MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO. — Universal Windows Direct has signed an 8,250-square-foot industrial lease in Maryland Heights. The property is located at 11993 Borman Drive. This is the first Missouri location for the Cleveland-based window installation and home improvement company. Scott Martin of Hilliker Corp. represented the tenant in the five-year lease transaction. Pace Properties represented the undisclosed landlord.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged the sale of Apex Distribution Center, a 410,600-square-foot, Class A industrial property in Houston’s Northwest Industrial submarket. Situated on 24.7 acres at 5750 Brittmoore Road and 10618-10634 Tanner Road, the three-building property offers access to Interstate 10, State Highway 290 and Loop 610. Trent Agnew and Rusty Tamlyn of HFF represented the seller, Dallas-based Crow Holdings Industrial, in the transaction. Toronto-based WPT Industrial REIT purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
SPARROWS POINT, MD. — FedEx Ground, the small package delivery unit of FedEx Corp., has opened a new distribution facility at Tradepoint Atlantic, a 3,100-acre global logistics center in Sparrows Point, roughly 15 miles southeast of Baltimore. The 307,000-square-foot facility connects existing FedEx Ground stations located in White Marsh and Halethorpe, and will support approximately 275 full- and part-time jobs, as well as 150 contracted service providers. FedEx occupies 50 acres within the northwest portion of the site, with close proximity to Interstate 695. JLL is the exclusive broker for Tradepoint Atlantic.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Buchanan Partners, in a joint venture with Elion Partners, has acquired a 700,000-square-foot industrial portfolio in suburban Washington, D.C. A joint venture between Ares Capital Corp. and Adler Group sold the assets for $81.2 million. The 14-building portfolio is spread across three different office parks along the Route 28 corridor in Northern Virginia: 3680-3863 Centerview Road in Dulles Business Park, 14420-14434 Albemarle Point Place in Westfields North and 14280-14290 Sullyfield Circle in Sullyfield Business Park. The new ownership plans to implement capital improvements, including landscaping and amenities, and will lease and manage the properties.
DAVIE AND TAMARAC, FLA. — TH Real Estate, an affiliate of Nuveen, has acquired two industrial properties in South Florida for $54 million. Principal Global Investors sold the properties, which include Pointe West in Davie and Westpoint in Tamarac. Constructed between 2001 and 2004, the warehouses were 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Daikin and Kapco Global.
WEST JORDAN, UTAH — Walker Tape has expanded its industrial footprint in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Jordan. The provider of tape and adhesive for hair replacement systems recently completed a 33,232-square-foot facility at 9312 S. Prosperity Road. The new building will allow the firm to nearly double its square footage. The space also includes 4,000 square feet of Class A office space. The former Walker Tape Building was sold to Multi-Fill, a manufacturer of filling equipment for the food industry. Skyler Peterson of Newmark Grubb ACRES represented Walker Tape.
CERRITOS, CALIF. — Bergen Logistics has subleased 179,518 square feet of industrial space in Cerritos. The firm plans to use the space for ecommerce fulfillment. The new facility is located at 16016–16030 Arthur St. JLL’s Zac Sakowski and Jordan Quinn represented Bergen in the transaction.
NORTH ANDOVER, MASS. — SVN|Parsons Commercial Group|Boston has brokered the sale of an industrial property located at 1429 Osgood St. in North Andover. School of Leadership-Afghanistan sold the property to Oliver Enterprises for an undisclosed price. The new owner, a full-service landscape design and construction company, will relocate to the 21,060-square-foot property from Woburn, Mass. Alex Berger and Matt Quinlan of SVN|Parsons Commercial represented the seller, while Steve Donahue of Donahue Associates represented the buyer in the deal.
BAKERSFIELD, CALIF. — Wonderful Real Estate has commenced construction on Wonderful Industrial Park, a 1 million-square-foot industrial building northwest of Bakersfield. The 1.6-acre spec asset is located at 4100 Express Ave. in Shafter. The building will feature 300-foot truck courts, 700 trailer parking stalls, 183 dock-high doors, eight-inch slab designed to meet multi-level e-commerce uses, and a high-speed fiber optics network. Notable tenants in the area include Target, Ross Stores, American Tire Distributors, DMSI, MRC Global and FedEx. JLL’s Mike McCrary, Peter McWilliams and Mac Hewett are leading the leasing efforts at Wonderful Industrial Park.
PHOENIX — CapRock Partners has purchased a 110,710-square-foot manufacturing facility in Phoenix for $8 million. The building is situated on 5.8 acres just east of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. The asset features 30-foot clear height, 22 dock-high loading doors and two 20-foot-wide, grade-level doors. Plans are underway to transition the property to Class A space by upgrading the interior and exterior. Stein Koss and Tom Louer of Lee & Associates represented both the buyer and seller, Madison 225 LLC.