LITTLE CANADA, MINN. — Kids in Need Foundation has signed a long-term, 74,364-square-foot industrial lease at 200 S. Owasso Blvd. in Little Canada. The nonprofit organization, which is dedicated to providing suppliers and resources to teachers and students in underserved schools, plans to relocate and occupy the entire building later this spring. The new lease represents an expansion from the organization’s previous home in St. Paul. The new facility will feature a resource center where teachers can access donated school supplies at no cost. The property features nearly 20,000 square feet of office space and 55,000 square feet of warehouse space as well as 54 surface parking spaces and outdoor storage options. John Thompson and Alex Baron of Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the owner, JHM Owasso Properties. Stephen Davidson of Davidson Cos. Inc. represented the tenant.
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — NVIDIA Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), a Santa Clara-based tech firm that primarily designs and manufactures graphics processing units (GPUs) for artificial intelligence (AI) use, plans to develop two new AI supercomputer manufacturing plants in Texas. The new projects will include a plant in Houston that NVIDIA is co-developing with Foxconn and a factory in Dallas that NVIDIA is building with Wistron. Further real estate specifics for the new facilities were not shared, but NVIDIA plans to create “digital twins” to design and operate the factories, which will be reliant on automation and robotics. Mass production of NVIDIA AI supercomputers at both plants is expected to ramp up in the next 12 to 15 months, according to NVIDIA. Additionally, NVIDIA announced that it has started production of NVIDIA Blackwell chips at the TSMC Arizona campus in Phoenix. NVIDIA is partnering with Amkor and SPIL for packaging and testing operations in Arizona. The new Texas plants and the production of NVIDIA Blackwell chips in Arizona are part of the company’s $500 billion push to mass produce NVIDIA AI supercomputers on U.S. soil, which would represent the first time that the company’s supercomputers were made entirely domestically. Together, the announcements …
— By Rebecca Lloyd of Cushman & Wakefield — Industrial market conditions in Salt Lake City softened a bit in 2024, with new leasing activity totaling just over 5 million square feet — a 19 percent decrease from the 6.2 million square feet recorded in 2023. Despite this decline, new sublease activity saw a 33 percent year-over-year increase, reaching 735,000 square feet. Salt Lake City’s Northwest submarket remains the dominant area, accounting for 62 percent of total leasing activity in 2024. This was followed by the Southwest at 28 percent. Collectively, they comprise 90 percent of all leasing transactions in the market. Vacancy rates ended the year at 5.9 percent, a modest 50 basis point increase from the previous year. In a positive shift, the market closed the year with 3.7 million square feet of positive net absorption, a significant increase from the 2.3 million square feet recorded in 2023. The average asking rent for all product types stood at $0.81 per square foot on a triple-net basis, up from $0.80 at the end of 2023. Industrial construction remained robust, with nearly 4.7 million square feet of new space delivered in 2024. This added to the 7 million square feet …
BUTTE, MONT. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Grand Storage, a self-storage facility in Butte. An owner-operator acquired the 33,980-square-foot asset from a regional self-storage owner and developer for an undisclosed price. Built in 2004 and expanded in 2023, Grand Storage offers 266 units on 3.4 acres. Onsite amenities include electronic gated entry with a digital keypad and automatic gate at the exit, a manufactured house with office and one-bedroom apartment, metal roll-up doors and security monitoring with 24/7 video surveillance throughout the facility. Jordan Farrer and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Driftwood Self Storage, a 482-unit facility in southwest Austin. Constructed on 13.5 acres in 2021, Driftwood Self Storage comprises 96,433 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. The property, which was roughly 93 percent occupied at the time of sale, also features drive-up units, covered parking and fully enclosed RV units. Steve Mellon, Brian Somoza, Adam Roossien and Matthew Wheeler of JLL represented the Houston-based seller, The Jenkins Organization, in the transaction and procured the buyer, California-based Platinum Storage Group.
ROANOKE, TEXAS — Gruns Nutrition has signed a 37,581-square-foot industrial lease in the North Texas city of Roanoke. The provider of dietary supplements will occupy about half the space at the building at 215 Fairway Circle, which was completed last fall for its California-based owner-occupant, Aircraft Spruce. Todd Lambeth and Luke Clardy of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. George Curry of JLL represented the tenant.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ELK GROVE VILLAGE, SCHAUMBURG AND NORTHBROOK, ILL. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $22.5 million in financing for a four-property, shallow-bay industrial portfolio totaling 382,762 square feet in metro Chicago. The financing included proceeds for the refinance of three assets and the acquisition of a fourth property. The portfolio consists of: Arlington Center, a two-building, 213,963-square-foot complex in Arlington Heights; Stanley, a five-building, 56,416-square-foot asset in Elk Grove Village; Remington, a 51,662-square-foot property in Schaumburg; and Old Willow Industrial Complex, a 12-builidng, 60,721-square-foot asset in Northbrook (acquisition). The properties are all at least 90 percent leased. Jeff Sause, Chad Morgan, Brian Walsh and Lauren Sackler of JLL arranged the financing through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Unilev Capital Corp. and an affiliate of Palladius Capital Management. Raymond Levy, Ian Konowitch and Peter Berges of JLL led the Unilev team.
CHICAGO — Cawley Commercial Real Estate (CRE) has brokered the sale of a 168,000-square-foot industrial building located at 4343 W. Ohio St. in Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The property is situated on 7.8 acres within the Northwest Industrial Park and features overhead cranes, an active interior rail spur, zoning allowances for outdoor storage and access to heavy power. Frank Melchert and Stevan Arandjelovic of Cawley CRE represented the seller, Plant One LLC. Adam Schneiderman and Dale Strauss of Strauss Realty represented the buyer.
CARTERET, N.J. — YunExpress has signed a 146,000-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of Carteret. The Chinese logistics company will be the third tenant at Crow Holdings at Carteret, a 1.2 million-square-foot development that is also home to Denmark-based DSV Global Transport & Logistics (355,000 square feet) and Hong Kong-based Weida Freight (188,000 square feet). Christopher Marx, Chris O’Connor, Steve Card, Chris Marx Jr., Taylor DeRisi and Peter Starr of Savills represented YunExpress in the lease negotiations. Jules Nissim, Stan Danzig and Kimberly Bach of Cushman & Wakefield represented Crow Holdings.
KENNEDALE, TEXAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of Kennedale Industrial Park, a 156,295-square-foot development located on a 13.2-acre site just south of Fort Worth. Kennedale Industrial Park, which was 36 percent leased at the time of sale, consists of six buildings that were completed in 2024. Buildings can support multiple tenants and feature 18- to 22-foot clear heights, 71 grade-level doors and two dock-high doors. Cody Payne, Michael Tran, Austin Edelmon and Nick Miller of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.