SOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 189,000-square-foot industrial lease in South Plainfield, about 35 miles south of Manhattan. The tenant, an undisclosed logistics group, will occupy the entirety of the building at 602 New Market Ave., which sits on 21 acres. Building features include a clear height of 36 feet, 40 exterior docks and 70 trailer parking spots. Drew Maffey and Rick Marchisio of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Colliers represented the landlord, Bridge Development.
FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Locally based mortgage banking firm G.S. Wilcox & Co. has arranged a $15 million loan for the refinancing of Madison Corporate Campus, a 350,000-square-foot industrial flex property located in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. David Fryer of G.S. Wilcox arranged the financing through Ohio National Life Insurance Co. The borrower was not disclosed.
KEARNY, N.J. — New York-based BEB Lending has provided a $5 million, 18-month bridge loan for the acquisition of an 87,000-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of Kearny. The building at 244 Duke St. sits on 2.4 acres. Sean Silverbrook led the transaction for BEB Lending, and Mark Brachfeld of Meridian Capital Group arranged the debt. The borrower was not disclosed.
LINDENHURST, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has brokered the $1.8 million sale of a 25,600-square-foot industrial building in Lindenhurst, a city in Northeast Illinois. The property is located at 2910 Falling Waters Blvd. Collin Tyrrell of Brown represented the seller, Falling Waters Development LLC, which sold its warehouse space and is moving its office operations to a 5,500-square-foot space at 1225 Tri State Parkway in Gurnee, Ill.
LAS VEGAS — MCA Realty has completed the sale of Windy Road Warehouses, a four-building industrial park located at 6460-6478 Windy Road in Las Vegas. A private investor acquired the park for $5.9 million, or $309 per square foot. Built in 1988, Windy Road Warehouse features 19,216 square feet of industrial space with immediate access to interstates 215 and 15. Garrett Toft, Kevin Higgins, Sean Zaher, Jake Higgins and Kelsey Higgins of CBRE represented MCA Realty, while Ed Whittemore of Larem represented the buyer in the transaction.
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. — Scout Motors Inc., the electric vehicle division of German automaker Volkswagen, has unveiled plans for an electric vehicle manufacturing plant on a 1,600-acre plot in Blythewood, South Carolina, a suburb of Columbia. The move represents a capital investment of approximately $2 billion and is expected to create about 4,000 jobs. Scout Motors intends to primarily use the plant for the production of trucks and sport utility vehicles (SUVs). At full capacity, the facility should be able to manufacture about 200,000 vehicles annually. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year, and Scout Motors expects the plant to be fully operational by the end of 2026. Of the total acreage of the site, which is bounded by I-77 and Blythewood Road, about 70 percent (1,100 acres) will be dedicated to the manufacturing facilities themselves. The location puts the facility within 20 miles of the state capital’s downtown area. Greg Lubar and Matt Jackson of JLL represented Scout Motors in its site selection efforts. The new trucks and SUVs will be built on a newly designed, all-electric platform. This approach will allow the company’s engineering teams to deliver vehicles with optimal ground clearance, approach angles and payload capacity, as …
ROCK HILL, S.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Phase I of Rock Hill Commerce Center in Rock Hill, roughly 30 miles southwest of Charlotte. A MetLife Investment Management client acquired the 792,081-square-foot property, which comprises two industrial buildings, for an undisclosed price. Patrick Nally, Pete Pittroff, Dave Andrews and Michael Scarnato of JLL represented the seller, Strategic Capital Partners, in the transaction. Completed earlier this year, Phase I of Rock Hill Commerce Center was fully leased at the time of sale to Power Technique North America and Logistics Plus. Buildings A and B comprise 294,092 square feet and 497,989 square feet, respectively.
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF. — Colliers has arranged the sale of Gifford Business Park, a seven-building industrial business park in the Inland Empire submarket of San Bernardino. MIG acquired the asset from Positive Investments for $26 million. Christopher Smith and Andrey Mindirgasov of Colliers represented the buyer, while Alan Pekarcik of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the deal. Located at 750-760 E. Central Ave. and 765-791 S. Gifford Ave., Gifford Business Park features 156,717 square feet of industrial space. The park offers 78 units, ranging from 910 square feet to 19,302 square feet, across seven buildings.
DENTON, TEXAS — Cold Creek Solutions, a cold storage developer based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has sold a 374,560-square-foot speculative facility in the North Texas city of Denton. The facility sits on a 23-acre site just northwest of I-35 and Barthold Road. Building features include 45-foot clear heights, more than 60,000 pallet positions, multiple tenant suites with convertible temperature functionality, 65 trailer parking spaces and ample car parking. ARCO National Construction served as the general contractor for the project, construction of which began in late summer 2021. The buyer was not disclosed.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — BlackRock Realty Advisors has purchased 330 S. Randolphville Road, an approximately 300,000-square-foot industrial facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Piscataway, for $80 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built on 7.9 acres in 1969, renovated in 2021 and features a clear height of 36 feet. At the time of sale, the facility was fully leased to General Plumbing Supply. Matthew Schnurr of Lee & Associates represented BlackRock Realty Advisors in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.