DALLAS — RAF Pacifica Group, a Southern California-based investment firm, has purchased a 15,750-square-foot warehouse in the Trinity Groves area of Dallas. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 2200 Evanston Ave. was built in 1961 and renovated last year. The building comprises 13,231 square feet of warehouse space and 2,241 square feet of office space and features 16- to 20-foot clear heights. RAF has also negotiated a 10-year lease extension with the tenant, Gallery DeFi, an operator of immersive art experiences.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Tefute USA has signed a 9,000-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. The roofing manufacturer is taking space at Riverbend Business Park, a development that consists of 1.4 million square feet of space across 32 buildings. Grayson Fleitz and Matt Carthey of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Riverbend Properties, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.
DALLAS — Newmark has arranged a $125 million loan for the refinancing of a portfolio of 19 self-storage properties that are primarily (13 facilities) located in Pennsylvania. The other six properties are scattered across Maryland, New Jersey, Indiana and Kentucky. Collectively, the portfolio totals roughly1.2 million net rentable square feet of space across nearly 10,000 units and has maintained an average occupancy rate of 91 percent over the past decade. Jonathan Firestone, Jordan Roeschlaub, Nick Scribani, Clint Frease, John Caraviello, Aaron Swerdlin and Andrew Warin of Newmark arranged the fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co. PGIM Real Estate provided the debt.
WATERLOO, IOWA — International Paper (IP) is building a new corrugated box plant in Waterloo that will replace its existing facility in the city. The project represents a $260 million investment and is expected to create more than 85 additional jobs for a total of 210 employees. According to the City of Waterloo, the project marks the largest box plant in the U.S. Construction is slated to begin this spring. Operations at the plant are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2026. Approximately 130 full-time jobs will be created during construction. IP is currently under contract with the city for the purchase of the land. The project team includes Miller Valentine Construction and Andrew Churchill Architect PC.
FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Foundry Commercial has brokered the sale of a nearly 30-acre industrial land site along the N.C. Highway 55 corridor in Fuquay-Varina. The buyer, Chicago-based Stotan Industrial, will deliver approximately 487,200 square feet of small-bay industrial space across three new buildings. Stotan anticipates the project, its first in the Raleigh-Durham region, will be delivered in second-quarter 2026. Jim Allaire, Sarah Godwin and Karl Hudson IV of Foundry represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The project represents the first large-scale, institutionally designed industrial development in Fuquay-Varina in decades, according to Foundry Commercial.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Freight forwarding company IMPEX GLS has signed a 14,969-square-foot industrial lease in Grapevine, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 800 Industrial Blvd. was built in 2000 and totals 191,000 square feet. Andrew Gilbert and Keaton Brice of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Prologis, in the lease negotiations. Andrew Flores of Mercer Co. represented the tenant.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Opus has broken ground on Catalyst Industrial, a Class A speculative industrial development in Centennial. Situated on 14.3 acres at 15030 E. Fremont Drive, Catalyst Industrial will offer 188,054 square feet of space. Designed to accommodate up to six tenants, the building can be divided into units as small as 21,000 square feet. The asset will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 28 truck doors, six drive-in dock doors and parking for 268 vehicles. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer of record on the project, which is slated for completion in early first-quarter 2026. Todd Witty and Daniel Close of CBRE will market the facility for lease.
SALT LAKE CITY — Gantry has secured a $13.5 million permanent loan for the purchase of an industrial property located at 485 N. Jimmy Doolittle Road in Salt Lake City. Situated on 9.4 acres, the asset offers 148,263 square feet of Class A industrial space, a clear height of 32 feet, four drive-in bays, 29 exterior dock doors, 198 parking spaces and ample trailer storage space. The property is fully leased to two tenants. Mike Wood, Ben Johnson and Tim Brown of Gantry’s Seattle production office represented the borrower, a private real estate investor. The six-year, fixed-rate loan was provided by one of Gantry’s insurance company correspondent lenders and features full-term interest-only payments with prepayment flexibility.
PHOENIX — Camblin Steel Service has completed the disposition of a freestanding industrial property in Phoenix to Capitol Engineering Inc., an owner/occupier, for $13 million. The buyer will relocate to the facility, which is situated on 11 acres at 1945 W. Broadway Road. Phil Haenel, Will Strong, Foster Bundy and Katie Repine of Cushman & Wakefield’s Private Capital Group in Phoenix, in partnership with Bryce MacDonald of the firm’s Sacramento office, represented the seller. Will Groves of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the buyer in the deal. The 20,400-square-foot building features 14,400 square feet of flex space, 6,000 square feet of office space, four open production/manufacturing bays with overhead shelter and several overhead Kone Cranes. The property was initially built in 2005, with two of the bays constructed in 2013 and 2014. The warehouse features durable concrete tilt-up construction, ample parking for trucks and vehicles and a perimeter of secure fencing. The facility was formerly used as a state-of-the-art structural steel fabrication facility.
— By Patrick Barnes of Avison Young — The Los Angeles industrial property market has experienced increasing space availability and shifting tenant priorities over the past several quarters. Due to concerns about potential labor strikes at East and Gulf Coast ports, the anticipated surge in short-term sublease demand failed to materialize in the fourth quarter of 2024. Additionally, with a labor contract agreement reached in January, any lingering expectations that rerouted shipments would continue to bolster West Coast activity have largely dissipated. Despite a 21.7 percent year-over-year increase in TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) volume from 2023 to 2024, sublease availability has risen significantly as TEU tenants have either warehouse capacity or shipments leaving the region by rail. Companies today are reassessing their space needs, focusing on cost savings and operational optimization rather than expansion to deal with inflation and tariffs. Sublease space increased by 12.8 percent quarter over quarter, reaching 11.2 million square feet and pushing the overall availability rate to 9.3 percent. These changes have also led to a drop in industrial rental rates. After peaking at $1.97 per square foot in 2023, average rents have fallen 26.4 percent to $1.45 per square foot in fourth-quarter 2024. However, Class …