GLENVIEW, ILL. — California-based Upside Foods, which produces lab-grown meat from animal cells, has unveiled plans to build its first commercial factory in Glenview, a northern suburb of Chicago. Called Rubicon, the facility will total 187,000 square feet. The factory will start by producing ground cultivated chicken products, with plans to expand to other species and formats in the future. Upside Foods will be the first tenant at the industrial park that is currently under construction at the site of the former Allstate corporate campus, according to Crain’s Chicago Business. Upside Foods says it is investing $140 million in the Midwest region and creating more than 75 new jobs.
EDGERTON, KAN. — Contegra Construction Co. has started construction of Inland Port 9, a 1 million-square-foot distribution center located in the Kansas City suburb of Edgerton. NorthPoint Development is leading the the project, which is situated within Logistics Park Kansas City (LPKC), a 3,000-acre, master-planned development that was launched 10 years ago. Inland Port 9 will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 100 dock doors and four drive-through doors. The building will also include flexible space for a single tenant or multiple tenants with options for office space. The facility includes eight make-up air units and exhaust fans, as well as 14 high-volume, low-speed fans for continuous air circulation. Parking will be available for 479 cars and 352 trailers. The project is scheduled for completion in February 2024. LPKC is a rail-served facility approximately 25 miles southwest of downtown Kansas City. The park currently hosts more than 14.4 million square feet of industrial space and has the capacity for a total of 30 million square feet. BNSF Railway’s intermodal facility anchors the property. Inland Port 9 will be the second distribution center that Contegra has built at LPKC. The company previously constructed an 850,000-square-foot project for Northpoint Development at the …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Faropoint has purchased a three-property industrial portfolio in Charlotte for $33 million. The infill assets include a 45,750-square-foot facility at 4112 Joe St., a 200,000-square-foot building at 2101 Westinghouse Blvd. and a 67,200-square-foot property at 9701 Brookford St. Patrick Gildea, Robert Hardaway, Matt Smith, Grayson Hawkins, Anne Johnson, Bryan Crutcher, Trey Barry and Frank Fallon of CBRE represented the seller, Beacon Partners, in the transaction. Hoboken, N.J.-based Faropoint entered the Charlotte market earlier this year with the acquisition of a 56,846-square-foot facility at 10000 Industrial Drive in Pineville, N.C. Last year, Faropoint entered the Baltimore and Long Island industrial markets. Next year, the company plans to expand its footprint to the West Coast.
DALLAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 28,562-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Dallas. The building at 10701 N. Stemmons Freeway totals 83,370 square feet. Adam Graham and Ken Wesson of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Mississippi-based EastGroup Properties, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was Baker Distributing Co. No other third-party brokers were involved in the deal.
AURORA, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has begun tenant improvements for a 282,588-square-foot building located at 2000 Deerpath Road in Aurora. The tenant, Tailored Brands, owns brands such as Men’s Wearhouse, Jos. A. Bank and family retailer K&G Fashion Superstore. The Aurora facility will support the company’s clothing rental business, including infrastructure for dry cleaning, laundry, repair and storage of tuxedos and other formalwear. Principle will add a 13,491-square-foot boiler and dry-cleaning room with a dedicated structural pipe support mezzanine. The team is also installing 20 new 25-ton rooftop air conditioning units, 14 interlocking exhaust fans and 29 docks. Partners in Design is the project architect. Completion is slated for February 2024.
EVERETT, WASH. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Danforth has arranged the purchase of an industrial park in Everett. Mina Properties VIII acquired the asset from BFS Operations LLC for $14.7 million. Situated on 31.6 acres at 3200 35th Ave. NE, the asset features four buildings offering a total of 94,000 square feet of industrial space. The industrial park offers access to Interstate 5 and SR 529. Mina Properties VIII intends to maintain the property as a multi-tenant investment. Michael Fear of Coldwell Banker Commercial Danforth handled the transaction on behalf of the buyer.
By Mary Lamie, Bi-State Development The industrial real estate market continues to show its strength in the St. Louis region as new investments by industrial developers hold steady. Coming off a record year in 2022, with more than 7 million square feet of completions entering the market and 6.5 million square feet absorbed, the region’s new construction has leveled off a bit, with 1.1 million square feet of industrial space delivered so far in 2023 and 3.6 million square feet of space still under construction, according to the latest numbers from Colliers. Speculative construction rates remain high, with 65 percent of construction since 2019 being speculative builds. This growth in industrial construction is being fueled by national and regional developers who believe St. Louis has the industrial activity levels needed to drive construction investments. Data included in the “St. Louis Regional Industrial Real Estate Market Indicators & Workforce Report,” released by the St. Louis Regional Freightway in May, shows the St.Louis region now has 182 million square feet of space available. According to the report, the region offers the largest amount of manufacturing space available on the market compared to other Midwestern cities, along with one of the lowest triple …
GASTONIA, N.C. — Poettker Construction has delivered the second phase of Gateway85, a 300-acre industrial park in the west Charlotte suburb of Gastonia. Developed by NorthPoint Development, the park is located near I-85 to the south and N.C. Highway 7 to the north. Phase II features Building 4, a 241,000-square-foot rear-load warehouse with 36-foot clear heights and 22 dock doors (expandable to 45), and Building 7, a 705,000-square-foot cross-dock warehouse with 40-foot clear heights and 70 dock doors (expandable to 140). The second phase spans 55 acres. At full build-out, Gateway85 will comprise 3.6 million square feet of industrial space.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial has signed AERO Logistics to an 80,814-square-foot lease at Eastport Distribution Center in Charleston. The tenant, which supports refrigerated supply chain efforts for third-party logistics, freight forwarding and airline cargo users, signed the five-year lease. Kevin Coats and Lee Allen of JLL represented Dalfen in the lease negotiations. Eastport Distribution Center is situated near I-26 and within 2.5 miles from Charleston International Airport.
HOUSTON — A joint venture between Stream Realty Partners and Principal Asset Management has completed Portside Logistics Center, a 1 million-square-foot speculative industrial project located near Port Houston in Baytown. Portside Logistics Center consists of an expandable 760,000-square-foot, cross-dock building and a flexible 260,000-square-foot, front-load building. The structures offer 40- and 36-foot heights, respectively, as well as office space and fully fenced truck courts. Stream is also the leasing agent for the property.