SAN DIEGO – The Sasa Group has acquired a 20,030-square-foot office/industrial property in San Diego for $2.4 million. The building is located at 720 Gateway Center Drive. It is 50 percent leased to Fresenius Medical Care. The buyer will occupy the other half of the building, which was constructed in 1988. Sasa was represented by Mark Lewkowitz of Colliers International. The seller, Urban League of San Diego, was represented by Bob Teglia and Brent Bohlken of Newark Grubb Knight Frank.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — Paine/Wetzel TCN Worldwide has arranged a 7,000-square-foot industrial lease in Bensenville. Ary Trucking LLC will occupy space within a 14,000-square-foot building located at 401 Frontier Way. The new lease represents an expansion and new location for the Northbrook-based general freight tucking company. Joe Karmin of Transwestern represented the building’s owner. Phil Reiff and Phil Reiff Jr. represented Ary Trucking LLC.
PORTLAND, MAINE — Marblehead, Maine-based JHR Development has completed the sale of an industrial building located at 56 Milliken St. in Portland. Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. purchased the 200,625-square-foot facility, which is situated on 30 acres, for $10.5 million. Milliken Portland Partners LLC, a subsidiary of JHR, originally purchased the facility in December 2011 for $6.5 million. The firm significantly improved the property to accommodate the needs of the tenants, AdvancePierre Foods and Paradigm Windows. CBRE|The Boulos Company’s Portland office brokered the transaction.
LAKEWAY, TEXAS — Muskin Commercial has arranged the sale of 538 units at the All-Ways Storage facility located at 15402 Kollmeyer Drive and 911 N. Ranch Road 620 in Lakeway. The site includes 131 climate-controlled and 386 non-climate-controlled units, along with 21 uncovered outside storage parking spaces. The property sits on three tracts of land with frontage along RR 620.A Maryland-based self-storage company purchased the property. Ellen Muskin and Daniel Elam of Muskin Commercial represented the seller, All-Ways Self Storage LP of Austin, who was the original builder and developer of the property.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of AAA-Tech Self Storage, a self-storage facility with 56,806 rentable square feet located in Lubbock. Roger Hendricks of Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office represented the buyer, a private investor. An outside broker represented the seller. AAA-Tech Self Storage is located at 222 N. Ave. U, at the southeast corner of Baylor Street. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2002, the facility is situated on nearly five acres and includes 499 units. The property includes a sales office, manager’s apartment, indoor and outdoor units and roll-up doors.
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Oakmont Industrial Group and Washington, D.C.-based The Carlyle Group have broken ground on Oakmont/85 South, a spec industrial property located on a 35-acre parcel in Atlanta’s I-85 South industrial submarket. The 370,000-square-foot property will feature 36-foot clear heights, cross-dock loading, concrete truck courts, 106 trailer parking spots and 238 auto parking spaces. Steve Grable, Chris Tomasulo and Stephen Bridges of JLL will handle the leasing assignment. The Atlanta-based design and construction team includes architect Randall-Paulson Architects and general contractor The Conlan Co. Regions Bank is providing construction financing. Oakmont Industrial Group and The Carlyle Group plan to deliver Oakmont/85 South in the fall.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — Third-party logistics provider Allen Distribution has leased a total of 1.2 million square feet of distribution space in Ontario. The buildings are owned by Prologis and located within the firm’s West Inland Empire portfolio of properties. Allen Distribution signed three leases at the center. The company was represented by JLL’s Kim Meincke, Tim O’Rourke and Mike Fowler. Prologis was represented in-house by Travis Durfee.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — HSA Commercial Real Estate has arranged the lease of a 48,024-square-foot industrial building in Bolingbrook. Forest Envelope Co., a manufacturer and printer of specialty envelope products, will occupy space located at 309 East Crossroads Parkway. The fully air conditioned facility is located near the interchange of Bolingbrook Drive and I-55, and is just west of I-355. Forest Envelope Co. is relocating its operations from its current 23,000-square-foot building in Lisle, Ill. Timothy Thompson of HSA Commercial Real Estate represented building ownership. Mark Moran of NAI Hiffman represented Forest Envelope Co.
VANCOUVER — Pure Industrial Real Estate Trust (PIRET), an industrial REIT based in Vancouver, has purchased a 51 percent interest in the $57 million acquisition of three industrial assets in North Carolina. The three bulk distribution/warehouse facilities are located in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem markets and total roughly 1.3 million square feet. The assets are 100 percent leased to three tenants. The properties are located at 6104 and 6105 Corporate Park Drive in Greensborough and 3928 Westpoint Blvd. in Winston-Salem. The acquisition was funded with a $29 million bridge loan facility and $14.1 million that PIRET provided from existing working capital for its share of the balance of the purchase price. After completing the acquisition, PIRET’s portfolio of assets under management will total 177 properties spanning 17.5 million square feet.
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD. — Terreno Realty Corp. has purchased a 115,000-square-foot distribution center in Annapolis Junction for approximately $10.4 million. The industrial property is located at 9070 Junction Drive approximately three miles from Fort Meade in the central Baltimore/Washington corridor. The property consists of 25 dock-high loading bays and five grade-level loading positions. The building is currently 38 percent leased to two tenants.
