DENVER — Swire Coca-Cola USA, a prominent Coca-Cola bottler in the Western United States, has confirmed plans for a new bottling plant near Denver International Airport. According to the project’s website, Swire Coca-Cola plans to invest between $350 million and $500 million to construct the facility, which will be located at the airport’s Second Creek Campus. According to Denver Business Journal, the new facility will span 570,000 square feet. The project website estimates that Swire Coca-Cola will break ground in third-quarter 2025 and hold a grand opening in first-quarter 2027. Additionally, equipment is scheduled to be installed and commissioned in third-quarter 2026. Swire Coca-Cola plans to use the property to replace both an existing production center at 3825 York St. and a sales center at 2145 E. 40th Ave., which are located within a half-mile of each other and about 17 miles southwest of the airport. The new Swire Coca-Cola plant, which will be used for the bottling of both Coca-Cola plastic bottles and aluminum cans, will sit on 97 acres at the northeast corner of Tower Road and Pena Boulevard. The company plans to employ approximately 200 people at the new facility. Denver Business Journal reports that Denver City Council …
Industrial
Pearlmark, Seastone Capital Acquire 433,039 SF Industrial Building in Harrisonburg, Virginia
by John Nelson
HARRISONBURG, VA. — A partnership between Pearlmark and Seastone Capital has purchased 1433 Pleasant Valley, a 433,039-square-foot industrial building located off I-81 in Harrisonburg. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to two tenants: Marshalls and DRiV Automotive. Built more than 20 years ago on a 30.2-acre site in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley region, the building is partially cross-docked and features 35-foot clear heights. A major life insurance company provided acquisition financing for the transaction, which represents the fourth investment for Pearlmark’s latest equity fund, Pearlmark Equity Partners II LP.
DETROIT — Columbia Construction Services has signed a 6,145-square-foot industrial lease at 2633-2637 Russell St. in Detroit. Zach Cummings of Friedman Real Estate represented the tenant, which plans to renovate the space and utilize it as a central storage facility. The landlord was undisclosed.
DENVILLE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $2.5 million sale of 1 Stewart Court, a 14,100-square-foot industrial flex building in Denville, about 40 miles west of New York City. The building is located on a 2.2-acre site within Bridge View Business Park and features a clear height of 16 feet and two loading docks. Andy Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, Andre Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as One Stewart Court LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer.
IRVING, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has arranged a 64,134-square-foot industrial lease expansion in Irving. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 3250 Story Road W was originally built in 1997 and totals 96,200 square feet. Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, Reliant Air Conditioning, in the lease negotiations. Steve Trese and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the Landlord, Prologis.
WEBSTER, N.Y. — Ranger Design, a manufacturer of shelving and partitions for vans, trucks and trailers, has signed a 151,169-square-foot industrial lease in Webster, a suburb of Rochester. The company is relocating from nearby Ontario, New York, to a 768,475-square-foot building at 700 Resende Road. The building is part of the former Xerox campus and features clear heights of 16 to 24 feet and 50,000 square feet of office space. James Panczykowski of JLL represented the locally based landlord, Tessy Plastics Corp., in the lease negotiations. Ranger Design was self-represented.
MESA, ARIZ. — Austin, Texas-based KoMiCo Phoenix LLC, a company that offers semiconductor cleaning and coating services, has purchased a manufacturing facility at 7300 E. Hampton Ave. in Mesa. Tempe-based 7300 East Hampton LLC sold the property for $17.5 million. KoMiCo will redevelop the 125,000-square-foot facility into an advanced semiconductor equipment parts cleaning, coating and repair facility in the Superstition Springs area of the Southeast Valley. The facility, which is situated on 12.5 acres, is slated to be operational by 2026. Representing a more than $50 million in capital investments, the building will be KoMiCo’s third location in the United States and eighth globally. Rick Foss, Isy Sonabend and Drew Eisen of NAI Horizon represented the buyer, while Lee & Associates represented the seller in the transaction.
RPG, Steel Peak Purchase San Diego Office Property for $12.1M, Plan Industrial Outdoor Storage Conversion
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — A joint venture between RPG and Steel Peak has acquired 9606 Aero Drive, a 38,704-square-foot flex office property in San Diego. Total consideration for the acquisition was $12.1 million, which the joint venture’s institutional equity partner supported. The undisclosed seller will continue to occupy the asset as its headquarters through 2025 as part of a leaseback agreement. Situated on 4.2 acres, the asset includes existing office space and a vacated data center that will be converted into warehouse space with multiple grade-level loading doors, creating a Class A industrial outdoor storage facility. Additional improvements to the property will include fencing, lighting and paving. Kurtis Blanchard and Evan McDonald of Colliers represented the buyers in the deal.
OGDEN, UTAH — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Vault Storage, a storage facility in Ogden, approximately 35 miles north of Salt Lake City. Mountain West Self-Storage acquired the asset from the original developer for an undisclosed price. Jordan Farrer and Adam Schlosser of The LeClaire-Schlosser Group represented the seller in the deal. Located at 1506 Gibson Ave., Vault Storage consists of eight one-story buildings offering a total of 371 climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units. The facility has all metal buildings, metal interior walls, standing seam metal roofs, roll-up doors and asphalt driveways.
INDIANAPOLIS — Alfa Laval, a global provider of heat transfer, separation and fluid handling products, has signed a 324,000-square-foot industrial lease at Building 2 within County Line Commerce industrial park in Indianapolis. The tenant will occupy the entire building. Developed by a joint venture between Gershman and Citimark, County Line Commerce consists of five buildings totaling nearly 1.9 million square feet. Construction is now complete at the 170-acre industrial park, which is located at the intersection of County Line Road and I-65. Brian Seitz of JLL represented the landlords in the lease, while Charlie Polk and Brian Buschuk of JLL represented the tenant. Buildings 1, 3 and 4 are still available for lease.