
0
0
0
0
0
133,983
The Shore at Sierra Point (3)
Brisbane/Daly City
106,490
0
0
0
0
0
106,490
Crocker Industrial Park (1)
Brisbane/Daly City
118,320
0
0
0
0
0
79,400
200-204 Littlefield Ave
South San Francisco
63,700
0
0
0
0
0
63,700
1535 Rollins Rd
Burlingame
52,150
0
0
0
0
0
52,150
33 Gough St
South of Market
50,000
0
0
0
0
0
49,000
Cabot Business Park
South San Francisco
78,851
0
0
0
0
0
45,362
Crocker Industrial Park (2)
Brisbane/Daly City
40,601
0
0
0
0
0
40,601
360 Spear St
Rincon/South Beach
173,907
39,786
41,604
0
0
0
39,704
901 Rankin St
Bayview/Hunters Point
82,480
0
56,615
0
0
0
33,339
MBC BioLabs
Belmont/San Carlos
26,561
0
0
0
0
0
26,561
455 Allan St
Brisbane/Daly City
42,500
0
0
0
0
0
25,027
1501 Tennessee St
Mission Bay/China B…
21,110
0
21,110
0
0
0
21,110
Subtotal Primary Competitors
2,176,438
88,658
254,531
0
0
0
1,695,697
Remaining San Francisco Market
92,948,653
6,514,741
(595,859)
0
0
0
(2,689,675)
Total San Francisco Market
95,125,091
6,603,399
(341,328)
0
0
0
(993,978)
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Leasing San Francisco Industrial TOP INDUSTRIAL LEASES PAST 12 MONTHS Building Name/Address
Submarket
Leased SF
Qtr Tenant Name
Tenant Rep Company Leasing Rep Company
240-246 Valley Dr
Brisbane/Daly City
79,400
Q3 20 Trove
-
CBRE;Prologis, Inc.
206 Utah Ave
South San Francisco
45,355
Q4 20 Rivian
JLL
JLL
455 Allan St
Brisbane/Daly City
42,500
Q2 20 SF Storage
Vanguard Properties
Vanguard Properties
60 Park Ln
Brisbane/Daly City
40,601
Q3 20 -
-
Avison Young;Cushma…
435 Harbor Blvd
Belmont/San Carlos
40,000
Q4 20 Da Vinci Marble, Inc.
CBRE
CBRE
1535 Rollins Rd
Burlingame
34,000
Q2 20 Accel Gymnastics
CBRE
CBRE
50 Broderick Rd
Burlingame
32,761
Q1 21 -
-
Kidder Mathews
201 Toland St
Mission/Potrero
32,000
Q3 20 Waymo
Kidder Mathews
Calco Commercial, Inc.
240-246 Valley Dr *
Brisbane/Daly City
25,431
Q2 20 Nestle Waters
Colliers International
-
3003-3095 3rd St
Mission Bay/China Basin
24,700
Q4 20 -
-
HC&M Commercial Pro…
1501 Tennessee St
Mission Bay/China Basin
21,110
Q1 21 -
-
Calco Commercial, Inc.
1320 San Mateo Ave
South San Francisco
20,060
Q4 20 Amazon
-
Kidder Mathews
405 Allerton Ave
South San Francisco
20,000
Q1 21 -
-
Kidder Mathews
955 Egbert Ave
Bayview/Hunters Point
19,861
Q4 20 Bauman Construction
Touchstone Comme… Touchstone Commerci…
299 Lawrence Ave
South San Francisco
19,247
Q2 20 Corfini Gourmet
JLL
Cushman & Wakefield
1280 Van Dyke Ave
Bayview/Hunters Point
19,110
Q4 20 -
Colliers International
Colliers International
1535 Rollins Rd
Burlingame
18,150
Q2 20 Farmstead
CBRE
CBRE
765 Harrison St
South of Market
18,000
Q1 20 Eur-Asia Motors
-
Cushman & Wakefield
955-1055 Cesar Chavez St
Mission Bay/China Basin
17,400
Q2 20 -
Cushman & Wakefield HC&M Commercial Pro…
455 Toland St
Mission/Potrero
17,185
Q1 20 -
-
Cushman & Wakefield
3030 17th St
Mission/Potrero
16,238
Q3 20 Fisker, Inc.
JLL
Touchstone Commerci…
225 Barneveld Ave
Mission/Potrero
15,576
Q2 20 Discount Builders Supply
Calco Commercial, I… HC&M Commercial Pro…
928 Harrison St
Yerba Buena
15,482
Q4 20 -
-
Rodrigo Enriquez
121 Beech St
Redwood City
14,800
Q4 20 ZaiNar
CBRE
Sequoia Realty Services
241 E Harris Ave
South San Francisco
14,000
Q3 20 -
-
Kidder Mathews
170 W Hill Pl
Brisbane/Daly City
13,945
Q3 20 -
HC&M Commercial…
HC&M Commercial Pro…
345-367 Swift Ave
South San Francisco
13,900
Q1 21 -
-
Cushman & Wakefield
1805 Rollins Rd
Burlingame
13,720
Q2 20 Dimerco Express USA
CBRE
JLL
150 Potrero Ave
Mission/Potrero
13,000
Q3 20 -
-
HC&M Commercial Pro…
724 Brannan St
South of Market
12,975
Q2 20 Shaper Tools
HC&M Commercial…
HC&M Commercial Pro…
950 O'Brien Dr
Menlo Park
12,800
Q3 20 -
-
Cushman & Wakefield
2520 Pulgas Ave
Menlo Park
12,620
Q1 20 -
-
Colliers International
870 Mahler Rd
Burlingame
12,500
Q1 21 -
-
CBRE
214-218 Shaw Rd *
South San Francisco
11,600
Q3 20 EYC Rental
-
Calco Commercial, Inc.
200-218 Shaw Rd
South San Francisco
11,600
Q4 20 Remoov
BEACON Commerci… Urban Properties
1240 Fitzgerald Ave
Bayview/Hunters Point
10,000
Q4 20 Mint Staging
Touchstone Comme… Touchstone Commerci…
820 Willow St
Redwood City
9,600
Q1 21 -
-
840 Harrison St
Yerba Buena
9,360
Q1 20 -
The Hawthorne Group Cushman & Wakefield
320-350 Industrial Rd
Belmont/San Carlos
9,180
Q4 20 Kelly Moore
Northgate Commerci… CBRE
989 Shasta St
Redwood City
9,100
Q4 20 Weedmo
-
CBRE
COMPASS
*Renewal
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Rent San Francisco Industrial San Francisco ranked among the strongest markets for rent growth in the 2010s economic expansion. The market-wide industrial/flex average asking rate has soared to $23.00/SF, having risen by 49.4% over the past decade. Asking rents have increased for ten consecutive years through 2020, as enduring demand provided landlords leverage in lease negotiations, but rent growth has dissipated lately with leverage shifting away from landlords. Rent growth in San Francisco outpaced the national average from 2013 through 2016, and again in 2018. However, local rent growth has slowed dramatically as of late. Annual rent growth registered above 6% in 2018, but slowed to less than 4% in 2019, and currently measures 1.5% on a trailing-year basis, below the national average of 3.5%.
Flex properties have seen the sharpest decline, where asking rents have actually fallen by 0.2% over the past year. The specialized industrial sector, which includes manufacturing buildings, has also seen a quick downturn in rent growth, which has faded to just 1.9% on a yearover-year basis. True to form, rents are historically volatile in San Francisco. Asking rents are typically hit hard during downturns, and the global financial crisis recession was not an exception. Local rents fell by roughly 7% from 2008 to 2011 in total, outpacing the national average. The coronavirus pandemic presents a unique shock to the economy, and rents will face further headwinds in 2021, but the industrial sector is expected to fare best among all property types, particularly in San Francisco.
MARKET RENT GROWTH (YOY)
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Rent San Francisco Industrial MARKET RENT PER SQUARE FEET
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Construction San Francisco Industrial Primarily due to land constraints and construction costs that necessitate higher use, few industrial properties have been built in San Francisco over the past decade, a trend that may continue after the crop of developments currently underway deliver. The majority of space currently under construction is located in South San Francisco and Brisbane and consists largely of Flex R&D projects geared towards biotech tenants. BioMed Realty's Gateway of Pacific development in South San Francisco has completed a 512,000 SF building, which was preleased to AbbVie in November 2018. Following AbbVie's deal, Amgen preleased 240,000 SF in Phase II of the project, a 440,000 SF building, 750 Gateway which is currently under construction. That building remains partially available, but based on the developments leasing success, BioMed was encouraged enough to initiate construction of the developments Phase III building, the 350,000 SF 700 Gateway, in 2019. When Phase IV's 250,000 SF building is completed, the campus will encompass 1.4 million SF. Also in South San Francisco, the second largest recent biotech development in the market, The Cove at Oyster Point has performed well. Alector Inc and Harpoon Therapeutics moved into the largest buildings at Healthpeak Properties' five-building, 1 million SF campus in 19Q2. Most recently in 20Q2, Global Blood Therapeutics moved into 181 Oyster Point Blvd - Building 5, The Cove's final delivery. Healthpeak Properties The Shore at Sierra Point Brisbane also delivered new biotech space in 20Q2: a 134,000 square foot building preleased to MyoKardia, and a second 106,000 SF building that preleased to Celgene. Healthpeak initiated construction on Phase II of the campus, which consists of two additional 135,000 SF buildings, in 2019 based on the strong biotech tenant interest, and the speculative development is leasing up.
Annexon preleased 65,818 SF at one of the underconstruction buildings in December 2020, at an effective rent of $76.92 NNN, and in January 2020, Healthpeak Properties announced that it had executed a long-term lease with Janssen BioPharma, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, for approximately 60% of Phase II of the campus. The lease is expected to commence in January 2022, upon completion of construction. Janssen BioPharma, Inc. has expansion rights under the lease that can be exercised over the course of 2020. The project's final fifth building, still proposed, will bring the total campus size to 616,000 SF. Several new biotech campuses have boosted market supply over the past few years, representing a reversal in trend. Typically in San Francisco, more industrial space is set for demolition than for development. Prior to 2019, supply levels had declined for ten consecutive years. San Francisco saw a 9% total inventory reduction from 2000 through 2018, but finally received substantial development additions recently, which have been well received. New biotech space, and really any new industrial or flex space, with ample clear height and high power capacity, has been highly prized in a region where most inventory has aged, and development has been limited. Historically, some of the largest demolitions of industrial properties have occurred in the Mission and Potrero districts (rapidly gentrifying residential areas) and in Oyster Point in South San Francisco, where Genentech demolished older industrial buildings to build their flex R&D headquarters campus. Only a few large projects outside of biotech are in planning, since warehouse development typically does not pencil in the market, and residential or office developers target the few open brownfield or greenfield sites that do exist.
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Construction San Francisco Industrial DELIVERIES & DEMOLITIONS
SUBMARKET CONSTRUCTION Under Construction Inventory No.
Submarket
Average Building Size
Bldgs
SF (000)
Pre-Leased SF (000)
Pre-Leased %
Rank
All Existing
Under Constr
Rank
1
South San Francisco
3
1,025
475
46.3%
1
38,566
341,630
1
2
Brisbane/Daly City
3
628
0
0%
2
37,023
209,333
2
3
Bayview/Hunters Point
1
187
0
0%
2
17,414
187,000
3
4
South of Market
1
93
0
0%
2
10,351
93,138
4
5
Showplace Square
1
43
0
0%
2
24,564
42,864
5
6
Belmont/San Carlos
0
-
-
-
-
14,848
-
-
7
Burlingame
0
-
-
-
-
22,685
-
-
8
Civic Center
0
-
-
-
-
5,179
-
-
9
Financial District
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
10
Foster City/Redwood Shrs
0
-
-
-
-
34,962
-
-
All Other
0
-
-
-
16,696
-
9
1,976
475
24.0%
19,938
219,544
Totals
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Under Construction Properties San Francisco Industrial Properties
Square Feet
Percent of Inventory
Preleased
9
1,975,892
2.9%
24.0%
UNDER CONSTRUCTION PROPERTIES
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Property Name/Address
Rating
Bldg SF
Stories
Start
Complete
1
Phase II 750 Gateway Blvd
440,000
8
Apr 2019
Mar 2021
2
Phase III 700 Gateway Blvd
349,998
11
Dec 2019
Sep 2021
3
Bldg 1 3000 Marina Blvd
250,000
10
Oct 2020
Mar 2023
4
N1 Inception - Bldg A Oyster Point Blvd
234,892
7
Oct 2018
Mar 2021
5
Bldg 3 3500 Marina Blvd
198,000
8
Feb 2021
Apr 2023
6
Powered Shell Data Center 400 Paul Ave
187,000
2
Jun 2018
Mar 2021
7
Bldg 2 3250 Marina Blvd
180,000
5
Feb 2021
Apr 2023
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Developer/Owner
BioMed Realty L.P. BioMed Realty L.P. BioMed Realty L.P. Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, Inc. Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, Inc. Kilroy Realty Corporation Kilroy Realty Corporation Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, Inc. Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, Inc. The Cambay Group, Inc. CIM Group, LP Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, Inc. Phase 3 Real Estate Partners, Inc.
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Under Construction Properties San Francisco Industrial UNDER CONSTRUCTION Property Name/Address
8 9
1035 Howard St Building E 188 Utah St
Rating
Bldg SF
Stories
Start
Complete
93,138
5
Jun 2020
Jul 2022
42,864
7
Jul 2020
Apr 2021
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Developer/Owner
Embarcadero Capital Partners LLC Embarcadero Capital Partners -
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Sales San Francisco Industrial Investment demand for San Francisco's limited supply of industrial and flex properties intensified in the 2010s expansion cycle and the market even set a new record for sales volume in 2020 amid the pandemic, though deal flow was down overall. Absent of the tenant risk prevalent in many other commercial real estate investment vehicles, bio life science enabled buildings have remained in strong demand from investors. Meanwhile, the nation's rapid adoption of e-commerce attracted institutional capital into the sector, with investment interest for infill logistics properties and bulk distribution centers soaring. The coronavirus pandemic and resulting recession increased uncertainty among investors and lenders for certain industrial assets, but so far volume has remained elevated, and pricing has not deteriorated. CoStar will be closely monitoring investment activity into 2021 to evaluate the extent to which activity and demand adjust to an evolving economic landscape. Sales volume continued to rise in 2020 based on a few high-profile major transactions, but overall deal flow fell to roughly a third of the prior year's velocity. Deal flow had already slowed moderately since midway through the 2010s expansion cycle, and in 2020 sales activity curtailed sharply as investors paused to take stock of the challenges and opportunities at hand. Higher-quality flex and biotech assets have been trading of late, driving pricing on a transactional basis ahead of the market average, as well as the recent growth in sales volume. Inventory turnover had exceeded 4% since 2011 but fell just below that threshold in 2019 and slowed to 2.3% in 2020. Recent sales volume has been robust for market history, but San Francisco's industrial market is comparatively static for deal flow and turnover, perhaps due to its aged and largely lackluster inventory. Inventory turnover across the country was stronger over the past decade and rose to a record-high 6.6% in 2019, only fading moderately in 2020 to 5.0%, more than double San Francisco's prior year turnover. Among active players in the market, REIT and institutional ownership has been on the rise. Historically, institutional investors only account for 13% of the market's buyer volume while REITs account for 23%, but their share of acquisition volume has grown recently.
In October 2020, Ventas REIT acquired Genesis South San Francisco and Sierra Point Opus Center, three premier life sciences R&D flex buildings totaling nearly 800,000 SF, for $1 billion, or $1,297/SF from Phase 3 Real Estate Partners and Bain Capital Real Estate. Regarding the deal, Ventas Chairman and CEO said, "Strong and growing capital flows into the life science sector are accelerating innovation and discovery. These flows support the demand for first-class lab space in dynamic markets like South San Francisco." In January 2020, Chicago-based institutional investment manager Kinship Capital and San Francisco-based Presidio Bay Ventures acquired 200 Kansas St., in San Francisco's Showplace Square Submarket. The 90,000SF light manufacturing building traded for $77.3 million ($858/SF). Presidio Bay Ventures was motivated to acquire a high-quality property in a supply-constrained market where it can also add value for tenants. New York-based institutional investment manager Clarion Partners, acquired a 90% interest in 500 Forbes Blvd. in August 2019 for $139.5 million ($995/SF). The 156,000-SF flex building in South San Francisco is fully leased to Genentech. Flex and R&D properties outfitted for biotech use drive much of the metro's investment volume. Another flex building, 120-150 Industrial Road in San Carlos, sold for $99 million ($431/SF) in 2019 to Nuveen, another New York-based institutional investor. The older 1950s-built, 230,000-SF building is fully leased to Mylan Pharmaceuticals. The seller, Vica Capital, acquired the asset for $22 million back in 2012, reaping substantial gains on its hold. While REIT and institutional ownership is on the rise, private investors have still maintained their overall dominance in the market, accounting for nearly half of the market's recent buyer volume. Due to its geographical constraints and high land values, the San Francisco metro division contains a limited supply of high-quality manufacturing and distribution facilities large enough to attract institutional investors or REIT ownership. Smaller private individuals, trusts, and users own the majority of industrial and flex buildings in San Francisco, many of which are dated. In fact, beyond Prologis, Healthpeak Properties, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, The Blackstone Group, and the City and County of San Francisco, only a few other players own more than 1
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Sales San Francisco Industrial million SF of industrial inventory in the market. With the cost of capital dropping to historic lows and new investors entering the market, cap rates have fallen across the nation since 2010. San Francisco maintains one of the lowest cap rate environments in the entire country at an average of 4.6%, nearly matching nationwide low's found in Southern California. Investors have been willing to pay up for assets in San Francisco, as the national average cap rate prevails significantly higher at 6.6%. However, cap rates have not fallen more dramatically in San Francisco, as the market has maintained a consistent spread of roughly 170 basis points below the national average over the past 10 years. Beyond cap rate compression, above-average rent growth has driven rapid price growth in the market. Average pricing has risen to $420/SF, outpacing gains in most other metros. Logistics properties trade at a market average of $360/SF, while flex properties trade at $530/SF, on average.
Strong fundamentals and rent growth have helped drive gains in pricing, but the pace of rent growth in the market has been decelerating of late, and vacancy has increased since 2016. In addition, the coronavirus outbreak is causing significant economic disruption, particularly to supply chains dependent on warehousing and distributing goods. It remains to be seen what effect the coronavirus will have on San Francisco's industrial sales market, but stronger growth in e-commerce as social distancing is maintained could have a positive impact. On the downside, some deals have been delayed, and demand could be negatively affected if the economy experiences a more severe downturn. Valuations will remain sensitive to investor sentiment, and sellers may find that buyer uncertainty impacts underwriting assumptions, bids, and negotiations. Pricing power will likely be restrained as buyers and lenders potentially take to the sidelines to maintain caution during the early stages of this new economic period. CoStar also expects cap rates to face very slight upward pressure amid restrained credit conditions and rising risk in some industrial sectors.
SALES VOLUME & MARKET SALE PRICE PER SF
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Sales San Francisco Industrial MARKET CAP RATE
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Sales Past 12 Months San Francisco Industrial Sale Comparables
Avg. Cap Rate
Avg. Price/SF
Avg. Vacancy At Sale
90
5.3%
$796
16.9%
SALE COMPARABLE LOCATIONS
SALE COMPARABLES SUMMARY STATISTICS Sales Attributes
Low
Average
Median
High
$305,500
$23,142,813
$3,300,000
$504,323,328
Price/SF
$58
$796
$423
$1,437
Cap Rate
2.8%
5.3%
5.3%
7.2%
Time Since Sale in Months
0.2
6.4
6.1
11.8
Property Attributes
Low
Average
Median
High
1,200
30,533
8,060
374,433
10'
16'1"
16'
24'
0
2
0
58
0%
16.9%
0%
100%
1900
1962
1964
2020
Sale Price
Building SF Ceiling Height Docks Vacancy Rate At Sale Year Built Star Rating
2.0
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Sales Past 12 Months San Francisco Industrial RECENT SIGNIFICANT SALES Property Property Name - Address
1
Genesis SSF - North Tower 2 Tower Pl
2
Genesis SSF - South To… 1 Tower Pl
3
360 Spear St
4
274 Brannan St
5
1000 San Mateo Ave
6
2000 Marin St
7
590-598 Brannan St
8
301 Toland St
9
199 Potrero Ave
10
201 Toland St
11
Dalziel Bldg 2741 16th St
12
1155 Bryant St
13
1011 Commercial St
14
Fox Marble 1313 Armstrong Ave
15
425-439 Littlefield Ave
16
2136-2140 Palou Ave
17
950 Charter St
18
1300 Carroll Ave
19
Crespi Center 580 Crespi Dr
20
783-785 Broadway Ave
Sale
Rating
Yr Built
Bldg SF
Vacancy
Sale Date
Price
Price/SF
Cap Rate
-
2019
374,433
5.3%
10/15/2020
$504,323,328
$1,347
-
-
2009
336,360
25.9%
10/15/2020
$424,024,474
$1,261
-
-
1942
173,907
22.9%
1/14/2021
$165,468,922
$951
-
-
1923
105,800
0%
4/1/2020
$98,000,000
$926
-
-
1964
222,500
100%
6/25/2020
$84,720,018
$381
-
-
1989
74,122
0%
4/30/2020
$63,600,000
$858
-
-
1952
38,200
0%
5/1/2020
$54,891,000
$1,437
-
-
1942
110,000
0%
3/11/2020
$52,656,626
$479
-
-
1928
44,786
0%
3/5/2020
$33,067,809
$738
-
-
1965
32,000
0%
3/11/2020
$22,343,374
$698
-
-
1950
24,030
0%
11/13/2020
$22,200,000
$924
7.2%
-
1919
32,421
0%
9/16/2020
$18,350,000
$566
-
-
1974
12,000
0%
4/15/2020
$14,140,113
$1,178
-
-
1960
24,410
0%
3/2/2020
$12,000,000
$492
-
-
1979
32,800
19.5%
3/12/2020
$11,644,000
$355
6.7%
-
1960
22,003
0%
5/27/2020
$9,300,000
$423
-
-
1965
17,760
100%
9/18/2020
$9,000,000
$507
-
-
-
6,242
0%
2/28/2020
$8,500,000
$1,362
-
-
1980
48,960
0%
12/23/2020
$7,956,000
$206
-
-
1980
15,800
100%
6/5/2020
$7,500,000
$475
-
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Economy San Francisco Industrial San Francisco's economy grew rapidly in the 2010's expansion cycle and maintained strength heading into 2020 before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Annual job growth prevailed at 3% in February, but social distancing measures have caused significant economic disruption, leading to the sharpest employment downturn on record and a migration out of the city. Layoffs and furloughs in the hospitality, restaurant, retail, and entertainment sectors were severe. Professional employment sectors were also hit in the downturn, though not as sharply. A modest recovery of lost jobs ensued in May and gained steam in June as the measured reopening of San Francisco's economy helped drive a rebound. However, plans to reopen businesses were stalled as coronavirus cases climbed again. Outdoor dining and indoor retail were allowed, but the reopening of salons, bars, and museums initially planned for late June was paused, and the pace of job recovery has been uneven and weak as a result. Hotels, indoor malls, gyms, indoor restaurants, and hair and nail salons were finally allowed to open at a limited capacity in September. But, a resurgence of coronavirus cases in December led to a renewed shutdown of establishments, including all restaurant dining including outdoor patios and parklets, as well as nonessential office work. Public schools are distance learning, while entertainment venues including movie theaters, night clubs, and music halls have remained shuttered since the pandemic hit. Total employment in the metro division is down 9.1%, or by 109,000 as of December's jobs report released in January, while employment within typical office-using job sectors is still down 2.1% or by 10,200, from their prepandemic peaks reached in February. Start-ups in hardhit segments of the economy have slashed headcounts considerably, while mainstays like Google have slowed their rate of hiring and real estate expansions as ad revenue declines. Most industries are recovering now, though as the economy slowly reopens. Unemployment had fallen below 2% prior to the pandemic, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Job opportunities were abundant and outnumbered qualified job seekers, but job listings have fallen dramatically over the past few months, and unemployment skyrocketed into the double-digits in the Springtime, ticking back to 5.4% as of November, but rising in December to 6.1%. The labor force has declined slightly since the pandemic hit due to a migration out of
the market. The trajectory of San Francisco's economy and commercial real estate markets will depend on how widely the virus and its variants spread, how quickly the vaccine is distributed, how long containment policies like social distancing need to be maintained, and how quickly those with lost jobs can find employment again. On the positive side, Oxford Economics projects that San Francisco's economic recovery will outpace most other markets due to its industry makeup. San Francisco does not rely as heavily on leisure & hospitality employment as Las Vegas, Orlando, or New Orleans does, but it is a popular tourist destination and will be negatively impacted by a slowdown in travel. Large tech firms reliant on advertising like Facebook and Google saw lower revenues in 20Q2, but have seen a rebound to new record levels. Google and Facebook capture the majority of all internet ad revenue and are well-positioned for an economic rebound. Internet ad revenue was rising at a 17% annual growth rate before the pandemic hit, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. Some digital products have seen soaring demand amid the pandemic. For example, communications platforms like Zoom Video and Microsoft Teams have become necessary tools for business survival, and Netflix has seen an influx of new subscribers. Business software investment growth overall has slowed a touch but continues to rise through the downturn, while ecommerce retail sales have spiked. Venture capitalists have invested heavily in locallybased start-ups, as well as mature, but still privatelyheld "unicorn" companies valued over $1 billion. Venture capital funding remained fairly robust in 2020 all things considered, but has faded from 2019 and 2018's recordsetting pace, according to PwC's MoneyTree Report, and may decline further if an uncertain economic environment shakes confidence among investors. A handful of VC firms are leaving for Texas, but Silicon Valley will remain the leading capital provider for start-ups as both are entrenched in the area, and feed off of its educational institutions, and mega tech and biotech firms. Locally based Okta, Roku, and Mulesoft each went public in 2017 with successful results, as did DocuSign and Survey Monkey in 2018. However, a number of Bay Area companies that went public in the 2010's economic expansion period are now trading below their initial IPO
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Economy San Francisco Industrial price. Fitbit, Lending Club, Cloudera, Dropbox, and Eventbrite have all seen their valuations deteriorate since going public, and 2020 was particularly rough for tech unicorns going public. The IPO's of Lyft, Uber, and Slack were considered flops, while market valuations for Pinterest and PagerDuty have declined after initially rising. Some local start-ups like Zoom Video did launch public offerings that performed well in 2019, but the majority were disappointing as high private market valuations, profitability concerns and the prospect of tighter regulations weighed on investors. AirBnB went public in December 2020 despite a loss in bookings due to the pandemic. AirBnB secured two billion-dollar loans in April at a slashed internal valuation as financial losses mounted, and laid off 1,900 employees or roughly a quarter of its global workforce in May. The travel company's stock soared at the onset of 2021 though, and they announced an expansion to Atlanta most recently.AirBnB's local staff had grown larger than 3,000 before the recent cuts. Despite the notable downturns among several highprofile newcomers, the NASDAQ index, which is heavily dominated by San Francisco Bay Area-based tech companies and correlates with local office using employment historically, has already recovered its coronavirus pandemic and oil shock sell-off losses of early 2020. Large-scale expansion plans from several publicly traded technology companies appear to have slowed, yet remain intact, though it will be critical to watch how the fallout from the pandemic and mobile work adoption affects the tech sector and local real estate demand moving forward. Emblematic of San Francisco's transition to a tech industry-led economy, Salesforce surpassed Wells Fargo as the city's largest employer in 2018. The customer relationship management software company continued to grow its headcount after taking occupancy in the recently delivered Salesforce Tower, but in a sign of the times, announced the adoption of remote work options. Salesforce now employs more than 9,000 based in San Francisco. Led by tech firms, roughly 350,000 jobs were created in the metro division in the 2010's economic expansion period, including more than 35,000 jobs added in 2019. On a national scale, coronavirus recession job losses wiped out all gains made in the 2010's expansion cycle, but job growth was so strong in San Francisco over the past decade, the market did not give up all of its expansion cycle gains in the recent downturn.
Facebook has added capacity for well over 5,000 employees at 181 Fremont Street and Park Tower at Transbay, two new skyscrapers recently completed in the South Financial District. Lyft, Dropbox, and Affirm more than doubled their headcounts in the past several years. Uber had aggressively increased its San Francisco headcount to more than 5,000, but rising profitability concerns led to recent job cuts, including several hundred throughout the Bay Area in the second half of 2019, and the elimination of 6,700 positions globally or 25% of its workforce and shuttering of 25 offices including Pier 70's in 2020 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and economic downfall that hit the company. In the finance sector, Wells Fargo's employment in the Bay Area has declined moderately for several years. Wells closed its historic Crocker building branch in late 2019 and may eventually move its headquarters out of town. Charles Schwab has also relocated many positions to lower-cost markets and reassigned its headquarters to Dallas effective 2021, in conjunction with its acquisition of TD Ameritrade, but still maintains a downtown office. Fintech start-ups like SoFi, Affirm, and Lending Club had been a bright spot, boosting employment within the sector, which was gaining momentum heading into 2020 since stagnating in 2017. However, even financial service firms have suffered losses in the coronavirus -pandemic recession. Lending Club laid off 460 employees in April 2020, accounting for 30% of its workforce. The local finance sector was devastated in the dot-com crash and slowly recovered from 2007–09 credit crisis consolidations. Employment in financial activities finally rose above its 2007 prerecession peak late in the 2010's economic expansion cycle, but never returned to levels achieved in the 1990's. San Francisco's economy was roaring ahead into 2020, as it typically does in expansion periods. Professional and business services - by far the market's largest employment and office using sector - was expanding by more than 3% annually before the coronavirus pandemic hit in March. Since the city's early gold rush founding, San Francisco has experienced rapid booms and busts, and the pandemic recession has once again impacted the local economy sharply, as history repeats itself. Based on rapid rent and pricing gains during the expansion, pockets of commercial real estate contained a heightened vulnerability to a downfall.
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Economy San Francisco Industrial Access to cheap capital and an expanding global economy led by technological advancements drove Bay Area commercial real estate markets to new heights over the past decade. Changes in trade policy and slowing global growth presented headwinds to the economy in the mature phases of the expansion cycle, but the lingering shutdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic has sent the country into a deep and rapid recession. The success of mitigation efforts and federal bailouts, in addition to behavior changes in response to the pandemic, will have a profound impact on national economic recovery and commercial real estate demand.
Real estate investment trusts have stockpiled cash amid the uncertain economic times and lenders were swamped by small-business owners looking for relief as emergency actions in response to the coronavirus closed down tens of thousands of restaurants, bars, theaters, gyms and stores across the country. Business closures in San Francisco are already elevated well above that of other metro's according to Yelp, and the Bay Area is still slowly opening in the new year following a second surge of coronavirus cases. Non-essential workers are advised to remain away from offices again, and most are planning for a potential return in the summer of 2021 at this point. We will be updating our analysis as more information becomes available.
SAN FRANCISCO EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY IN THOUSANDS Current Level
12 Month Change
10 Year Change
5 Year Forecast
NAICS Industry
Jobs
LQ
Market
US
Market
US
Market
US
Manufacturing
37
0.4
-6.31%
-4.05%
0.51%
0.59%
0.56%
0.53%
Trade, Transportation and Utilities
142
0.7
-7.09%
-3.01%
1.29%
0.86%
1.35%
0.61%
73
0.6
-6.10%
-3.10%
-0.05%
0.42%
1.28%
0.70%
Financial Activities
90
1.3
0.88%
-0.99%
2.55%
1.29%
0.09%
0.74%
Government
118
0.7
-9.83%
-5.42%
-0.12%
-0.35%
1.87%
0.99%
Natural Resources, Mining and Construction
42
0.7
-3.38%
-3.37%
4.49%
2.59%
1.80%
1.14%
Education and Health Services
141
0.8
-4.11%
-3.89%
2.23%
1.56%
1.82%
1.87%
Professional and Business Services
291
1.8
-2.31%
-4.23%
4.84%
1.87%
1.98%
1.63%
Information
95
4.6
-6.15%
-6.86%
9.44%
0.02%
4.39%
2.28%
Leisure and Hospitality
106
1.0
-29.33%
-18.15%
-0.66%
0.35%
7.32%
4.38%
Other Services
37
0.9
-13.47%
-6.68%
0.66%
0.33%
2.92%
1.37%
1,098
1.0
-8.01%
-5.55%
2.51%
0.92%
2.48%
1.49%
Retail Trade
Total Employment
Source: Oxford Economics LQ = Location Quotient
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Economy San Francisco Industrial YEAR OVER YEAR JOB GROWTH
Source: Oxford Economics
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS Current Level Demographic Category
12 Month Change
10 Year Change
5 Year Forecast
Metro
US
Metro
US
Metro
US
Metro
US
1,656,102
330,665,094
0.3%
0.5%
0.8%
0.6%
0.3%
0.5%
Households
627,954
123,592,047
0.3%
0.4%
0.5%
0.7%
0.3%
0.5%
Median Household Income
$127,226
$69,274
1.4%
4.4%
4.6%
3.3%
3.9%
2.1%
Labor Force
997,831
160,791,656
-5.2%
-2.1%
1.3%
0.5%
2.2%
0.8%
5.9%
6.7%
3.8%
3.0%
-0.2%
-0.3%
-
-
Population
Unemployment
Source: Oxford Economics
POPULATION GROWTH
LABOR FORCE GROWTH
INCOME GROWTH
Source: Oxford Economics
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Submarkets San Francisco Industrial SAN FRANCISCO SUBMARKETS
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Submarkets San Francisco Industrial SUBMARKET INVENTORY Inventory No.
Submarket
12 Month Deliveries
Under Construction
Bldgs
SF (000)
% Market
Rank
Bldgs
SF (000)
Percent
Rank
Bldgs
SF (000)
Percent
Rank
1
Bayview/Hunters Point
469
8,167
8.6%
3
0
0
0%
-
1
187
2.3%
3
2
Belmont/San Carlos
480
7,127
7.5%
4
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
3
Brisbane/Daly City
172
6,368
6.7%
6
4
511
8.0%
2
3
628
9.9%
2
4
Burlingame
224
5,081
5.3%
8
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
5
Civic Center
6
31
0%
25
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
6
Foster City/Redwood Shrs
50
1,748
1.8%
12
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
7
Menlo Park
180
5,298
5.6%
7
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
8
MidMarket
21
318
0.3%
23
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
9
Mission Bay/China Basin
149
4,806
5.1%
10
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
10
Mission/Potrero
560
11,095
11.7%
2
2
33
0.3%
3
0
-
-
-
11
Peninsula Coastline
101
598
0.6%
19
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
12
Redwood City
536
6,795
7.1%
5
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
13
Rincon/South Beach
41
1,205
1.3%
15
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
14
San Bruno/Millbrae
118
1,411
1.5%
14
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
15
San Mateo
225
1,537
1.6%
13
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
16
Showplace Square
91
2,235
2.3%
11
0
0
0%
-
1
43
1.9%
5
17
South Financial District
9
86
0.1%
24
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
18
South of Market
483
5,000
5.3%
9
0
0
0%
-
1
93
1.9%
4
19
South San Francisco
580
22,368
23.5%
1
3
991
4.4%
1
3
1,025
4.6%
1
20
Southern City
40
347
0.4%
22
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
21
Treasure/Yerba Buena Isl…
14
467
0.5%
21
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
22
Van Ness/Chinatown
45
543
0.6%
20
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
23
Waterfront/North Beach
17
1,002
1.1%
16
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
24
West of Van Ness
69
846
0.9%
17
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
25
Yerba Buena
91
645
0.7%
18
0
0
0%
-
0
-
-
-
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Submarkets San Francisco Industrial SUBMARKET RENT Market Rent No.
12 Month Market Rent
QTD Annualized Market Rent
Submarket
Per SF
Rank
Growth
Rank
Growth
Rank
1
Bayview/Hunters Point
$17.72
23
2.1%
4
0.7%
20
2
Belmont/San Carlos
$21.34
17
1.7%
10
1.7%
15
3
Brisbane/Daly City
$17.35
24
2.5%
2
2.4%
12
4
Burlingame
$19.19
21
1.8%
6
1.2%
18
5
Civic Center
$20.00
20
1.8%
8
-0.6%
24
6
Foster City/Redwood Shrs
$33.17
3
0.4%
22
5.1%
1
7
Menlo Park
$21.83
15
1.0%
16
3.5%
8
8
MidMarket
$26.01
7
-1.1%
25
1.4%
17
9
Mission Bay/China Basin
$24.52
9
1.8%
7
2.6%
11
10
Mission/Potrero
$22.16
13
1.8%
9
1.4%
16
11
Peninsula Coastline
$18.51
22
1.1%
15
-0.8%
25
12
Redwood City
$22.32
12
1.1%
14
1.9%
14
13
Rincon/South Beach
$44.37
1
0.7%
20
4.3%
3
14
San Bruno/Millbrae
$20.83
18
3.2%
1
3.6%
6
15
San Mateo
$21.58
16
1.0%
18
-0.2%
23
16
Showplace Square
$32.53
5
1.0%
17
3.5%
7
17
South Financial District
$25.17
8
0.5%
21
3.9%
5
18
South of Market
$33.01
4
0.9%
19
4.0%
4
19
South San Francisco
$22.53
11
1.6%
11
3.0%
9
20
Southern City
$22.07
14
1.2%
13
-0.1%
22
21
Treasure/Yerba Buena Isl…
$11.14
25
1.9%
5
3.0%
10
22
Van Ness/Chinatown
$20.27
19
-0.7%
24
0%
21
23
Waterfront/North Beach
$26.08
6
2.4%
3
4.4%
2
24
West of Van Ness
$23.48
10
1.4%
12
0.7%
19
25
Yerba Buena
$34.03
2
-0.4%
23
1.9%
13
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Submarkets San Francisco Industrial SUBMARKET VACANCY & NET ABSORPTION Vacancy No.
Submarket
12 Month Absorption
SF
Percent
Rank
SF
% of Inv
Rank
Construc. Ratio
1
Bayview/Hunters Point
288,189
3.5%
6
(3,995)
0%
8
-
2
Belmont/San Carlos
344,638
4.8%
10
(38,155)
-0.5%
15
-
3
Brisbane/Daly City
271,221
4.3%
8
485,365
7.6%
1
1.1
4
Burlingame
346,481
6.8%
12
(124,176)
-2.4%
21
-
5
Civic Center
-
-
-
0
0%
-
-
6
Foster City/Redwood Shrs
63,264
3.6%
7
(63,264)
-3.6%
16
-
7
Menlo Park
169,116
3.2%
5
(65,905)
-1.2%
17
-
8
MidMarket
9
Mission Bay/China Basin
10
Mission/Potrero
11
Peninsula Coastline
12
9,550
3.0%
4
(4,544)
-1.4%
9
-
214,490
4.5%
9
(260,229)
-5.4%
24
-
1,060,194
9.6%
15
(391,533)
-3.5%
25
-
38,714
6.5%
11
(36,314)
-6.1%
14
-
Redwood City
189,143
2.8%
3
(91,953)
-1.4%
19
-
13
Rincon/South Beach
120,309
10.0%
16
(35,841)
-3.0%
13
-
14
San Bruno/Millbrae
290,507
20.6%
22
(103,938)
-7.4%
20
-
15
San Mateo
157,935
10.3%
18
(27,080)
-1.8%
11
-
16
Showplace Square
291,850
13.1%
20
(155,175)
-6.9%
22
-
17
South Financial District
24,885
29.0%
23
0
0%
-
-
18
South of Market
19
South San Francisco
20
Southern City
21
Treasure/Yerba Buena Isl…
22
521,444
10.4%
19
(244,843)
-4.9%
23
-
1,967,724
8.8%
14
284,570
1.3%
2
3.5
5,670
1.6%
1
8,738
2.5%
4
-
-
-
-
11,689
2.5%
3
-
Van Ness/Chinatown
73,501
13.5%
21
(80,511)
-14.8%
18
-
23
Waterfront/North Beach
21,248
2.1%
2
0
0%
-
-
24
West of Van Ness
68,007
8.0%
13
(32,674)
-3.9%
12
-
25
Yerba Buena
65,319
10.1%
17
(24,211)
-3.8%
10
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Supply & Demand Trends San Francisco Industrial OVERALL SUPPLY & DEMAND Inventory
Net Absorption
Year
SF
SF Growth
% Growth
SF
% of Inv
Construction Ratio
2025
96,067,858
141,473
0.1%
(177,591)
-0.2%
-
2024
95,926,385
47,508
0%
96,972
0.1%
0.5
2023
95,878,877
368,529
0.4%
1,177,195
1.2%
0.3
2022
95,510,348
(503,454)
-0.5%
164,492
0.2%
-
2021
96,013,802
1,323,750
1.4%
(1,656,916)
-1.7%
-
YTD
95,125,091
435,039
0.5%
(341,328)
-0.4%
-
2020
94,690,052
722,062
0.8%
(1,116,718)
-1.2%
-
2019
93,967,990
422,702
0.5%
(162,406)
-0.2%
-
2018
93,545,288
(93,507)
-0.1%
(380,022)
-0.4%
-
2017
93,638,795
(863,694)
-0.9%
(17,742)
0%
-
2016
94,502,489
(322,674)
-0.3%
(915,846)
-1.0%
-
2015
94,825,163
(1,053,483)
-1.1%
(350,522)
-0.4%
-
2014
95,878,646
(551,297)
-0.6%
1,108,410
1.2%
-
2013
96,429,943
(1,150,107)
-1.2%
862,724
0.9%
-
2012
97,580,050
(723,856)
-0.7%
(959,538)
-1.0%
-
2011
98,303,906
(995,644)
-1.0%
(287,424)
-0.3%
-
2010
99,299,550
(1,772,870)
-1.8%
(2,217,937)
-2.2%
-
2009
101,072,420
(86,669)
-0.1%
(2,717,405)
-2.7%
-
SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY & DEMAND Inventory
Net Absorption
Year
SF
SF Growth
% Growth
SF
% of Inv
Construction Ratio
2025
17,825,229
(8,735)
0%
(23,172)
-0.1%
-
2024
17,833,964
(8,152)
0%
30,660
0.2%
-
2023
17,842,116
(17,446)
-0.1%
145,667
0.8%
-
2022
17,859,562
(24,737)
-0.1%
25,785
0.1%
-
2021
17,884,299
128,250
0.7%
(183,776)
-1.0%
-
YTD
17,715,856
(40,193)
-0.2%
(66,359)
-0.4%
-
2020
17,756,049
(49,000)
-0.3%
(201,472)
-1.1%
-
2019
17,805,049
(36,789)
-0.2%
(144,749)
-0.8%
-
2018
17,841,838
(85,824)
-0.5%
(268,975)
-1.5%
-
2017
17,927,662
(134,736)
-0.7%
(75,293)
-0.4%
-
2016
18,062,398
(153,518)
-0.8%
229,036
1.3%
-
2015
18,215,916
(308,866)
-1.7%
(382,795)
-2.1%
-
2014
18,524,782
(298,582)
-1.6%
(159,947)
-0.9%
-
2013
18,823,364
(164,005)
-0.9%
(153,792)
-0.8%
-
2012
18,987,369
(49,152)
-0.3%
(92,285)
-0.5%
-
2011
19,036,521
(44,062)
-0.2%
(70,539)
-0.4%
-
2010
19,080,583
(475,074)
-2.4%
(582,353)
-3.1%
-
2009
19,555,657
(13,151)
-0.1%
(277,353)
-1.4%
-
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Supply & Demand Trends San Francisco Industrial LOGISTICS SUPPLY & DEMAND Inventory
Net Absorption
Year
SF
SF Growth
% Growth
SF
% of Inv
Construction Ratio
2025
49,509,371
(4,906)
0%
20,106
0%
-
2024
49,514,277
(4,542)
0%
173,562
0.4%
-
2023
49,518,819
(10,665)
0%
320,818
0.6%
-
2022
49,529,484
(15,620)
0%
(151,448)
-0.3%
-
2021
49,545,104
(121,908)
-0.2%
(886,994)
-1.8%
-
YTD
49,556,840
(110,172)
-0.2%
(275,157)
-0.6%
-
2020
49,667,012
(196,372)
-0.4%
(914,725)
-1.8%
-
2019
49,863,384
(269,240)
-0.5%
(925,160)
-1.9%
-
2018
50,132,624
(98,464)
-0.2%
(152,548)
-0.3%
-
2017
50,231,088
(275,505)
-0.5%
90,238
0.2%
-
2016
50,506,593
(284,323)
-0.6%
(179,158)
-0.4%
-
2015
50,790,916
(605,623)
-1.2%
(334,979)
-0.7%
-
2014
51,396,539
(169,950)
-0.3%
620,799
1.2%
-
2013
51,566,489
(899,091)
-1.7%
528,221
1.0%
-
2012
52,465,580
(630,707)
-1.2%
(975,423)
-1.9%
-
2011
53,096,287
(784,761)
-1.5%
(438,683)
-0.8%
-
2010
53,881,048
(1,055,789)
-1.9%
(1,389,230)
-2.6%
-
2009
54,936,837
(488,139)
-0.9%
(1,976,674)
-3.6%
-
FLEX SUPPLY & DEMAND Inventory
Net Absorption
Year
SF
SF Growth
% Growth
SF
% of Inv
Construction Ratio
2025
28,733,258
155,114
0.5%
(174,525)
-0.6%
-
2024
28,578,144
60,202
0.2%
(107,250)
-0.4%
-
2023
28,517,942
396,640
1.4%
710,710
2.5%
0.6
2022
28,121,302
(463,097)
-1.6%
290,155
1.0%
-
2021
28,584,399
1,317,408
4.8%
(586,146)
-2.1%
-
YTD
27,852,395
585,404
2.1%
188
0%
3,113.9
2020
27,266,991
967,434
3.7%
(521)
0%
-
2019
26,299,557
728,731
2.8%
907,503
3.5%
0.8
2018
25,570,826
90,781
0.4%
41,501
0.2%
2.2
2017
25,480,045
(453,453)
-1.7%
(32,687)
-0.1%
-
2016
25,933,498
115,167
0.4%
(965,724)
-3.7%
-
2015
25,818,331
(138,994)
-0.5%
367,252
1.4%
-
2014
25,957,325
(82,765)
-0.3%
647,558
2.5%
-
2013
26,040,090
(87,011)
-0.3%
488,295
1.9%
-
2012
26,127,101
(43,997)
-0.2%
108,170
0.4%
-
2011
26,171,098
(166,821)
-0.6%
221,798
0.8%
-
2010
26,337,919
(242,007)
-0.9%
(246,354)
-0.9%
-
2009
26,579,926
414,621
1.6%
(463,378)
-1.7%
-
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Rent & Vacancy San Francisco Industrial OVERALL RENT & VACANCY Market Rent
Vacancy
Year
Per SF
Index
% Growth
Vs Hist Peak
SF
Percent
Ppts Chg
2025
$29.47
182
2.9%
30.1%
6,932,614
7.2%
0.3%
2024
$28.64
177
4.0%
26.5%
6,618,687
6.9%
-0.1%
2023
$27.55
170
6.1%
21.6%
6,666,432
7.0%
-0.9%
2022
$25.96
160
9.3%
14.6%
7,470,804
7.8%
-0.6%
2021
$23.74
146
4.8%
4.8%
8,131,669
8.5%
2.4%
YTD
$22.73
140
0.4%
0.4%
6,603,399
6.9%
0.9%
2020
$22.65
140
1.6%
0%
5,713,747
6.0%
1.9%
2019
$22.29
137
3.8%
-1.6%
3,893,823
4.1%
0.6%
2018
$21.48
132
5.9%
-5.2%
3,333,888
3.6%
0.3%
2017
$20.28
125
5.5%
-10.5%
3,040,898
3.2%
-0.9%
2016
$19.21
118
6.4%
-15.2%
3,929,450
4.2%
0.6%
2015
$18.05
111
6.3%
-20.3%
3,336,278
3.5%
-0.7%
2014
$16.98
105
5.9%
-25.0%
4,039,239
4.2%
-1.7%
2013
$16.03
99
3.9%
-29.2%
5,698,946
5.9%
-2.0%
2012
$15.43
95
1.3%
-31.9%
7,711,777
7.9%
0.3%
2011
$15.22
94
-0.1%
-32.8%
7,476,096
7.6%
-0.6%
2010
$15.23
94
-2.3%
-32.7%
8,184,316
8.2%
0.6%
2009
$15.59
96
-3.9%
-31.2%
7,739,843
7.7%
2.6%
SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL RENT & VACANCY Market Rent
Vacancy
Year
Per SF
Index
% Growth
Vs Hist Peak
SF
Percent
Ppts Chg
2025
$25.29
183
3.0%
30.2%
773,108
4.3%
0.1%
2024
$24.55
177
4.2%
26.3%
758,662
4.3%
-0.2%
2023
$23.57
170
6.3%
21.3%
797,467
4.5%
-0.9%
2022
$22.17
160
9.5%
14.1%
960,569
5.4%
-0.3%
2021
$20.25
146
4.2%
4.2%
1,011,083
5.7%
1.7%
YTD
$19.40
140
-0.2%
-0.2%
725,214
4.1%
0.2%
2020
$19.43
140
2.5%
0%
699,048
3.9%
0.9%
2019
$18.96
137
3.5%
-2.4%
546,576
3.1%
0.6%
2018
$18.33
132
5.9%
-5.7%
438,616
2.5%
1.0%
2017
$17.31
125
6.4%
-10.9%
255,465
1.4%
-0.3%
2016
$16.27
118
6.5%
-16.3%
314,908
1.7%
-2.1%
2015
$15.28
110
6.0%
-21.4%
697,462
3.8%
0.5%
2014
$14.41
104
5.9%
-25.8%
623,533
3.4%
-0.7%
2013
$13.61
98
3.5%
-30.0%
762,168
4.0%
0%
2012
$13.15
95
1.2%
-32.3%
772,381
4.1%
0.2%
2011
$13.00
94
0.4%
-33.1%
729,248
3.8%
0.1%
2010
$12.95
94
-2.6%
-33.4%
702,771
3.7%
0.6%
2009
$13.29
96
-3.9%
-31.6%
595,492
3.0%
1.4%
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Rent & Vacancy San Francisco Industrial LOGISTICS RENT & VACANCY Market Rent
Vacancy
Year
Per SF
Index
% Growth
Vs Hist Peak
SF
Percent
Ppts Chg
2025
$23.53
185
3.0%
30.4%
2,970,740
6.0%
-0.1%
2024
$22.85
180
4.1%
26.6%
2,998,738
6.1%
-0.4%
2023
$21.95
173
6.2%
21.6%
3,176,572
6.4%
-0.7%
2022
$20.67
163
9.5%
14.5%
3,507,395
7.1%
0.3%
2021
$18.88
149
4.6%
4.6%
3,370,770
6.8%
1.6%
YTD
$18.06
142
0.1%
0.1%
2,770,188
5.6%
0.3%
2020
$18.05
142
3.3%
0%
2,605,203
5.2%
1.4%
2019
$17.47
138
4.8%
-3.2%
1,920,879
3.9%
1.3%
2018
$16.66
131
6.7%
-7.7%
1,264,959
2.5%
0.1%
2017
$15.62
123
6.4%
-13.4%
1,210,875
2.4%
-0.8%
2016
$14.68
116
6.4%
-18.7%
1,619,218
3.2%
-0.2%
2015
$13.79
109
6.5%
-23.6%
1,724,383
3.4%
-0.5%
2014
$12.96
102
5.6%
-28.2%
1,995,027
3.9%
-1.5%
2013
$12.27
97
3.9%
-32.0%
2,785,776
5.4%
-2.6%
2012
$11.81
93
0.5%
-34.6%
4,213,088
8.0%
0.7%
2011
$11.75
93
-0.3%
-34.9%
3,868,373
7.3%
-0.5%
2010
$11.78
93
-2.8%
-34.7%
4,214,451
7.8%
0.8%
2009
$12.12
95
-4.5%
-32.8%
3,881,010
7.1%
2.7%
FLEX RENT & VACANCY Market Rent
Vacancy
Year
Per SF
Index
% Growth
Vs Hist Peak
SF
Percent
Ppts Chg
2025
$41.87
178
2.7%
29.5%
3,188,766
11.1%
1.1%
2024
$40.76
173
3.8%
26.1%
2,861,287
10.0%
0.6%
2023
$39.27
167
6.0%
21.5%
2,692,393
9.4%
-1.2%
2022
$37.04
158
9.1%
14.6%
3,002,840
10.7%
-2.4%
2021
$33.94
144
5.2%
5.0%
3,749,816
13.1%
4.3%
YTD
$32.51
138
0.8%
0.6%
3,107,997
11.2%
2.3%
2020
$32.25
137
-0.2%
-0.2%
2,409,496
8.8%
3.4%
2019
$32.32
137
2.9%
0%
1,426,368
5.4%
-1.0%
2018
$31.39
133
5.3%
-2.9%
1,630,313
6.4%
0.2%
2017
$29.82
127
4.5%
-7.7%
1,574,558
6.2%
-1.5%
2016
$28.54
121
6.4%
-11.7%
1,995,324
7.7%
4.2%
2015
$26.82
114
6.3%
-17.0%
914,433
3.5%
-1.9%
2014
$25.22
107
6.1%
-22.0%
1,420,679
5.5%
-2.8%
2013
$23.76
101
4.1%
-26.5%
2,151,002
8.3%
-2.2%
2012
$22.84
97
2.1%
-29.3%
2,726,308
10.4%
-0.6%
2011
$22.36
95
0%
-30.8%
2,878,475
11.0%
-1.4%
2010
$22.36
95
-1.6%
-30.8%
3,267,094
12.4%
0.1%
2009
$22.73
97
-3.3%
-29.7%
3,263,341
12.3%
3.2%
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Sale Trends San Francisco Industrial OVERALL SALES Completed Transactions (1)
Market Pricing Trends (2)
Year
Deals
Volume
Turnover
Avg Price
Avg Price/SF
Avg Cap Rate
Price/SF
Price Index
Cap Rate
2025
-
-
-
-
-
-
$574.89
296
4.3%
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
$556.33
286
4.3%
2023
-
-
-
-
-
-
$529.60
273
4.3%
2022
-
-
-
-
-
-
$489.57
252
4.3%
2021
-
-
-
-
-
-
$436.12
224
4.4%
YTD
3
$170.4M
0.2%
$56,789,641
$907.81
-
$419.49
216
4.6%
2020
99
$1.7B
2.5%
$20,118,482
$782.15
5.3%
$416.78
214
4.6%
2019
281
$1.2B
3.8%
$8,885,700
$478.07
4.0%
$388.43
200
4.6%
2018
269
$1.3B
4.9%
$11,779,128
$394.00
4.7%
$362.83
187
4.7%
2017
268
$584.9M
4.1%
$6,274,903
$350.22
5.6%
$328.16
169
4.8%
2016
282
$757.6M
4.7%
$5,829,547
$298.99
3.6%
$304.46
157
4.9%
2015
330
$1.4B
7.4%
$7,355,093
$285.62
4.6%
$273.91
141
5.0%
2014
327
$800.6M
7.5%
$4,734,877
$171.58
6.3%
$238.13
123
5.4%
2013
278
$492.5M
4.4%
$3,693,726
$172.42
6.7%
$213.28
110
5.7%
2012
396
$429.4M
5.6%
$2,839,344
$154.25
5.9%
$197.95
102
5.9%
2011
183
$376M
3.1%
$4,697,690
$173.84
6.8%
$187.54
97
6.1%
2010
126
$391.7M
1.4%
$5,398,645
$330.37
7.9%
$178.54
92
6.3%
(1) Completed transaction data is based on actual arms-length sales transactions and levels are dependent on the mix of what happened to sell in the period. (2) Market price trends data is based on the estimated price movement of all properties in the market, informed by actual transactions that have occurred.
SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIAL SALES Completed Transactions (1)
Market Pricing Trends (2)
Year
Deals
Volume
Turnover
Avg Price
Avg Price/SF
Avg Cap Rate
Price/SF
Price Index
Cap Rate
2025
-
-
-
-
-
-
$520.87
279
4.4%
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
$503.40
270
4.4%
2023
-
-
-
-
-
-
$478.62
257
4.4%
2022
-
-
-
-
-
-
$441.95
237
4.4%
2021
-
-
-
-
-
-
$393.33
211
4.5%
YTD
1
$1.7M
0%
$1,700,000
$322.27
-
$379.04
203
4.7%
2020
25
$82.9M
1.9%
$3,592,461
$425.21
5.5%
$376.88
202
4.7%
2019
67
$78M
2.3%
$2,963,508
$422.31
3.8%
$359.01
193
4.7%
2018
95
$202.3M
4.8%
$5,591,479
$336.42
3.4%
$337.18
181
4.7%
2017
82
$133.4M
4.3%
$4,231,209
$408.67
7.0%
$308.02
165
4.8%
2016
86
$123.4M
5.0%
$3,688,094
$260.42
2.4%
$283.59
152
4.9%
2015
87
$171.7M
5.2%
$3,504,460
$258.96
4.4%
$257.31
138
5.1%
2014
87
$86.9M
4.4%
$2,517,247
$247.94
6.0%
$226.52
122
5.4%
2013
88
$76.6M
4.4%
$2,104,866
$140.97
5.1%
$202.51
109
5.6%
2012
122
$61.8M
5.2%
$1,544,932
$137.21
6.2%
$188.33
101
5.8%
2011
55
$48M
3.1%
$2,432,763
$164.60
7.3%
$180.20
97
6.0%
2010
34
$32.3M
1.2%
$1,473,116
$172.91
-
$171.47
92
6.2%
(1) Completed transaction data is based on actual arms-length sales transactions and levels are dependent on the mix of what happened to sell in the period. (2) Market price trends data is based on the estimated price movement of all properties in the market, informed by actual transactions that have occurred.
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Sale Trends San Francisco Industrial LOGISTICS SALES Completed Transactions (1)
Market Pricing Trends (2)
Year
Deals
Volume
Turnover
Avg Price
Avg Price/SF
Avg Cap Rate
Price/SF
Price Index
Cap Rate
2025
-
-
-
-
-
-
$501.62
295
4.3%
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
$484.99
286
4.3%
2023
-
-
-
-
-
-
$461.25
272
4.3%
2022
-
-
-
-
-
-
$426.04
251
4.4%
2021
-
-
-
-
-
-
$379.10
223
4.5%
YTD
1
$3.2M
0%
$3,200,000
$377.00
-
$364.54
215
4.6%
2020
49
$438.5M
1.9%
$10,066,990
$475.00
4.7%
$362.17
213
4.6%
2019
152
$556.7M
3.7%
$6,752,957
$394.31
3.8%
$333.05
196
4.7%
2018
119
$408.5M
4.0%
$9,259,293
$352.22
4.8%
$311.41
183
4.7%
2017
134
$189.9M
3.7%
$4,845,862
$233.29
-
$282.95
167
4.8%
2016
146
$237.2M
4.4%
$3,798,488
$219.51
3.8%
$260.91
154
4.9%
2015
154
$455M
7.4%
$5,632,317
$210.21
3.9%
$236.52
139
5.1%
2014
161
$259.9M
6.0%
$3,441,970
$170.15
7.0%
$205.67
121
5.5%
2013
130
$265.2M
3.8%
$4,672,469
$197.27
7.0%
$184.75
109
5.7%
2012
219
$242.3M
6.8%
$2,908,731
$156.00
6.0%
$172.37
101
5.9%
2011
92
$205.8M
3.5%
$4,794,080
$144.06
7.2%
$164.08
97
6.1%
2010
67
$101M
1.3%
$2,322,416
$177.99
7.9%
$156.07
92
6.4%
(1) Completed transaction data is based on actual arms-length sales transactions and levels are dependent on the mix of what happened to sell in the period. (2) Market price trends data is based on the estimated price movement of all properties in the market, informed by actual transactions that have occurred.
FLEX SALES Completed Transactions (1)
Market Pricing Trends (2)
Year
Deals
Volume
Turnover
Avg Price
Avg Price/SF
Avg Cap Rate
Price/SF
Price Index
2025
-
-
-
-
-
-
$728.88
304
Cap Rate
4.2%
2024
-
-
-
-
-
-
$706.43
295
4.2%
2023
-
-
-
-
-
-
$673.62
281
4.2%
2022
-
-
-
-
-
-
$623.57
260
4.2%
2021
-
-
-
-
-
-
$556.42
232
4.3%
YTD
1
$165.5M
0.6%
$165,468,922
$951.48
-
$534.80
223
4.4%
2020
25
$1.2B
4.0%
$59,907,814
$1,107.86
5.3%
$531.34
222
4.4%
2019
62
$615.1M
5.1%
$19,029,339
$604.40
5.0%
$498.00
208
4.5%
2018
55
$713.6M
6.8%
$22,126,261
$445.93
5.4%
$463.59
193
4.5%
2017
52
$261.5M
4.6%
$11,493,083
$493.99
5.3%
$415.33
173
4.7%
2016
50
$397M
5.0%
$11,156,358
$405.33
-
$389.30
162
4.7%
2015
89
$748.2M
9.1%
$12,985,439
$376.71
5.0%
$345.95
144
4.9%
2014
79
$453.7M
12.6%
$7,612,532
$162.76
5.7%
$299.00
125
5.3%
2013
60
$150.7M
5.6%
$3,808,117
$155.56
6.7%
$267.13
111
5.6%
2012
55
$125.2M
3.5%
$4,614,577
$160.59
5.7%
$246.20
103
5.8%
2011
36
$122.2M
2.3%
$6,990,941
$275.95
5.0%
$230.92
96
6.1%
2010
25
$258.4M
1.8%
$31,468,835
$598.97
-
$220.11
92
6.3%
(1) Completed transaction data is based on actual arms-length sales transactions and levels are dependent on the mix of what happened to sell in the period. (2) Market price trends data is based on the estimated price movement of all properties in the market, informed by actual transactions that have occurred.
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