Company Description
Terreno Realty Corporation (NYSE: TRNO) is a real estate investment trust that focuses on acquiring, owning and operating industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets. According to company disclosures and recent press releases, Terreno concentrates its portfolio in New York City/Northern New Jersey, Los Angeles, Miami, the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and Washington, D.C. These markets form the core geographic footprint for its industrial properties and improved land parcels.
Terreno Realty Corporation describes itself as an acquirer, owner and operator of industrial real estate. Public information indicates that its portfolio includes industrial distribution buildings, flex and transshipment facilities, and improved land that can be leased or redeveloped. As of the end of a recent reporting period, the company reported owning hundreds of industrial buildings and dozens of improved land parcels leased to a broad base of customers, reflecting a focus on income-producing industrial assets and development or redevelopment opportunities.
Business focus and property types
Based on the company’s own descriptions, Terreno invests in several types of industrial real estate. These include warehouse and distribution buildings, rear-load industrial distribution facilities, properties with dock-high and grade-level loading positions, and improved land parcels supporting industrial and transshipment uses. Some properties are acquired fully leased, while others are acquired as shell-complete buildings or land parcels that are placed into a redevelopment or development pool with an expected total investment and targeted stabilized capitalization rate.
Terreno also reports activity in redevelopment and ground-up development. For example, it has described redeveloping industrial distribution buildings in locations such as Long Island City, Queens, New York, and undertaking multi-building industrial projects such as Countyline Corporate Park phases in Hialeah, Florida. These projects involve constructing or redeveloping industrial buildings to modern specifications, often with multiple dock-high and grade-level loading positions, car parking, and targeted LEED certification on certain developments.
Geographic concentration in coastal U.S. markets
Across multiple news releases, Terreno emphasizes that it acquires, owns and operates industrial real estate in six major coastal U.S. markets: New York City/Northern New Jersey; Los Angeles; Miami; San Francisco Bay Area; Seattle; and Washington, D.C. Within these markets, the company has highlighted specific submarkets such as South San Francisco in California, Long Island City in Queens, New York, the northern Kent Valley in Washington, Hyattsville in Maryland near Washington, D.C., and Hialeah and Doral in Florida.
Properties described in company announcements typically benefit from proximity to major transportation routes, including interstate highways, state routes and key urban connectors. Examples include locations near the Queens-Midtown Tunnel in New York, the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and U.S. Route 50 near Washington, D.C., and intersections of major interstates in the Seattle-area Kent Valley. Terreno’s Countyline Corporate Park projects in Miami’s Countyline Corporate Park are described as part of a landfill redevelopment adjacent to Florida’s Turnpike and the southern terminus of I-75.
Portfolio operations and leasing
Terreno Realty Corporation periodically reports on its operating portfolio, same-store portfolio and improved land portfolio. In a recent quarterly update, the company disclosed that it owned industrial buildings aggregating many millions of square feet and improved land parcels totaling more than one hundred acres, leased to hundreds of customers. It reports metrics such as portfolio leased percentages, same-store occupancy, and leasing activity for both buildings and improved land.
The company’s operating updates describe leasing and renewal activity across its markets, including new leases, early renewals and pre-leasing of development projects. Examples include leases with an Original Design Manufacturer of cloud computing hardware in Newark, California; a designer and manufacturer of air-to-water technology in Hialeah, Florida; an international freight forwarder and logistics provider in Doral, Florida; and an early renewal with the United States Secret Service in Washington, D.C. Terreno also reports tenant retention ratios and cash rent changes on new and renewed leases, reflecting the economics of its leasing activity.
Improved land parcels in locations such as Carlstadt, New Jersey and Hayward, California are described as being improved with transshipment facilities and becoming available for release or redevelopment following lease buyouts. The company also moves properties between redevelopment and operating portfolios as redevelopment is completed and buildings are stabilized and leased.
Investment, development and capital allocation
Terreno Realty Corporation regularly discloses its acquisition, disposition, development and redevelopment activity. In a recent year, the company reported acquiring multiple industrial buildings and improved land parcels across its target markets for an aggregate purchase price in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Individual acquisitions include industrial distribution buildings in South San Francisco, Hyattsville, Maryland and Tukwila, Washington, as well as improved land parcels in Long Island City, Queens, New York.
On the disposition side, Terreno has described selling industrial distribution properties, including a large building in South Brunswick, New Jersey that had been expanded after an earlier acquisition. The company reports unleveraged internal rates of return on these investments, illustrating the realized performance of certain assets over multi-year holding periods.
Development and redevelopment projects span multiple markets. Countyline Corporate Park Phase IV in Hialeah, Florida, for example, is described as a 121-acre project entitled for approximately 2.2 million square feet of industrial distribution buildings, with a total expected investment in the hundreds of millions of dollars and multiple LEED-certified buildings. Terreno also reports on individual building developments and redevelopments, including total expected investment, estimated stabilized capitalization rates, and pre-leasing percentages.
Capital structure, credit facilities and REIT status
Terreno Realty Corporation is organized in Maryland and its common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TRNO, as disclosed in its SEC filings. The company identifies itself as a real estate investment trust and reports using public equity and debt capital to support its investment activities. In recent periods, Terreno has issued shares of common stock under an at-the-market equity offering program, reporting gross proceeds and weighted average offering prices.
The company also maintains a senior credit facility with a group of lenders. According to a recent Form 8-K, a wholly owned subsidiary entered into a Fourth Amendment to its Sixth Amended and Restated Senior Credit Agreement, adding a $200 million term loan maturing in 2031. Following this amendment, the facility consists of a revolving credit facility and multiple term loans with staggered maturities, along with an accordion feature that allows for potential increases in the aggregate facility size, subject to lender approval and other conditions. Borrowing capacity is limited by a percentage of the value of unencumbered properties, and interest is generally based on SOFR or a base rate plus an applicable margin tied to leverage metrics.
Proceeds from the new term loan were used to reduce borrowings under the revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, as disclosed in the Form 8-K and related press release. Terreno also reports outstanding balances on its revolving credit facility and scheduled debt maturities in upcoming years, providing investors with information on its capital structure and liquidity sources.
Regulatory reporting and governance
As a public company with securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Terreno Realty Corporation files periodic and current reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These filings include Forms 10-K and 10-Q, as well as Forms 8-K for material events such as changes to its credit facility or appointments to its Board of Directors. For example, an 8-K filing reported the appointment of a new director to the Board and his committee assignments, along with a statement that he meets applicable requirements for committee service under New York Stock Exchange and Exchange Act rules.
Through its SEC filings and press releases, Terreno provides information on its portfolio composition, leasing metrics, acquisitions and dispositions, development pipeline, capital markets activity and governance matters. Investors and analysts can use these disclosures to understand the company’s industrial real estate focus, geographic strategy in coastal U.S. markets, and approach to financing and operating its portfolio.