SAN FRANCISCO, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMB Property
Corporation® (NYSE: AMB), a leading owner, operator and developer
of global industrial real estate, today announced the release of a
new research report titled "AMB's Infill Strategy."
The report examines the variables that define the two main types
of industrial real estate sites (infill and greenfield) and
concludes that a property owner having a long-term infill strategy
enjoys superior occupancy, rental growth, financial returns, and
supply chain operational efficiencies. The study also shows that
infill locations enable more transportation-efficient and
sustainable supply chain operations.
Key Findings:
- Major infill submarkets have enjoyed more than 300 basis point
occupancy advantage over greenfield sites in occupancy over the
last 10 years.
- Infill submarkets have enjoyed higher rent growth and a total
return premium of 220 basis points per year over the past ten
years
- 22% lower average supply chain mileage when using infill
industrial centers and 21% cost savings compared to greenfield
sites.
- 23% lower carbon emissions when using infill industrial centers
when compared to greenfield industrial centers.
- Using infill industrial locations instead of greenfield sites
can reduce supply chain emissions in urban areas by up to 30%.
"Our research concludes that for industrial property owners and
developers a comprehensive infill strategy is good for business
while at the same time good for society and the environment," said
David Twist, AMB's vice president,
Research and co-author of the research paper along with
Aaron Binkley, director,
Sustainability Programs.
AMB's research reports can be downloaded from the company's
website at www.amb.com/global_capabilities/research.html.
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AMB Property Corporation® is a leading owner, operator and
developer of global industrial real estate, focused on major hub
and gateway distribution markets in the Americas, Europe and Asia. As of March 31,
2010, AMB owned, or had investments in, on a consolidated
basis or through unconsolidated joint ventures, properties and
development projects expected to total approximately 155.7 million
square feet (14.5 million square meters) in 48 markets within 15
countries. AMB invests in properties located predominantly in the
infill submarkets of its targeted markets. The company's portfolio
comprises High Throughput Distribution® facilities--industrial
properties built for speed and located near airports, seaports and
ground transportation systems.
Some of the information included in this press release contains
forward-looking statements, such as the potential for higher
occupancy, rental growth, financial returns and supply chain
operational effectiveness, which are made pursuant to the
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Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. Because these forward-looking statements involve
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or interests in real-estate related entities or platforms to
acquire and in effecting acquisitions on advantageous terms and the
failure of acquisitions to perform as the company expects; unknown
liabilities acquired in connection with the acquired properties,
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entities; the company's failure to successfully integrate acquired
properties and operations; risks and uncertainties affecting
property development, redevelopment and value-added conversion
(including construction delays, cost overruns, the company's
inability to obtain necessary permits and financing, the company's
inability to lease properties at all or at favorable rents and
terms, and public opposition to these activities); the company's
failure to set up additional funds, attract additional investment
in existing funds or to contribute properties to its co-investment
ventures due to such factors as its inability to acquire, develop,
or lease properties that meet the investment criteria of such
ventures, or the co-investment ventures' inability to access debt
and equity capital to pay for property contributions or their
allocation of available capital to cover other capital
requirements; risks and uncertainties relating to the disposition
of properties to third parties and the company's ability to effect
such transactions on advantageous terms and to timely reinvest
proceeds from any such dispositions; risks of doing business
internationally and global expansion, including unfamiliarity with
the new markets and currency and hedging risks; risks of changing
personnel and roles; risks related to suspending, reducing or
changing the company's dividends; losses in excess of the company's
insurance coverage; changes in local, state and federal regulatory
requirements, including changes in real estate and zoning laws;
increases in real property tax rates; risks associated with the
company's tax structuring; increases in interest rates and
operating costs or greater than expected capital expenditures;
environmental uncertainties; risks related to natural disasters;
and our failure to qualify and maintain our status as a real estate
investment trust. Our success also depends upon economic
trends generally, various market conditions and fluctuations and
those other risk factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors"
and elsewhere in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2009.
SOURCE AMB Property Corporation