NASHVILLE, TENN. — FlexEtc, a hybrid office and industrial co-warehousing concept with a few locations out West and in Texas, has completed its build-out at 1133 Polk Ave. in Nashville. Architectural firm Ware Malcomb recently completed the design for the 91,380-square-foot tenant improvement project. DWC Construction was the general contractor, and Colliers served as the client manager. Situated outside of the downtown area, FlexEtc Nashville features contemporary warehouse spaces, with modular units ranging from 3,000 to 2,300 square feet that are suitable for uses ranging from logistics to content creation studios. The location also offers coworking features including private and shared offices, a front reception area, conference room, lounge, break room, kitchen, coffee bar and studio space for photographers and podcasters.
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Atlanta-based developer Core5 Industrial Partners is underway on construction of a 652,103-square-foot project near the intersection of U.S. Highways 75 and 380 in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. The project, which represents Phase III of a larger development known as Core5 Logistics Center at McKinney, will consist of two buildings totaling 492,368 and 159,735 square feet. Holt Lunsford Commercial has been tapped to lease the project, construction of which is expected to be complete in the third quarter.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated a 14,523-square-foot industrial lease in Fort Worth. The space is located within Carter Business Center, a two-building, 120,728-square-foot development located southwest of the downtown area. Thomas Grafton and George Jennings of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Cohen Asset Management, in the lease negotiations. Langston Sutcliffe of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant, industrial rubber products manufacturer Garware Fulflex USA Inc.
Overton Moore Properties, Invesco Break Ground on Three-Building Industrial Park in Tempe, Arizona
by Amy Works
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Overton Moore Properties, in partnership with Invesco Real Estate, has broken ground on Nextwave Tempe, a Class A industrial project situated on 35.5 acres at the former site of the Big Surf Waterpark in northeast Tempe. Located at 1500 N. McClintock Drive, Nextwave Tempe will feature 689,000 square feet in three divisible buildings that can accommodate tenants from 32,000 square feet to 258,727 square feet. Each building will feature heavy power with expansion, abundant parking, full HVAC in the warehouses, speculative offices and private, secured truck yard areas. Layton Construction is serving as general contractor and HPA Architecture is the architect on record. Nextwave Tempe is slated for delivery in fourth-quarter 2025. John Werstler, Cooper Fratt and Tanner Ferrandi of CBRE are the listing brokers for the project.
Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR Negotiates $3.6M Sale of Industrial Property in Tucson, Arizona
by Amy Works
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR has brokered the sale of 44,000 square feet of industrial space at 1825 W. Price St. in Tucson. FRC Holdings of Tucson LLC purchased the property from WAA 1825 W. Price LLC for $3.6 million. Robert Glaser of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR represented the buyer in the deal.
MONTGOMERY, N.Y. — PrimeSource Building Products has signed a 312,567-square-foot industrial lease in Montgomery, about 80 miles north of New York City. The manufacturer and distributor of construction materials will occupy the entirety of Maybrook Logistics Center, a facility that was built on a speculative basis on a 40-acre site at 134 Neelytown Road. Building features include a clear height of 36 feet, 74 loading doors, two drive-in doors and parking for 98 cars and 129 trailers. Tom Consiglio and Scott Peck of Resource Realty represented the landlord, Brookfield Properties, in the lease negotiations. Frank Puskarich and Art Ross of Newmark represented the tenant.
TRUMBULL, CONN. — Aphorio Carter, a data center investment firm and division of Carter Funds, has acquired a colocation facility in Trumbull, located in southern coastal Connecticut. The facility, which was originally built in 1960, spans 8.2 acres and comprises two data center pods and one disaster recovery pod. In addition, the 227,552-square-foot property features a power capacity of 15 megawatts and was leased to five tenants at the time of sale. The seller was not disclosed.
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Annapolis-based transportation real estate investment and management firm Realterm has purchased a national portfolio of 13 industrial outdoor storage (IOS) properties spanning 131 acres for $277 million. Brookfield Asset Management sold the portfolio, which comprises 13 single-tenant truck terminals and maintenance facilities totaling 631,604 square feet. The addresses were not disclosed, but the properties are concentrated in gateway markets such as Dallas-Fort Worth, Northern New Jersey, Orlando, Seattle, Chicago and both California’s Inland Empire and Bay Area. The portfolio had an occupancy rate of 97 percent at the time of sale. “The portfolio represents a rare opportunity to acquire, at scale, a collection of transportation-advantaged IOS truck terminal assets in key markets,” said Ben Andreycak, vice president of investments at Realterm. “Realterm recognizes the mission-critical nature of the assets in the portfolio for logistics use.” Nick Murphy and Brian Budnick of New York City-based advisory firm Eastdil Secured arranged the portfolio sale on behalf of Brookfield, which acquired the assets between 2017 and 2022. The properties are leased to 10 different tenants, primarily in the logistics space. “Investor demand for IOS properties has surged due to the increasing need for storage and logistics solutions that support supply …
Resilient DC Industrial Market Is Growing But Softening as Vacancy Rates Creep Higher
by John Nelson
The U.S. industrial real estate market continues to sustain, with national vacancy rates steadily creeping toward 7 percent (6.8 percent at the time of this writing). Over the past three years, the industrial real estate market continued to set records and became known as the darling asset class within the commercial real estate community. However, the market is showing signs of reversion to historical velocity and vacancy rates. The industrial vacancy rate is steadily climbing in the Washington, D.C., metro area as demand softens for third-party logistics in second-quarter 2024. Vacancies are up to 6.5 percent after reaching an all-time low of 3.8 percent at the end of 2022. The market remains tight by historical measures. However, normalized leasing velocity, a few large tenant moveouts and reduced demand is expected to provide upward pressure on the vacancy rate in 2025. Subleasing activity trended upward in the past six to 12 months to over 1.3 million square feet. A few examples of large sublets include 393,000 square feet put on the market at Capital Gateway in Brandywine; Builders First Source moved out of 135,000 square feet at Plaza 500 in Alexandria; and in the second quarter, Western Express vacated 102,000 square …
DALLAS — A partnership between two Dallas-based firms, Lincoln Property Co. and Tradition Holdings, as well as infrastructure provider Gigabit Fiber, will develop an 800,000-square-foot data center campus in South Dallas. The site spans 131 acres in the Red Oak submarket. The campus will comprise four facilities that will have a total power capacity of up to 540 megawatts at full build-out and that will support users in cloud computing and artificial intelligence, among others. Construction will be carried out in phases, starting with the development of a 7,500-square-foot, two-megawatt facility in the first quarter. A completion date for the entire development was not disclosed.