BRISTOW, VA. — An affiliate of e-commerce giant Amazon, Amazon Data Services, has acquired a site in Prince William County for a future data center campus. The firm acquired the undeveloped site near Devlin Road and I-66 in Bristow for $700 million, according to Washington Business Journal. CoStar Group reports that Stanley Martin Homes, a Reston, Va.-based homebuilder, sold the 188-acre site to Amazon and that Eastdil Secured represented the land seller in the deal. Washington Business Journal reports that the Prince William Board of County Supervisors rezoned the site for data center development in November 2023 and has since been in a legal dispute, with the Court of Appeals of Virginia recently upholding the county’s original rezoning decision.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — MWI Property Group has delivered a new 192,924-square-foot industrial facility located at 9395 Pritchard Road in Jacksonville. The facility is situated within Westlake Commerce Center, which features a 337,104-square-foot building delivered earlier this year. Guy Preston, Seda Preston and John Cole of Colliers are leading the leasing and marketing efforts at the new facility. The property features 32-foot clear heights, 55 dock-high doors, 100 trailer positions, ESFR fire protection and 2,000-amp power.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Boston-based Foxfield has purchased a 75,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 565 Brick Church Park Drive in Nashville. AllParts Medical, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Philips that distributes medical imaging equipment and parts, has fully occupied the infill property since 2018 and recently renewed its lease. The previous owner has invested $3.5 million to upgrade the facility in recent years.
WEST VALLEY CITY, UTAH — ViaWest Group, in partnership with GEM Realty Capital, has broken ground on 5400 Commerce Center, an industrial development located at 7301 W. 5400 South in West Valley City. Totaling 470,334 square feet, the project will feature a 97,249-square-foot Building 1, 154,586-square-foot Building 2 and 218,499-square-foot Building 3. Each building will be LEED-certified and feature ESFR sprinkler systems, 32- to 36-foot clear heights and 3,000 amp to 4,000 amp 480/277V power. Matt McAfee, Tom Dischmann, Jeff Richards and Chris Liddell of CBRE are leading the leasing efforts for the project.
GLENDALE HEIGHTS, ILL. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial VII LP, has acquired a 67,565-square-foot freezer/cooler building in the Chicago suburb of Glendale Heights. The property at 601 Wall St. was fully leased at the time of sale to KeHE Distributors, a specialty food distributor. Situated in the High Grove Business Park, the building offers direct access to I-355 via Army Trail Road. The precast facility was constructed in 1991 and expanded in 2005. The asset features clear heights ranging from 22 to 37 feet, 10 exterior docks, four drive-in doors and parking for 10 trailers. There is 38,087 square feet of freezer space with glycol floors, 16,139 square feet of production space and 3,594 square feet of cold docks. Will McCormack and John Huguenard of JLL represented the seller, LBA Logistics. VK Industrial VII is co-sponsored by Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.
TEWKSBURY AND HAVERHILL, MASS. — JLL has arranged $10.1 million in acquisition financing across two loans for two industrial assets totaling 64,460 square feet in metro Boston. The buildings include a 34,100-square-foot cold storage facility in Tewksbury and a 30,360-square-foot facility in Haverhill, both of which are located north of the state capital. The buildings were completed in 2000 and 1982, respectively. Max Custer, Amy Lousararian, Thomas Didio Jr., Chris Barry and Christian Badalamenti of JLL arranged the financing. Both loans carried fixed interest rates and were provided by local banks. The borrower was B&D Holdings.
HAMILTON, N.J. — FRP Holdings (NASDAQ: FRPH), an investment firm with offices in Baltimore and Jacksonville, has purchased a 170,800-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Hamilton. FRP Holdings acquired the asset, which is formerly known as Logistics Center at Hamilton, as part of a larger portfolio deal encompassing the entire development pipeline of South Florida-based developer Altman Logistics Properties. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Rudin has extended an existing $425 million CMBS loan backed by 32 Avenue of the Americas, a 27-story office tower in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. The New York City-based owner-operator has also announced plans for a $100 million capital improvement program at the 1.2 million-square-foot Art Deco property, which also features a prominent data center/carrier hotel component. Rudin will introduce a prebuilt program of new work environments at 32 Avenue of the Americas that will range in size from 5,000 to 10,000 square feet. The company will also upgrade the building’s lobby and renovate its street-level retail space. Lastly, Rudin will create a new leasing/marketing center spanning the entire 25th floor, which also features two outdoor terraces that offer views of the Manhattan skyline. The tower’s mortgage will now mature in November 2029 should Rudin exercise both of its one-year renewal options in 2027 and 2028. Iron Hound Management Co. advised Rudin, which acquired the property in 1999 from AT&T, on the loan modification. The direct lender was not named. Rudin requested that its loan be transferred to an unnamed special servicer two months ahead of its November maturity in order to begin discussions on the loan modification. …
SHAWNEE, OKLA. — GF Central Plastics has opened a 150,000-square-foot metals manufacturing facility in Shawnee, an eastern suburb of Oklahoma City. The facility will complement GF Central’s existing 500,000-square-foot plastic and metals manufacturing plant in Shawnee. Project partners included TAP Architecture, Entegrity Energy Partners, Coalign Group, Cedar Creek Inc. and Evans General Contractors. A grand opening ceremony took place in mid-October, and the facility is expected to be fully operational by next April.
HOUSTON — Colliers has negotiated a 12,192-square-foot industrial lease in East Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building at 1401 Boyles St. was originally constructed in 1965. Christopher Klein and Judy Garza Beebe of Colliers represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the tenant were also not disclosed.