WALLER COUNTY, TEXAS — Clay Development & Construction Inc. has broken ground on a 31,800-square-foot speculative industrial project in Waller County, located northwest of Houston. The building will be situated on a 2.4-acre site within Pederson West Business Park and will feature 120-foot truck court depths, 23 parking spaces and build-to-suit office space. Completion is slated for early next year.
BROWNSBURG, IND. — Wafra Inc., a New York-based alternative investment firm, has acquired Brownsburg Logistics Park Portfolio, a collection of three industrial buildings totaling 899,080 square feet in Brownsburg. Funds advised by Wafra are acquiring the assets from a venture between Scannell Properties and Manulife Investment Management. Completed in 2022 and 2023, the buildings are home to seven tenants. The portfolio offers direct access to I-74 and is located about 12 miles from the Indianapolis International Airport.
GREENWOOD, IND. — Matthews has brokered the $9.5 million sale of a Goodwill distribution facility in Greenwood. The transaction marked the highest-priced industrial property sale in the Johnson County submarket over the past year, according to Matthews. Built in 2016, the approximately 125,000-square-foot property sits on 18 acres with immediate access to I-65. The asset is leased to Goodwill Industries of Central Indiana and is positioned alongside major industrial users including Amazon, FedEx and Ulta. Alexander Harrold and Brett Davis of Matthews represented both the seller and the 1031 exchange buyer. Matthews leveraged Artemis, the firm’s proprietary artificial intelligence-powered customer relationship management platform, to identify a targeted pool of qualified industrial investors.
PHOENIX — INDUS Realty Trust has aacquired 418,000-square-foot warehouse in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. Fully leased at the time of sale, the cross-dock building can support distribution uses and features “ample” loading doors and trailer parking with 180-foot deep, fully secured and gated truck courts. Will Strong, Jack Stamets, Molly Miller, Michael Matchett and Madeline Warren of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group – Mountain West arranged the transaction.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) has acquired a newly developed, 1.5 million-square-foot distribution facility in Kansas City for $158.5 million. The seller, Hunt Midwest, developed the Class A property as a build-to-suit for retailer Ace Hardware in 2025, marking the first phase of KCI 29 Logistics Park. Measuring a half-mile from end to end, the Ace Hardware retail supply center is the largest distribution center in Kansas City by building footprint, according to MSREI. The property features a cross-dock configuration, clear height of 40 feet and extensive power capacity. Ace Hardware has invested in state-of-the-art automation and warehouse technology for the development. KCI 29 Logistics Park, a 3,300-acre megasite, can support up to 20 million square feet of industrial development. The project is located at the intersection of I-29 and I-435, adjacent to the Kansas City International Airport. The immediate access to regional and national transportation networks offers companies the ability to reach 90 percent of the continental U.S. within two days or less, according to Hunt Midwest. “This acquisition reflects our continued conviction in high-quality net lease investments that combine strong tenant credit, mission-critical operations and institutional-quality real estate,” says David Gross, managing director …
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Local owner-operator Clay Development & Construction Inc. has broken ground on two industrial buildings totaling 552,240 square feet in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston. The 291,720-square-foot Twinwood Distribution Center IV and the 260,520-square-foot Twinwood Distribution Center V are both part of the 200-acre first phase of Uplands Twinwood Business Park. The buildings both feature 36-foot clear heights, 69 dock-high doors, four drive-in ramps and 2,600 square feet of office space, in addition to a combined 342 car parking spaces and 120 trailer parking spaces. Completion is slated for the first quarter of next year. KBC Advisors has been tapped as the third-party leasing agency for the two buildings.
KATY, TEXAS — BGO, the institutional investment firm formerly known as BentallGreenOak, has acquired a two-property industrial portfolio totaling 299,520 square feet in the western Houston suburb of Katy. Known as Heritage West and completed earlier this year, the portfolio comprises front-load buildings totaling 90,480 and 209,040 square feet that feature 32- and 36-foot clear heights, respectively. BGO acquired the portfolio, which was fully leased at the time of sale, in partnership with Austin-based Harbor Capital. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BLUE MOUND, TEXAS — Zenith IOS (industrial outdoor storage) has purchased a 7.5-acre facility in Blue Mound, a northern suburb of Fort Worth. The property at 1151-1201 Cantrell Sansom Road consists of three buildings totaling approximately 29,300 square feet with 12 drive-through bays and four dock-high loading doors. Andrew Wieseman of Nashville-based brokerage firm Matthews sourced the deal on behalf of Zenith, which acquired the facility as part of a larger portfolio deal that included properties in Duncanville, Texas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
CARTERSVILLE, GA. — An affiliate of Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has acquired Allatoona Business Center, a three-building, 569,132-square-foot industrial park in the northern Atlanta suburb of Cartersville. The acquisition was completed through a “programmatic joint venture.” Further details of the transaction were not released, including the identity of the seller. Delivered in 2024, Allatoona Business Center features 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems, LED warehouse lighting, 185-foot truck courts and 60-foot concrete aprons. The industrial park was 88.5 percent leased at the time of sale to seven tenants.
HOUSTON — Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), a global pharmaceutical company best known for manufacturing treatments and medications such as Opdivo and Eliquis, will open a $2.3 billion manufacturing campus in Houston. The Princeton, N.J.-based firm chose a site within McCord Development’s 4,300-acre Generation Park for the approximately 600,000-square-foot project. “This investment reflects our confidence in America’s continued leadership in biopharmaceutical innovation,” says Christopher Boerner, board chair and CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb. “As part of our $40 billion commitment to the United States, we’re building the domestic manufacturing capabilities needed to deliver the next generation of medicines and support future scientific breakthroughs. Houston and the state of Texas offer the talent, infrastructure and partnership needed to help bring that vision to life.” Situated in northeast Houston, Bristol Myers Squibb’s new campus will be designed to be both modular and multi-modal, allowing the company to reconfigure manufacturing capacity for multiple types of medicines — including small molecules, biologics and antibody-drug conjugates — as needs arise. The new campus is estimated to create nearly 500 skilled jobs in the Houston area for roles including operations technicians, production specialists, maintenance and engineering professionals, quality control/assurance experts and administration. Bristol Myers Squibb also anticipates …