MONROE, OHIO — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a new 232,200-square-foot industrial building in Monroe for $13.4 million. The build-to-suit property is located at 201 Exploration Drive, and is net leased to UGN Inc., a supplier of parts for the Japanese automotive industry, for 15 years. The building is situated on more than 22 acres and is expandable by an additional 155,000 square feet. The Class A industrial facility is located off I-75 and is in close proximity to Honda and Toyota’s U.S. headquarters.
LANCASTER, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $5.2 million in financing for Muirwood Apartments, a 256-unit multifamily property in Lancaster. The 20-year loan includes a 20-year amortization schedule and a 4.3 percent fixed interest rate. Noah Juran of MMCC’s Cincinnati office arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower. Michael Barron, Joshua Wintermute and Dan Burkons of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office, and Richard Lattro and Jordan Marshall in the firm’s Columbus office, facilitated the transaction.
BUCYRUS, OHIO — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $2.7 million in acquisition financing for the purchase of a Holiday Inn Express & Suites in Bucyrus. The 40,380-square-foot hospitality property is located at 1575 N. Sandusky Ave. The 10-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged financing for the borrower through its relationship with a CMBS lender. Matt Marshall of NorthMarq Capital’s Boston regional office arranged the loan for the undisclosed borrower.
Industrial real estate market fundamentals in the Toledo, Ohio, area remained quite sound at the end of 2014. Most key indices showed stability or improvement. The most noteworthy statistic is the 2.3 million square feet of positive net absorption recorded in the second half of the year — the highest amount in recent memory. The lion’s share of the absorbed space can be attributed to the delivery of the 1.6 million-square-foot Home Depot warehouse in Troy Township. Even if the Home Depot deal is excluded from the data, the total absorption notched in the third and fourth quarters was impressive. Absorption would have been higher had the nearly 400,000-square-foot former Ace Hardware distribution center in Perrysburg Township not become vacant. In 2014, Ace announced that it would relocate its warehouse in the Columbus, Ohio area. Dearth of Suitable Space Despite the generally strong performance of the industrial real estate sector this past year, one senses that many of the players in the market are feeling some level of frustration. The frustration stems from the sentiment that things could be better — a result of the generally tight supply of buildings and the even tighter supply of the right types of …
ELYRIA, OHIO — Namdar Realty Group has purchased a 266,000-square-foot shopping center in Elyria. The River Street Square Shopping Center is located at 285 Midway Blvd. Tenants at the shopping center include Petsmart, Dollar Tree, Dots, Radio Shack and Gamestop. Joel J. Gorjian and Namdar Realty Group specialize on special situation acquisition opportunities throughout the country.
MASON, OHIO AND NORTH VERNON, IND. — DTZ has brokered the $8.3 million sale of two single-tenant industrial properties located in Mason and North Vernon. The Cincinnati Fan property, situated on 17.6 acres, is located at 7697 Snider Road in Mason, northeast of Cincinnati. The 122,898-square-foot industrial manufacturing facility was sold to Robinson & Sons LLC for $4.7 million. Cincinnati Fan and Ventilator will continue to operate in the property. In the other transaction, Agracel Inc. acquired a manufacturing facility in North Vernon from Martinrea Industries. The 140,960-square-foot building, situated on 11.5 acres, sold for $3.6 million. Martinrea Industries, a Tier I automotive supplier, will continue to operate in the facility on a long-term lease. DTZ’s capital markets and industrial leasing teams represented owners Cincinnati Fan and Martinrea Industries in both investment sales transactions.
INDEPENDENCE, OHIO — Time Equities Inc. has acquired a six-property office portfolio in Independence for $20 million. The Rockside Office Portfolio includes six commercial buildings spread across three office parks totaling 422,037 square feet. Buildings within this acquisition include: Rock Run North, a two-story, Class B, 63,294-square-foot building located at 5700 Lombardo Center; Rock Run Center, a two-story, Class B, 63,294-square-foot building located at 5700 Lombardo Center; Freedom Square I, a four-story, Class B, 40,435-square-foot building located at 4401 Rockside Road; Freedom Square II, a five-story, Class B, 114,680-square-foot building located at 6000 Freedom Square Drive; Freedom Square III, a four-story, Class A, 71,052-square-foot building located at 4511 Rockside Road; Oak Tree Place, a five-story, Class B, 69,318-square-foot building located at 6111 Oak Tree Boulevard. The portfolio was 66 percent occupied to 29 tenants at the time of sale. Jim Postweiler of JLL Capital Markets Group brokered the deal on behalf of the seller, Duke Realty. In-house counsel represented TEI while Angela Hsu of Duke Realty represented the seller. JLL will manage the property. CBRE will lease space within the portfolio.
INDEPENDENCE, OHIO — CBRE has brokered the $26.5 million sale of Summit Office Park, a 492,936-square-foot office complex in Independence, a suburb southeast of Cleveland. The four-building office complex is located in the Rockside Road corridor just off I-77. Vicki Maeder and Mary Izant of CBRE’s Cleveland office and Andrew Banister and Daniel Richardson of CBRE’s Indianapolis office represented the seller, IWA Inc. A Canadian-based firm purchased the property, which was 69 percent occupied at the time of sale.
MENTOR, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.4 million sale of Mentor Plaza, a 103,910-square-foot retail property in Mentor, approximately 24 miles north of Cleveland. The shopping center is located at 8485 Market St. Gabriel Brothers and Big Lots anchor the plaza. Craig Fuller, Scott Wiles and Erin Patton of Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland and Columbus offices marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investment fund. The team also represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
COLUMBUS — Vineyard Vines, a clothing and accessories retailer, has opened a 3,000-square-foot store at Easton Town Center in Columbus. The retailer leased space at the property located at 160 Easton Town Center. The store is the brand’s third Midwest location after Chicago and St. Louis. The Georgetown Co. and Steiner + Associates developed Easton Town Center, a 1.7 million-square-foot shopping center that opened in 1999. Vineyard Vines plans to open 10 more stores in major markets throughout the U.S. by the end of 2015.