DELANCO, N.J. — NAI Mertz has negotiated the sale of a 273,000-square-foot industrial facility in Delanco, located in Southern New Jersey. The building at 800 Coopertown Road, which was fully leased at the time of sale, features a clear height of 22 feet, 130-foot truck court depths and ample automobile and trailer parking space. A partnership between regional investment firm DH Property Holdings and New York City-based DRA Advisors purchased the building from Soho Studio Corp. for an undisclosed price. Scott Mertz of NAI Mertz brokered the deal.
BATTLE CREEK, MICH. — The Ferrero Group has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Battle Creek-based WK Kellogg Co. (NYSE: KLG) for $23 per share in cash, or $3.1 billion. The acquisition includes the manufacturing, marketing and distribution facilities of WK Kellogg’s portfolio of breakfast cereals across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. In North America, Ferrero and its affiliated companies currently count for more than 14,000 employees across 22 plants and 11 offices. The North America portfolio includes Nutella, Kinder, Tic Tac and Ferrero Rocher as well as American brands such as Butterfinger, Keebler and Famous Amos. After the transaction closes, Battle Creek will serve as Ferrero’s headquarters for North America cereal. Additionally, shares of WK Kellogg’s common stock will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange, and the company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Ferrero. The transaction, which has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of WK Kellogg, is subject to approval by WK Kellogg shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2025. Lazard is lead financial advisor to Ferrero, with BofA Securities acting as co-adviser and Davis Polk …
EDGEWOOD, N.Y. — Uncle Giuseppe’s Marketplace has purchased a 53,600-square-foot industrial building in Edgewood, located on Long Island, for $13.5 million. The building sits on a 3.3-acre site at 77 Rodeo Drive and features a clear height of 26 feet, one drive-in door, 70 parking spots and 12,500 square feet of office space. Frank Frizalone, Nick Gallipoli, Thomas DeLuca and John Giannuzzi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Paramount Properties Group represented Uncle Giuseppe’s.
BURLINGTON, N.J. — New Jersey-based investment firm Aspen Real Estate has sold Bromley Corporate Center, a 57,900-square-foot industrial building in the Southern New Jersey community of Burlington, for $8.5 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1989. The building also recently underwent a comprehensive redevelopment to be re-converted from office back to its original industrial use. Ian Richman and Ross Abramsohn of Colliers represented Aspen in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
SAN JUAN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the $7.6 million sale of a 54,608-square-foot retail and industrial building in San Juan, located in Hidalgo County in South Texas. The newly renovated building at 801 E. Interstate 2 will house the first store and showroom in the Rio Grande Valley for Bob Mills Furniture, which also purchased the building. Stewart Skloss of Newmark brokered the deal on behalf of Bob Mills Furniture. The seller was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — FedEx Ground Package System has renewed its 186,577-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. The space is located within Carter Distribution Center, a four-building, 1 million-square-foot complex on the city’s south side that was originally built in 2018. Thomas Eddins of Fischer & Co. represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Matt Carthey and Thomas Grafton of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, PGIM.
LA PORTE, TEXAS — Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial Group has purchased a 5.8-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in La Porte, an eastern suburb of Houston. The site at 615 N. Sixth St. is located at the entrance to Port Houston’s Barbour’s Cut shipping terminal, and the property includes 61,000 square feet of office, maintenance and manufacturing space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Stonemont acquired the property in conjunction with a 5.3-acre IOS property in the metro Atlanta area.
BAYONNE, N.J. — Turnbridge Equities, an investment firm with four offices across the country, has begun the $12 million repositioning of Bayonne Distribution Center, a 613,129-square-foot industrial complex in Northern New Jersey. The property consists of three buildings that range in size from 18,748 to 433,204 square feet and are situated on an 18-acre site that includes 2.3 acres of industrial outdoor storage space. Turnbridge acquired the property earlier this year and has tapped NAI James E. Hanson as the leasing agent.
DENVER — Malman Real Estate has arranged the purchase of a 6,400-square-foot industrial building located at 3645 Brighton Blvd. in Denver. ARN Land Co LLC acquired the asset from 3645 Brighton LLC for $2.1 million. Jake Malman of Malman Real Estate represented the buyer, while Dallas Landry of LC Real Estate Group, along with Jerry Graham and Jamie Dilts of Coldwell Banker Realty, represented the seller in the transaction.
ROSEMOUNT, MINN. — EGA Spectro Alloys, a Midwest-based producer of recycled aluminum alloys, has begun production at its aluminum recycling expansion project in Rosemount. The 90,000-square-foot facility will produce up to 120 million pounds per year of recycled aluminum billets from scrap aluminum. The expansion will add up to 50 full-time jobs once the facility reaches full production capacity in the first quarter of 2026. Aluminum billet, logs of aluminum up to 25 feet long, is used as raw material for extruders, which turn it into products like railings, window and door trim, and structural components for cars, boats, airplanes, trailers and docks. Recycling aluminum requires 95 percent less electricity than producing new aluminum and generates a fraction of the greenhouse gas emissions. Metal from the facility will be sold under EGA’s recycled product brand RevivAL, a nod to the company’s 52-year history of giving used aluminum new life. The facility also features a new laboratory.