PHILADELPHIA — GM Global LLC has purchased a manufacturing and warehouse facility located at 9999 Global Road in Philadelphia. 9999 Global LLC sold the property for $1 million. The 22,900-square-foot facility features a two-story office area, two tailgate loading doors and one drive-in door. Sean Durkin of Roddy Inc. represented the seller in the deal.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — REI’s distribution center in Goodyear, Ariz., has achieved LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum certification — the highest level in the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) green building rating system — making it the first distribution center in the U.S. to achieve both LEED Platinum certification and Net Zero Energy. The facility is the first distribution center to earn Platinum certification in 2016 and, at 400,000 square feet, is the second largest Platinum-certified distribution or warehouse facility in the U.S. REI achieved LEED Platinum certification by implementing sustainable strategies and solutions throughout the building, including a 2.2 megawatt solar energy system, water conservation and restoration systems, eco-friendly building features and a recycling program that reuses 93 percent of the center’s waste. Butler Design Group, Rocky Mountain Institute, Merit Partners Inc., The Renaissance Companies, DMW&H, KNAPP, CBRE and EDF Climate Corps. helped achieve the certification. REI is a specialty outdoor retailer headquartered near Seattle with 149 stores in 36 states.
UNION, N.J. — Bridge Development Partners has completed the disposition of Bridge Point Port West, an industrial building located at 750 Union Ave. in Union. A fund managed by J.P. Morgan acquired the 263,415-square-foot property for $46.5 million. Completed in 2015, the building features 36-foot clear heights, 55-foot column spacing, 50 loading doors, ESFR sprinkler systems, T-5 lighting and on-site parking for 150 trailers. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to Boxed.com and Union Beverage Packer. Brian Fiumara, Michael Hines and Brad Ruppel of CBRE represented the seller, while Nick Firth provided in-house representation for the buyer.
WATERTOWN, CONN. — Fischer Commercial Real Estate Specialists has arranged the acquisition of an industrial building located on 8.4 acres at 760 Frost Bridge Road in Watertown. 1 Frost Bridge Road Realty, a title-holding entity of Norwalk-Wilbert Vault Co., acquired the property from Frost Bridge Road LLC for $1.6 million. The buyer plans to relocate its operations from Bridgeport, Conn., to the 47,098-square-foot property once renovations and structural modifications are complete. Alan Fischer of Fischer Commercial Real Estate Inc. represented the buyer, while Nick Longo of Mathews Commercial Properties represented the seller in the deal.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 128.5-acre site at 7965 Old Bastrop Road in New Braunfels. Schlameus Trust sold the commercially zoned site to Don Buttrom for an undisclosed price. Brett Lum of NAI Partners represented the seller, while Wayne Windle of Anders Pierce Realty represented the buyer in the deal.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has purchased a newly built, 213,672-square-foot industrial facility located at 14001 Jetport Loop in Fort Myers for $21 million. The facility is net-leased for 10 years to FedEx Ground Packaging System Inc. The building is situated on roughly 22.5 acres directly across from Southwest Florida International Airport. Monmouth is a publicly traded industrial REIT based in Freehold, N.J.
Though there was a slight decline in Las Vegas’ overall industrial market activity in the first half of 2016, the remainder of the year will finish strong as the region continues to see significant expansion. Despite aggressive market conditions, demand continued to outpace new supply during the third quarter of this year, while asking rates rose and large distribution centers dominated market activity. Demand for industrial space in the Las Vegas market increased during the third quarter, with 787,582 square feet of net absorption, bringing the total net absorption year-to-date to more than 2 million square feet. New completions totaled 642,571 square feet and vacancy rates decreased to 4.4 percent, the lowest since the first quarter of 2007. The average asking triple-net lease rate climbed to $0.62 per square foot, per month, the highest since the fourth quarter of 2009. There are currently nine industrial projects under construction throughout the Las Vegas Valley, totaling nearly 4.8 million square feet. New construction activity has been well above the long-term average since 2015, and will continue to outpace historical levels through 2017. The increase in construction activity has largely been fueled by a combination of a lack of available large bulk distribution …
The Reno industrial market continues to grow at a steady pace. Numerous developers are building new speculative warehouse/distribution facilities in many of the submarkets in Reno, Sparks and nearby outlying areas. With an industrial base of more than 80 million square feet and a vacancy rate of 8.2 percent (which continues to recede), the region is experiencing a healthy demand for space ranging from 50,000 square feet (divisibility) up to 150,000 square feet. Demand exceeds supply for product of this size. Current rental rates have steadily pushed upward over the past 18 months. Depending on the location of the business parks and its proximity to Interstate 80, the major east-west trucking artery, or I-580, the quoted asking rental rates range from about $4.20 per square foot, per year, up to $5.04 for the aforementioned divisibility ranges. New speculative Class A industrial product in the Reno market offers 32’ to 36’ clear height, as well as ESFR fire sprinkler technology, state-of-the-art LED high bay lighting, fiber optics communications, cross-dock configurations, ultra-wide column bay spacing and ample trailer parking onsite. Panattoni Development built Red Rock 200, which includes a 750,000-square-foot, built-to-suit fulfillment center for Petco, as well as a 200,000-square-foot speculative distribution …
NEW YORK CITY — Colony Capital Inc., NorthStar Asset Management Group and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. have received approval from shareholders for the previously announced merger of the three companies. Named Colony NorthStar Inc. (NYSE: CLNS), the combined company will have assets under management in excess of $58 billion, managing capital on behalf of its stockholders, institutional and retail investors in private funds and non-traded and traded real estate investment trusts and 1940 Act companies. Upon closing of the transaction, Thomas Barrack Jr. will be executive chairman of the board of directors, David Hamamoto will be executive vice chairman and Richard Saltzman will be chief executive officer of the new company. The companies expect to complete the merger in January 2017.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty LLC has arranged the sale of a 49,516-square-foot industrial building in Libertyville, a suburb of Chicago, for $3.2 million. The building is located at 1600-1648 Northwind Blvd. and features 26-foot clear heights, four docks and three drive-in doors. World Bioproducts, a manufacturer of microbiology testing products for the food industry, acquired the facility as part of an expansion and relocation from nearby Mundelein, Ill. Brian Bocci of Entre Commercial represented the buyer, while Dan Tobin of CTK represented the undisclosed seller.
