DALLAS — Locally based brokerage firm Davidson Bogel Real Estate has arranged the sale of a 10,250-square-foot industrial building located at 9019 Governors Row in the Brook Hollow area of Dallas. Davidson Bogel represented the buyer in the transaction. Billy Gannon of Transwestern represented the seller. Both parties requested anonymity.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of two ground leases covering three land parcels totaling 12.5 acres in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa neighborhood. A private investor acquired the assets from San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Group for $41.5 million. Louay Alsadek, Hunter Rowe and Madison Mawby of CBRE represented the seller, while Bob Safai of Madison Properties represented the buyer in the transaction. Totaling 76,000-square-feet, the first parcel is under South Rim Business Park, a three-building flex office campus located at 5744, 5754 and 5764 Pacific Center Blvd. The second parcel is under two data center buildings totaling 115,000 square feet located at 5732 and 5738 Pacific Center Blvd., while the third parcel is a 0.85-acre open space adjacent to the two other properties.
By Marc Isdaner, senior managing director, principal, Colliers International; and Ian Richman, senior managing director, Colliers International Strong job and population growth in recent years have caused the Philadelphia/Southern New Jersey industrial market to continually rise on the radars of both investors and developers. As the nation battles COVID-19, we see demand for industrial space growing as more users look to service last-mile customers in densely populated areas. This market is no exception. With the right guidance and counseling, investors can achieve strong returns here, even as variables like user demand and land/construction costs continue to rise, bringing valuations and sales prices along with them. Projects Get Bigger We continue to see developers take down large tracts near major thoroughfares in this region, oftentimes building on speculative bases. Examples of such projects are Mansfield Logistics Park, a 960,000-square-foot, two-building spec development by Clarion Partners off Interstate 295 in Burlington County that is nearing completion; and The Cubes at East Greenwich, a two-building spec development located off I-295 in Gloucester County. The latter project is being developed in an area that was largely inactive until 2018, as land sites and established industrial parks such as Pureland were essential built out. Scout …
EASTON, PA. — NAI Summit has brokered the sale of a 180,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 3700 Glover Road in Easton, about 70 miles north of Philadelphia. According to LoopNet Inc., the property is situated on 15 acres and features 26-foot clear heights, 15 loading docks and parking for 242 cars and numerous trucks. Mike Adams of NAI Summit represented the buyer, personal care products manufacturer A.P. Deauville, which is relocating and expanding from New Jersey into this facility. The new owner-occupant is effectively doubling its footprint and expects to bring more than 100 new jobs to the region. The seller was not disclosed.
PHOENIX — Industrial Outdoor Ventures (IOV) has acquired a vacant industrial property located at 2600 W. McDowell Ave. in Phoenix. D. Thompson Properties sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Zoned A-1, the 42,297-square-foot facility features eight drive-thru repair bays, 10 drive-in repair bays, 5,000 square feet of office space, a 10,000-square-foot part storage/warehouse area and a 9.5-acre, fully paved and fenced storage yard. IOV plans to modernize the property with upgrades to all building systems, replace the old façade, perform roof repairs and partial roof replacement, implement new landscaping and mechanicals, renovate the office space, and add new interior and exterior lighting. IOV is a national real estate investment company focused exclusively on the acquisition, development and re-development of industrial service facilities. The company plans to market the renovated property for lease.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest continues to expand StorTropolis, its brand of climate-controlled self-storage facilities, throughout metro Kansas City. The developer has opened a 138,000-square-foot facility at 3140 NW Jefferson St. in Blue Springs, Mo., and begun construction on a 111,000-square-foot facility in Lenexa, Kan. Hunt Midwest began developing self-storage properties in 2018 and, in partnership with Strickland Construction, has built and opened three other StorTropolis facilities — two in Kansas City and one in Shawnee, Kan. Each three-story StorTropolis building ranges in size from 104,000 to 138,000 square feet and offers 580 to 760 climate-controlled units. Storage Asset Management, a privately owned, third-party management company, operates StorTropolis. Hunt Midwest is also the developer for SubTropolis, a massive underground business complex with more than 6.5 million square feet of leasable space.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Sealy & Co. has acquired an eight-property industrial portfolio totaling 1.2 million square feet in Greenville. Blackstone sold the portfolio for an undisclosed amount. All eight buildings were fully leased to national and international companies at the time of sale. This is the first purchase in South Carolina for Dallas-based Sealy. Scott Sealy Jr., Jason Gandy and Christopher Martin of Sealy worked with Trey Barry of CBRE to acquire the assets.
GRAYSON, KY. — JLL has arranged the $6.2 million sale of a new 25,000-square-foot industrial property double-net leased to Flowserve in Grayson. The seller, Houston-based Investment & Development Ventures LLC, delivered the asset as a build-to-suit for the company, which produces engineered and industrial pumps, seals and valves, as well as a range of related flow management services. The facility sits on three acres within EastPark, a 1,000-acre industrial park located approximately 25 miles from the Kentucky-Ohio-West Virginia border. Alex Sharrin, Trent Agnew, Brian Shanfeld, Jason DeWitt and Alex Geanakos of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. B.J. Feller, Isaiah Harf and Andy Gatchell of Stan Johnson Co. represented the buyer, an undisclosed family partnership based in Tulsa, Okla.
NORTH HAVEN, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Pearce Commercial has negotiated a 4,500-square-foot industrial lease at 355 Sackett Point Road in North Haven. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1988 and totals 64,000 square feet. Dave Melillo of Pearce Commercial represented the tenant, Greenskies Renewable Energy LLC, and the landlord, 355 Sackett Point Road LLC.
JANESVILLE, WIS. — Coldwell Banker Commercial has brokered the $7.9 million sale of a 305,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Janesville, approximately 40 miles southeast of Madison. The building is located at 2101 Kennedy Road within the Kennedy Road Industrial Park. Constructed in the 1960s, the facility features a clear height of 24 feet, six exterior docks, three drive-in doors and 65,000 square feet of office space. The building is leased to Hufcor, which designs and manufactures operable partitions. Borden Family Trust sold the building to Badger Property Investors. Bill Mears of Coldwell Banker Commercial McGuire Mears brokered the sale on behalf of both parties.