ELGIN, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 15,520-square-foot industrial lease for Soosan USA, a wholly owned North American subsidiary of Soosan Heavy Industries. The property is located at 1390 Gateway Drive in Elgin. Soosan designs, manufactures and supplies hydraulic breakers, compactors and crawler drills to 70 different countries. John Sharpe and Rick Anesi of Lee & Associates represented the tenant. Matt Garland of Cawley Chicago represented the owner, Clear Height Properties.
HEBRON, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has brokered the sale of a 12,013-square-foot industrial facility in Hebron, a city in northeast Illinois. The sales price was undisclosed. The property features additional land suitable for outdoor storage or future expansion. The facility once served as the headquarters of KBI Custom Case, a manufacturer specializing in casework for the commercial sector. Elisabeth Lazzara and Kevin Kaplan of Entre represented the seller, while Kevin Kaplan of Entre represented the buyer, CTS Group of Cos. The trucking and logistics company plans to utilize the space as its new headquarters.
REFUGIO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Affordable Mini Storage, a 126-unit self-storage facility in Refugio, about 40 miles north of Corpus Christi. The site spans 2.5 acres at 908 Bayou Road and can support additional expansion. The facility was built in 2014 and offers 14,700 net rentable square feet. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Kingcrest Communities.
STAFFORD, TEXAS — Phoenix Design Group has signed a 14,195-square-foot industrial lease renewal in Stafford, a southwestern suburb of Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4850 Wright Road was built in 1979 and totals 42,695 square feet. Ryan Hartsell and Chase McAteer of locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. William Carpenter of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Mapletree.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 12,292-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 902 Fountain Parkway in Grand Prairie, located in the central part of the metroplex. Canon Shoults, Maddy Coffman and Walker Floyd of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Arden Group, in the lease negotiations. The representative of the tenant, HVAC services provider Conti LLC, was not disclosed.
ILLINOIS — Alberici will build two utility-scale solar energy projects for Adapture Renewable Inc. (ARI) in central Illinois. The developments will be comprised of more than 232,000 solar panels each. Alberici is scheduled to break ground later this year, with commercial operation expected in early 2026. ARI anticipates that the projects will create more than 300 jobs during construction and over $250 million in economic impact to the local communities. Although the developments would include enough capacity to power more than 34,250 homes, the electricity generated by the solar plants will be procured by a social technology company through an Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement. Coordination of the projects will be managed and executed by Alberici in conjunction with resources from its enterprise affiliate Flintco Renewable Energy.
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. — JLL has arranged the sale of a three-building, 220,380-square-foot industrial property located at 4600-4680 Lewis Road in Stone Mountain, about 21 miles east of Atlanta. Dennis Mitchell, Britton Burdette, Matt Wirth and Jim Freeman of JLL represented the seller, Brennan Investment Group, and procured the buyer, Faropoint. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located on 9.8 acres about a half-mile south of U.S. Highway 78 and 3.5 miles from I-285. New WinCup Holdings Inc., a manufacturer of foodservice products with more than 60 years in business, is the sole tenant.
MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. — Microsoft has unveiled plans to invest $3.3 billion between now and the end of 2026 in the development of a data center campus in Mount Pleasant, about 28 miles south of Milwaukee. The tech giant plans to expand its national cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure capacity. The project is expected to bring 2,300 unionized construction jobs to the area by 2025, as well as to provide long-term employment opportunities over the next several years. Along with building a physical data center, Microsoft will partner with Gateway Technical College to construct a data center academy. This facility will serve to train and certify more than 1,000 students over the course of five years to work in the new data center and IT sector. U.S. President Joe Biden joined Microsoft President Brad Smith and Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers at Gateway Technical College on Wednesday for the announcement. “This is a watershed moment for Wisconsin and a critical part of our work to build a 21st-century workforce and economy in the Badger State,” says Evers. Microsoft’s data center is being built where former President Donald Trump had previously announced a $10 billion investment from Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn. …
ROWLETT, TEXAS — The SAF Holland Group has preleased a 255,672-square-foot industrial building in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Rowlett. The manufacturer of parts for trailers, trucks and buses will occupy the entirety of Building 6 at Lakeview Business District, a 1.8 million-square-foot development by Jackson-Shaw. Brad Balke and Ben Wallace represented SAF Holland Group in the lease negotiations. Construction of the initial phase of Lakeview Business Center is slated for a March 2025 completion.
PORTLAND, ORE., AND VANCOUVER, WASH. — Colorado-based Spartan Investment Group has acquired three self-storage facilities in Oregon and Washington for $44 million. The seller was not disclosed. The 224,299-square-foot portfolio, which is managed by Extra Space Storage, includes: All properties were built within the last seven years and offer ground-level drive-up units, interior heated units with first floor and elevator access, interior non-climate-controlled units and parking spaces.
