SIMI VALLEY, CALIF. — Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura has arranged the sale of a research and development building located at 685 E. Cochran St. in Simi Valley. Albert Halami, a private investor, acquired the asset from 685 Cochran Holdings LLC for $11 million, or $183 per square foot. The seller will continue to occupy a portion of the 60,416-square-foot property for its businesses, which include SensoScientific, under a sale-leaseback arrangement. Other tenants at the fully leased building include Hangman Products and Brown & Brown Insurance. Built in 1986, the two-story property features 22-foot and 24-foot clear heights, two dock-high doors and three grade-level loading doors. The second floor, with about 20,000 square feet of general and engineering offices, was fully renovated in 2015. The buyer plans to continue the renovation efforts, including re-landscaping and improving the parking lot. Mike Tingus and Grant Fulkerson of Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura.
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Robust Industrial Investment Shows No Signs of Slowing
Real estate buyers spent a record-setting amount of cash in the sector in the third quarter and remain bullish on the properties amid healthy absorption and rent growth. The industrial real estate sector, traditionally known as the land of big, boring boxes, has become the darling of real estate amid the growth of e-commerce. Investors have poured hundreds of billions of dollars into industrial properties over the last five years alone, and not even the prospect of new construction potentially outpacing demand has tempered enthusiasm. “With online sales continuing to grow at a faster rate than general retail sales, there is no lack of continued tenant demand for industrial warehouses and flex and distribution space,” says Rebecca Wells, CCIM, senior vice president and principal of commercial real estate service provider Lee & Associates in Indianapolis. “We expect investment activity will continue at a red-hot rate through the end of this year and into 2020.” Industrial sales totaled $40.6 billion in the third quarter this year, the highest dollar volume ever recorded in a single quarter for the property type, according to Real Capital Analytics, a New York-based researcher that tracks commercial property deals of $2.5 million or more. An $18.7 …
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated an 8,500-square-foot industrial lease in Farmers Branch, a northern suburb of Dallas. Nathan Denton and Adam Graham of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, IC Industrial REIT, in the lease negotiations. Robert Powell of Powell Realty Advisors represented the tenant, TSI Commercial Flooring.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 5,600-square-foot retail lease for restaurant group Quality Branded on the ground floor of 2 Bank Street in Manhattan. Quality Branded owns and manages the Quality Meats, Quality Eats and Quality Italian Steakhouse restaurants. Brad Schwarz and James Ficelman of Lee & Associates represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Taryn Brandes of Brand Urban represented Quality Branded.
ESCONDIDO, CALIF. — Lee & Associates – North San Diego County has arranged the sale of a retail asset located in Escondido. Malakooti & Kaikavoosnejad Revocable Trust sold the property to Goodwill Industries of San Diego for $6.1 million. Located at 315 W. Washington Ave., the building features 17,908 square feet of retail space. The property is situated on a 2.1-acre lot adjacent to City Hall and the California Center for the Arts. Michael Golden of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County represented the seller, while Bryan Cunningham of Flocke & Avoyer represented the buyer in the deal.
LANCASTER, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 92,710-square-foot industrial lease at Park 20/35 in Lancaster, a southern suburb of Dallas. Becky Thompson of Lee & Associates represented the tenant, Motors & Armatures Inc., an HVAC component manufacturer, in the lease negotiations. Kacy Jones, John Hendricks and Trapper Graff of CBRE represented the landlord, CalSTRS.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of a 34,482-square-foot industrial asset located at 10130 W. Gulf Bank Road in Houston. Patrick Wolford of Lee & Associates represented the seller, CDG Properties LLC, in the transaction. Joe MacDougall of MacDougall & Co. Inc. represented the buyer, 10130 West Gulf Bank-2019 LP.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has secured a 51,288-square-foot industrial least at 1581 Corporate Drive in McKinney, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Brett Lewis and George Tanghongs of Lee & Associates represented the landlord, Dalfen Industrial, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Lee & Associates has negotiated two office subleases totaling 22,000 square feet at 40 West 25th Street in Manhattan. Business intelligence software firm Looker Data Sciences signed an11,000-square-foot lease on the seventh floor, and Nonprofit medical technology company Gradian Health Systems also inked an 11,000-square-foot on the sixth floor. The sublessor, meal kit provider HelloFresh, will move its offices to a 43,000-square-foot space at 28 Liberty Street. Stephen Bellwood and Kevin Waldman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Looker Data in the lease negotiations. Robin Fisher and John Cilmi of Newmark Knight Frank represented Gradian. The landlord is Unizo Real Estate. Both companies are expected to take occupancy on December 1, and both terms are for approximately five and a half years.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 151,700 square feet in Arlington. The properties are located at 2000 and 2030 E. Arbrook Blvd., less than a mile from Interstate 20. Mark Graybill and Colton Rhodes of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Hamilton Commercial LLC, in the transaction. EastGroup represented the buyers.