ACQUISITION CONTEXT
399 Helmericks Avenue is a multi-tenant industrial campus in northeast Fairbanks: four buildings totaling 68,325 SF of warehouse, shop, and office space on a 6.17-acre site, with 39 overhead doors and a fenced yard along the Alaska Railroad corridor. Originally a bus maintenance facility, it was acquired by OFD LLC in late 2023 in distressed condition with ~34,600 SF vacant, offering two paths to value: a cash-flowing investment with lease-up upside or an owner-occupied home base tenants help carry.
OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
Leasing is run in-house across nine active tenants spanning auto repair, recreation, expedition services, and office, anchored by Fairbanks Native Association through March 2029 and JP’s Auto Repair through July 2030. Buildings C and D are fully leased; the ~34,600 SF in Buildings A and B is being subdivided into individually leasable bays to close the gap between in-place and stabilized income.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
Since acquisition the campus has undergone substantial capital work: new roofs on the A and B warehouse buildings, site-wide natural gas conversion, concrete floor replacement, new restrooms in Buildings B and C, and water service extended into Building B. Building B now carries 3-phase electrical power, rare in the Fairbanks multi-tenant warehouse market, suiting it to manufacturing and heavy industrial use. Insulation upgrades and interior improvements are planned for 2026 to bring remaining vacant space to market-ready condition.
STABILIZATION RESULTS
The August 2025 MAI appraisal (Black-Smith, Bethard & Carlson, File 25-051) concluded a stabilized value of $5.60M leasehold / $5.79M leased fee. At stabilized occupancy the campus supports potential gross income of $1,074,128 and a net operating income of $607,694, against in-place income of $646,926 per year at ~62% leased. The $6,300,000 asking price reflects a 9.65% going-in cap, inside the local market average of 8.6%, at $92 per square foot.