—(January 10, 2025) Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (NYSE: PLYM)
(the “Company” or “Plymouth”) provided an activity update for the
fourth quarter of 2024. The Company also announced details for its
fourth quarter earnings conference call and webcast to be held on
February 27, 2025.
Jeff Witherell, Chief Executive Officer and
Co-Founder of Plymouth, noted, “We had a strong finish to 2024 with
cash rental rate increases of 17.4% for the year in our
Consolidated Portfolio, the closing of the Sixth Street Joint
Venture and the acquisition of the first phase of a new industrial
portfolio in Cincinnati.”
Leasing ActivityLeases
commencing during the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2024, all
of which have terms of at least six months, totaled an aggregate of
1,467,245 square feet. These leases include 1,042,732 square feet
of renewal leases and 424,513 square feet of new leases. Rental
rates under these leases reflect a 19.5% increase on a cash basis,
with renewal leases reflecting a 12.4% increase on a cash basis and
new leases reflecting a 33.0% increase on a cash basis. Same store
occupancy at December 31, 2024 was 95.7%. Total portfolio occupancy
at December 31, 2024 was 92.5% and reflects a 110-basis-point
negative impact from previously disclosed tenancy issues in
Cleveland, a 10-basis-point positive impact from the inclusion of
the recently acquired Cincinnati portfolio, and a 70-basis-point
negative impact from net leasing activity in the fourth quarter of
2024. These figures include the Sixth Street Joint Venture’s (as
defined below) Chicago portfolio, which saw a 14.1% cash rental
rate increase and had an occupancy of 93.1% at December 31,
2024.
Executed leases commencing during 2024, all of
which had terms of at least six months, totaled an aggregate of
5,827,136 square feet. These leases, which represent 71.4% of total
2024 expirations, include 4,180,593 square feet of renewal leases
(21.4% of these renewal leases were associated with contractual
renewals; there are no remaining 2024 contractual renewals) and
1,646,543 square feet of new leases, of which 138,924 square feet
was vacant at the start of 2024. The total square footage of new
leases commenced excludes 160,292 square feet of development
leasing completed in 2024. Rental rates under these leases reflect
a 17.3% increase on a cash basis, with renewal leases reflecting a
12.8% increase in rental rates on a cash basis and new leases
reflecting a 28.2% increase on a cash basis. These figures include
the Chicago joint venture portfolio, which saw a 17.0% cash rental
rate increase.
Plymouth has agreed to terms on a two-year lease
at its 769,500-square-foot Class A industrial building in the Metro
East submarket of St. Louis, Missouri. The lease is for 600,000
square feet during the first year and 450,000 square feet during
the second year with a major international logistics service
provider. The Company expects this lease to be signed in January
with expected commencement upon execution. While the prospective
tenant has expansion rights into the balance of the space during
their term, Plymouth is diligently marketing the property to fill
the remainder of the building.
Acquisition Activity During the
fourth quarter of 2024, Plymouth acquired a portfolio of primarily
small bay industrial properties in Cincinnati, Ohio for $20.1
million, which equates to an anticipated initial NOI yield of 6.8%.
The portfolio consists of nine buildings totaling 258,082 square
feet that are currently 96.9% leased to 23 tenants with a weighted
average lease term of approximately 2.75 years. The Company has a
second tranche of this portfolio that is under contract for $17.9
million, which equates to an anticipated initial yield of 7.3%, and
is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, contingent on
the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, which cannot be
assured. This portfolio consists of four buildings in Cincinnati
totaling 240,578 square feet that are currently 98.0% leased to
nine tenants with a weighted average lease term of approximately
3.75 years.
Sixth Street Joint Venture On
November 13, 2024, Plymouth Industrial OP, LP completed the
previously announced contribution of 100% of its equity
interests in directly and indirectly wholly-owned subsidiaries
owning 34 properties located in and around the Chicago MSA to
Isosceles JV, LLC, an affiliate of Sixth Street Partners, LLC (the
“Sixth Street Joint Venture”) for a total purchase price of $356.6
million.
Fourth Quarter 2024 Earnings
CallThe Company plans to issue its earnings release,
supplemental financial information and prepared commentary after
the market closes on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Plymouth will
host a conference call and live audio webcast, both open for the
general public to hear, on Thursday, February 27, 2025, at 9:00
a.m. Eastern Time. The number to call for this interactive
teleconference is (844) 784-1727 (international callers: (412)
717-9587). A replay of the call will be available through March 6,
2025, by dialing (877) 344-7529 and entering the replay access
code, 9572499.
The live audio webcast of the Company’s
quarterly conference call will be available online in the Investor
Relations section of the Company’s website at ir.plymouthreit.com.
The online replay will be available approximately one hour after
the end of the call and archived for one year.
About Plymouth
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc. (NYSE: PLYM) is a
full service, vertically integrated real estate investment company
focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single and
multi-tenant industrial properties. Our mission is to provide
tenants with cost effective space that is functional, flexible and
safe.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes “forward-looking
statements” that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future
leasing and acquisition activity. The forward-looking statements in
this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance.
Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release,
which are not strictly historical statements, including, without
limitation, statements regarding management's plans, objectives and
strategies, constitute forward-looking statements. Such
forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and
unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those anticipated by the forward-looking
statements, many of which may be beyond our control.
Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “plan,” “seek,”
“will,” “expect,” “intend,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe” or
“continue” or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar
terminology. Any forward-looking information presented herein is
made only as of the date of this press release, and we do not
undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
information to reflect changes in assumptions, the occurrence of
unanticipated events, or otherwise.
Contact:John WilfongSCR
PartnersIR@plymouthreit.com
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