BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 204,000 square feet that are located in the Northern New Jersey community of Bridgewater. Both buildings feature cross-dock configurations and clear heights of 23 feet and were fully leased at the time of sale. A Cushman & Wakefield team of Gary Gabriel, David Bernhaut, Kyle Schmidt and Seth Zuidema represented the seller, Camber Real Estate Partners, and procured the buyer, High Street Logistics Properties, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated a 63,347-square-foot industrial lease at 6901 N. Crescent Blvd. in Pennsauken, located in Southern New Jersey. Ian Richman and Marc Isdaner of Colliers represented the landlord, Velocity Venture Partners, in the transaction. Scott Mertz of NAI Mertz represented the tenant, TopPop, a provider of packaging for frozen alcoholic beverages. TopPop expects its new facility to be operational by January.
Momentum in the local industrial market has been maintained because of Memphis’ world-class infrastructure offering the “four Rs” of transportation: river, road, rail and runway. Thanks to Memphis’ central location, truck freight can reach 65 percent of the nation’s population in 24 hours. The Port of Memphis is the fifth-largest inland port in the United States and an east-west highway spans the width of the country. As home to FedEx Global Headquarters and a UPS hub, Memphis International Airport surpassed Hong Kong International Airport this year as the busiest cargo airport in the world. The direct vacancy rate of the metro industrial market went from 6.5 percent in 2020 to 4.8 percent by mid-2021. Currently, there is 13.7 million square feet of inventory under construction with over 75 percent of it being speculative. The demand and recent growth continue to improve in 2021. Net absorption is above 5.3 million square feet with tenants like Yeti, Walgreens, Hamilton Beach and Amazon moving into new facilities mid-year. Rents have also continued to rise faster than the national average in many years. The average rent growth over the past 12 months is 6.9 percent, or $4 per square foot. Large preleased facilities are …
SALISBURY, N.C. — NorthPoint Development has purchased around 40 acres in Salisbury, about 36.5 miles north of Charlotte. NorthPoint bought the land in order to build I-85 Commerce Center, a speculative industrial project that will total 676,000 square feet. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. I-85 Commerce Center will feature 40-foot ceilings, 185-foot truck courts, auto and trailer parking, as well as immediate access to Interstate 85. The project is slated for completion by summer 2022. Avison Young will be in charge of leasing once the property is finished.
HUTTO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Park 79 Self Storage, a 780-unit facility that is operated under the CubeSmart brand in Hutto, a northeastern suburb of Austin. The property was built on 3.2 acres in 2019. Brian Somoza and Steve Mellon of JLL represented the seller, a locally based entity doing business as Park 79 Storage LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Wasatch Storage Partners.
WACO, TEXAS — MAG Capital Partners has acquired a 402,046-square-foot manufacturing and distribution property in Waco that has served as the headquarters of Hobbs Manufacturing since 1993. Hobbs Manufacturing, founded in 1953, employs about 200 people at the Waco plant, where it produces synthetic fiber batting and other fiberfill products for the apparel, home furnishings and industrial markets. Dax T. S. Mitchell and Andrew Gi of MAG Capital Partners negotiated the transaction directly with the seller. The sales price was not disclosed.
SOMERSET, N.J. — EverWest Real Estate Investors and Woodmont Properties have acquired an office building and adjacent development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Somerset with plans to redevelop the building and site into a 426,000-square-foot industrial complex. The partnership acquired the 351,782-square-foot building and seven-acre land parcel for $42.7 million. The new industrial complex will consist of two buildings spanning 294,000 and 132,000 square feet. Completion of the redevelopment is slated for 2023. Elli Klapper, Kevin Dudley and Mark Silverman of CBRE brokered the deal in conjunction with Stephen Feinberg of EverWest and Anthony Amadeo of Woodmont.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — LPC Desert West, the western regional office of Lincoln Property Co. (LPC), has completed the disposition of the first phase of Park 303, an industrial park located at 6600 N. Sarival Road in Glendale. BentallGreenOak acquired the building for $186 million, which is the highest sales price for a single industrial facility in the history of Arizona. Situated on 71 acres, the nearly 1.3-million-square-foot property is fully leased to an unnamed retailer. The building features 40-foot clear heights, 25,000 square feet of office and training space, large breakrooms and outdoor space with covered seating, a barbecue station and grass area for games and events. The property also offers full concrete truck courts, ample truck parking and private drives. The first phase was originally designed as a 705,531-square-foot building and a 488,995-square-foot building with the ability to combine the speculative buildings into one larger facility, which LPC did to accommodate the current tenant. Will Strong of Cushman & Wakefield represented LPC in the investment sale. Ed Lampitt, Mike Haenel, Andy Markham and Phil Haenel of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. LPC will continue to serve has property manager for the building. Phase I is part of LPC’s …
LAS VEGAS — San Francisco-based Prologis has purchased Safari Business Park, a Class A industrial campus in Las Vegas. An entity doing business as Black Bongo LP sold the asset to Prologis for an undisclosed price. Located at 7650-7850 Dean Martin Drive, the five-building property features 441,569 square feet of multi-tenant industrial space. At the time of sale, the park was 82 percent leased, with available suites ranging from 10,280 square feet to 15,303 square feet. Each suite features multiple dock loading doors and one grade-level door. In total, Safari Business Park features 92 dock-high loading doors, four grade-level loading doors, 24-foot minimum clear heights, an ESFR fire sprinkler system and recessed storefront entries with accents. Greg Tassi, Donna Alderson and Nick Abraham of Cushman & Wakefield’s Las Vegas office represented the buyer in the deal.
MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — Pelican BioThermal has leased 117,242 square feet of distribution and production space at 10100 89th Ave. in Maple Grove, a suburb of Minneapolis. The company manufactures temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the transport of pharmaceuticals, vaccines, ventilators and blood supplies. Pelican BioThermal is expanding and relocating its headquarters from 70,000 square feet in Plymouth, Minn. Jared Scaringe, Ryan Foley and Mike Bowen of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord was not disclosed.