CHICAGO — Metro Edge Development Partners has unveiled plans to build a $257 million data center within the Illinois Medical District (IMD) in Chicago. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2024. Metro Edge secured a 75-year ground lease on a nearly two-acre parcel owned by IMD. The data center will rise five stories and span 184,720 square feet. The facility is 50 percent preleased. Corgan is the project architect. Clune Construction is overseeing all construction in partnership with Power Construction and Ujamaa Construction. T5 Data Centers is the project manager.
Industrial
ZION, ILL. — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV) has acquired two parcels totaling 56 acres in Zion, a city in northeast Illinois near the Wisconsin border. Named Trumpet Park Spec Development, the project will consist of a pair of industrial service facilities (ISFs). Project costs are estimated at $35 million. The development will feature up to 1,200 truck trailer parking spaces and more than 26,000 square feet of maintenance and service buildings. ISFs provide supply chain infrastructure solutions to industries such as transportation, bulk material distribution, last-mile logistics, heavy equipment and utilities. The project marks IOV’s first ground-up development in the Chicago market. The design team includes Spaceco, which will provide civil and surveying services, and Arete Design Studio, which will provide architecture, planning and design services. Construction is expected to begin in spring 2023 and be completed in the fourth quarter of 2023. Chris Volkert, Ned Frank and Jeff Devine of Colliers represented the institutional seller in the land sale. Volkert and Frank, along with colleague Pat Hake, will market the project for lease.
SHEBOYGAN, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Champion Storage portfolio in Sheboygan, about 55 miles north of Milwaukee. The sales price was undisclosed. The portfolio totals five properties and 1,167 units. At the time of sale, the portfolio was 95 percent occupied. The facilities feature both climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units as well as outdoor parking spaces and portable container units. Sean Delaney of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, JGSS LLC, and the buyer, Rogers Equity Group IV LLC.
BARTLESVILLE, OKLA. — Fort Worth-based investment firm MAG Capital Partners has acquired a 76,673-square-foot industrial portfolio in Bartlesville, a northern suburb of Tulsa. The portfolio comprises two buildings totaling 41,525 and 35,148 square feet that respectively feature 14- and 19-foot clear heights. J.C. Asensio, Briggs Goldberg and Andrew Sandquist of Newmark represented the seller, ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, which has entered into a sale-leaseback agreement with MAG Capital Partners.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Third-party logistics firm Jorstin Transportation Services has signed a 62,656-square-foot industrial lease renewal and expansion in Fort Worth. The tenant has taken an additional 34,473 square feet of space at Everman Trade Center, a four-building, 457,745-square-foot development on the city’s south side. Thomas Grafton and Matt Carthey of Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, Boston-based Cabot Properties, in the lease negotiations.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lincoln Property Co. has purchased Airpark West, a four-building, 626,061-square-foot industrial park located off Air Park West Drive in Charlotte. Toronto-based BentallGreenOak sold the infill park for an undisclosed price. Dave Andrews, Pete Pittroff, Patrick Nally and Zach Lloyd of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Located adjacent to the I-85 and I-485 interchange, Airpark West was fully leased to multiple tenants at the time of sale. The development was completed in phases between 2007 and 2019 and is situated within a few miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and the Norfolk Southern CLT Intermodal Terminal.
AZLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Azco Center Point Storage, an 276-unit facility in Azle, located northwest of Fort Worth. The facility spans 37,228 net rentable square feet. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local investment group, and procured the buyer, a private partnership, in the transaction.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based energy firm SPM Oil & Gas has signed a 168,017-square-foot industrial lease renewal at Railhead Industrial Park in Fort Worth. The 633-acre development is located at the corner of Northeast Loop 820 and Blue Mound Road on the city’s north side. George Jennings and Matt Carthey with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the landlord, James Campbell Co., in the lease negotiations. George Curry of JLL represented the tenant.
TOTOWA, N.J. — Illinois-based investment firm Venture One Real Estate and Kovitz Investment Group have acquired a 67,048-square-foot industrial building in the Northern New Jersey community of Totowa. The building at 5 Taft Road, which was fully leased at the time of sale, features a clear height of 20 feet, six exterior docks, two drive-in doors and additional outdoor storage space. Jeffrey Fulton and Ed Schein of Team Resources represented Venture One in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BURNSVILLE, MINN. — CBRE has arranged the sale of the DuPont Distribution Center in Burnsville, about 15 miles south of downtown Minneapolis. The sales price was undisclosed. The 177,153-square-foot industrial property is fully occupied by four tenants and features fenced and paved outdoor storage. Judd Welliver and Bentley Smith of CBRE represented the seller, Biynah Industrial Partners LLC. Sterling Management was the buyer.