EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Terreno Realty Corp. has acquired a 50,000-square-foot industrial property in East Rutherford, a western suburb of New York City, for $12 million. The property comprises one distribution building featuring 30-foot clear heights and eight loading positions, including seven dock-high and one grade-level doors. Located at 46 Whelan Road, the property is situated less than two miles from the Meadowlands Sports Complex and the New Jersey Turnpike. The property is fully leased to one undisclosed tenant.
SAN DIEGO — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Focus Real Estate has completed the disposition of Copperwood Center, an industrial park located in San Diego’s Oceanside neighborhood. Newport Beach-based CB Copperwood LLC acquired the asset for $20 million. Located at 3365, 3375 and 3385 Mission Ave. and 101, 102, 105, 106 and 110 Copperwood Way, the eight-building complex features 140,945 square feet of industrial space. Originally built in 1984, the property was 97 percent leased to 64 tenants at the of sale across suites ranging from 886 square feet to 7,397 square feet. Additionally, Copperwood Center features visible signage for each unit and more than 350 parking spaces. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache and Doug Mack of CBRE represented the seller, while Paul Lafrenz, Josh McFadyen and Joe Crotty of Colliers International San Diego Region represented the buyer in the transaction.
HALTOM CITY, TEXAS — Phoenix-based Creation Equity has broken ground on The 820 Exchange, a commercial project located in the Fort Worth suburb of Haltom City that will consist of roughly 1 million square feet of office and warehouse space. LGE Design Build, also based in Phoenix, is the general contractor for the project. According to the Dallas Business Journal, the project is valued at $45 million and is expected to be complete by fall 2020.
CHICAGO — SVN Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of an approximately 48,000-square-foot flex industrial building in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood for $3.5 million. The property is located at 1757 N. Kimball Ave., along the 606 Trail. Wayne Caplan of SVN represented the seller. Buyer and seller information was not disclosed.
Much of the national hype surrounding the growth in industrial development, investment and leasing activity in North Texas is centered on Dallas, a national leader in in-migration and employment growth across a variety of industries. The demographic and economic fundamentals of Dallas have made it a highly desirable market for e-commerce and third-party logistics users looking to service an ever-growing last-mile population. But beginning about four years ago, the dwindling supply of quality sites near the Dallas core began to generate rapid rent growth, causing priced-out developers and users to start looking westward. Fort Worth’s transition from a predominantly manufacturing market to a dynamic logistics and distribution hub began with Hillwood’s purchase of 15,000 acres for its AllianceTexas development in the mid 1980s. Since that time, Fort Worth has displayed a more aggressive stance on economic and industrial development. Both cities have long shared access to critical pieces of infrastructure — DFW International Airport, Interstates 20, 30 and 35 — as well as strong availability of land and a quality supply of laborers. But until recently, the growth paths always favored Dallas — the more gentrified of the two cities that was also a preferred destination for corporate relocations and …
DILLION, S.C. — Developer Marlboro Development Team Inc. has unveiled plans for a new, 253,800-square-foot industrial project in the I-95 Mega Site in Dillon, seven miles from the South Carolina-North Carolina state line. The 72-acre property within the site is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2020. The facility will be designed for logistics and distribution, featuring cross-dock capabilities, 200-foot truck court depths, 36-foot clear heights, speed bays and expansion capability up to 650,000 square feet. Adjacent to I-95, the facility will be less than one mile from South Carolina Ports Authority’s (SCPA) Inland Port Dillon, which is CSX-railway served. Marlboro Development Team and its parent company, Marlboro Electric Cooperative, own nearly 4,000 acres surrounding Inland Port Dillon.
ANDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Medical supply distributor HemaSource Inc. has leased 114,800 square feet of a newly developed industrial facility in Andersonville, 18 miles northwest of Knoxville. Built by The Hollingsworth Cos., the building is upfitted for high-volume distribution utilizing tax incentive financing. The remaining 13,100 square feet of the 127,900-square-foot building is office space already leased to metal supplier A&S Building Systems. The Hollingsworth facility has the capacity to expand to 172,600 square feet and features 32-foot clear heights and 12 dock doors.
HOUSTON — Hines has begun construction on Phase II of Boulevard Oaks Business Park, a project that will deliver approximately 1.1 million square feet of industrial space across six buildings. Boulevard Oaks Business Park spans 120 acres and is located in southwest Houston. Phase I of the project delivered 450,000 square feet of new industrial space across four buildings that is now 95 percent occupied. Phase II is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2020. Burton Construction is the general contractor for the project, and Powers Brown is the architect of record. Cushman & Wakefield handles leasing of the property.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 213,630-square-foot industrial building leased to Ashley Furniture in Grand Prairie, located in the center of the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. The property was built on 11.5 acres in 1979 and renovated in 1995. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors, in the transaction.
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of RI Self Storage, a 458-unit facility in Central Falls, a northern suburb of Providence. Located at 817 Dexter St., the facility comprises 316 climate-controlled units, 142 non-climate-controlled units and three office and warehouse spaces totaling 37,826 net rentable square feet. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed private investor. Nathan Coe and Hatcher also represented the buyer, a limited liability company.