BETHLEHEM, PA. — Bosch Rexroth, a provider of industrial machinery, has broken ground on a 50,000-square-foot industrial expansion project in the Lehigh Valley city of Bethlehem. The new building at 2300 City Line Road will be an expansion of the company’s existing facility, which has been operating in the area for nearly 60 years. Regional developer J.G. Petrucci Co. is serving as the general contractor for the project. Construction is expected to be complete in mid-2026.
CONCORD, N.C. — Energy drink giant Red Bull, along with development partners Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL) and Rauch North America, has broken ground on a 2.3 million-square-foot production, manufacturing and distribution bottling plant in Concord, a northeast suburb of Charlotte. The $1.5 billion investment, as disclosed by several media sources, is expected to begin operations in 2028, with maximized filling capacity anticipated by 2031. The Charlotte Business Journal reports that the companies originally bought the 500-acre site at the former Philips Morris cigarette plant site, now rebranded as The Grounds, in 2021 for $55 million, after first announcing their plans to open a facility. As additionally reported, the plan initially began as a $740 million project, but as the Cabarrus County Economic Development Corp. approved enhanced incentives in 2022, the project expanded. The fully automated Red Bull plant will now offer 170,000 pallet spaces, as well as internal conveyor bridges for intralogistics that will connect can manufacturing to co-packing to warehousing, and lastly, directly to customer deliveries to “minimize carbon emissions.” Ball Corp. will also build an 800,000-square-foot aluminum can plant at the industrial park. The company will produce packaging at the new facility for Red Bull, as well as other beverage …
DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of the DFW Bulk Portfolio, a collection of four industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.7 million square feet across 122.6 acres in Dallas-Fort Worth. The names and addresses of the buildings, which were completed between 1999 and 2017, were not disclosed, but they are located in the North Fort Worth, East Fort Worth and Great Southwest submarkets. The portfolio, which was fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale, features a total of 318 dock-high doors, 13 grade-level doors and parking for 1,094 cars and 179 trailers, as well as average clear heights and truck court depths of 33 and 162 feet, respectively. Trent Agnew, Tom Weber, Pauli Kerr, Keenan Ryan and Brennan Fewin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a fund backed by Los Angeles-based Ares Real Estate.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Houston-based investment firm Welcome Group has purchased a 100,129-square-foot industrial building in Arlington. The single-tenant building at 3101 Pinewood Drive was constructed on 4.6 acres in 1977 and renovated in 2021. According to LoopNet Inc., building features include 22-foot clear heights, 13 dock-high loading doors and four grade-level doors. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
KELLER, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm LanCarte Commercial has arranged the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 9,800 square feet and a 2.9-acre land parcel in Keller, located north of Fort Worth. The properties are all located along South Main Street. Mark Boone and Matt Murff of LanCarte Commercial represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Gantry has secured a $25.5 million permanent loan to provide funds for the acquisition of Power Commerce Center in Gilbert. Situated on 14.2 acres at 3380 S. Power Road, the master-planned industrial park was delivered in 2023 and features 11 buildings offering 20 units totaling 146,000 rentable square feet. Additionally, the asset includes fenced outdoor yard spaces for each building. Patrick Barkley, Chad Metzger and Andrew Christopherson of Gantry represented the borrower, a private real estate investor, in the financing. The fixed-rate loan, which features a 30-year amortization, came from one of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders. Gantry will service the loan.
PHOENIX — Regent Properties has completed the sale of a two-building flex industrial and office portfolio in Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket to a private investor for $22.5 million. Geoffrey Turbow, Anthony DeLorenzo and Ashley Brooks of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Located within the North Loop 101 Business Center, the single-story buildings were constructed in 2001. The portfolio includes:
BURBANK, CALIF. — An affiliate of Alta West Partners and OlivePoint Capital have acquired an industrial manufacturing campus at 100-104 E. Graham Place in Burbank for an undisclosed price. Jeff Sause, Alex Olson, Jalynn Borders and Thomas Gonzalez of JLL Capital Markets secured acquisition bridge financing through a debt fund to support the borrowers’ value-add business plan. Situated on 4.8 acres, the fully gated property offers 104,795 square feet of industrial space spread across five buildings. The asset features up to 28-foot clear heights in warehouse and manufacturing spaces, three grade-level doors and four dock-high loading doors. Additionally, the campus offers two vehicle access points and a configuration suited for both single- and multi-tenant scenarios. Haskel International, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingersoll Rand, anchors the property for its American headquarters. Haskel, a global company in high-pressure fluid and gas handling solutions, has maintained operations at this location for more than 70 years.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 36,651-square-foot industrial lease near JFK International Airport in Queens. The tenant, Horizon Air Freight, will occupy space at Inwood Logistics Center, a 10-building development. Rico Murtha, Helen Paul, Sonny Singh, Thomas Deluca, David Frattaroli, John Giannuzzi and Joseph Hentze Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership led by Onyx Equities, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
ADDISON, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has negotiated the $1.9 million sale of a 15,524-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in Addison. Jay Farnam and Peter Spear of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Wahid Properties LLC, which will occupy the facility. Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the seller, Liberty Partners.