NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $6.5 million sale of 145 18th Street, a 16,577 square-feet brick warehouse in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Heights neighborhood. The property allows for 33,154 buildable square feet of commercial development, according to local zoning regulations. Winfield Clifford, William Barrett and Junji Miyake of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Adel Rootstein USA, in the transaction. The buyer was SNL Storage. Nearby retailers include Costco, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Petco and ABC Carpet & Home.
BEDFORD, MASS. — Newmark Knight Frank has secured a 147,371-square-foot lease extension with photonics company Novanta for their corporate headquarters at 125 Middlesex Turnpike in Bedford. Bedford is 20 miles northwest of Boston. NKF represented ownership, 125 Middlesex Turnpike LLC, in the transaction. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2009, 125 Middlesex Turnpike is a 147,371-square-foot, single-story, flex/manufacturing building that includes 75,000 square feet of office space. Novanta is a supplier of laser products, precision-motion and vision technologies and has occupied the property since 2008.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — Realty Advisory Group has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located at 9601-9603 John St. in Santa Fe Springs. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $24.8 million. Situated on 7.2 acres, the 181,070-square-foot facility features 22- to 28-foot ceiling heights, 16 DH positions and future divisibility. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to Windsor Fashions. John Repstad and Mark Repstad of Realty Advisors Group represented the buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.
DENVER — Eight O One LLC has purchased an industrial property located at 620 E. 52nd Ave. in Denver. TC Crossroads #7 LLC sold the property for $7.6 million. The property features 60,468 square feet of industrial space. Mike Wafer, Timothy D’Angelo and Mike Wafer Jr. of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the deal.
SEACAUCUS, N.J. — Seagis Property Group has acquired an 80,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility at 350 Seacaucus Road in Secaucus. The property is located approximately six miles from Manhattan and 12 miles from Port Newark. The fully leased building features 11 tailgate dock doors and 21-foot clear heights. Seagis now owns 27 buildings totaling more than 4.3 million square feet throughout Northern New Jersey.
CHARLOTTE AND DURHAM, N.C. — HFF has brokered the sale of a four-building industrial portfolio totaling 681,346 square feet in Charlotte and Durham. A joint venture between Trinity Capital Advisors and SilverCap Partners sold the buildings to Rialto Capital Management. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Charlotte Business Journal reports the portfolio sold for $39.8 million. Chris Norvell and Patrick Nally of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the sellers. In Charlotte, the sold portfolio includes a two-building facility located at 1001 Bond St. The property is less than one mile from the North Carolina State Port Authority and the CSX Intermodal Terminal, the only CSX intermodal terminal in North Carolina. The Durham buildings are located at 2710 and 2910 Weck Drive. The facilities are located within the Research Triangle Park submarket and are fully leased to two tenants.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Rev Projects has purchased a freestanding R&D building, located at 46355 Landing Parkway in Fremont. Oplink Communications, the former occupant, sold the property for $9.6 million, or $183 per square foot. The buyer plans to complete improvements at the 52,321-square-foot building, which is located within Bayside Business Park. Oplink Communications, a United States-based manufacturer of optical components, relocated its operations to a nearby building after being acquired by Koch Industries. Mike Spiro of Newmark Knight Frank Oakland represented the seller in the transaction.
IRVING, TEXAS — JED Industrial, the holding company for Thermal Edge, which provides electric cooling solutions, has acquired a 101,500-square-foot industrial asset located at 1800 Hurd Drive in Irving. Nathan Denton and Stephen Williamson of Lee & Associates represented the seller, BD Land Co., in the transaction. Trace Elrod of Jackson Cooksey represented JED Industrial. Thermal Edge will be the actual occupant of the space, with plans to move in by late 2018 and be operational by the beginning of 2019.
HOUSTON — Evoqua Water Technologies, a Pittsburgh-based water treatment company, has signed a 107,000-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 15414 International Plaza Drive in Houston. The property was built in 1999 and features 24-foot clear heights, 22 dock-high doors and 16,000 square feet of office space. Evoqua previously occupied about 45,000 square feet within the park but will consolidate three Houston-area locations into its expanded space by the fourth quarter. David Buescher and Geoff Perrott of JLL represented Evoqua in the lease negotiations. Logan Greer and Rives Nolen of InSite Realty represented the landlord, EastGroup Properties.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Weiss Realty has acquired the Fairfield Business Center, a seven-building industrial/flex complex totaling 336,220 square feet and located on 16.8 acres in Fairfield. The sales price was $30 million. Fairfield Business Center was 88 percent leased to 61 tenants at the time of sale. Andy Merin, David Bernhaut, Gary Gabriel, Brian Whitmer, Kyle Schmidt and Kubby Tischler of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Denholtz Associates, in the transaction. Denholtz Associates had owned the property since 1999.