NEW YORK — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $102 million loan to finance a four-property industrial portfolio spanning Georgia, Florida and South Carolina. Peter Rotchford, Steven Binswanger and Lucas Borges of JLL secured the loan through Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) on behalf of the borrower, SkyREM. The portfolio, which totals 1.9 million square feet, is currently fully leased to six tenants with a weighted average lease term of more than six years.
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MEDFORD, MASS. — Locally based brokerage firm ABG Commercial Realty has negotiated the $8 million sale of a 28,600-square-foot industrial building in Medford, a northern suburb of Boston. The building at 118 Mystic Ave. was fully leased to Verizon at the time of sale. Bernard Gibbons of ABG Commercial represented the buyer, Empire Management, in the transaction. The seller was local development and investment firm Marcus Partners.
OMAHA, NEB. — Opus has broken ground on Rainwood Industrial, a 272,076-square-foot speculative industrial facility within Rainwood Industrial Park in Omaha. The project will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 29 dock doors, two drive-in doors and 176 vehicle parking spaces. The building will accommodate up to six users. Opus is the developer and design-builder, and SVPA Architects is the architect. Denny Sciscoe of Lund Co. is marketing the project for lease. Completion is slated for April 2027. Rainwood Industrial Park is located less than two miles from I-680, less than 10 miles from I-80 and directly east of a Google data center.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 645-unit self-storage facility in San Antonio. CubeSmart previously operated the facility, which was built on a 10.6-acre site on the city’s southwest side in 2023 and spans 115,240 net rentable square feet. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a New Jersey-based limited liability company, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Public Storage, which has rebranded the property. The facility was 89 percent occupied at the time of sale.
PLANO, TEXAS — WareSpace, a a national provider of micro-bay warehouse spaces, has opened a 174,500-square-foot facility in Plano, located northeast of Dallas. WareSpace Plano is a conversion of a formerly vacant retail building and offers private warehouse suites that range in size from 200 to 2,000 square feet. Additional features include climate controls, loading docks, industrial racking, conference rooms, shared kitchens and lounge areas. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Aug. 6.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 14,100-square-foot industrial lease in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 789 N. Grove Road was completed in 1983 and totals 54,471 square feet. Jessica Reinhardt and Susan Cancemi of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Dallas North Industrial LLC, in the lease negotiations. Shane Rollins of TXCRE represented the tenant, Battery Management Technology Corp.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Munich-based Manova Partners has acquired Spartanburg 221, a roughly 1 million-square-foot logistics facility located at 2536 Chesnee Highway in Spartanburg. New York-based Rockefeller Group sold the property for an undisclosed price. Delivered in 2024 on 87 acres, Spartanburg 221 was fully leased at the time of sale to an undisclosed tenant, which operates on a triple-net lease. The industrial property features 344 car parking spaces, 346 trailer parking spaces, 140 dock-high loading doors, four drive-in loading doors and 40-foot clear heights.
ATLANTA — Sagard Real Estate has acquired 5070 Phillip Lee Drive SW, a 400,800-square-foot industrial property located in Atlanta. The seller was SkyREM, according to multiple media sources. The purchase price was not disclosed. The four-building industrial property is fully leased to Kittrich, which manufactures and distributes rug underlays, non-slip products, bath mats and related home goods. The tenant has occupied the property for more than 20 years. Situated on the city’s westside between I-20 and I-285, the property features 48 dock-high doors, two ramped drive-in doors, deep truck courts and multiple points of ingress and egress.
DEKALB, ILL. — BWE has arranged $48 million to refinance a 978,000-square-foot logistics facility occupied by 3M in DeKalb. Mike Guterman of BWE arranged the fixed-rate loan, which features a 55 percent loan-to-value ratio. Griffin Capital, a southern California-based real estate investment and management company, was the borrower. Aegon, a life insurance company lender, provided the loan. Located at 1650 Macom Drive, the property is one of several that are fully leased to 3M in the DeKalb area, totaling around 2.5 million square feet. The building features specialized chemical storage and aerosol rooms, cold storage facilities and containment floors.
CREST HILL, ILL. — Cawley Commercial Real Estate has negotiated a lease for a newly constructed industrial facility totaling 577,422 square feet in Crest Hill on behalf of MWI Property Group. The tenant is a global logistics company. Situated on 37 acres within Crest Hill Business Park, the cross-docked warehouse features a clear height of 36 feet, 104 truck doors, 151 trailer parking stalls, 345 vehicle parking spaces, 14 van stalls, up to 4,000 amps of power and immediate access to the I-55 logistics corridor. Joshua Hearne of Cawley CRE led the leasing assignment, with colleagues Reinier Pranger and Andrew Bobak supporting marketing and leasing efforts. Cawley CRE also assisted MWI on the land acquisition. MWI’s construction affiliate, MWI Construction, served as the design-build general contractor. SPACECO provided engineering services, and Harris Architects provided architectural design services.