Industrial

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BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Walmart (NYSE: WMT) has signed a lease to open a 1 million-square-foot distribution center at Cedar Port Trade Center in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The Arkansas-based retail giant is expanding its supply chain operations near Port Houston, where it already occupies several million square feet of industrial space, with plans to add about 300 new jobs to the regional economy. Dallas-based Hunt Southwest developed the property on a speculative basis, beginning construction in September 2020 and completing the project in April 2021. Joseph Smith, Bill Frain and Jamie Roussel of CBRE represented Walmart, which plans to open the facility in the fall, in the lease negotiations. Jason Dillee and Nathan Wynne, also with CBRE represented Hunt Southwest.

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MELISSA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 459-unit self-storage facility in Melissa, located north of Dallas in Collin County. The Class A property consists of 293 climate-controlled units and 166 non-climate-controlled units across 56,525 net rentable square feet of space. Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and Brian Kelly of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Tim Speck of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.

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7201-Post-Rd-Las-Vegas-NV

LAS VEGAS — JMAC Industries LP has completed the disposition of an industrial property located in the southwest submarket of Las Vegas. MCA Realty acquired the asset for $16.9 million. Located at 7201 Post Road, the property features 80,677 square feet of industrial space. Dan Doherty, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Doherty Industrial Group of Colliers International represented the seller in the deal.

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FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — StoragePRO Management has opened a new multi-level self-storage facility situated on five acres at 475 Lopes Road in Fairfield. The 131,000-square-foot facility offers 930 indoor storage units and a two-story RV, boat and vehicle storage on the ground floor with secure, drive-up access. The property also features a property-wide 24-hour surveillance video system, electronic smart locks on each unit, entry and exit property access keypads, fenced and gated property perimeters, motion-censored interior and exterior LED lighting, fire sprinklers and onsite managers, as well as a leasing office and no-contact online rentals and bill pay. Elk Grove-based GC Construction and Development served as the project’s general contractor.

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2757-E-Chambers-St-Phoenix-AZ

PHOENIX — Stos Partners, in partnership with a high-net-worthy family office, has purchased an industrial property located at 2757 E. Chambers St. in Phoenix for $4.4 million in an off-market transaction. At the time of acquisition, the 28,520-square-foot building had a short-term tenant in place. David Wilson and Carter Wilson of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services represented the buyer in the deal.

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SAN ANTONIO — Houston-based development and investment firm Welcome Group has purchased 7.6 acres in San Antonio for the construction of a industrial flex project that could span as much as 135,00 square feet. The site is located within the 350-acre Connection Industrial Park master-planned development, in between distribution centers occupied by Amazon and Dollar General. Michael Kent of Stream Realty Partners represented the seller in the land deal. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

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Aerotropolis North

ATLANTA — Fundrise has purchased Aerotropolis North, a more than 200,000-square-foot modern industrial and logistics facility on the south side of Atlanta, for $30.4 million. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Britton Burdette and Bo Osgood of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, Orange County, Calif.-based Bixby Land Co., in the transaction. Built in 2020, Aerotropolis North is a single-tenant distribution facility fully leased to Kal Freight Inc., a provider of modern transportation services. The tenant uses the facility for some of its warehousing, distribution and administrative offices. The front-load building features 32-foot clear heights, 31 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, 29 trailer parking stalls, LED lighting, ESFR fire protection and 115 auto parking spaces. Located at 3435 Jonesboro Road SE on 16.2 acres, the property is situated less than one mile from Interstate 285 and 5.9 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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SHAWNEE, KAN. — Hunt Midwest is building Heartland Logistics Park on a 113-acre site in Shawnee. The project represents the developer’s first industrial project in the state of Kansas. The site will support up to 1.5 million square feet of industrial space across three to four buildings. Construction is set to begin this month on the first speculative building, which will span 574,732 square feet and feature a clear height of 36 feet, 58 loading dock positions, 69 trailer parking spaces and 230 car parking spaces. Completion of the first building is slated for March 2023. The project team includes civil engineer Renaissance Infrastructure Consulting, architect Finkle + Williams Architecture and general contractor Brinkmann Constructors. Ed Elder and John Stafford of Colliers will market the project for lease.

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FREMONT, IND. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.9 million sale-leaseback of a 129,920-square-foot industrial building in Fremont, a city in northeast Indiana that is a few miles south of the Michigan state line. Koester Metals Inc. (KMI) occupies the property, which is located at 301 W. Water St. and was built in 1975. Nikalos Beery, Joseph DiSalvo and Forest Bender of Marcus & Millichap represented KMI in the transaction. Aaron Kuroiwa, Jack Friskney and Austin Meeker of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.

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MEDWAY, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $21.7 million sale-leaseback of a 120,000-square-foot industrial flex building located in Medway, about 35 miles southwest of Boston. Built on nine acres in 1983, the property consists of 85,000 square feet of warehouse space and 35,000 square feet of newly renovated office space. Coler Yoakam, Michael Restivo, Martha Nay, Lenny Pierce and Sean Lync of JLL represented the seller and occupant, global IT firm Spencer Technologies, in the transaction. Amy Lousararian led a JLL team that  arranged $14.5 million in acquisition financing through HarborOne Bank on behalf of the buyer, Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co.

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