DAYTON, OHIO — Dark Star Marble & Granite has purchased a 27,186-square-foot industrial property located at 2425 Stanley Ave. in Dayton. The purchase price was not disclosed. The property features a 19,486-square-foot warehouse and a 7,700-square-foot office and showroom space. Dark Star will relocate from 1353 Stanley Ave., a 7,200-square-foot facility. Beau Nimer of CBRE represented Dark Star. The previous company that occupied the facility, Mees Distributing, dissolved.
LOS ANGELES AND LA PALMA, CALIF. — Rexford Industrial Realty has purchased two industrial properties in Southern California in separate off-market transactions for combined $43.5 million. The names of the sellers were not released. In the first transaction, the company acquired an asset located at 9200-9250 Mason Ave. and 9197 Oso Ave. in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles for $29.5 million, or $115 per square foot. Situated on 11.1 acres, the industrial complex consists of four buildings containing 256,200 square feet and is fully leased to three tenants in the cosmetics industry. In the second deal, Rexford Industrial purchased a property located at 5593-5595 Fresca Drive in La Palma for $14 million, or $122 per square foot. Situated on 5.7 acres, the two-tenant industrial building features 115,200 square feet of industrial space.
CONROE, TEXAS — New York-based investment firm Merit Hill Capital has acquired Gladstell Self Storage, a 549-unit facility in Conroe, about 40 miles north of downtown Houston. The 66,575-square-foot property includes 50 RV and boat storage spaces. Nick Walker and Trevor Roberts of CBRE represented the seller, PV Conroe Storage LLC, in the transaction. The buyer’s representative and the sales price were not disclosed.
COPPELL, TEXAS — International freight firm CEVA Logistics USA has signed a 100,000-square-foot industrial lease at 4255 Patriot Drive in Coppell, a northwestern suburb of Dallas. Blake Kendrick and Jeremy Kelly of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, JP Morgan, in the lease negotiations. Tim Vogds of CBRE represented the tenant.
The industrial market’s direct vacancy in greater Reno increased by 80 basis points to 4.53 percent at the end of the third quarter of 2018. It was carried by 715,821 square feet of positive net absorption, a relatively below average figure, as well as by an increase in new deliveries. Notwithstanding, pending transactions currently underway in the fourth quarter should mitigate the increase in the market’s overall vacancy. Tenant demand in the third quarter was robust for spaces with less than 50,000 square feet. Transactions that involved Class A space accounted for 84 percent of the total gross absorption. The North Valley was the best performer of all the submarkets, resulting in a 35 percent decrease in availability. The I-80/East submarket, however, recorded a substantially negative quarter due to deliveries/new availability pushing the vacancy to 12 percent. Sublease availability was static for yet another quarter, which demonstrates stability in the market. The average transaction size in Reno decreased slightly to 53,195 square feet. Heading into the fourth quarter, the market witnessed an increase in inquiries and tours involving more than 200,000 square feet. This gave existing landlords confidence that vacancies and new deliveries will be leased in the short term. …
BRASELTON, GA. — Uline Inc. has purchased Braselton Logistics Center, a 1 million-square-foot distribution facility in Braselton, for $70 million. Uline bought the property as part of a purchase option in its 10-year lease from Atlanta-based Ackerman & Co., The Yates Group and JAC Real Estate Investments. Uline, which is a national shipping and business supply company, has occupied the space since it was delivered in late 2017.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a new 126,520-square-foot industrial building in Savannah for $27.8 million. The building is part of Morgan Lakes Industrial Boulevard, a property that consists of three industrial buildings on about 29 acres. Freehold Township, N.J.-based Monmouth Real Estate’s newest acquisition is net-leased to Memphis-based FedEx for 10 years. The seller was undisclosed.
CUDAHY, WIS. — National Packaging Services has renewed its 78,778-square-foot industrial lease in Cudahy, a southern suburb of Milwaukee. The property is located at 2150 E. College Ave. Bill Langhoff of Colliers International brokered the lease transaction. National Packaging Services is based in New Jersey.
Strong market performance has allowed the Louisville industrial market to recently post the highest quarter of positive net absorption in market history during the second quarter of 2018, which occurred on the heels of the second-highest quarter of positive net absorption recorded just one quarter earlier. This outcome has been the result of recent build-to-suit projects, the availability of quality product and growing demand by new and prospective tenants in the Louisville market. Beyond healthy supply and demand fundamentals, Louisville is achieving great balance with access to available labor along with low utility costs. Tenant Demand Picks Up There are currently over 20 active prospects considering 200,000 square feet or larger in the metro Louisville market. Much of this demand is attributed to the high level of activity at the two local Ford Motor Co. plants, as well as the proximity of the UPS Worldport, the 5.2 million-square-foot-core of UPS’s global air network located in the heart of metro Louisville. Along with the natural interest from companies in the automotive supply chain and e-commerce companies benefiting from the proximity to UPS, we have recently seen an increase in pharmaceutical and food-related companies considering Louisville for a location. Strong Labor Force …
TOTOWA, N.J. — HFF has arranged the $51 million sale of a 382,596-square-foot, newly constructed industrial building in Totowa. Located at 700 Union Boulevard, the single-story property was completed in 2018 and sits on more than 26 acres. Joe B. Thornton Jr., Jon Mikula, Jose Cruz, Marc Duval and Jordan Avanzato of HFF represented the seller, The Hampshire Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.