COPPELL, TEXAS — Tempest Telecom Solutions LLC, a provider of equipment and repair services for the telecommunications industry, has signed an industrial lease in metro Dallas. The company will occupy 52,366 square feet at Coppell Business Center II. Eric Crutchfield of Stream Realty Partners represented Tempest in the lease negotiations. Lincoln Property Co. represented the landlord internally.
SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — G.S. Wilcox & Co. has secured a $17.6 million loan to refinance an industrial facility in South Brunswick. Located at 1100 Cranbury South River Road, the 28-acre site contains a one-story industrial building with 340,900 rentable square feet of space. The building features 40 exterior loading docks and four drive-in doors. Gretchen Wilcox and Albert Raymond of G.S. Wilcox represented the undisclosed borrower in securing the financing through lender Thrivent Financial. The 15-year loan includes a 20-year amortization schedule.
PISCATAWAY, N.J.— Fujitsu General America Inc. has signed a 155,000-square-foot industrial lease at the Rockefeller Group Logistics Center in Piscataway. Fujitsu General is the third company to sign a lease at the five-building, 2.1 million-square-foot project. Other tenants include Humanscale and Best Buy. Fujitsu General provides ductless cooling and heating systems for residential and commercial use. Jules Nissim, Stan Danzig and Marc Petrella of Cushman & Wakefield represented the owners, Rockefeller Group and PCCP, in the transaction. Bob Sager and Dave Blitt from Bussel Realty represented Fujitsu General.
MALDEN, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has arranged the $3.4 million refinancing for a two-property portfolio in Malden. The two properties include a nine-unit apartment building and a two-story industrial building on Maplewood Street. The industrial facility was renovated in 2004 and includes seven commercial units. Andrew Saccone of Cornerstone secured the fixed-rate financing on behalf of an undisclosed borrower. Terms of the financing included an interest-only payment period followed by a 25-year amortization schedule. The lender was undisclosed.
PORT HUENEME, CALIF. — Surfside Industries LLC has completed the sale of a six-building industrial asset located at 250-278 S. Surfside Drive in Port Hueneme. James Mesa acquired the investment property for $5.1 million. Currently operated as a multi-tenant industrial and RV park, the property is M-1 zoned for manufacturing, processing and distribution use. Chris Roth and Rusty Williams of Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services – North San Diego County, along with John Ochoa of Lee & Associates Ventura, represented the seller. Ventura, Calif.-based The Becker Group represented the buyer in the deal.
CHICAGO — Cushman & Wakefield has been selected by Hilco Redevelopment Partners to complete lease-up of Exchange 55, which is currently under development. The 1 million-square-foot warehouse is the largest new industrial development available in Chicago, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The planned development is a fully entitled and zoned for industrial use. Hilco plans to break ground immediately, with completion slated for the first quarter of 2020. The development is intended to attract a variety of users from e-commerce and manufacturing to food and cold storage and rail users. The project, located within Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 70-foot speed bays, multiple access points and options for parking expansion.
CICERO, ILL. — Associated Bank has provided a $3.8 million loan for the acquisition of two industrial buildings in Cicero. The borrower, JSM Venture Inc., plans to convert a 115,379-square-foot building into a 693-unit self-storage facility. The property, located at 1309 S. Cicero Ave., was formerly home to Brad Foote Gear Works. The self-storage facility will be climate-controlled and span 63,587 net rentable square feet. JSM’s acquisition also includes a 28,000-square-foot building that will either be demolished and paved for parking or improved and leased at a market rate. JSM is a Northfield, Ill.-based self-storage development company headed by John S. Mengel. Daniel Barrins of Associated Bank originated the loan, terms of which were not disclosed.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Chesterfield and Stonemont Financial Group have unveiled development plans for Georgia International Trade Center (GITC), a 1,150-acre, Class A industrial park in Savannah. The rail-served park will be located within 10 miles of the Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal, which is part of the Port of Savannah. At full buildout, the logistics campus will feature up to 7.2 million square feet of light industrial and manufacturing warehouse space. The first two speculative buildings, Buildings 1A and 1B, are slated for completion in late 2019. Building 1A will span 407,000 square feet and include clear heights of 36 feet, while the 155,000-square-foot Building 1B will feature 32-foot clear heights. “The Georgia ports continue to drive import, export and e-commerce traffic throughout the entire Southeast region,” says Zack Markwell, founder and CEO of Stonemont. “The Port [of Savannah] has seen tremendous growth in recent years, but it needs more distribution and warehouse capacity to support customers’ increasing needs.” Over the next 10 years, the Georgia Ports Authority will grow the Port of Savannah’s annual capacity to 8 million 20-foot equivalent container units, according to Griff Lynch, executive director for the organization. GITC will provide direct access to Interstates …
TEJON RANCH, CALIF. — Tejon Ranch Co. has announced a third joint venture agreement with Majestic Realty Co. to develop a speculative industrial building at Tejon Ranch Commerce Center (TRCC) in Tejon Ranch. Situated on 34 acres with more than 2,000 feet of frontage along Interstate 5, the cross-docked distribution facility will feature 580,000 square feet of Class A space, 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system, 62 dock-high doors, 177 trailer parking stalls, 327 vehicle parking stalls and a 180-foot wide truck court. Construction is slated to begin later this year or early 2019, with delivery scheduled for third-quarter 2019. The new building will be located next to a 480,480-square-foot building, which Tejon and Majestic built in 2017 and leased to Dollar General and L’Oréal USA in 2018. The joint venture also owns a fully-leased 651,909-square-foot industrial building within TRCC on the west side of Interstate 5, adjacent to IKEA’s 1.8 million-square-foot distribution center. John DeGrinis of Colliers International will serve as the listing broker for the new facility.
HOUSTON — Strategic Storage Trust IV Inc., a public non-traded real estate investment trust sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management LLC, has acquired a 540-unit self-storage facility in Houston. The facility, which was built in 2007, is located at 8415 Queenston Blvd. and spans approximately 63,000 net rentable square feet. The property was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. Nick Walker and John Fenoglio of CBRE brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.