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Capital Commercial Investments,
Inc. (CCI) offered its second long-term, high-income investment opportunity
Mail Box Money-II (MBM-II) during 4th Quarter 2001. Two industrial
real estate properties, 12507 Telge Road and 20527 Rhodes, were combined
to form the MBM-II partnership. This is a high-income investment
partnership allows investors to receive a 15% annual return distributed
monthly. The American Plumbing & Maintenance Facility is located
at 12507 Telge Road, and totals 90,400 SF. The property is on a 5.75
acre site and includes almost 12,500 SF of office space. CCI purchased
the property for $2,085,000 or $23.06 PSF
in December 2001. The Landell Industries facility is located at 20527
Rhodes in Northwest Houston, approximately 24 miles from Houston's central
business district. The real property includes 31,320 total square
feet (SF) including more than 5,280 SF of office, and is situated on 3.0
acres. CCI purchased the Rhodes property in March 2002 for $635,000
or $20.27 PSF.
Total equity investment in
the MBM-II partnership was $1,350,000. This partnership has 27 limited
partnership shares held among 29 investors. CCI anticipates distributing
15% cash-on-cash per annum to the limited partners while reserving funds
each year for possible tenant rollover expenses. The partnership
agreement specifies a 75:25 LP:GP split after a 10% cumulative preferred
return.
As investors may know, we
sold the 20527 Rhodes Facility (31,320 SF) located in far north Houston,
Texas after holding the property for 6 months. The sales proceeds,
as well as original partnership invested funds, will be used to purchase
the Encompass facility located at 6711 Highway 332 in Freeport, TX.
The Encompass Facility was built in 1976 using tilt wall construction and
totals 46,401 SF. The property is on a 3.75 acre fenced site.
CCI has contracted to purchase the property for $1,147,000
or $25.06 PSF.
6711 Highway 332 (Encompass Services
Corp.) - 46,401 SF

Tenant:
Encompass Services Corporation is the nation's largest provider of facilities
systems and services to the petrochemical, refinery, and construction industries.
With annual revenues of approximately $4 billion, Encompass provides a
portfolio of electrical technologies, mechanical services, and cleaning
systems to commercial, industrial and residential customers nationwide.
Encompass is the leader in a $245-billion annual industry with steady historical
growth and multiple drivers for future growth. The Facilities Systems market
has a historic and projected compound annual growth rate of 6.5 to 8.0
percent per Encompass. Growing customer desire for outsourced services,
increasing complexity of facilities systems, a large and aging installed
base, energy efficiency requirements of new facilities, growing data and
network needs, and healthy construction activity nationwide suggest continued
industry growth.
The original
tenant, Gulf States, Inc., was sold to CCC/BuildOne organization in May
of 1998, which merged in February of 2000 with Group Maintenance Organization.
Encompass Services Inc., the formed entity, commenced operations thereafter.
Encompass currently has 1280 employees worldwide with additional offices
in Banishu, California, Valaro, Nappa Valley, and an East Coast Facility.
Approximately 100 employees work in three different departments at the
Freeport locaion.
Property
The subject site is located on the south side of Highway 332, approximately
one mile east of the Highway 332 and State Highway 227 (formerly S.H. 288)
interchange. The property consists of a 46,401 SF office/warehouse
building located on 3.75 acres. The site has 495.51 feet of frontage
along Highway 332, the main east/west highway between Brazoria and Surfside.
The property has landscaping in the form of grass, bushes, trees, and lighted
sidewalks. The front, east, and west sides of the building have concrete
parking areas and the rear of the site is presently covered with trees
and undergrowth.
Public electric and telephone
services are available and connected to the site. Telephone is underground
and electrical is above ground. Water and sewer are from a new state-of-the-art,
on-site system, which is more than adequate for the current use including
any desired expansion. No specific flood hazard factors are determined,
and the property is not located in the 100 year flood plain.
The subject site is improved
with a tilt-wall construction office and warehouse building on a concrete
slab creating total useable building area of 40,401 SF . The building
was constructed in 1976 and has 6,000 square feet of finished office space
upstairs and 6,000 square feet downstairs outfitted with acoustical tile
ceilings, 9' paneled walls, carpeting, and vinyl tile. The warehouse
has poured tilt-up concrete walls, concrete floors and a metal galvanized
roof deck that supports a built-up roof. There are four overhead
doors with approximatley 18' high openings located on the east and west
sideds of the building. The building eave is approximately 24', and
the second story mezzanine above the office is currently being used for
storage.
Additional above grade site
improvements include the aforementioned entry porch, other walkways, concrete
parking, exterior floodlights, utility poles, a 14.7' x 49.3' concrete
truck ramp on the east side of the building and chain link fencing with
barbed wire.
Lease
The Property is 100 percent leased to one tenant with a weighted average
annual net rental rate of $2.85 PSF. Encompass Services Corp.
is a typical tenant for the area, providing engineering construction services
to the local Petrochemical industry. The tenant’s lease structure
features a stepped rental rate, allowing for automatic increases to the
Property’s future net income. Encompass Services Corporation will execute
a 10-year triple-net lease commencing on the first day of the month following
closing. Encompass
will be responsible for ad valorem real property and personal property
taxes, building insurance coverage, common area maintenance - including
all mechanical systems, plumbing lines, electrical service, structure and
roof. Encompass will not be responsible for roof replacement at the end
of the lease, so long as tenant continues to maintain the roof in a commercially
responsible manner. The lease rates are as follows:
| Years |
Rent Amount |
Cap Rate |
| 1-3 |
$153,056.13 |
13.3% |
| 4-5 |
$155,351.97 |
13.5% |
| 6-7 |
$157,682.25 |
13.7% |
| 8-10 |
$160,047.49 |
13.9% |
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