Industrial

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LAS VEGAS — Brass Cap Development is nearing completion on Brass Diablo, a $5 million industrial complex in Las Vegas. LM Construction as design-build contractor utilized the Tilt Insulating Panel System, which enables crews to lift warehouse walls in one day during the building’s construction. Located at the southwest corner of Diablo Drive and Edmond Street, the facility features 25,000 square feet of industrial space, with 10,000 square feet remaining for lease. Bleu Blanc Rouge, a Las Vegas-based caterer, has leased 15,000 square feet of space at the property. Paul Sweetland, Dan Doherty, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers International are handling leasing for the remaining available space.

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As with many other events and rites of passage, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the holiday season. With concerns over the safety of in-person gathering top of mind, many have moved their normal brick-and-mortar holiday gift shopping online.  Even Black Friday — a hallmark shopping event of the holiday season geared toward big sales for those willing to venture among heavy crowds — moved online this year in order to better suit the needs and safety of shoppers in the current environment.  With an increase in online shopping comes an increase in need for logistics and industrial space in order to fulfill orders in a timely fashion. Against the backdrop of a predominantly online holiday shopping season, a flurry of big-ticket industrial acquisitions have filled news headlines during the first week of December.  Today, news broke that Rexford Industrial Realty has acquired Van Nuys Airport Industrial Center in California, an 18-building portfolio of industrial properties within the Los Angeles submarket, for $154.6 million. Additionally, KKR acquired two industrial distribution properties in Texas totaling approximately 1.8 million square feet for $171 million.  “As more consumers migrate to shopping online and expect a seamless delivery experience, the demand for modern logistics real …

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MEBANE, N.C. — Chick-fil-A will develop a $52 million distribution center in the Durham suburb of Mebane. The property is expected to open in early 2022 and house 160 employees. The facility will be situated about 25 miles west of downtown Durham near Interstate 85. In 2019, the Atlanta-based restaurant chain launched its distribution company, Chick-fil-A Supply LLC, to serve its restaurants. This will be Chick-fil-A’s second distribution center, joining the location in Cartersville, Ga. Chick-fil-A operates 2,600 restaurants in 47 states, Washington, D.C. and Canada.

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PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Colliers International has negotiated a 140,800-square-foot industrial sublease at 500 Griffith Morgan Lane in Pennsauken, located outside Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. Food subscription service Misfits Market, which recently relocated to a new build-to-suit facility in Delanco, New Jersey, is subleasing the space to California-based Maxon Auto Corp. The space features a clear height of 24 feet, 29 loading doors and three drive-in doors. Ian Richman and Marc Isdaner of Colliers represented Misfits Market in the transaction.

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NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has secured a 110,000-square-foot industrial lease at 7300 West Side Ave. in North Bergen, located across the Hudson River from Upper Manhattan. The property currently spans 130,000 square feet, but the landlord plans to remove 20,000 square feet of mezzanine-level office space in order to create more 24-foot clear heights throughout the building. Scott Perkins, Tom Vetter, Jeff DeMagistris and Chris Todd of NAI James Hanson represented the landlord, Link Logistics Real Estate, in the lease negotiations. Wenying “Linda” Tan of Oxford Property Group USA represented the tenant, shipping company High May Inc.

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Environmental-Plaza-San-Diego-CA

SAN DIEGO — CBRE has facilitated the sale of Environmental Plaza, an industrial campus located at 4171-4206 Sorrento Valley Blvd. in San Diego’s Sorrento Valley submarket. Hill Properties, a local real estate firm, acquired the asset from a private family for $15.3 million. Totaling 91,669 square feet, Environmental Plaza features seven buildings that offer suites ranging from 1,000 square feet to 4,200 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 87 percent leased to 37 tenants. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Bryan Johnson and Bill Dolan of CBRE represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.

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WEST POINT, GA. — Hyundai Transys will develop a $240 million advanced manufacturing facility in West Point. The building will span 620,000 square feet and is expected to bring 678 full-time jobs to the area. Hyundai Transys specializes in transmissions and the new facility will produce eight-speed transmissions for Kia. The exact location of the new plant was not disclosed, though Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s office says it is near the company’s existing plant within the Kia campus. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.

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Westcore-Goodyear-AZ

GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Westcore has purchased approximately 45 acres of land at Thomas and Citrus roads near Interstate 10 and Loop 303 in Goodyear. First Industrial sold the land parcel for $11.2 million. Westcore plans to break ground immediately to construct a 721,156-square-foot, build-to-suit distribution facility for a national third-party logistics company. The completed cross-dock building will feature 36-foot clear heights, an ESFR sprinkler system and secure site trailer storage capacity. Completion is slated for June 2021. The project team includes Merit Partners, Butler Design Group, Hunter Engineering and Stevens-Leinweber Construction. Completion is slated for June 2021.

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AKRON AND CANTON, OHIO — Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. has closed on a previously announced acquisition of a portfolio of industrial buildings located in Akron and Canton for approximately $94 million. The 10 buildings total 2.1 million square feet. They are 98 percent leased to 15 tenants in a variety of industries, including transportation and logistics, healthcare, manufacturing and food and beverage. The acquisition brings Plymouth’s holdings in the Cleveland metro area to 3.6 million square feet and increases the size of its Ohio portfolio to 7.5 million square feet. The company will manage the portfolio from its Columbus regional office. With the completion of this transaction, Plymouth has acquired 5.5 million square feet of industrial properties year to date for total consideration of roughly $244 million. Plymouth now owns 23.3 million square feet of industrial product throughout the country.

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MESQUITE, TEXAS — Dalfen Industrial has acquired Peachtree Distribution Center, a 396,750-square-foot industrial property located in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite. The cross-dock property was built in 2001 and was fully leased to manufacturers Dal-Tile Corp. and Parker-Hannafin Corp., as well as packaging firm Bronco Orora, at the time of sale. Building features include 68 docks, ample car and trailer parking space and proximity to Interstates 30, 80 and 635. The seller was New York-based Clarion Partners. With this acquisition, Dalfen now owns and operates over 4.4 million square feet of last-mile industrial space in Texas and over 24 million square feet nationwide.

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