CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — UTEX Storage Partners has obtained $23.4 million in nonrecourse construction financing for Chula Vista Storage, a to-be-built self-storage facility in Chula Vista. Brian Somoza led the JLL team in arranging the four-year, floating-rate loan through a life insurance company. Upon delivery in 2016, Chula Vista Storage will offer 123,582 square feet of storage space within two three-story buildings. The facility will feature an on-site office, security, a 24-hour surveillance system, controlled access, climate-controlled units and boat/RV storage. The property is located on 9.3 acres near the intersection of South Bay Expressway and Eastlake Drive, approximately 12 miles southeast of downtown San Diego. A REIT third-party management platform will operate and manage the property.
Industrial
Crescent Communities Sells 220,281 SF Industrial Development in Rock Hill, South Carolina
by Abby Cox
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Crescent Communities has completed the sale of AXIAL Southgate 77, a 220,281-square-foot industrial property situated within Antrim Business Park in Rock Hill, roughly 15 miles south of Charlotte. The buyer was Washington, D.C.-based Penzance. Nolan Aston, Tommy Whitmore, Rob Speir and Pheobe Dinga of Colliers represented the Charlotte-based seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Developed in 2024 on 30 acres, AXIAL Southgate 77 features two buildings spanning 50,276 square feet and 220,281 square feet. The property, which was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale, includes 32-foot clear heights, rear-load capacity, concrete tilt-wall construction and ample parking. Capital partners for AXIAL Southgate 77 include Atlantic Union Bank and Faison. Additionally, the design-build team included Choate Construction (general contractor), JTM Capital and The Tuttle Co. (development) and Progressive Cos. (architect and civil engineering).
LINCOLN, NEB. — Timpte Inc., which designs and builds trailers, has launched operations at its new facility in Lincoln that will produce and ship agricultural equipment nationwide. The project represents a $28 million investment, bolstered by an additional $7 million allocated to manufacturing technologies and equipment. Timpte moved its Lincoln operations from 3400 W. O St. to the larger facility, which totals 190,000 square feet. The new location houses Thunderstone Manufacturing LLC operations, equipment trailer product lines and serves as the company’s national parts distribution center. The new facility will produce between 8,000 and 10,000 grain trailer tarps each year. Timpte has added about 20 employees at the Lincoln site and expects to employ more than 100 people there in the next few years. The project sits on more than 1 million square feet of land, allowing for future expansion.
EAGAN, MINN. — CBRE has negotiated a lease renewal and expansion for Sonex Health at Grand Oak IV, a 43,200-square-foot industrial property in the Minneapolis suburb of Eagan. The company is expanding its footprint from 20,000 to 31,000 square feet. CBRE’s Mike Bowen and Matt Oelschlager represented the tenant, which is an Eagan-based medical device company founded in 2014 by two former Mayo Clinic physicians.
GEORGETOWN, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the sale-leaseback of a 59,480-square-foot industrial property in Georgetown, located north of Boston. Built in 2004 on an 8.6-acre site, the warehouse and manufacturing building features a clear height of 21 feet and 71 parking spaces. Michael Restivo, David Coffman and Tommy Hovey of JLL brokered the deal. The seller/occupant was not disclosed. Anthony Cutone and Ryan Parker, also with JLL, arranged fixed-rate acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Equity Industrial Partners.
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Creation, with development partner PGIM Real Estate, has broken ground on The Loop, an industrial campus in Scottsdale. Situated along Loop 101, The Loop will offer 267,000 square feet of Class A industrial space spread across four buildings ranging from 54,000 square feet to 101,000 square feet. Designed and built by LGE Design Build, the campus will feature footprints for light manufacturing, skilled assembly, industrial showrooms and distribution. Situated on 16.4 acres at Loop 101 and East Princess Drive, the development is slated for completion in late 2026. Pat Harlan and Steve Larsen of JLL are marketing the buildings for lease or sale.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Levin Management Corp. is underway on construction of a 54,000-square-foot industrial project in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway. The building will be located within Rutgers Industrial Center and will feature a clear height of 35 feet, eight loading docks, 31 parking spaces and 2,000 square feet of office space. Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing agent. Initial occupancy is slated for early 2026.
JLL Negotiates Sale of 398,100 SF Industrial Park Near Charleston International Airport
by John Nelson
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Airport Commerce Center, a three-building, 398,100-square-foot industrial park situated directly adjacent to Charleston International Airport and Joint Base Charleston. Built in 2017, the facilities are located at 7246 Stall Road, 2650 Fassitt Road and 7334 Stall Road in North Charleston, approximately one mile from I-26. Pete Pittroff, Dave Andrews and Michael Scarnato of JLL represented the seller, Brookwood Capital Partners, in the transaction. NorthPoint Development acquired Airport Commerce Center for an undisclosed price. The three facilities were fully leased at the time of sale to multiple tenants, including manufacturing, distribution and last-mile logistics companies. The properties feature 200- to 260-foot depths, front-load and rear-load configurations, 28- to 30-foot clear heights, ESFR fire protection systems, LED lighting and a combined 305 automobile parking spaces.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Principal Asset Management has sold a 15.2-megawatt (MW) data center in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed, but the acquisition included developable land adjacent to the data center. A U.S.-based data center fund managed by Principal purchased the facility in 2022 in a joint venture with Lincoln Rackhouse, a division of Lincoln Property Co. The single-story data center was leased to two unnamed companies at the time of sale, one of which is a Fortune 100 financial services firm. The data center was originally built in 2009 as a build-to-suit for a telecommunications tech company.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Automaker Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), parent company of brands including Jeep, Dodge and Ram, has unveiled plans to invest $13 billion over the next four years to grow its business in the U.S. market and increase its domestic manufacturing footprint. The investment, the largest in the company’s 100-year U.S. history, will support the introduction of five new vehicles across the brand portfolio; production of the all-new four-cylinder engine; and the addition of more than 5,000 jobs at plants in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Stellantis says the investment will increase its annual finished vehicle production in the United States by 50 percent over current levels. The new product launches will be in addition to 19 refreshed products across all U.S. assembly plants and updated powertrains planned through 2029. In Illinois, Stellantis plans to invest more than $600 million to reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant to expand production of the Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Compass for the U.S. market. Initial production launch is expected in 2027, and the company anticipates the creation of roughly 3,300 new jobs. With an investment of nearly $400 million, Stellantis plans to move assembly of an all-new midsize truck from Belvidere to the …