BOSTON, Nov. 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- STAG Industrial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: STAG), a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the acquisition and operation of single-tenant, industrial properties throughout the United States, today announced it had completed the sale of six industrial real estate properties ("Southeast Portfolio") to Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust for gross proceeds of approximately $81 million at a 6.9% capitalization rate.

The Southeast Portfolio consisted of approximately 1.6 million square feet across six industrial assets located in Atlanta and Charlotte. The assets are 100% leased to seven tenants.

"This was a great outcome to a process we first announced this summer and marks an important milestone in the STAG story," said Ben Butcher, Chief Executive Officer of the Company.

 Additional detail on the transaction is disclosed in a presentation posted to the website.

About STAG Industrial, Inc.

STAG Industrial, Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on the acquisition and operation of single-tenant industrial properties throughout the United States. The Company's portfolio consists of 294 buildings in 37 states with approximately 57 million rentable square feet.

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