PORTLAND, ORE. — Swagelok has leased 22,500 square feet at a commerce park in Portland. The park is located at 5224 NE 158th Ave. The fluid system seller and manufacturer was represented by Niall Travers of Cresa Partners. The landlord, CWOR Commerce Park 10 LLC, was represented by Steven Klein, Peter Stalick and Zach Francis of Kidder Mathews.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Conn’s Inc. has signed a new lease for a 353,602-square-foot distribution center located at 6900 International Parkway in McAllen. Bob Crenshaw, Chuck Berger, David Chew and Paul Douglass of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the owner, Worthington Property Investments LLC, in the negotiations. Billy Gold of CBRE’s Houston office represented the tenant. The facility is located near U.S. Expressway 83 and the Anzalduas International Trade Bridge. Conn’s is an electronics, home appliance and furniture retailer with 11 locations across Texas.
EL PASO, TEXAS — AIC Ventures, a private real estate investment fund manager, has acquired a 115,000-square-foot industrial facility leased to Austin Foam Plastics in El Paso. The company designs, manufactures and supplies protective packaging for product manufacturers. Sonny Brown Associates LLC represented the seller. The name of the buyer was not released.
WILLOWBROOK, ILL. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $4.5 million refinancing loan for a 50,157-square-foot, flex industrial warehouse in Willowbrook. The property is located at 7100 Madison St. James Murphy of NorthMarq Capital’s Boston office structured the five-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule for the borrower, a Boston-based equity fund. A life insurance company provided funding for the loan.
LANSDALE, PA. — A joint venture partnership between Advance Realty and The Davies Companies has acquired 2750 Morris Road, a 675,000-square-foot high-tech assembly and warehouse facility in Lansdale. The facility features 570,000 square feet of climate-controlled technology, assembly, warehouse and production space and 105,000 square feet of two-story office space. Additionally, the property features dual substation power feeds, systems for delivery of chilled water and compressed air, and five diesel generators that are capable of providing continuous power to the entire building without interruption. Current tenants include Vygon Corp., Metso Corp. and Fox Bindery. The property also has 350,156 square feet of warehouse/manufacturing space and 70,442 square feet of office space available to lease. Christopher Bellapianta of Advance Realty represented the joint venture partnership in the transaction. Greg Nalbandian of NorthMarq Capital arranged debt financing through Wells Fargo for this acquisition. Additionally, Paul Touhey, Brian Smyth and Drew Green of CBRE have been retained to lease the property.
KENOSHA, WIS., BLOOMINGDALE, ILL., AND WORCESTER, MASS., — Gramercy Property Trust Inc. has acquired three industrial properties totaling approximately 555,000 square feet for $39.2 million. The properties, located in Kenosha, Wis., Bloomingdale, Ill., and Worcester, Mass., were acquired in separate all-cash transactions. The Kenosha property is a 160,000-square-foot manufacturing warehouse and distribution facility. The Bloomingdale property is an 110,000-square-foot fulfillment center. The Worcester property is a 285,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility. The properties are fully leased with a weighted average lease term of approximately 10 years. For the three properties, Year 1 net operating income is anticipated to be approximately $2.8 million (7.3 percent initial cap rate; 7.9 percent annualized straight-line cap rate) with annual rent escalations throughout each lease term.
SHAKOPEE, MINN. — The Opus Group has entered into a contract with Capp Industries Inc. to design and construct a 121,000-square-foot speculative warehouse and distribution facility in Shakopee. The building, located at 4551 12th Ave., will be adjacent to the first phase project built by Opus for Capp Industries in 1996. The facility will include a 32-foot clear height and 50-foot-deep structural bays. Construction will begin this fall and completion is slated for January 2015. Opus Design Build LLC is the design-builder for the project. Opus AE Group LLC is the project’s architect and engineer of record. Bloomington, Minn.-based Capp Industries is the developer for the project and will own and lease the project.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — GE Oil & Gas plans to soon open its new 510,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Jacksonville’s Westside submarket. The property will be located at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center. The developer of the asset is Hillwood Property Investments, which will develop the property on land owned by the city of Jacksonville. The new facility will manufacture GE’s Mooney regulators and Becker control valves for the energy industry. The property will feature $50 million in investments for manufacturing and IT equipment, as well as additional real estate improvements. The facility is slated to open next month and create more than 500 jobs during the next three years.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIF. – A 39,306-square-foot industrial warehouse in El Segundo has sold to 291 Coral Circle Partners LLC for $7.3 million. The building is located at 291 Coral Circle. The LLC plans to convert the building into afood assembly and packaging plant for its company, Chef'd. The buyer was represented by Cardinal Investments.The seller, Hoffman Associates, was represented by JLL’s Luke Staubitz, Harvey Beesen and Andrew Dilfer.
FORT WORTH — Streamline Packaging Solutions LP has renewed its lease of a a 92,098-square-foot building in the SCG River Park Business Center in the Upper Great Southwest Industrial District. The 500,728-square-foot business center is 95 percent leased. Streamline has been a tenant for five years in Building B, which is fully leased. Blake Anderson and David Eseke of Cassidy Turley represented the tenant.