KENT, WASH. — Colliers has arranged the sale of two industrial properties in Kent. Holman Logistics sold the assets to Lift Partners for $106.1 million. Matt McGregor and Bill Condon of Colliers represented both parties in the off-market transaction. Totaling 381,790 square feet, the buildings are located at 22434 and 22408 76th Ave. South. The properties feature a mix of dock-high and grade-level loading doors, 200,000 square feet of excess yard and rail access to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe line. The buyer has agreed to a 12-month leaseback of the properties with the seller, which will continue to operate in the current buildings while it completes construction and relocation plans for new facilities in Fredrickson and Sumner.
SUNNYVALE, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Paladin Partners has negotiated a 643,760-square-foot industrial lease at 100-200 Planters Road, a newly built property located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Sunnyvale. Conrad Madsen and Greg Nelson of Paladin Partners represented the landlord, a partnership between locally based developers Langford Property Co. and Flaherty Development, in the lease negotiations. Adam Curran and Jay Benner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant, an undisclosed, locally based manufacturer.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of 600 Whittaker, a 469,830-square-foot distribution center located within Imeson Industrial Park in Jacksonville. AEW Capital Management purchased the property from LRC Properties and Machine Investment Group. The sales price was not disclosed, but Jacksonville Business Journal reports the property traded for $45 million. Luis Castillo, Cody Brais and Luke Pope of JLL represented the sellers in the transaction. The sellers purchased the property last year for $29.6 million. 600 Whittaker was fully leased at the time of sale to Constellation Brands, a beer, wine and spirits distributor based in New York that signed the full-building lease in the first quarter.
SAN ANTONIO — North Texas-based developer Jackson-Shaw has broken ground on Phase II of Centerpoint Logistics Park, a project in San Antonio that will add 416,707 square feet of industrial space to the local supply. The site spans 64 acres on the city’s northeast side. Phase II will consist of a 139,427-square-foot, rear-load building and a 277,280-square-foot, cross-dock building. Greystar is Jackson-Shaw’s equity partner on the project. R.C. Page Construction is the general contractor, with design led by Beaty Palmer Architects. Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer, and Veritex Community Bank is providing construction financing. Stream Realty Partners will manage and market the project for lease. Jackson-Shaw broke ground on the 302,518-square-foot initial phase of the project in late 2020.
AURORA, COLO. — The Opus Group has purchased 316 acres of undeveloped land between Interstate 70 and Denver International Airport in Aurora for $49.7 million. Opus, in partnership with Principal Real Estate Investors, plan to develop Sun Empire, a 3.9 million-square-foot industrial park, on the site. Todd Witty and Daniel Close of CBRE represented Opus in the acquisition and will market the project for lease, sale and built-to-suit development. Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Jessica Osstermick of CBRE advised on the capital raise, helping to source Principal Real Estate Investors as the joint-venture partner. Construction of the first phase of Sun Empire is scheduled to begin in third-quarter 2022. The first phase will include two Class A buildings sized 624,094 square feet and 204,859 square feet. The later phases of construction will be influenced by tenant requirements. The park can accommodate building sizes ranging from 200,000 square feet to 1 million square feet. Each building is slated to include substantial trailer parking, as well as dock and drive-in loading. The site is located at East 56th Avenue and Harvest Road, a five-minute drive to Denver International Airport and approximately 25 minutes from downtown Denver.
WEST JORDAN, UTAH — Gardner Batt has completed the $103.8 million disposition of an industrial logistics property located at 7001 New Bingham Highway in West Jordan. A joint venture between Greenlaw Partners and Mirae Asset Global Investments acquired the asset, along with two other buildings in the three-building portfolio, for a combined total of $291.5 million. Built in 2022 on 76 acres, the building totals 200,000 square feet. The other two buildings in the portfolio included a 201,096-square-foot asset at 989 W. Center St. in Salt Lake City and a 146,194-square-foot building at 398 E. 1100 South St. in American Fork, Utah. The facilities feature up-to-date clear heights, lighting, vehicle and trailer parking, and fire suppression. Jeff Chiate, Mike Adey, Brad Brandenburg and Matthew Leupold of Cushman & Wakefield’s National Industrial Advisory Group, together with Tom Freeman and Travis Healey of Cushman & Wakefield’s Salt Lake City office, represented the seller in the transaction.
KENT, SUMNER, AUBURN AND MARYSVILLE, WASH. — Gantry has secured $15 million in permanent financing for a four-building industrial portfolio in Western Washington. Totaling 148,000 square feet, the properties are in Kent, Sumner, Auburn and Marysville. At the time of financing, the buildings were fully leased in a multi-tenant format to a range of logistics-intensive businesses. Mike Wood and Alex Saunders of Gantry represented the borrower, a local private real estate investor. A life insurance company provided the 10-year, full-term interest-only, fixed-rate loan.
FORNEY, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Paladin Partners has negotiated a 712,900-square-foot industrial lease at Gateway East Trade Center in Forney, an eastern suburb of Dallas. Dallas-based Hunt Southwest delivered the single-tenant, cross-dock building earlier this year. Gateway East Trade Center sits on 44.9 acres and features 40-foot clear heights, four drive-in doors, 266 car parking spaces (expandable to 439) and 151 trailer parking spaces (expandable to 226). Conrad Madsen and Greg Nelson of Paladin Partners represented the tenant, Kansas-based logistics firm Hayes Co., in the lease negotiations. Kurt Griffin, Nathan Orbin and Stuart Smith of Cushman & Wakefield represented Hunt Southwest.
TYLER, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Don’s Self Storage, an 334-unit facility in Tyler, about 100 miles east of Dallas. The facility comprises 49,225 net rentable square feet. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the East Texas-based seller and procured the California-based buyer in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.
JACKSON, GA. — ICM Asset Management and Waterloo Partners plan to develop River Park Six, a 725,000-square-foot distribution center situated within the River Park E-Commerce Center in Jackson. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing through Ameris Bank on behalf of the co-developers. Located southeast of Atlanta in Butts County, River Park 6 is part of a larger master-planned community that spans 1,200 acres with the capacity to accommodate 20 million square feet of industrial space. ICM and Waterloo have partnered with Constructive Ingenuity as a third-party construction manager for the River Park 6 project, as well as Evans as a general contractor and Colliers for leasing. A construction timeline was not disclosed.