AEW ACQUIRES 176,000-SQUARE-FOOT INDUSTRIAL PORTFOLIO

AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Dallas office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF) has completed the sale of Southpark 3 and Southpark 4, two Austin industrial properties totaling 176,000 square feet. Located at 4209 and 4129 S. Industrial Dr., the properties are a combined 89 percent leased by a tenant roster that includes The Whitley Printing Company, BlueLinx Corp., Crawford Electric Supply and Austin Tele-Services. An adjacent 4.2-acre land parcel was included in the sale. Jud Clemens and Robby Rieke of HFF represented the seller, an affiliate of General Electric Pension Trust that was advised by Stamford, Conn.-based GE Asset Management. The buyer was Boston-based AEW, which made the purchase on behalf of AEW Value Investors II, the company’s value-added real estate fund. The acquisition price was not disclosed.