Industrial

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WHIPPANY, N.J. — An affiliate of New York City-based REIT LXP Industrial Trust (NYSE: LXP) has sold a 127,144-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of Whippany that houses a flight training facility. The facility was originally built on 16.8 acres in 2006, expanded in 2008 and renovated in 2020. Building features include a clear height of 38 feet, seven drive-in doors and 312 parking spaces. Jose Cruz, Jeremy Neuer, Marc Duval, Jordan Avanzato, Nicolas Stefans, Jason Lundy and Peter Kim of JLL represented LXP Industrial Trust in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.

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CHELSEA, MAINE — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of three self-storage facilities totaling 296 units in Chelsea, located just south of Augusta. The properties total 45,690 net rentable square feet of space. Luke Dawley, Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an individual/personal trust, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Jim Koury of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.

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EDEN PRAIRIE AND EAGAN, MINN. — Arden Logistics Parks (ALP) has acquired a three-building light industrial portfolio totaling 361,428 square feet in metro Minneapolis for an undisclosed price. The portfolio consists of the Flying Cloud Business Centre in Eden Prairie and Oakview Business Centre I and II in Eagan. The transaction marks the first acquisition in the Minneapolis market for ALP. The Flying Cloud Business Centre totals 204,000 square feet and is fully leased to four tenants. Oakview Business Centre I and II total 157,428 square feet and are 96 percent leased to 10 tenants. The seller was not released.

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FORT MILL, S.C. — The Rockefeller Group has sold Stateline 77, a 1.1 million-square-foot, two-building industrial park located along I-77 in Fort Mill, a South Carolina suburb of Charlotte. EQT Exeter purchased the 77.5-acre asset from Rockefeller Group for an undisclosed price. Pete Pittroff, Dave Andrews, Josh McCardle, Michael Scarnato and Britton Burdette of JLL represented Rockefeller Group in the sale. Last month, solar panel manufacturer Silfab Solar announced plans to invest $150 million to upfit and operate out of the larger of Stateline 77’s two buildings, a 786,167-square-foot cross-dock facility located at 7149 Logistics Lane. The property’s second building, a 221,000-square-foot distribution center at 7107 Logistics Lane, was fully leased in 2022 by two tenants, Element Designs and Motion Industries Inc.

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WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Arden Logistics Parks (ALP), a subsidiary of Arden Group, has purchased a three-building, 195,532-square-foot portfolio of shallow-bay industrial assets in West Palm Beach. The portfolio was more than 98 percent leased to more than 40 tenants at the time of sale. The acquisition marks ALP’s entry into the West Palm Beach market. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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By Mike Mangan, Cresa We knew it would happen, it was just a matter of time: The industrial real estate market is currently experiencing a cooling trend in Chicago and across the country. The best-performing asset across all commercial asset classes for the past several years is finally coming back to earth due to higher borrowing costs and a slowdown in demand. Rental rates are beginning to level off and many economists are predicting a reduction in consumer spending.  The industrial sector had been able to flourish despite economic headwinds, with demand during the pandemic heavily focused on e-commerce activity. The supply versus demand is shifting, and this should be welcome news to tenants in the market or who will be in the market in the next 12 to 24 months. Indicators are not pointing toward a crash landing, but a return to earth for the golden child of the commercial real estate asset classes. Tenants and occupiers will be able to utilize the additional supply coming to market to secure better economics and concessions.  The facts Let’s first take a look at the national landscape. The U.S. unemployment rate in August was 3.8 percent — higher than predicted by …

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WHITE SETTLEMENT, TEXAS — Locally based developer Street Realty will build West Loop Business Park, a 140,000-square-foot industrial project in White Settlement, a western suburb of Fort Worth. West Loop Business Park will comprise 14 shallow-bay buildings on a 12-acre site. Each building will span 9,900 square feet and can be subdivided for multiple tenants or marketed to a single tenant. Construction is scheduled to begin before the end of the year and wrap up in the third quarter of 2024. FirstBank Southwest provided construction financing for the deal.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dayton Superior Corp., an Ohio-based concrete supplier, has signed a 51,101-square-foot industrial lease renewal at RiverPark Business Center in Fort Worth. The development consists of two buildings totaling 500,635 square feet on a 25-acre site. Michael Spain and Jason Finch of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Partners represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SCG River Park Business Center LP, in the lease negotiations. Caleb McCoy of JLL represented the tenant.

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CUTCHOGUE, N.Y. — Boutique financial advisory firm Talonvest Capital has arranged $27.8 million bridge loan for GoodFriend Storage North Fork, a self-storage facility located in the Long Island community of Cutchogue. The borrower, GoodFriend Storage, will use the proceeds to partially fund an expansion project, retire existing debt and support the lease-up of the expansion. The facility currently features 690 climate-controlled units, 213 non-climate-controlled units and 87 warehouse/portable units for a total of 123,174 net rentable square feet. Britt Taylor, Jim Davies, Tom Sherlock, Ivan Viramontes and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest arranged the financing through an undisclosed direct lender.

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HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $8.3 million sale of a 40,700-square-foot industrial building in Hillsborough, located just north of Trenton. The building at 139 Stryker Lane features 30-foot clear heights, three dock-high doors and 59 parking spaces. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, Andre Balthazard, Mark Zaziski, Patrick Decker and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and occupant, RC Fine Foods, in the deal and procured the buyer, an affiliate of The Silverman Group.

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