Industrial

HILLSIDE, ILL. — Dynamic Manufacturing Inc., a family-owned and operated automotive manufacturer, has signed a 79,532-square-foot industrial lease at 4160-4190 Madison St. in Hillside, a western suburb of Chicago. The tenant will occupy the entire facility, which is part of a seven-building portfolio that EQT Exeter recently acquired. The property features a clear height of 19.5 feet, LED lighting, four dock doors, two drive-in doors and ample car parking. Corey Chase of Newmark represented the tenant.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Orlando-based Foundry Commercial will undertake a 323,000-square-foot industrial conversion project in Plano. The 22-acre site at 2700 W. Plano Parkway houses a 250,000-square-foot office building that will soon be demolished to construct two industrial buildings. These buildings will total 226,900 and 96,100 square feet and have 32-foot clear heights. JLL arranged construction financing for the redevelopment, which will be known as Plano Midpoint and is slated for an early 2026 completion. Holt Lunsford Commercial has been appointed as the leasing agent.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — SQUAN Construction Services, a New Jersey-based infrastructure design-build firm, has signed a lease at Sun Valley Industrial Park in Fort Worth. The square footage was not disclosed. Todd Hubbard and Joe McLiney of NAI Robert Lynn represented the landlord, Empire Holdings, in the lease negotiations. Landon Brune of CBRE represented the tenant.

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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — New York City-based Rockefeller Group will develop Normandy Logistics Center, a 241,200-square-foot distribution center in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. The site at 10 Normandy Drive spans 36 acres, and the facility will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 162 car parking spaces, 60 trailer parking spaces and 41 single-load loading docks. Mancini Duffy is the project architect, and Alston Construction is the general contractor. Michael Markey and Jonathan Tesser of Colliers brokered the sale of the land and have also been retained as leasing agents. Construction will begin before the end of the year and is expected to be complete in the fourth quarter of 2025.

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KEARNY, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a 211,287-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Kearny. The site at 936 Harrison Ave. spans 17 acres, and the building features a clear height of 38 feet and a two-acre fully paved drop lot for fleet and trailer parking. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, Ryan Larkin and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Russo Development and River Development, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Seagis Property Group. The sales price was not disclosed.

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— By R.J. Vara, first vice president of investments, Marcus & Millichap’s The Vara Group — The Seattle industrial market is undergoing a transitional phase marked by rising vacancies, fluctuating demand and evolving investment dynamics. There was a robust surge from 2020 to 2022, which saw nearly 19 million square feet of industrial space absorbed and more than $8.4 billion in transaction volume. However, the market experienced a reversal in 2023, with roughly 2 million square feet of previously absorbed space becoming available. This shift, driven by decreased container traffic at local ports, rising interest rates and elevated inflation, has continued into 2024, with speculative construction projects contributing to elevated vacancy rates. As of mid-year, Seattle’s industrial vacancy rate has increased by about 2 percent year over year, reaching 7.7 percent. This has surpassed the national average of 6.6 percent. The rise in vacancies is primarily attributed to the completion of new distribution facilities, with spaces of more than 100,000 square feet now available in double digits. Delivery numbers are expected to fall to their lowest level since 2017, but investors are beginning to explore opportunities in the southern regions. Regarding investment activity, Seattle’s industrial sales volume has notably increased …

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ATLANTA — The Davis Cos. has purchased a portfolio of research-and-development (R&D) buildings totaling 235,108 square feet in Atlanta’s Upper Westside neighborhood. Jamestown was the seller. American defense technology company Anduril Industries occupies the majority of the portfolio, which includes buildings located at 1401 and 1435 Hills Place NW and 1357 Collier Road NW. Recently redeveloped, the properties feature 21-foot clear heights, floor-to-ceiling windows and power loads sufficient to support a wide range of R&D uses. Jamestown previously acquired the buildings as mixed-use creative office and retail properties before redeveloping the portfolio. 

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DURHAM, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the $33 million sale of a biomanufacturing facility situated within Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Durham. Silver Spring, Md.-based United Therapeutics Corp. purchased the property, which totals 95,500 square feet, with plans to occupy it. Located at 78 TW Alexander Drive, the facility was delivered in 2023 and features 36-foot clear heights, seven loading docks and the option for expansion up to 190,500 square feet. Ann-Stewart Patterson and John Hogan of CBRE represented the seller, Oxford Properties Group, in the transaction. RTP is the largest biomedical research campus in the country, spanning 7,000 acres and hosting more than 300 companies including Biogen, Cisco Systems, Dell, IBM, Pfizer and Wolfspeed, among others. 

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SPRINGDALE, ARK. — Stoic Equity Partners has acquired a 94,589-square-foot industrial complex located at 444 Old Wire Road in Springdale. The multi-tenant facility comprises 20 suites across nine buildings. This marks the fourth asset in the state for the buyer, which owns over 1.1 million square feet of commercial space across six states in the Southeast. “We began targeting the Northwest Arkansas market earlier this year, so we are excited to get this property closed,” says Grant Reaves, cofounder and managing director of Stoic Equity Partners.  The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated a seven-year, 26,828-square-foot lease at Plano Office Commons, an industrial flex property located northeast of Dallas. The tenant, Aither Systems LLC, a provider of renewable energy solutions, is relocating from nearby Allen to an endcap space at 605 Shiloh Road. Brian Pafford and Richmond Collinsworth of Bradford represented the landlord, an entity doing business as GH Plano Tech Center Inc., in the lease negotiations.

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