ABILENE, TEXAS — Newmark has arranged a $7.1 billion construction loan for a data center project in the West Texas city of Abilene. A consortium of lenders led by J.P. Morgan provided the debt, which will fund the second phase of development of a 1.2-gigawatt campus. Construction of the first phase, which comprised two buildings and 200-plus megawatts of power, began in June 2024 and is expected come on line in the coming weeks. Construction of the second phase, which will feature six additional buildings and a total of 1.2 gigawatts, began in March 2025 and is expected to be energized in mid-2026. Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani, Ben Kroll, Brent Mayo, Doug Harmon and Andrew Warin of Newmark originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Blue Owl Capital Inc., Crusoe and Primary Digital Infrastructure.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Self-storage brokerage firm Versal has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of eight self-storage facilities totaling 3,964 units in Texas. The properties are collectively known as the Steelcreek Self Storage Portfolio and have an aggregate net rentable square footage of 620,231 square feet. Five facilities are located in the Dallas area; two facilities are in the Austin area, and the last property is situated in the Houston area. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the seller, Dallas-based Steelcreek Management LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Reframe Holdings, an investment firm with offices in South Carolina and Florida. Anna Siradze, Britt Taylor, Ivan Viramontes, Tom Sherlock and Lauren Maehler of California-based Talonvest Capital arranged a $51.3 million acquisition loan through an undisclosed national bank for the deal. The nonrecourse loan carried a five-year term and a floating interest rate.
SIMPSONVILLE, KY. — Kansas City-based Hunt Midwest has broken ground on the first two buildings at Simpsonville 64 Logistics Park, a 275-acre development near I-64 in metro Louisville. The first two buildings will be situated on 69 acres and feature a 270,400-square-foot, rear-load building (Building I) and a 504,440-square-foot, cross-dock facility (Building II). Building I will feature 32-foot clear heights, 27 dock-high doors (expandable up to 64), two drive-in doors, 210 car parking spaces and 80 tractor trailer parking spaces. Building II will offer 36-foot clear heights, 48 dock-high doors (expandable up to 117), four drive-in doors, 310 car parking spaces and 140 tractor trailer parking spaces. Both are tilt-up concrete panel construction with a minimum of 135-foot truck courts, 60-foot speed bays at docks, ESFR fire suppression, LED lighting and speculative office space. Both facilities will be delivered in first-quarter 2026 within 30 days of each other. The design-build team includes H2B Architects, Mindel Scott and Evans General Contractors. At full build-out, Simpsonville 64 Logistics will support up to 3.3 million square feet of industrial and commercial space. Kevin Grove, Doug Butcher and Alex Grove of CBRE are handling industrial leasing at Simpsonville 64 Logistics Park. Jody Zimmerman and …
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — New England-based Equity Industrial Partners (EIP) has delivered a 384,800-square-foot industrial facility located at 1932 Dawson Branch Extension in Summerville, a suburb of Charleston. EIP, along with general contractor Frampton Construction, delivered the build-to-suit on behalf of Massachusetts-based RoadOne IntermodaLogistics Inc. The property features 100 dock doors, one drive-in ramp and 5,600 square feet of office space. The facility is situated on the Kelly Branch Tract, a 95-acre site that EIP acquired in 2023. RoadOne’s building is the first of three phases planned for the site. Phase II is currently being permitted for an additional warehouse or manufacturing facility totaling approximately 300,000 square feet.
CINNAMINSON, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial lease at Box Park Logistics Center in the Southern New Jersey community of Cinnaminson. The tenant was not disclosed, but the Philadelphia Business Journal reports that the new user is logistics firm Performance Team. The recently refinanced warehouse has adjacent land available for a build-to-suit facility of up to 300,000 square feet. Building features include a clear height of 40 feet, four drive-in doors, 188-foot truck court depths, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 549 cars and 216 trailers. John Gartland, Jonas Skovdal, Bill Waxman, Mindy Lissner and Sean Duncan of Cushman & Wakefield, along with internal agents Mark Glagola and J.C. Hay, represented the landlord, Logistics Property Co., in the lease negotiations. Eric Demmers of NAI Hanson represented the tenant.
SALT LAKE CITY — Steel Peak has purchased an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) property located at 1876 W. Fortune Road in Salt Lake City from Stalsberg Properties for $7.6 million. Philip Eilers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, while Charlie Davis of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Situated on 5.4 acres, the asset consists of two warehouse buildings totaling 31,460 square feet. The zoning allows for various industrial uses, including outdoor storage, commercial parking, contractor yards, heavy equipment, tire distribution/retail, truck freight terminals, auto and truck repair, industrial services and sales, and railroad repair/rail freight terminals.
CROYDON, PA. — Regional investment firm Greek Real Estate Partners has purchased Everest Logistics Park, a 141,276-square-foot facility in Croydon, a northeastern suburb of Philadelphia. Penwood Real Estate Investment Management sold the asset for $36.7 million. Built on 10 acres in 2023, the facility offers a clear height of 36 feet, 20 tailgate doors, one drive-in door, 3,000 square feet of office space and parking for 260 cars and 31 trailers. Burry Klein and Josh Chesner of Branch Industrial represented Greek Real Estate, which has also executed a full-building lease expansion with the existing tenant, Philadelphia-based PCI Pharma, in the off-market transaction.
HAMILTON, N.J. — JLL has arranged $16.8 million in acquisition financing for a 138,852-square-foot industrial property in the Central New Jersey community of Hamilton. Built in 1990 and renovated in 2024, the facility sits on a 13.6-acre site at 861 Sloan Ave. and features a clear height of 38 feet and 13 dock doors with the capacity to add five more, as well as parking for 210 cars and 10 trailers. Jon Mikula, Jim Cadranell and Kevin Badger of JLL arranged the loan through Prime Finance on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Lincoln Property Co. and Ullico Investment Advisors.
GRAND ISLAND, FLA. — Spartan Investment Group has opened FreeUp Storage Eustis, a 660-unit self-storage facility located at 36536 S. Fish Camp Road near Lake Eustis in Grand Island, about 47 miles northwest of Orlando. Spartan Construction Management, a general contractor affiliate of the Colorado-based developer, broke ground on the facility in June 2024. FreeUp Storage Eustis features 340 climate-controlled units and 266 non-climate-controlled units across nearly 67,000 rentable square feet.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — Outrigger Industrial, in partnership with MetLife Investment, has unveiled plans to redevelop a property at 727 Kennedy St. in Oakland into Kennedy Logistics Center. Construction is slated to begin in third-quarter 2025 with a completion date of second-quarter 2026. The initial phase of construction involves the reduction of the existing building footprint by 57,000 square feet to allow for loading dock reconfiguration — 30 new dock-high positions along with a 130-foot truck court. The 177,000-square-foot upgraded building will include numerous structural re-enforcements and visual enhancements, including new structural columns, a clear height of 32 feet, updating existing building systems to meet current codes compliance and creating a dedicated office space. The building is located immediately adjacent to the Interstate 880 between Port of Oakland and OAK Airport.