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Bridge Development Plans More Acquisitions, Overseas Expansion

Bridge Development Partners said it had acquired 21 properties totaling approximately 11.7 million square feet, valued at over $3.1 billion across Bridge’s five regional offices in Chicago, Miami, New Jersey/New York, Los Angeles/San Francisco and Seattle during 2019.

The Chicago-based national industrial development and acquisition firm also sold 21 projects totaling approximately nine million square feet, valued at over $1.2 billion last year.

Bridge projects that it will close on 18 projects totaling approximately 15 million square feet in 2020, with an estimated value of $2.7 billion.

The current year will also mark a new era for the company as it enters its 20th year of operation, and will expand into London and Toronto.

“The demand for state-of-the-art last mile/infill warehousing and logistics facilities in gateway cities isn’t unique to the U.S., and we’re very eager to expand internationally in the coming year,” said founder/CEO Steve Poulos.

Pictured: Bridge Point Itasca.

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Paul Bubny serves as Senior Content Director for Connect Commercial Real Estate, a role to which he brings 16-plus years’ experience covering the commercial real estate industry and 30-plus years in business-to-business journalism. In this capacity, he oversees daily operations while also reporting on both local/regional markets and national trends, covering individual transactions across all property types, as well as delving into broader subject matter. He produces 7-10 daily news stories per day and works with the Connect team and clients to develop longer-form content, ranging from Q&As to thought-leadership pieces. Prior to joining Connect, Paul was Managing Editor for both Real Estate Forum and GlobeSt.com at American Lawyer Media, where he oversaw operations at both publications while also producing daily news and feature-length articles. His tenure in B2B publishing stretches back into the print era, and he has served as Editor in Chief on four national trade publications. Since 1999, Paul has volunteered as the newsletter editor of passenger rail advocacy groups (one national, one local).

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