RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — Voit Real Estate Services has directed the sale of a multi-tenant industrial park in Rancho Cucamonga. Newport Beach, Calif.-based Focus Real Estate Services sold the asset to Pasadena, Calif.-based Teamrise International for $21.5 million. Located at 9007-9087 Arrow Route, the property features 138,081 square feet of industrial space. Juan Gutierrez of Voit’s Ontario, Calif., office and Mike Bouma of Voit’s Anaheim, Calif., office represented the seller, while KMBJ Inc. represented the buyer in the deal.
WARREN, MICH. — U-Haul is opening a facility at a former Kmart store at 2000 Ten Mile Road in Warren. Once renovations are complete at the 121,568-square-foot building, the property will house approximately 800 indoor self-storage units. U-Haul will also offer truck and trailer sharing, towing equipment and moving supplies at the 11.5-acre property. The company expects to employ at least 15 team members at the store, which is slated to open by the end of January.
THORNWOOD, N.Y. — SVN Commercial Realty has arranged the sale of two adjacent self-storage facilities totaling 773 units in Thornwood, located approximately 30 miles north of New York City. One of the properties, located at 401 Clairmont Ave., represents an adaptive reuse of a 55,000-square-foot warehouse. The other property is a pure-play self-storage facility operated by Safeguard Self Storage. The total price of the sale was $22.3 million. Hans Hardisty and Nick Malagisi of SVN Commercial represented the buyer, a California-based self-storage operator. The team also represented the seller, a local developer.
NEW YORK CITY — Fordham University has acquired a 31,786 -square-foot development site located at 619 E. Fordham Road in The Bronx. The site is situated one block from the university and currently houses 5,000-square-foot warehouse. Jonathan Squires, Addison Berniker, Michael Fioravanti, Josh Neustadter, and Shayne Soltan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Six 19 Custom LLC, in the transaction. The sales price was undisclosed.
OLIVE BRANCH AND BYHALIA, MISS. — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has acquired two fully leased industrial properties in the metro Memphis area. The first property is located along Interstate 22 at 8331 Frontage Road in Olive Branch, about 15 miles from Memphis. The 815,050-square-foot building was built in 2018 and is fully leased through 2029 by a leading supplier of personal protective equipment. The cross-dock warehouse features 36-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts, more than 168 trailer spaces and LED lighting. The second property is located at 291 Norfolk Southern Way in Byhalia, about 30 miles southeast of Memphis in Marshall County. The more than 1 million-square-foot building is situated within Gateway Global Logistics Center along Tenn. Highway 72, near the Interstate 269 interchange and the Norfolk Southern Memphis Regional Intermodal facility in Rossville, Tenn. Link Industrial Properties, Blackstone’s U.S. industrial real platform, sold the building, which is fully leased to a tire dealership through 2028. The cross-dock warehouse features 32-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts, more than 310 trailer spaces and LED lighting. The warehouse was completed in 2018. The seller of the Olive Branch asset and the sales prices of both assets were not disclosed.
AUBURNDALE, FLA. — San Francisco-based industrial developer Prologis plans to build a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Auburndale for e-commerce giant Amazon. Situated in the Lakeland MSA about 50 miles east of Tampa, the new facility will house 500 full-time employees who will pick, pack and ship large customer items including sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, kayaks, bicycles and large household goods. Amazon currently employs more than 13,500 full-time associates throughout Florida. Earlier this week, Amazon announced a similar sized fulfillment center that Hillwood will develop in the metro Memphis town of Olive Branch, Miss. A timeline for construction of the Auburndale facility was not disclosed. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reported in August that the new center will sit on a 146-acre site near the Interstate 4-State Road 559 interchange.
EVERETT, WASH. — Gensco, a wholesale distributor and manufacturer of HVAC equipment and supplies, has purchased an industrial facility located in Everett. Galt, a private investment group, sold the property for $16.5 million, or just under $150 per square foot, an in off-market transaction. Built in 1976 on five acres, the building features 110,000 square feet of industrial space. The standalone facility is located at 710 132nd St. The property was formerly known as The McKesson Building. Matt Hagen and Matt Henn of Kidder Mathews represented the seller, while Laura Fox, Jason Bloom and Todd Gauthier, also of Kidder Mathews, represented the buyer in the deal.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York-based investment firm Reich Brothers has acquired a 205,000-square-foot industrial building located directly off Interstate 190 in Buffalo for approximately $10.3 million. Reich Brothers will lease the space back to the seller, Robinson Home Products, a locally based provider of housewares. The property, which also offers proximity to Buffalo Niagra International Airport, features 50-foot clear heights, 12 dock-high doors, 100 parking spaces and an ESFR sprinkler system.
LAREDO, TEXAS — Buckland Global Trade Services Inc., a Canadian freight and distribution company for the automotive and consumer goods industries, has signed a 250,000-square-foot industrial lease at Khaledi Industrial Park in the South Texas city of Laredo. The build-to-suit property fronts Interstate 35 and also offers proximity to the World Trade International Bridge, which connects to the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. Mike Rodriguez of Forum Commercial Real Estate arranged the lease on behalf of the tenant.
URBANDALE, IOWA — NorthMarq has arranged a $2.7 million loan for the refinancing of a 52,550-square-foot industrial building in Urbandale. The property is located at 11000 Justine Drive. Steve Ruff and Josh Larsen of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan, which features a 20-year amortization schedule, on behalf of borrower Johnstone Supply. A life insurance company provided the loan. Proceeds will be used to fund existing improvements and provide financing for the construction of an 8,000-square-foot addition.