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← See today's latestSouth Carolina industrial boom, M&A deal terms shift, Australian CGT now hits real estate M&A
South Carolina industrial acceleration
South Carolina's industrial market is absorbing deals faster than supply arrives.
Greenville-Spartanburg absorbed 1.3 million square feet in Q1 2026 alone, pushing industrial vacancy down to 9.2%, while speculative construction has slowed after five years of 25% inventory expansion [Quelle: Upstate Commercial Hub]. Major manufacturers—Isuzu's $280 million Greenville County facility and Woodward's $200 million Greer complex—are triggering secondary demand for warehousing and flex space. The port infrastructure upgrades and $9.12 billion in announced capital investment during 2025 are anchoring long-term leasing velocity in the region.
Watch for secondary-market pipeline emergence as construction financing tightens.
Middle-market M&A deal structures tightening
Deal terms are reshaping faster than transaction volumes grow.
Seyfarth's 2026 middle-market M&A survey reveals dealmakers continue adapting transaction structures and risk allocation in response to shifting market conditions [Quelle: Seyfarth Shaw]. The cadence of term evolution—not just pricing swings—signals sponsors are recalibrating indemnities, escrow pools, and earn-out structures to hedge uncertainty. This compounds the repositioning-wins-the-race dynamic we've been tracking: operators with flexible capital and deal-structure sophistication now move first.
Sponsors should pull the survey for platform acquisition playbooks.
Australia CGT overhaul reshapes deal economics
Foreign investors in Australian real estate M&A just faced a tax ambush.
Australia's new capital-gains-tax regime for foreign residents, effective immediately, now exposes foreign buyers to CGT on broader asset classes beyond traditional taxable Australian property, upending prior decades of confined exposure [Quelle: HSF Kramer]. Combined with the mandatory ACCC merger-control framework we flagged yesterday, cross-border sponsors targeting Australian assets must now recalculate exit tax and hold-period modeling in LOI negotiations. Deal timelines and seller economic adjustments reset immediately for deals in motion.
Sponsors with Australian platforms should engage tax counsel this week.
Seyfarth Releases 2026 Middle Market M&A Survey Highlighting ...5 hours ago ... “This year's survey highlights how dealmakers continue to adapt transaction structures and deal terms in response to evolving market conditions,” said Andrew ...seyfarth.com
South Carolina Commercial Property Market: Trends, Insights and ...6 hours ago ... Explore the latest South Carolina commercial property trends, from industrial and office performance to retail, land development, and emerging investment ...upstatecommercialhub.com
Foreign resident CGT changes and implications for M&A transactions3 hours ago ... Since 2006, Australia has generally confined foreign residents' CGT exposure to “taxable Australian property” (TARP), being principally direct Australian 'real ...hsfkramer.com