DENVER — Malman Commercial Real Estate has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 501-521 Kalamath St. in Denver. Ascent Commercial Real Estate LLC acquired the asset from 501 Kalamath Associates LLC for $3.1 million. The building features 24,178 square feet of industrial space. Taylor Roy of Malman Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, while Tanner Digby and CJ Anania of Digby Commercial Advisors represented the seller in the deal.
AURORA, ILL. — Colliers has brokered the sale of Tollway Corporate Center in Aurora for approximately $75 million in two separate transactions. The industrial property consists of two buildings. The first building, which totals 543,638 square feet and is leased to Ryder Integrated Logistics, sold to a large financial institution. The second building, which spans 104,978 square feet and is leased to two tenants, sold to The Brimel LLC as part of a 1031 exchange. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, a joint venture between Opus Development and Principal Asset Management.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. AND SHAKOPEE, MINN. — Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart Inc., plans to open two new distribution centers in early 2024 in metro St. Louis and Minneapolis. The retailer says the new facilities are part of a multi-year growth plan to transform the supply chain at Sam’s Club. The first center will open in the greater St. Louis area in Edwardsville, Ill., in January. The 370,000-square-foot property will serve as a distribution and fulfillment center, creating more than 100 jobs across the area. The second facility will be located in Shakopee, Minn., and is scheduled to open in March. The 365,000-square-foot property will serve as a multipurpose distribution center and will employ more than 80 associates.
CULPEPPER, VA. — Greysteel has arranged the sale of an 85-acre site in Culpepper, a city in Northern Virginia that sits about 70 miles outside of Washington, D.C. The buyer is DataBank, a data center development firm that plans to develop a 1.4 million-square-foot data center campus on the site. The development will include up to three two-story data centers and an onsite substation. The buyer recently purchased 95 acres in the Atlanta market and 34 acres in New York. Zach Benlemlih of Greysteel’s Mid-Atlantic team represented the land seller and DataBank in the transaction. The construction timeline for the project was not disclosed.
FREDERICK, MD. — Power Solutions LLC, a commercial electrical contractor based in Bowie, Md., has signed a 93,800-square-foot lease at Arcadia Business Park in Frederick. The tenant signed the lease with Baltimore-based St. John Properties Inc., which represents the fourth lease transaction between the two firms. Danny Foit of St. John Properties represented the landlord internally in the deal, and Jon Casella of CBRE represented the tenant. Power Solutions plans to house 90 full-time employees at its new warehouse space at 4754 Arcadia Drive, which is about 43 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.
CARTERET AND WEST CALDWELL, N.J. — Newmark has brokered the sale of a portfolio of five newly constructed industrial buildings totaling 404,713 square feet in Northern New Jersey. Three of the buildings are located in Carteret, and the other two are in West Caldwell. The buildings sit on a combined 28.4 acres, range in size from 50,802 to 134,453 square feet and feature clear heights of 32 to 36 feet and an aggregate parking ratio of 1.1 spaces per 1,000 square feet. Kevin Welsh, Brian Schulz, Jack Fraker and Dustin Volz of Newmark brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale.
INDIANAPOLIS — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 59,511-square-foot industrial building located at 5740 Decatur Blvd. within the Ameriplex Business Park in Indianapolis. The sales price was undisclosed. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers represented the sellers, Brennan Investment Group and Farallon Capital. A combination of private family offices purchased the asset via a 1031 exchange. DABICO Airport Solutions, an equipment manufacturer serving the aviation industry, fully occupies the facility on a new, five-year triple net lease. The property recently received improvements such as a new roof.
BEDFORD PARK, ILL. — Lampshades Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of lamp shades, has signed a 16,950-square-foot industrial lease at 5009 W. 66th St. in Bedford Park, about 15 miles southwest of Chicago. The tenant is relocating from Ogden Avenue in Chicago. The 255,000-square-foot building features a clear height of 18 feet, access to four common docks, 2,400 square feet of office space and one drive-in door. Ed Wabick and Chris Mergenthaler of DarwinPW Realty/CORFAC International represented the tenant. John D’Orazio of Colliers represented the owner, Mumford Properties.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — DIV Industrial has acquired 47.4 acres of land in the Phoenix suburb of Goodyear for the development of Sarival Business Park, a Class A industrial complex. The company purchased the land site from a private investor for an undisclosed price and completed rezoning and entitlements during escrow. At completion, the 847,988-square-foot park will feature five freestanding buildings ranging in size from 135,000 square feet to 235,000 square feet. Groundbreaking is slated for late first-quarter 2024, with completion scheduled for first-quarter 2025. Each building will provide 3,600 amps of power (expandable to 7,200 amps), two oversized grade-level doors, up to 34 dock-high doors and high-image speculative office space. Buildings 1, 2 and 3 will feature 32-foot clear heights, and Building 4 and 5 will feature 36-foot clear heights. All buildings will offer fully air-conditioned warehouse space, ESFR sprinklers and ample parking. Sarival Business Park will be located at the southeast corner of Sarival Avenue and MC-85.
TITUSVILLE, FLA. — A partnership between Houston-based Hines and locally based Key Group has announced plans to develop Space Coast Innovation Park, a 3 million-square-foot industrial development in the Space Coast city of Titusville. Located in Brevard County, the three-phase development will be situated on 450 acres near Space Coast Regional Airport’s Exploration Spaceport and within a few miles of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Nearby space exploration and aerospace defense firms include SpaceX, Blue Origin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. This past summer, Amazon announced it is developing a $120 million satellite processing facility in nearby Cape Canaveral, Fla. Additionally, the U.S. Air Force recently selected Patrick Space Force Base as its preferred headquarters location for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Training and Readiness Command operations. “As the rapid commercialization and privatization of the aerospace industry continues, with the space economy expected to generate more than $1 trillion in annual sales by 2040, we believe now is the perfect time to create a best-in-class logistics hub for aerospace companies requiring more direct access to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral than properties located further south can offer,” says Ryan Wood, managing director at Hines. “We look forward to partnering …