WEST DUNDEE, ILL. — Principle Construction has completed a 4,000-square-foot flagship Circle K fleet convenience store at 70 Airport Road in West Dundee, a far northwest Chicago suburb. The store is part of a 56-acre redevelopment project on I-90 at Route 31. Principle installed eight dual-sided fuel dispensers for cars and four dual-sided and two single-sided fuel dispensers for trucks on the building’s exterior. Inside is a 354-square-foot cooler for soda, water, energy drinks and beer. The team built a 52-square-foot freezer for ice cream and pizza. A hot dog island holds condiment dispensers, a soda fountain and coffee station. The redevelopment includes a 1,006-space secured truck parking facility, a comprehensive truck repair and maintenance facility, truck wash, quick-service restaurant and office space for trucking and logistics companies. Gleason Architects designed the space. An affiliate of Speedwagon Capital owns the building.
LAREDO, TEXAS — LITOS, an industrial developer based in Mexico City, is underway on a 952,560-square-foot speculative project in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. Known as LITOS Laredo, the facility will consist of two cross-dock buildings totaling 476,280 square feet each. Building features will include 40-foot clear heights, 70-foot speed bays and 3,000 square feet of office space. ARCO/Murray is the design-build firm on the project, which is the first in the United States for LITOS.
DALLAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Core45 Building 1, a 616,068-square-foot industrial structure in South Dallas. Built on 33.8 acres in 2023, the building features 40-foot clear heights, 110 dock doors, four drive-in ramps, 188-foot truck court depths, 8,180 square feet of office space and parking for 306 cars and 151 trailers. Trent Agnew, Tom Weber, Pauli Kerr and Carson Stogner of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Grandview Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was LBA Logistics.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Aircool AC Parts Supply has signed a 17,213-square-foot industrial lease in the northern Dallas metro of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1705 Wallace Drive was completed in 2001 and totals 138,600 square feet. Corbin Blount and Baron Johnson of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Mac Hall and Sarah Ozanne of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord.
MORGANTOWN, PA. — California-based Panattoni Development Co. will build a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial project in Morgantown, about 50 miles northwest of Philadelphia. Known as New Morgan Gateway Commerce Center, the development will comprise a 925,680-square-foot building and a 291,600-square-foot building on a 128-acre site. Both buildings will feature clear heights of 40 feet. HDA Architects is designing the project, and Brinkmann Constructors is serving as the general contractor. A construction timeline was not announced.
CLIFTON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale ofthe 97,145-square-foot Route 3 Industrial Park in the Northern New Jersey community of Clifton. The property consists of two shallow bay buildings on a 4.5-acre site that were fully leased at the time of sale. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Ryan Larkin and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Longpoint Partners, in the transaction. The buyer was The Silverman Group.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Westfield Co. and RGA ReCap Inc., on behalf of RGA, have completed the sale of Fairway Commerce Center, a distribution facility located at 12250 W. Corporate Drive in Avondale. The United States Postal Service occupies the 450,260-square-foot property, which is situated on 26 acres, on a 10-year, triple-net lease. Completed in 2024, the cross-dock facility features a clear height of 40 feet, 13,800 amps of power, complete climate control, 83 dock-high loading positions and secured truck courts. Ben Geelan, Greer Oliver, Bryce Beecher and Gigi Martin of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction.
TOKYO AND BOCA RATON, FLA. — SoftBank Group Corp. has agreed to acquire DigitalBridge, a global asset manager based in Boca Raton that invests in data centers, cell towers and fiber networks. The Tokyo-based investment firm is looking to grow its AI and digital infrastructure platforms and capabilities with this acquisition. SoftBank has agreed to indirectly acquire all outstanding shares of DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG) for $16 per share, giving the acquisition a total enterprise value of approximately $4 billion. The acquisition price is a 50 percent premium to the unaffected 52-week average closing price as of Dec. 4, 2025. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected for the second half of the year, DigitalBridge will continue to operate as a separately managed platform led by Marc Ganzi. The board of directors at DigitalBridge has unanimously approved the transaction.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $96.7 million in financing for three industrial properties in Rockford. Frank Montalto and Ethan Splan of IPA secured the three-year, nonrecourse financing with Bank OZK on behalf of Craig Erdmier, a Northern Illinois-based design-build and construction management professional and general contractor. The portfolio comprises more than 650,000 square feet, including two fully stabilized buildings totaling 503,395 square feet. The financing will be used to consolidate the stabilized assets and support the construction of the third facility, which will total roughly 155,000 square feet. Each building was developed as a build-to-suit for a global pharmaceutical services provider.
As 2025 closes, data suggests that the greater metropolitan Washington, D.C., area is stable but, like most markets nationally, remains below the industrial peak values achieved post-pandemic when vacancy rates hovered below 5 percent. That is no surprise, as we may never experience another “perfect storm” scenario in our lifetimes. The overall market for industrial buildings 100,000 square feet and larger is a healthy 6.3 percent, inclusive of data centers. A significant percentage of vacancy is masked by the build-out of data centers in Northern Virginia because, removing this asset class, the vacancy increases to approximately 9.1 percent. The number increases closer to 10 percent when we focus more specifically on logistics spaces, according to data from CoStar Group. Confidence remains strong for leasing activity in larger Class A industrial buildings, but the underlying economic fundamentals, uncertainty in tariff policy and geopolitical instability could lead to a continued trend of higher vacancy rates in the future. Consumer spending underpins the economy and is increasingly dependent on wealthier households who account for the majority of spending. Low- and middle-income households have continued to be squeezed by the rising costs of food, fuel and housing, which impacts the demand for shipped, manufactured …