FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment firm Leon Capital has acquired an 81,718-square-foot industrial building located at 3601 Conway St. in Fort Worth. James Mantzuranis and Adam Jones with Stream Realty Partners represented Leon Capital in the transaction. Seth Koschak and Forrest Cook, also with Stream, represented the sellers, Wayne Corbell and Bonnie Corbell.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Proterra Properties has completed the lease-up of Point 35/190, a 178,000-square-foot office and warehouse building located in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton, with the execution of two leases of undisclosed sizes. The tenants are SOPREMA USA, a manufacturer and engineering firm that supports the construction industry, and Compass Group USA, a Charlotte-based foodservices provider. Boston-based Longpoint Realty Partners developed the project, with Proterra Partners serving as the leasing agent. Jerry Reis and Harrison Shipp of Property Advisers Realty represented SOPREMA USA, and David Eseke and Adam Curran of Cushman & Wakefield represented Compass Group USA.
TACOMA, WASH. — Davis Property & Investment has purchased the former Tacoma News Tribune headquarters building, situated on 13 acres at 1950 State St. in central Tacoma, for $15.5 million. The name of the seller was not released. The 248,000-square-foot building was constructed and occupied by the newspaper in 1974. The property consists of 60 percent quasi-specialized industrial space and 40 percent office space with a grand lobby featuring a Chihuly sculpture and on-site conference, cafeteria and fitness facilities. The newspaper vacated the building in 2019 when the owner McClatchy Co. decided to outsource printing of the newspaper and move the offices to downtown Tacoma. Davis Property & Investment plans to redevelop the property and construct a 248,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution building to be named Tacoma Central Logistics. With groundbreaking slated for this month, the property is scheduled for delivery in second-quarter 2022. Tacoma Central Logistics will feature 36-foot clear heights, double-loaded dock-high access, 130- to 150-foot truck courts, multiple access points and secured trailer parking/outside storage. The project team includes Ronhovde Architects as architect, AHBL and Barghausen Engineering as engineer and Poe Construction. Neil Walter Co. will handle leasing of the project.
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Bridge Industrial has completed Bridge Point Silicon Valley, a state-of-the-art industrial facility located at 205. N. McCarthy Blvd. in Milpitas. Bridge purchased the 34.5-acre site in 2019 and secured a long-term lease agreement with a major e-commerce company prior to groundbreaking, which occurred in spring 2020. The construction process was designed based on the lease agreement, which began in July 2021. The tenant will use the entire 34.5-acre site, which includes a 388,240-square-foot warehouse facility and surface parking, to help distribute goods throughout San Jose, Silicon Valley and the Greater Bay Area. To accommodate the tenant’s needs, Bridge completed a complex entitlement process that included the completion of an Environmental Impact Report Addendum through the City of Milpitas, which allowed for the approval of multiple variances to accommodate the tenant’s unique plans at the site.
CHICAGO AND HOLMDEL, N.J. — Based on a preliminary count of the votes cast at its special meeting of stockholders, Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. (NYSE: MNR) did not obtain the necessary stockholder votes to approve the previously announced merger with Sam Zell’s Equity Commonwealth (NYSE: EQC). Holmdel-based Monmouth says it remains open to all available options to maximize long-term stockholder value and realize the full potential of its industrial portfolio. Final results of the meeting will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission once they have been certified, which Monmouth expects to occur within the next few days. “While we recognize that stockholders have a wide range of views and differing time horizons and tax considerations, we are disappointed in the outcome of today’s vote,” said Michael Landy, president and CEO of Monmouth. “We continue to believe in the merits of a transaction that offers Monmouth stockholders the opportunity to continue to participate in the growth of the industrial real estate sector.” As a result of Monmouth’s announcement, Equity Commonwealth has terminated the merger agreement and has requested reimbursement of fees and expenses pursuant to its terms. Founded in 1968, Monmouth is one of the oldest public equity …
LIVERMORE AND STOCKTON, CALIF. — Dalfen Industrial has purchased Las Positas Logistics Center in Livermore and Stockton Supply Chain Center II in Stockton. Terms of the transactions were not released. Las Positas Logistics Center is a 106,700-square-foot, front-load distribution building with close proximity to interstates 580, 80, 680 and 880. Stockton Supply Chain Center II features 50,400 square feet and close proximity to Interstate 5 and Highway 99, which provides same-day access to nearly 45 million people in San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland and Seattle. With these acquisitions, Dalfen Industrial has added three Northern California buildings to its portfolio in the last two months.
DORAL, FLA. — The Easton Group and LBA Logistics have acquired a 105,365-square-foot warehouse in Doral for $19.5 million. Hani Jardack of Jardack Commercial Realty represented the locally based seller, Badia, a manufacturer of spices and herbs. Dalton Easton of Easton & Associates represented the Easton-LBA joint venture in the transaction. Located at 9880 NW 25th St., the warehouse property is equipped with air conditioning throughout, solar panels on the roof, 26-foot clear heights and 192 parking spots. Built in 1998, 12,000 square feet is dedicated to office space. Badia was the previous anchor tenant at the property but vacated the building to go to a new location. Easton will begin marketing the property for a new single-user tenant. This warehouse property is Irvine, Calif.-based LBA’s second joint venture with Doral-based Easton Group in South Florida. The two are also partnering on a ground-up development of a 266,760-square-foot warehouse in Hialeah Gardens, Fla., that is due to be delivered in the second quarter of 2022.
ATHENS, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 460-unit self-storage facility located in Athens. The sales price was not disclosed. The storage facility is located approximately 25 miles from Huntsville. The facility features 356 climate-controlled units and 104 non-climate-controlled units. The 60,234-square-foot facility was recently delivered and is not open for public use as of this writing. Gabriel Coe, Brett Hatcher and Eddie Greenhalgh of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction, and the buyer was self-represented. Both the buyer and seller requested anonymity.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Mississippi-based investment firm Eastgroup Properties has acquired DFW Global Logistics Centre, a 611,000-square-foot industrial park located adjacent to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, for $89.7 million. The four-building development was fully leased at the time of sale. The deal increases Eastgroup’s total footprint in the metro Dallas market to approximately 4.5 million square feet. The seller was not disclosed.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Bridge Industrial has completed its intensive environmental remediation of 2400 E. Artesia Boulevard and construction of Bridge Point Long Beach, a 415,320-square-foot Class A industrial facility in Long Beach. Bridge acquired the property, the former home of an asphalt refinery, in 2019. Following the purchase, the company replaced the outdated facility with a sustainable, 416,000-square-foot warehouse complex with 21,000 square feet of dedicated office space. The property also features 453 parking stalls, including 104 outfitted with electric vehicle chargers; 61 trailer parking stalls; 36-foot clear ceiling heights; extensive landscaping; a solar-ready roof; and ESFR sprinkler systems. The building was pre-leased prior to its completion in August to a leading transportation and logistics provider of choice for the U.S. Postal Service for its warehousing and distribution operations. The company will begin its occupancy in September. The redeveloped site is part of the continued renewal of the Artesia Boulevard corridor and the project included substantial environmental remediation with oversight by the Southern California Regional Water Quality Control Board and South Coast Air Quality Management District.