RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Invesco Real Estate has purchased Meridian Distribution Center II, located at 22000 Opportunity Way in Riverside. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, through its advisor Bentall Kennedy, sold the property for an undisclosed price. Newcastle Partners completed construction of the 503,592-square-foot property earlier this year. Situated on 26.9 acres, the facility features 36-foot interior clearance, 88 dock-high doors, 150 trailer parking stalls and 217 car parking spaces. The property is part of the master-planned Meridian Business Park, an industrial campus comprising more than 1,290 acres west of the Interstate 215 Freeway. At build out, the campus will feature 16 million square feet of space. Phil Lombardo, Chuck Belden and Andrew Starnes of Cushman & Wakefield’s Ontario, Calif., office worked with Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Mike Adey and Ed Hernandez of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team in Irvine, Calif., to represent the buyer and seller in the transaction.
Industrial
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — HFF has negotiated the sale of 35|820 @ Mercantile Center, a 657,043-square-foot industrial building in Fort Worth. The newly built, Class A property features 36-foot clear heights, 152 overhead dock doors, four drive-in doors and quick access to Interstates 35 and 820. Jody Thornton, Adam Herrin and Stephen Bailey of HFF represented the seller, Hunt Southwest, in the transaction. The buyer was Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET), a Canadian REIT owned by The Blackstone Group.
MCALLEN AND PHARR, TEXAS — California-based investment firm Cardinal Industrial has acquired a two-property portfolio of industrial assets totaling 463,708 square feet in the Rio Grande Valley. One of the properties is located in McAllen and the other is located in Pharr. The sale includes 25.7 acres of land near the United States-Mexico border. Dustin Volz, Zane Marcell and Grant Matthews of JLL represented Cardinal Industrial in the transaction. John Opinsky of Frampton & Opinsky LLC represented the undisclosed seller.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Jenkins Organization, a Houston-based developer and operator of self-storage properties, has opened Manchaca Storage, a 795-unit facility in Austin. The official opening of the 93,225-square-foot property was held on Sept. 10. Manchaca Storage, which offers both climate- and non-climate-controlled space, will primarily serve the south Austin area.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest has begun construction of the third building at Hunt Midwest Business Center in Kansas City. Slated to open in March 2019, HMBC Logistics III will span 217,783 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet. The developer has also secured the necessary permits for HMBC Logistics IV, which will span 425,000 square feet with a clear height of 36 feet. The first two buildings at the park are now fully leased to Vanguard Packaging, Great Plains Packaging, Online Labels, Wurth DMB and Voss Lighting.
CHICAGO — Dayton Street Partners has acquired a 42,000-square-foot industrial property in Chicago for $2.8 million. The vacant building is situated on 1.7 acres at 2501 West Fulton St. Constructed in the 1960s, the property features a clear height of 16 feet, two loading docks, one drive-in door, parking for 50 cars and 8,000 square feet of office space. Dayton Street plans to renovate the property with new LED lighting and parking lot improvements. Scott Duerkop and Dominic Carbonari of JLL represented the seller, Keystone.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Ergonomic office solutions provider Humanscale has signed a 155,000-square-foot lease at the Rockefeller Group Logistics Center, currently under construction in Piscataway. The 2.1-million-square-foot logistics center will be comprised of five buildings ranging in size from 200,000 to 725,000 square feet. Cushman & Wakefield represented the owners, Rockefeller Group and joint venture partner PCCP LLC, in the transaction. Humanscale was represented by Lennard Commercial Realty.
MARGATE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $12.7 million sale of Life Storage, a 64,629-square-foot self-storage facility located at 5185 Coconut Creek Parkway in Margate, a city in Broward County. Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer. Both parties were undisclosed limited liability companies.
FARGO, N.D. — The Boulder Group has arranged the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Insurance Auto Auctions Inc. in Fargo for $5.7 million. The property is situated on 19 acres next to Hector International Airport. There are over 17 years remaining on the lease, which expires in November 2035. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder brokered the sale. An institutional investor purchased the asset from a Southwest-based private developer.
SAN DIEGO — Orange County, Calif.-based Sukut Real Properties has acquired Mira Mesa Distribution Center, a multi-building distribution park located in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. The Sickels Group sold the property for an undisclosed price. The property resides on a ground lease, which has approximately 68 years remaining. Bryce Aberg, Jeff Chiate, Jeffrey Cole, Ed Hernandez, Dean Asaro and Brant Aberg of Cushman & Wakefield’s San Diego and Orange County offices represented the seller in the deal. Located at 5960 Pacific Mesa Court and 5985 and 5995 Pacific Center Blvd., Mira Mesa Distribution Center comprises three buildings totaling 293,800 square feet. Developed in 1989, the campus features flexible divisibility options, efficient warehouse and office layouts, dock and grade loading and ample parking. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to 10 national and international tenants.