Industrial

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Bridge Development Partners LLC has selected PREMIER Design + Build LLC to construct two warehouses in Fort Lauderdale totaling 306,855 square feet. The assets will be located at Sunrise Boulevard and I-95 and offer nearly 400 parking spaces. Both warehouses will feature 32-foot clear heights, 58 truck dock positions, three drive-in doors, ESFR sprinkler systems and TPO roofing systems. Ytiel Lopez is the project manager and Chuck Rugila is the field superintendent from PREMIER Design + Build Group, and RLC Architects is providing architectural services. Samantha Cristiano, Tony Hoover and Larry Genet of CBRE are the leasing agents for the project. Flynn Engineering is the civil engineer, and DDA is providing structural engineering services. PREMIER Design + Build plans to deliver the projects in the spring of 2017.

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ATLANTA — German sportswear brand Adidas has announced plans to open a new footwear production site in the Atlanta area in 2017, eventually bringing part of the company’s manufacturing from Asia to the United States. The facility, which will be known as adidas Speedfactory, is designed to allow the company to create products more quickly and closer to U.S. consumers using a highly automated process. The 74,000-square-foot facility will be located in Cherokee County, a suburban area roughly 30 miles northwest of Atlanta. It is scheduled to open in the second half of 2017 and will produce 50,000 pairs of shoes a year while employing 160. The U.S. factory will complement another Speedfactory facility operating in Germany. Adidas’ strategic partner Oechsler will operate both the U.S. and German facilities. Adidas is headquartered in a small town in Bavaria. The company is publicly traded on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the symbol ADS. Its parent company, Adidas Group, includes several other sports-goods brands such as Reebok and TaylorMade. — Haisten Willis

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SALINE, MICH. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 107,780-square-foot industrial building in Saline, approximately 10 miles south of Ann Arbor, for an undisclosed price. PICC Properties LLC sold the facility to American Soy Products, which will use the location as its new headquarters. The warehouse was formerly occupied by Associated Spring. The buyer plans to move into the space during the first quarter of 2017 after the building undergoes renovations. Peter E. Kepic and Peter J. Kepic of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction. The property is located at 1445 Barnes Court.

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Coldwell Banker Commercial (CBC) Alliance DFW has joined in the recent merger of the two largest CBC affiliates in the nation. Going forward, the brokerage firm will be called Coldwell Banker Commercial Advisors (CBC Advisors). The merger enables the local affiliate to expand its presence. Among other expansions, CBC Advisors has acquired a Houston office. Senior management in metro Dallas includes chief operating officer Carol Coffman-Sosebee and Theron Bryant, principal of the Fort Worth office. The brokerage team consists of 12 professionals with more than 100 years of combined commercial real estate experience in office, industrial, medical, land and retail, along with seven support staff. The firm is headquartered at 255 N. Center St. in Arlington, and has a Fort Worth office at 1300 S. University Drive. The Dallas office has just completed the process to join the network, which totals 30 offices nationally.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has completed a new lease transaction for a 38,400-square-foot industrial space located at 1205 Post & Paddock in Grand Prairie. Reed Parker and Tom Walrich of Lee & Associates’ Dallas/Fort Worth office represented the landlord, Prologis. Canon Shoults and Matt McWilliams of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the tenant, Omnilife USA Inc.

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CHICAGO — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged $19.3 million in non-recource financing for eight industrial properties in Chicago. The financing consists of a $14.4 million bridge loan for six industrial properties and a $4.9 million acquisition loan for two additional properties. Hackman Capital Partners is the borrower. The portfolio of six properties totals 906,984 square feet and is 89 percent leased. The two additional properties, which total 195,436 square feet, were acquired in a sale-leaseback deal with Cenveo Corp. Gregg Applefield, Alex Draganiuk and Lexington Henn of Mission Capital Advisors arranged the loans.

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WOODRIDGE, ILL. — HSA Commercial Real Estate will develop a 152,122-square-foot speculative distribution center in Woodridge, approximately 30 miles southwest of Chicago. The Class A facility will serve as the final phase in HSA Commercial’s Park 355 development, a 500,00-square-foot project that is situated on 37 acres. The building, to be located at 2141 Internationale Parkway, is expected to come on line next March. Construction starts later this month. The building will include 30-foot clear heights, three drive-in doors and 15 truck docks.

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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Darwin Realty has brokered the sale of a 70,796-square-foot industrial warehouse in Elk Grove Village, roughly 25 miles northwest of Chicago, for an undisclosed price. Hicks Properties LLC sold the building, located at 925-1065 Chase Ave., to TMI Properties LLC. Filter Services Inc. occupies one of two tenant spaces, and TMI Properties intends to move into the remaining space. The facility features 20-foot clear heights, 11 docks, three drive-in doors and 115 parking spaces. Jonathan Kohn of Colliers represented the buyer, and Richard Daly of Darwin Realty represented the seller in the transaction.

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Given a handful of macro-factors in the Miami industrial market including the Panama Canal expansion nearing completion, PortMiami expansion, strong American dollar, and improving relations with Cuba coupled with the country’s new mega-port project, it is a unique time to be an industrial real estate service provider. To succeed in this environment, it takes deep local knowledge and a global understanding of how Miami, the Caribbean and Latin American economies and infrastructure are intertwined into global commerce. The first macro-factor is the Panama Canal expansion, its first major renovation since the 1914 opening. The expansion is set to have a major impact on global trade; specifically, the way cargo will be handled and transported throughout the Western Hemisphere. The larger canal will accommodate the new line of Post-Panamax vessels — supertankers, container and passenger ships too large to previously pass through the canal. Miami is a prime location for these vessels and offers a tremendous expansion opportunity for the local industrial market provided the vessels have a port to dock. In response to the Panama Canal expansion, PortMiami completed a deep dredge project to allow the Post-Panamax vessels full access, which is the second macro-factor affecting Miami’s industrial market. The …

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GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — LGE Design Build has completed construction on a new 300,000-square-foot U.S. Western warehouse and distribution center in Goodyear. The facility is situated within Goodyear Gateway industrial park. The property has been fully leased to Michael Lewis Company (MLCo). Approximately 100,000 square feet of the 300,000-square-foot building is a refrigerated freezer. The company distributes food and catering supplies to major airlines. MLCo had outgrown its previous 100,000-square-foot facility near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.

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