BALTIMORE — Pro Transport Inc., a private transportation and logistics company, has signed a lease for 51,120 square feet of industrial space within Baltimore Crossroads, a master-planned 1,200-acre mixed-use business park in the White Marsh area of Baltimore County. Pro Transport will occupy 100 percent of the R&D/flex facility located at 11630 Crossroads Circle, which is currently under construction. The company will relocate to the property upon completion in the spring. The single-story property is being constructed to achieve LEED Gold certification. The landlord, St. John Properties Inc., was internally represented by Matt Lenihan in the lease transaction. Lenihan also represented Pro Transport.
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Updike Distribution Logistics has leased 96,100 square feet of warehouse/distribution space in the Sacramento Valley. The space is located at 2160 Hanson Way in the submarket of Woodland. The third-party logistics provider will utilize the facility for the supply and distribution of Arizona Iced Tea products. The landlord is Sycamore Hanson & Northland Hanson. It was represented by DTZ’s Ken Reiff and Michael Harris.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Pearland Boat & RV Storage, a 97,560-square-foot self-storage facility located in Pearland. Dave Knobler and Justin Miller of Marcus & Millichap’s Houston office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a Houston-based private investor. Roger Hendricks of the firm’s Dallas office represented the buyer, a limited liability company. Pearland Boat & RV Storage is located at 3600 Old Chocolate Bayou.
UNION, N.J. — Bridge Development has acquired 18.03 acres of land in Union for the development of a Class A institutional-quality industrial building. Industrial Realty Group sold the property for an undisclosed price. The site was originally developed in the 1920s as a milk processing plant operated by Tuscan and Lehigh dairies, but operations at the property ceased in 2006. Bridge Development plans to demolish the existing buildings and develop a speculative 263,415-square-foot industrial building with 36-foot clear ceiling heights. The facility, which will accommodate two tenants, will feature precast concrete construction, ESFR sprinkler systems, T-5 lighting, 50 docks, 55-foot column spacing, 66-foot staging bay at the loading dock and 111 trailer positions. The facility is slated for completion by November.
NEW YORK CITY — Massey Knakal, now Cushman & Wakefield, has arranged the sale of a development site located at 191-231 Moore St. in Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood. The 2.3-acre site sold for $28.3 million, or $167 per buildable square foot, in an all-cash transaction. The site is located in a dual M1-1/M1-2 zone, which permits a total of approximately 169,496 buildable square feet for retail or commercial development. Additionally, the site features more than 1,100 feet of frontage on Moore, Seigel and White streets. The site current consists of five industrial buildings, totaling nearly 47,000 square feet. Brendan Maddigan and Stephen Palmese of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
RENO, NEV. – Moldman Systems has leased 35,100 square feet of distribution space at Reno Aircenter. The space is located at 4649 Aircenter Circle in Reno. Moldman is a low-pressure injection molding machine developer and distributor. The landlord, IndCor Properties, was represented by J. Michael Hoeck, Dave Simonsen, Michael Nevis and Steve Kucera of The NAI Alliance Industrial Properties Group.
ALBANY, GA. — Hart Corp. has brokered the sale of a 473,132-square-foot industrial facility in Albany, a city in South Georgia. The seller, Bridgestone America Tire Operations, sold the asset to Clark Associates Inc., an online supplier of restaurant equipment, for an undisclosed amount. CBRE represented Bridgestone in the transaction, and Jim Belcher and Bart Hardison of Hart Corp. represented Clark Associates. Justin Strickland of the Albany/Dougherty Economic Development Commission and Walt Farrell of the Georgia Department of Economic Development assisted in the transaction.
MAHWAH, N.J. — Sitex Group has acquired Sharp Plaza, a mixed-use campus located in Mahwah, for $40 million. Situated on the New York state border at the intersection of Routes 17 and 287, the campus includes a three-story, 147,000-square-foot Class A office building, a 350,000-square-foot warehouse building and 23 acres of undeveloped land. The office building is currently leased to Sharp as its North American headquarters on a long-term basis. The warehouse, which is expandable by 200,000 square feet, currently has an 80,000-square-foot vacancy. The remainder of the warehouse is long-term leased to Sharp and Amazing Savings. Sitex Group plans to reposition the warehouse vacancy and market the vacant land for office or warehouse build-to-suit opportunities. McBride Real Estate represented Sitex Group in the acquisition.
SHOREWOOD, ILL. — Bob’s Discount Furniture has leased a 751,966-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in Shorewood. The company is expanding its retail furniture business into the Chicago area. The Connecticut-based furniture retailer will move into the space in April. The newly constructed facility is located at the Heartland Corporate Center, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago’s central business district near the intersection of Interstate Highways 80 and 55. JLL represented Bob’s Discount Furniture in the transaction providing site selection, tenant representation, and business and economic incentive services.
CARLSTADT, N.J. — CenterPoint Properties has sold its facility at 30 Commerce Road in Carlstadt for an undisclosed price. Caudalie, a French skin care company, purchased the property, which is located on 1.44 acres and features two exterior loading docks, in an off-market transaction. The facility offers close proximity to New York and major highways, including Interstate 95, the New Jersey Turnpike and New Jersey Routes 46 and 80. Andrew Houston, Larry Casey and Robin Ritter-Ceriello of DTZ represented the seller in the deal.