NEW YORK CITY — IBM has signed a 328,000-square-foot office lease at One Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The tenant will occupy portions of floors two and seven, the entirety of floors eight through 10 and a portion of the ground floor, where IBM will have an exclusive lobby entrance. The lease term is 16 years. Owned by SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG), One Madison Avenue houses a 56,000-square-foot Chelsea Piers Fitness; a 13,000-square-foot restaurant; a 10,000-square-foot artisanal food market; a 7,000-square-foot tenant lounge; and a 5,000-square-foot rooftop terrace. Patrick Murphy, Josh Kuriloff and Winston Schromm of Cushman & Wakefield represented IBM in the lease negotiations. Paul Glickman, Alex Chudnoff, Diana Biasotti and Ben Bass of JLL represented SL Green.
PITTSBURGH — Aeroterm, a division of global logistics operator Realterm, will enter into a 30-year ground lease with the Allegheny County Airport Authority to develop a cargo facility at Pittsburgh International Airport. The facility will be situated on an 8.8-acre site and will span between 140,000 and 170,000 square feet. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2023. More than 250 million pounds of freight passed through the airport in 2021, a 30 percent increase in volume from 2020, according to Aeroterm executives.
GERMANTOWN AND JANESVILLE, WIS. — Zilber Property Group has unveiled plans to build two speculative industrial projects totaling more than 500,000 square feet in Wisconsin. Plans call for a 230,000-square-foot building in Germantown to be named Zilber Industrial 5 at Germantown Gateway Corporate Park. Zilber Industrial 9 at Janesville will span roughly 300,000 square feet. Construction is expected to begin this spring once the developer receives the necessary municipal approvals. Completion is slated for this fall. Each building will feature a clear height of 32 feet and onsite trailer parking. The project team includes Pinnacle Engineering Group and Riley Construction. Stephen Perry Smith Architects is providing design services for the Germantown project, while Zimmerman Architectural Studios is designing the Janesville development. Michael Kleber of Zilber will oversee lease-up of both buildings.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WIS. — Venture One Real Estate, through its acquisition fund VK Industrial V LP, has acquired a 196,300-square-foot industrial building in Pleasant Prairie for an undisclosed price. Located at 10550 86th Ave. within LakeView Corporate Park, the property was partially leased to two tenants at the time of sale. The building features 20 exterior docks, three drive-in doors, parking for 160 cars and a clear height of 35 feet. Mike Tenteris, Adam Tyler and Keith Puritz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller. Puritz, Eric Fischer and Marc Samuels of Cushman & Wakefield will market the remaining 47,932 square feet for lease. VK Industrial V LP is a partnership between Venture One and Kovitz Investment Group.
CHICAGO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged an $8 million loan for the acquisition of a two-property industrial portfolio totaling 90,849 square feet in Chicago. Jeff Sause, Brian Walsh and Wyatt Strahan of JLL represented the borrower, California-based Unilev Capital Corp. A national bank provided the loan. Unilev’s industrial platform, which launched less than 18 months ago, has acquired $120 million worth of industrial assets nationwide.
PHOENIX — ViaWest Group and its institutional capital partner have received $35.5 million in construction financing for the ground-up construction of Converge Logistics Center, a three-building speculative logistics center located at 15175 S. 50th St. in Phoenix. Situated on 28.6 acres, Converge Logistics Center will feature approximately 500,000 square feet of Class A rentable industrial space. The individual buildings will range from 140,000 square feet to 210,000 square feet and may be leased to a single tenant or are divisible to 23,500 square feet for multi-tenant use. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, a combination of dock-high and grade-level doors and office suites at the front. Construction on all three buildings began in January, with completion slated for fourth-quarter 2022. The borrowers control the lot through a ground lease with Kyrene Elementary School District. Mike Walker and Brad Zampa of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group arranged the nonrecourse, floating-rate loan, which has a three-year term with two extension options. A regional bank headquartered in the southern United States provided the capital.
SAN ANTONIO — StorageMart, a Missouri-based owner-operator, has purchased a former Life Storage facility in San Antonio that spans 99,833 net rentable square feet across 877 units. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program that will include the installation of an upgraded security system. StorageMart, which currently operates four self-storage facilities in the San Antonio area, will also turn management of the property over to its in-house team. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
CARTERSVILLE, GA. — Atlanta-based Seefried Industrial Properties has bought a 31.8-acre site in Cartersville with plans to develop Cassville 75 Distribution Center, a new 273,576-square-foot, speculative industrial development. The seller and sales price for the land were not disclosed. Construction is expected to begin in May, with delivery scheduled for April 2023. Cassville 75 Distribution Center will be located at the intersection of Cassville White and Old Grassdale roads and will offer access to Interstate 75. Project features will include 36-foot minimum clear heights with 185-foot minimum truck court depths, ESFR sprinklers and 39 dock-high loading positions with a front-load configuration. The project will also include office space customized to suit, as well as auto and trailer parking on a secure fenced site.
HOUSTON — JLL has negotiated the sale of a portfolio of three industrial properties totaling 72,980 square feet in the Houston area. The properties are located in Houston, Spring and Deer Park and are fully net leased to Global Drilling Support, Forge Systems Inc. and Intertek USA. Trent Agnew and Charles Strauss of JLL represented the seller, Finial Group, in the transaction. Michael Johnson of JLL arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through First Community Credit Union on behalf of the buyer, Houston-based NDP Interests. The loan carried a 10-year term and a fixed interest rate.
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $22.7 million in construction financing for the development of Verrado – 10 Industrial, two industrial facilities in Buckeye. The borrower is Kentwood Ventures. Situated on 18.7 acres, Verrado – 10 Industrial will total 249,600 square feet of speculative industrial, distribution, R&D and light manufacturing space. The facilities will feature rear-load configuration, 28-foot clear heights, 32 drive-in doors and ample parking. Completion is slated for March 2023. Jason Carlos, Jarrod Howard and Joe Torkelson of JLL Capital Markets Debt Placement placed the five-year, floating-rate construction loan with CIBC Bank USA.