TIJUANA, MEXICO — Atisa Industrial has signed a lease with Dynasty Golf to occupy the Coral Building at Pacifico Industrial Park in Tijuana. Dynasty Golf will utilize the 28,690-square-foot property to house golfing equipment manufacturing. This is the company’s first operation in Mexico. Octavio McFarland of NAI represented Atisa Industrial in the transaction.
My mind wandered recently on a long drive, as it often does. I had the music going and, in typical Maine fashion, cell phone coverage was spotty. It was nice to effortlessly jump from thoughts of the upcoming holiday season with my young kids, to my 20-year high school reunion and old friends, to the promise of another long playoff run by my beloved Patriots. But as I passed commercial buildings and warehouses, my attention drifted to the bricks and mortar of the metro Portland industrial market. Here is what I thought as I hummed along to the hits: The Times They Are a-Changin’ Bob Dylan said it simply, and the statistics in our market suggest the same. The nearly eight-year run of a clear landlord’s market has finally shown indicators (albeit slight) that the pendulum is swinging the other way. While the year-end numbers are not yet complete, I am predicting vacancy rates will increase 200 to 300 basis points from our historically low 2017 rate of 1.25 percent. Let’s say, conservatively, our market increases to 3 percent overall vacancy. That is still what I would call a landlord’s market. However, what concerns me is that our added industrial …
OAHU, HAWAII — Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (NASDAQ: ILPT) has secured a $650 million mortgage loan secured by an industrial portfolio in Oahu. The portfolio includes 186 properties, which total approximately 9.6 million square feet. The 10-year loan applies to approximately 57 percent of ILPT’s total owned square footage in Hawaii. As of Dec. 31, 2018, the average remaining lease term for these properties was more than 14 years and the occupancy was nearly 100 percent. “We are pleased to term out our floating rate debt with attractive, long-term, fixed-rate debt and to demonstrate the tremendous value of these unique Hawaiian assets,” says John Murray, CEO of Industrial Logistics Properties Trust. “While the underlying assets had a net book value of less than $500 million at year end 2018, this loan provides us with $650 million of capital to fund value-enhancing external growth opportunities.” Terms of the non-amortizing financing included a fixed interest rate of 4.3 percent. Morgan Stanley, Citi, UBS and J.P. Morgan provided the capital. Sullivan & Worcester LLP provided legal counsel to Industrial Logistics Properties Trust in the transaction. ILPT stock closed at $20.79 per share on Tuesday, Jan. 29, down from $22.47 one year ago. — David …
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — Domino’s Pizza has signed a 68,000-square-foot lease for a new processing and distribution facility in West Columbia. Construction is expected to begin in the first quarter of this year. Domino’s plans to add 75 jobs to the area. Hiring is scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of this year, with the facility being delivered in the second quarter of 2020. Ken Ashley, John Wilkinson and Whitney Hembree of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Lee Warfield of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The developer and landlord were not disclosed.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Markward Group has arranged the $1.4 million sale of a 29,200-square-foot industrial property in Allentown. Located at 2811 Emmaus Ave., the building is currently partly occupied by Jack Williams Tire & Auto Service Center. Ann E. Kline of Markward Group represented the seller, Keller Moving and Storage, in the transaction. The buyer was S.J. Williams Family Partnership.
BENSALEM, PA. — Endurance Real Estate Group has acquired 450 Winks Lane, a 430,373-square-foot warehouse and distribution center in Bensalem for $23.7 million. The property is currently 97 percent leased to three tenants, National Refrigeration Inc., Rolled Metal Products Inc. and Brenner Aerostructures LLC. Gerry Blinebury, Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt and Jonas Skovdal of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Ivy Realty LLC, in the transaction. Built in 1973 and renovated in 2018, the property includes clear heights of up to 40 feet, LED lighting, 38 dock-high loading doors and six drive-in doors. National Refrigeration, Rolled Metal Products and Brenner Aerostructures utilize the facility for manufacturing, warehousing and distribution.
LYNDHURST, N.J. — CBRE has brokered the $8 million sale of a five-acre development site in Lyndhurst. Located at 1290 Wall St., the property can accommodate up to 85,400 square feet of warehouse and distribution space. Brian Fiumara, Michael Hines, Brad Ruppel, Lauren Dawicki and Thomas Monahan of CBRE represented the seller, Rugby Realty Co., in the transaction. The buyer was Gramercy Property Trust.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — G-Tech Development LLC has acquired a 32,606-square-foot industrial property located at 35002 Cooper Road in Brookshire, about 40 miles west of Houston. Reed Vestal and Taylor Schmidt of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Koomey Building LLC, in the transaction. Glen Dickerson of NewQuest Properties represented the buyer.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located at 4551-4571 S. Alvernon Way in Tucson. Walter & Sons LLC acquired the building from HS-Tucson AZ LLC for $3.9 million. Rite Way Heating, Cooling & Plumbing will occupy the 44,736-square-foot building. Russell Hall and Stephen Cohen of Cushman & Wakefield|PICOR represented the buyer, while William Di Vito of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
DENVER — Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners, a Denver-based investment and development firm, has sold its portfolio of industrial assets in Colorado to San Francisco-based Berkeley Partners for $247.5 million. The deal represents the largest industrial portfolio sale ever closed in Colorado. The portfolio, which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale, comprises 19 properties totaling approximately 1.95 million square feet of industrial space. The facilities range in size from 26,078 to 293,510 square feet. Etkin Johnson acquired the properties between 1990 and 1998. All 19 assets are located in cities within Colorado’s Front Range, including Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Golden. “This was a very well-constructed portfolio of infill industrial,” says Matt Novak, partner at Berkeley Partners, which has more than $625 million in assets under management. “The Denver metro has been experiencing rapid growth, and this acquisition provides us a critical mass of properties in the market. Our goal is to hold these assets for 10- to 20-plus years, benefiting from the favorable long-term industrial supply-demand fundamentals.” Jim Bolt, Jeremy Ballenger, Tyler Carner and Mike Winn of CBRE represented Etkin Johnson in the transaction, which marks Berkeley Partners’ first acquisition in Colorado. — Taylor Williams
