HUMBLE, TEXAS — Locally based development and investment firm BCS Capital Group has broken ground on Humble Westfield Business Park, a 168,840-square-foot industrial project that will be located on the northeastern outskirts of Houston. The 11.4-acre development will have four buildings that will range in size from 32,000 to 55,000 square feet. Urban Cos. is serving as the architect and general contractor for the project. Altar Group is the civil engineer, and Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the fall.
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HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. — Saddleback Real Estate Developers has sold a 50,000-square-foot industrial building in Hackettstown, about 65 miles west of New York City, for $13 million. The buyer was Bytech, a Brooklyn-based mobile accessories manufacturer. The newly constructed building at 999 Willow Grove St. features clear heights of 28 to 32 feet, four loading doors and an acre of outdoor storage space. Robert Adams of Garden State Realty brokered the sale of the building, which was financed by Kearny Bank.
SCARBOROUGH, MAINE — The RAM Cos., a Maine-based investment firm, has purchased a 66,000-square-foot vacant industrial building in Scarborough, located just south of Portland. The site at 16 Washington Ave. spans 15 acres within Scarborough Industrial Park. The building, which was formerly owned and occupied by packaging products and services provider Sonoco Corp., offers a clear height of 23.5 feet and more than 100 parking spaces. RAM Cos. plans to make capital improvements to the building.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has sold two industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston, to institutional investment firm BGO (formerly known as BentallGreenOak). The sales price was not disclosed. The structures are Buildings 9 and 10 within Empire West, a 10-building, 3.9 million-square-foot development that was completed in phases over the past six years. Both buildings were fully leased to Tesla at the time of sale. Construction of Phase I of Empire West began in summer 2020 and comprised three buildings totaling roughly 1 million square feet. The second phase was completed in fall 2022 and totaled another 2.3 million square feet across six buildings. Other tenants at Empire West, which also features a 16.6-acre outdoor storage yard, include Professional Packaging, H-E-B, Ferguson Enterprises, Pointsmith Point-of-Purchase Management Services and Cotton Commercial USA. Seth Koschak, Matteson Hamilton, Justin Robinson, Mustafa Ali and Adam Jackson of Stream Realty Partners coordinated with Eastdil Secured to broker the deal. Earlier this year, Stream sold Buildings 1, 3 and 8 within Empire West, which collectively total approximately 1 million square feet, to Kansas City-based investment firm NorthPoint Development. That sale included the aforementioned outdoor storage …
HOUSTON — Transwestern Development Co. (TDC) has completed East Belt Logistics Park, an 858,600-square-foot industrial project that is located along Beltway 8 in northeast Houston. East Belt Logistics Center consists of two buildings that span 591,560 and 267,040 square feet, both of which feature cross-dock configurations and 3,000 square feet of office space. The larger building offers 40-foot clear heights, and the smaller building offers 36-foot clear heights. Transwestern is also the leasing agent for East Belt Logistics Park.
OCALA, FLA. — Atlanta-based private real estate investment firm Stonemont and private equity firm Iron Point Partners have signed an undisclosed tenant to a full-building lease at Topline Logistics Center, a 457,217-square-foot industrial facility located directly off I-75 in Ocala. Jared Bonshire, David Perez, Taylor Zambito and Ryan Hubbard of Cushman & Wakefield represented Stonemont in the lease negotiations. Situated on approximately 35 acres in Central Florida, the cross-dock facility features 36-foot clear heights, 110 trailer parking spaces, 247 car parking spaces, four drive-in doors and a 185-foot truck court.
IRVING, TEXAS — Data center owner-operator Edged U.S. will open a new facility at its Irving campus. The square footage of the new building was not announced, but the facility, which will be known as Edged Dallas 2, will be located along North Wildwood Drive and will have a power capacity of 24 megawatts. Construction is scheduled to begin during the second quarter and to be complete in fall 2027. The first data center at the Edged Dallas campus opened in January 2025.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Locally based financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged a $43.5 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of a 323,260-square-foot industrial building in Buffalo. The address was not disclosed. Completed in 2022, the rail-served building features a clear height of 40 feet and was fully leased at the time of the loan closing. Jack Phillips led the transaction for Largo Capital. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — A joint venture between Legacy Real Estate Developers and Commerce Park Investors has acquired a 26,630-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. The partnership plans to redevelop the building at 611 Union Blvd., which was originally constructed in 1980 as the home of the Knickerbocker Machine Shop, to support retail and flex uses in addition to industrial. Howard Weinberg of JLL brokered the sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a national portfolio of seven industrial buildings totaling 1.6 million square feet. The buildings are located across Texas, California, Utah and Tennessee. An unnamed institutional owner purchased the portfolio. The seller and sales price were also not disclosed. Properties in the recently acquired industrial portfolio include Valwood A (201,354 square feet), Valwood C (134,266 square feet) and Valwood D (127,620 square feet) in Carrollton, Texas (part of the Dallas MSA); Chino Distribution Center (409,930 square feet) in Chino, Calif.; Salt Lake Distribution Center I (190,000 square feet) and Salt Lake Distribution Center II (190,000 square feet) in Salt Lake City; and Elam Farms Distribution Center II (363,500 square feet) in Murfreesboro, Tenn. The buildings were constructed in the mid-2000s and were collectively 97 percent leased at the time of sale to a mix of national and regional tenants. The properties feature ESFR fire sprinkler systems, average clear heights of 30 feet, expansive truck courts, concrete tilt-up construction and ample parking. The national industrial advisory group at Cushman & Wakefield that arranged the sale consisted of Jim Carpenter, Adam Pastor, Robby Rieke, Emily Brandt, Jeff Chiate and Casey Masters. “This transaction vividly …