ASHEVILLE, N.C. AND MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — Go Store It has broken ground on two new self-storage developments in Asheville and Mt. Pleasant. The Charlotte, N.C-based company specializes in the acquisition, development and management of self-storage assets throughout the country. The project in Asheville will feature more than 600 units and will be fully climate controlled. The development is located in the Woodfin submarket, just north of the city’s downtown. Go Store It owns three existing facilities in Asheville and is underway on another along Hendersonville Road. The self-storage facility in Mt. Pleasant is Go Store It’s third facility in the city and its fifth in the greater Charleston market. Located at the corner of Gregorie Ferry Road and Highway 17 North, the three-story building will be fully climate controlled and will feature more than 400 units. Go Store It’s other Charleston locations include a recently opened facility at Long Point Road, as well as facilities under construction at Johnnie Dodds, Folly Road, Maybank Highway and downtown Charleston. A construction timeline for the new facilities was not disclosed. Go Store It plans to break ground on five more developments this year in Charlotte, Cary, Louisville, Ky., and Fredericksburg, Va.
Industrial
BALTIMORE — The Goldstar Group has acquired an 86,236-square-foot warehouse building located at 1821 Portal St. in Baltimore for $7.6 million. Jonathan Beard and Justin Mohler of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The facility is situated adjacent to the Dundalk and SeaGirt Marine Terminals and the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility at the Port of Baltimore. The building is fully leased to two tenants — Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and Bacchus Imports, an importer of fine wines and spirits.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 2120 S. Douglas Drive in Chandler. Traditional Asset Management acquired the 11,187-square-foot property from John L. Smith for $1.6 million. Mark Wilcke of NAI Horizon represented the seller, while Chris McClurg of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — HFF has brokered the sale of a 260,046-square-foot industrial cold storage facility in Perth Amboy. Broadstone Net Lease Inc. purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. The facility is currently triple-net leased to Preferred Freezer Storage and features 24 loading doors and clear heights of up to 42 feet. The building also features a super freezer with temperatures that reach negative 60 degrees Celsius. Preferred Freezer Services is the third largest refrigerated warehouse operator in North America, according to HFF. Scott Pertel, Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato and Marc Duval of HFF represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
ROGERS, MINN. — Scannell Properties has sold the Wilfred Distribution Center in Rogers, about 25 miles northwest of Minneapolis, for $20.4 million. The 335,400-square-foot Class A distribution center is fully leased. Originally built in 1999 and renovated in 2008 and 2018, the facility features a clear height of 32 feet and parking for 99 trailers. Approximately 4.6 percent of the total space is allocated for office use. The property features additional land for a 141,000-square-foot expansion of the existing building. Judd Welliver, Ryan Watts, Sonja Dusil and Tom Holtz of CBRE represented Scannell in the sale. An institutional buyer purchased the asset.
MILWAUKEE — Sellars Absorbent Materials Inc. has signed a 134,000-square-foot lease at the former Lowe’s Home Improvement store located at 5800 W. Hope Ave. in Milwaukee. Built in 2004, the property has been vacant since Lowe’s closed the store in 2009. Phoenix Investors, which purchased the building in July 2016, plans to make structural and cosmetic upgrades to the property for Sellars’ distribution operations. Sellars is a Milwaukee-based manufacturer of paper towels, wipes and other absorbent materials. Samuel Dickman Jr., Samuel Dickman Sr. and Zach Noble of the Dickman Co. Inc. brokered the lease transaction.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Transwestern has arranged the sale of Spring Valley Tech Center, a 61,139-square-foot flex property located at 4200-4288 Spring Valley Road in Farmers Branch, a northern suburb of Dallas. The property was built in 1979 and includes industrial features such as 12- to 18-foot clear heights and three dock-high loading doors. Steve Rowland and Timothy Veler of Transwestern represented the buyer, LCG Spring Valley LLC, in the transaction. Hal Pollard, also with Transwestern, represented the seller, 669 Fairway LLC.
HOUSTON — Cypressbrook Co. has negotiated a 40,716-square-foot industrial lease at 11850 Hempstead Road in Houston. George Montes of Cypressbrook represented the tenant, flooring and cabinetry firm Horizon Forest Products LP, in the lease negotiations. Darryl Noon of Transwestern represented the landlord, Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
Wabash National Trailer Center Sells 50,000 SF Industrial Property in Phoenix for $6.9M
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — Wabash National Trailer Center has completed the disposition of an industrial property located at 2830 S. 51st Ave. in Phoenix. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $6.9 million. The property features 50,000 square feet of industrial space, which the seller used as a tractor trailer repair and maintenance facility. Isy Sonabend of NAI Horizon handled the transaction.
KATY AND WEBSTER, TEXAS — Colorado-based American Furniture Warehouse (AFW) will open two stores totaling 853,700 square feet in metro Houston. The company will open a 498,700-square-foot store on a 29-acre site in Katy, located west of Houston, as well as a 355,000-square-foot store on a 23-acre tract in Webster, a southeastern suburb of Houston. Both properties will feature showrooms and storage areas. Ben Brown of Houston-based brokerage firm Baker Katz represented AFW in the acquisitions of both sites. The stores will be the company’s first locations in Texas. Construction on the Katy store will begin in late fall/early winter, while work on the Webster store will commence in July or August. Both projects are expected to have construction periods lasting 10 to 12 months.