SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Automotive thermoform supplier Corvac Composites LLC has leased a 100,000-square-foot industrial building in the San Antonio suburb of San Marcos for its new manufacturing facility. The property, previously the home of American Tire, is located at 2350 Clovis Barker Road. Corvac, which is headquartered in Byron Center, Mich., will begin retrofitting the building in January 2014 and will create more than 30 jobs with the March opening of this new location. The Greater San Marcos Partnership, the City of San Marcos and Hays County worked together to provide the company with an incentive package totaling $189,000.
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GARLAND, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage has arranged the sale of a 17,000-square-foot industrial building in the northeast Dallas suburb of Garland. Located at 1410 N. First St., the facility is in close proximity to the Bush Turnpike and Lavon Drive. Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller represented the seller, Altronic LLC, a manufacturer of ignition and control systems for industrial engines. Chris Stout of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the buyer, A-1 Powder Coat. The painting, powdering and sandblasting company will occupy the property by the end of the year and operate it as its Dallas headquarters.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Meridian Development Group, in a joint venture with Singerman Realty Estate LLC, acquired a 235,404-square-foot industrial property at 3401 Gresham Lake Road in north Raleigh. The new ownership plans to extensively renovate the property into a Class facility known as North 540 Distribution Center. Chris Norvell and Jackson Rives of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer are handling the property’s marketing and leasing responsibilities.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — ThyssenKrupp Materials NA Inc. has signed a 52,862-square-foot lease renewal in Kansas City. The Southfield, Mich.-based provider of production materials will occupy space at an industrial building located at 6100 Stilwell Ave. Tom Haverty of Colliers International represented ThyssenKrupp Materials in the transaction. Zach Hubbard of Block Real Estate Services represented the landlord, CRP-3 6100 Stillwell LLC.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — SkyWalker Property Partners has acquired a 138,000-square-foot, two-building office/warehouse complex in Fort Worth on behalf of Hangover Opportunity Fund LLC. May Group International, a manufacturer of aluminum gasoline price signs, holds a triple-net lease on the facilities, which are located at 1200 Forum Way S. in Carter Industrial Park. RR May Landholdings LLC sold the asset. Theron Bryant of SCM Real Estate Services brokered the transaction.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial has brokered the sale of a 92,500-square-foot warehouse in the northeast Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie. The fully occupied facility, located in the Great Southwest industrial district at 1170 109th St., was renovated in 2009. Michael Spain and Jim Ferris of Bradford previously arranged a long-term lease of the building to Northwest Sign Industries. The pair also represented the seller, a California-based limited liability company, in the sale of the property. Lissa Cooke of Cooke Swaney & Cooke represented the buyer, an out-of-state partnership.
SANFORD, FLA. — NAI Realvest has arranged the $3 million sale of a 242,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility at 1201 Cornwall Road in Sanford. George Livingston, Christie Alexander, Drew Saphos and Paul Vera of NAI Realvest represented the seller, Columbus, Ohio-based Lake Mary Industrial Partners LLC. Colliers International represented the buyer, 1201 Cornwall LLC.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Duke Realty has signed Flextronics Americas LLC to a lease renewal for 322,699 square feet of space at 1000 and 1200 Innovation Avenue within Woodlake Center in Morrisville. Woodlake Center is a master-planned industrial park totaling 812,000 square feet. Jackson Rives of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, along with Duke Realty’s Hooker Manning, represented Duke Realty in the transaction.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Alliance Architects has completed shell and interior design services for DataBank’s new 50,000-square-foot facility in the northeast Dallas suburb of Richardson. Located within Digital Realty’s Dallas Data Center Park Campus, the new building will resemble DataBank’s downtown Dallas location. The new property includes 41,000 square feet of data hall dedicated to customer hardware, high-density power delivery architecture, executive offices and a conference room. Tom Maxwell, Ashley Gibson, Gloria Boyd, Barb Caires and William Arch worked on the Alliance Architects team. K2 Construction provided general construction and construction management services.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has arranged the lease of 32,230 square feet of industrial space in Arlington for Impex Forwarding Agency Inc., which specializes in foreign trade services. The property, located at 2401-2407 Centennial Drive, was originally constructed in 1977 and features clear heights of 24 feet. Becky Thompson of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations, while Kacy Jones and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the landlord, First Industrial Realty Trust.