CLEVELAND — In a sale-leaseback transaction, MAG Capital Partners has acquired a 117,704-square-foot industrial facility in Cleveland. The purchase price was undisclosed. A global IT solutions and endpoint management company was the seller. Located at 4371 Pearl Road, the property was fully redeveloped in 2018. There are 38 drive-in doors and ceiling heights ranging from 14 to 21 feet. Blair Wood and Kevin Joseph of WWM Real Estate represented the seller.
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CBRE Arranges $13.5M Construction Loan for Last-Mile Industrial Facility in Billings, Montana
by Amy Works
BILLINGS, MONT. — CBRE has secured a $13.5 million participating construction loan for the development of a last-mile industrial facility in Billings. Situated on 9.77 acres, the 39,600-square-foot building will feature 32-foot clear heights. Upon completion, a single tenant will occupy the facility on a long-term basis. Bob Ybarra, Bruce Francis, Shaun Moothart, Doug Birrell, Nick Santangelo and Jim Korineck of CBRE Capital Markets Debt and Structured Finance negotiated the loan at a fixed interest rate on behalf of the undisclosed client.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Beam Development and Urban Development + Partners have completed the disposition of 224 S.E. 2nd Street, a Class B flex building in Portland. Sherpa Design acquired the property in an off-market transaction for an undisclosed price. The sellers recently renovated the 14,589-square-foot former coffee production facility for the new owner, which plans to occupy the space itself. The 22-year-old product development, engineering services and manufacturing firm relocated and expanded to the 2nd Street space from another Portland location. Originally built in 1936, the three-story flex building offers creative office and light industrial space with large windows, 4,700-square-foot floorplates and high ceilings. Buzz Ellis of JLL Capital Markets and Annalore Rodman of JLL Agency Leasing represented the seller in the deal.
GTIS, Collett Industrial Acquire 107-Acre Development Site in Cherokee County, South Carolina
by John Nelson
CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. — A joint venture between GTIS Partners and Collett Industrial has acquired a 107-acre site located on Tribal Road in Cherokee County, midway between Charlotte and Greenville, S.C. Plans for the site include the development of 850,000 to 930,000 square feet of industrial warehouse space across two phases. Phase I will comprise a 200,000- to 225,000-square-foot rear-load building, and Phase II will include either a single 510,000-square-foot cross-dock building or two rear-load buildings totaling roughly 423,000 square feet. GTIS and Collett also plan to widen and implement improvements to a portion of Tribal Road. Construction is scheduled to begin in February 2024.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Accelerated Solutions Group, a supplier of automotive accessories, has opened an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in the northwestern Houston suburb of Tomball. The company plans to hire about 50 people to work at the facility. The seven-acre site is located within Interchange 249, a 250-acre development that comprises 3.1 million square feet across 10 buildings. Powers Brown Architecture designed the facility, which features 30-foot clear heights and 100 parking spaces. A partnership between Houston-based Lovett Industrial and New York-based Clarion Partners owns Interchange 249.
MANCHESTER, PA. — JLL has arranged the $110.2 million sale of a 1 million-square-foot warehouse located at 84 Zions View Road in the Central Pennsylvania community of Manchester. Built on 102 acres in 2019, the cross-dock distribution facility features a clear height of 36 feet, three drive-in doors, 88 dock doors, 126 trailer stalls and 455 parking spaces. John Plower, John Huguenard, Ryan Cottone, Zach Maguire, Jordan Schwartz, Jeff Lockard and Maria Ratzlaff of JLL brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The building was fully leased at the time of sale.
PHILADELPHIA — A joint venture between New York City-based Rockefeller Group and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC will undertake a 656,904-square-foot industrial redevelopment project in Philadelphia. The 50.4-acre site at 1500 Roosevelt Blvd. formerly housed the Byberry State Hospital, and the development team will convert the fully entitled property into a logistics campus. Rockefeller Group Logistics Center at Roosevelt Boulevard will feature two buildings totaling 318,696 and 338,208 square feet. The seller was an affiliate of the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. (PIDC), which is the city’s public-private economic development organization. CBRE advised on the sale of the land and will serve as the project leasing agent. John Alascio, Aaron Graves, Alex Lapidus, Chuck Kohaut, T.J. Sullivan and Jason Blankfein of Cushman & Wakefield arranged $100 million in construction financing through New York Life Real Estate Investors for the project.
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CALIF. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated the lease of an industrial warehouse facility at 3040 E. Ana St. in Rancho Dominguez. JCQ Industrial leased the asset to DCW Inc., a warehousing, fulfillment, distribution and transportation services company. The site was leased for a total consideration of $10.1 million. The 115,734-square-foot property features 35 trailer or container spaces, 18 dock-high doors, 20-foot to 22-foot warehouse ceiling heights and loading access across the front of the building. The building’s office space allows for configurations that range from 6,500 square feet to 21,000 square feet. Additionally, the asset offers ample parking and reception and kitchen areas. Chuck Brill, Casey Mungo and Nat Ortega of DAUM represented the lessor, while Tyler Rollema of Klabin Co. represented the lessee in the deal.
VanTrust Underway on 2 MSF Industrial Build-to-Suit Facility for Burlington Near Savannah
by John Nelson
ELLABELL, GA. — VanTrust Real Estate is underway on the development of a 2 million-square-foot building within the 515-acre Interstate West industrial park in Ellabell, roughly 30 miles outside Savannah. Burlington Stores Inc. will occupy the build-to-suit property. Dubbed Building D, this marks the fourth and final project at the park, construction of which began in 2021. Buildings A and B span 637,868 and 992,000 square feet, respectively. Building C totals 1.2 million square feet and is leased to The Webstaurant Store Inc. Completion of Building D is scheduled for May 2025. Evans General Contractor is constructing the building, and Pieper O’Brien Herr is the architect. Danny Chase and David Sink of Colliers represented VanTrust in the lease negotiations. Chris Tomasulo and Bennett Rudder of JLL represented Burlington.
DALLAS — An undisclosed electric vehicle (EV) company has signed a 15,110-square-foot industrial lease at The Archetype, an industrial redevelopment in West Dallas that was formerly known as Commonwealth Center. The deal brings The Archetype’s occupancy level to 86 percent. Chase Miller and Everett James of NAI Robert Lynn represented the landlord, North Texas-based developer M2G Ventures, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.