HANAHAN, S.C. — Avison Young has negotiated a 101,823-square-foot industrial lease on behalf of W.W. Williams Co. at 5801 N. Rhett Ave. in Hanahan. W.W. Williams specializes in fleet management and logistics services. Situated about 11 miles from Port of Charleston, 5801 N. Rhett Ave. is a 300,000-square-foot building that features 18 dock doors. Alan Bolduc, Courtney Marous and Kathleen Isola of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Charleston-based Bridge Commercial represented the landlord, CenterPoint Properties Trust.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 46,950-square-foot industrial lease at 8700 Clay Road in Houston for Imperial Wholesale Inc., a provider of ceramic and tile products. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1980 and totals 160,275 square feet. Jim Autenreith and Sam Rayburn of Moody Rambin represented the building owner in the lease negotiations. Preston Yaggi of Lee & Associates represented Imperial Wholesale.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Newmark Grubb Zimmer (NGZ) has brokered the sale of a 275,162-square-foot industrial building located at 2095-2383 Front St. in Kansas City. The sales price was not disclosed. The multi-tenant property was 58 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Cargill, Suburban Industrial Packaging and Grupo Antolin. David Zimmer, Michael VanBuskirk and Chris Robertson of NGZ represented the institutional seller. California-based Industrial Realty Group purchased the building.
KENT AND AUBURN, WASH. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of two industrial parks in southern King County. TA Realty acquired the assets from a local Puget Sound private investor for $22 million. Totaling four buildings on 6.3 acres, the properties are Pacific West Business Center in Kent and White River Corporate Park in Auburn. Built in 1979 and located at 18852-18872 72nd Ave. South, Pacific West Business Center features 60,530 square feet of industrial space on a 3.3-acre campus. At the time of sale, the asset was fully leased to nine tenants. Located at 2200-2222 W. Valley Highway North, White River Corporate Park offers a total of 60,852 square feet of warehouse space spread across two buildings. Built in 2004, the property was fully leased to five tenants at the time of sale. Bill Condon and Matt McGregor of Colliers International handled the transaction.
BOULDER, COLO. — JLL has arranged $8.7 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of two flex buildings in Boulder. The borrower is Ivy Realty. Leon McBroom of JLL Capital Markets team secured the three-year, floating-rate loan with two one-year extensions. A regional lender provided the funds. Located at 5300 and 5305 Sterling Drive, the properties total 46,702 square feet. Beginning in the summer of 2020, Ivy Realty plans to start converting the buildings into creative office space for use by large single tenants. The borrower previously repositioned the adjacent building at 5360 Sterling Drive with a similar strategy. Built in 1983, 5300 Sterling Drive is currently a two-story industrial warehouse consisting of 19,904 square feet. 5305 Sterling Drive, which was constructed in 1996, is a two-story, 26,798-square-foot, Class B flex building.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Paint supplier Benjamin Moore & Co. has signed a 237,926-square-foot industrial lease at 121 Lakepointe Crossing Building 1 in Lewisville. The property is located along State Highway 121 on the north side of the metroplex. Blake Kendrick and Mac Hall of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Stockbridge Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Mark Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented Benjamin Moore.
VIENNA, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $67 million refinancing loan for a 199,097-square-foot Tier III data center and office building in Vienna. The borrowers acquired the building in 2016 and immediately began renovations. The funds are being used to refinance the initial construction loan as well as add 130,000 square feet of raised floor, including an 8 MW expansion of critical power. The data center is categorized as a Tier III center due to having 99.982 percent operational time and not more than 1.6 hours of downtime per year, according to The Uptime Institute. The property also features a “N+1 configuration,” which gives the building 72-hour power outage protection. The building is located 17 miles west of Washington, D.C. William Lawson, Adam Bieber, and Harmon Handorf of Phillips Realty Capital arranged the loan through EagleBank on behalf of the borrowers, Element Critical, Safanad and Industry Capital.
FINDLAY, OHIO — Industrial Property Brokers (IPB) has negotiated the sale of a 402,604-square-foot industrial facility in Findlay for $13.7 million. The building is situated on 55 acres. The sale also included 66 acres of undeveloped land that is located immediately adjacent to the facility. Tim Echemann of IPB represented the buyer, Nick Reinhart. American Tire Distributors was the seller.
Phoenix is known for its strength as a logistics and distribution market. This is particularly true in the Southwest Valley, which has become the poster child for all that makes Phoenix industrial space great: strong population growth, a deep and qualified workforce, an abundance of land and building opportunities, and a lower-cost, business-friendly regulatory environment. As of the second quarter, these benefits helped the Southwest Valley emerge as No. 1 in the nation for industrial prospects looking for space (based on interest from at least 83 tenants with a maximum requirement of more than 30 million square feet). These prospects include national and regional distribution centers, third-party distribution providers, major ecommerce users, and a robust food and beverage sector led by companies like Fairlife Dairy, UFI, Ferrara Candy and Red Bull. It also comes from the reshoring of manufacturing from organizations like Hutamaki, Ball Enclosure and Anderson Windows. Data centers continue to flock to Phoenix as well, purchasing about 2,000 acres over the past 24 months and positioning the Valley among the nation’s top five U.S. data center markets. Data center interests like Microsoft, Vantage Data and Google have selected Phoenix for its low natural disaster risk, ample affordable land …
COMMERCE CITY, COLO. — Brennan Investment Group, a Chicago-based developer, has broken ground on Colorado Logistic Park, a speculative industrial development consisting of five buildings totaling 954,311 square feet. The property is located in Commerce City, a northeastern suburb of Denver. Brennan and New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of an institutional client, formed a joint venture to acquire, construct and lease the project. Brennan has started Phase I of the construction, which consists of three Class A industrial buildings totaling approximately 558,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 36-foot clear heights. The development is situated on approximately 61 acres, close to the intersection of Interstate 76 and E-470. The location provides direct access to Interstate 80, a major Midwestern distribution line. “Colorado Logistics Park will feature Class A distribution buildings for tenants in the Denver area that require close connectivity to their supply chain and access to workforce labor,” says Brian Roach, managing principal at Brennan. “The park’s proximity to the Denver metro area will provide users with lower transportation costs and faster delivery times to customers.” Brennan purchased the property in November 2018. Roach noted at the time that the location was chosen for its close proximity to transportation routes as well as …