Browning/Duke building huge Plainfield distribution facility
The speculative building totaling more than 930,000 square feet will be constructed at the developers’ AllPoints Midwest industrial park.
The speculative building totaling more than 930,000 square feet will be constructed at the developers’ AllPoints Midwest industrial park.
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. is a real estate investment trust that offers leasing, property and asset management, development, construction, build-to-suit and other tenant services.
Duke Realty Corp. saw a surge in revenue, profit and funds from operations in the second quarter compared with a year ago, the Indianapolis-based real estate developer said late Wednesday afternoon.
A joint venture between developers Browning Investments Inc. and Duke Realty Corp. announced July 15 that Chattanoogo Tenn.-based Kenco, a third-party logistics provider, has taken the remaining 257,000 square feet.
Profit shot up for some, while others fought setbacks.
The giant retailer said it will build a 1.2.-million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment facility in the AllPoints Midwest industrial park that will employ up to 303 workers by 2016.
The Indianapolis-based real estate developer saw higher revenue and improved funds from operations, a common measure of performance for real estate investment trusts, in the first quarter.
The Indianapolis-based real estate developer said it earned a profit in both the fourth quarter and entire year after reporting losses in 2012.
The Indianapolis-based real estate firm held steady in the third quarter, maintaining high occupancy in its commercial buildings and increasing funds from operations.
The two Class A office buildings totaling 348,000 square feet are close to being sold after falling into foreclosure during the implosion of defunct local developer Premier Properties USA Inc.
City officials will reveal the winner Tuesday morning from six teams that bid on redeveloping the downtown site. All proposed mixed-use projects, but they ranged in size from eight to 52 stories.
Shares in U.S. real estate investment trusts fell the most in 19 months Wednesday. Three major REITs, all based in Indianapolis, saw their shares drop on Wednesday.
Christie Kelly is credited with playing a critical role at Duke in helping the company keep a strong financial position during the recession and economic recovery.
The developer is selling the buildings in Cincinnati, Cleveland and St. Louis to increase its emphasis on industrial properties. A research firm values them at $149 a square foot, or a total of about $350 million.
The Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust rang up earnings of $28 million, mostly due to gains from the sale of 18 properties.
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of $22.5 million, a sharp decline from the $60.2 million it made in the same quarter of 2011.
Two Illinois companies have acquired a six-building, 446,000-square-foot Indianapolis office portfolio from locally based Duke Realty Corp. Industry sources say the buildings sold for more than $20 million.
Indianapolis has more speculative industrial space under construction than any other market in the Midwest as developers try to capitalize on about four million square feet of tenant interest in the market.
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter loss of $28.2 million, smaller than a loss of $32 million in the same quarter of 2011.
Indianapolis-based Duke Realty Corp. on Wednesday reported a second-quarter loss of $28.5 million, slightly smaller than a loss of $29 million in the same quarter of 2011.