HOUSTON — US Med-Equip has signed a 34,000-square-foot office lease in West Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 4920 Westway Park Blvd., which is part of the Corporate Centre development, was constructed in 2007 and totals 131,908 square feet. Scott Fikes, Matt Pruitt and Christian Canion of JLL represented the landlord, Agellan Commercial REIT, in the lease negotiations. Cory Sleeth from NAI Global and John Ferruzzo from Transwestern represented the tenant.
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. — NAI DiLeo-Bram has brokered the $7.2 million sale of a 32,021-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of East Brunswick. The property at 375 Old Bridge Turnpike was built on 1.6 acres in 1971 and features clear heights of 12 to 16 feet and two exterior docks. Kyle Gerace of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the seller, Kings Cages, and procured the buyer, Kinga Cabinet, in the transaction.
DENVER — NAI Shames Makovsky has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located at 6270 E. 50th Ave. in Denver. Albrook Partners acquired the asset from C.C.E. Real Estate LLC for $3.8 million. The property features 34,782 square feet of industrial space. Paul Cattin and Adam Hubschman of NAI Shames Makovsky represented the buyer in the deal.
LINDEN, N.J. — NAI DiLeo-Bram has arranged the $21 million sale of a 67,355-square-foot warehouse in the Northern New Jersey community of Linden. The facility at 1900 Lower Road is located adjacent to an Amazon fulfillment center and has housed the operations of electrical and industrial distribution company Turtle & Hughes since its original construction in 1960. Christopher Galiano of NAI DiLeo-Bram represented the buyer, Service Truck Tire Center, which plans to occupy the property and implement a value-add program, in the deal.
Families searching for more space, in part as remote work options retain their hold on the workplace landscape, plus strong migration into the Southeast have helped fuel a robust single-family rental market, especially in Atlanta and other Georgia markets over the last several years. More recently, young renters pairing up to share the growing burden of housing costs, as well as would-be home buyers putting off a purchase because of higher interest rates, have also gravitated toward single-family rentals, says Troy Reynolds, a multifamily advisor with NAI G2 Commercial Real Estate, who has added single-family rentals to his business focus. Given the lack of housing supply in the Southeast, these conditions are likely to persist for the foreseeable future. As a result, a growing number of investors have been piling into the assets amid a multifamily investment market saturated with buyers and a consequent leap in prices over the past few years, he adds. “We just don’t have enough housing to meet all the demand, and we continue to see a mass exodus from other states into the Southeast, and particularly into Georgia,” Reynolds states. “So, we’re seeing a lot of younger as well as newer investment groups coming …
MILWAUKEE — NAI Greywolf has brokered the sale of Mayfair Apartments in Milwaukee for $9.3 million. Located on North Lovers Lane Road, the apartment community features 134 units in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Thomas Gale and Katrina Gee of NAI Greywolf represented the seller. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
HAGERSTOWN, MD. — Binswanger has arranged a lease at a 2.1 million-square-foot distribution facility currently underway in Hagerstown in northwest Maryland. Binswanger secured the 10-year lease on behalf of the tenant, Conair, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of health, beauty and kitchen products. Trammell Crow Co. is developing the property within its Mid-Atlantic Crossings industrial park. Originally planned as two separate facilities at 10440 Downsville Pike and 17250 Sterling Road, the warehouse will now be developed and operated as a single, contiguous building.
Self-storage has had an amazing run since just before the pandemic. Cap rates started near 6 percent, with buildings starting at $150 per square foot. Then came the flood of pandemic capital pushing prices — by mid-2022 prices jumped to a point no one had previously experienced. “In some of the bigger markets, we were seeing per-square-foot prices of $300 and above for the first time,” says Denise Nunez, executive managing director with NAI Horizon. Cap rates fell to as low as 4 percent. “The low cap rates had gotten to such a point where many brokers were not even pricing deals because they didn’t want to miss that extra that they could get on the sale.” But rising interest rates have had an impact on self-storage, as they have had on every other commercial real estate asset class, with prices reversing again. Investors are still unsure of what the Federal Reserve will be doing in the near term with monetary policy. Building costs are high — final delivery construction costs are still higher by 40 percent or more than pre-pandemic. That reality has resulted in investors alternating between cold feet and, with some signs that the Fed may plan …
Industrial activity runs a wide gamut in Colorado Springs. Situated on the busy I-25 corridor, the Centennial State’s second-largest city is a key distribution point to Northern Colorado and surrounding states. But distribution is only part of the story. Thanks in part to Fort Carson Army base on its southern edge and the U.S. Air Force Academy to its north, the seat of El Paso County is home to an assortment of aerospace and defense manufacturers, as well as other industry clusters ranging from medical equipment makers to suppliers of semiconductor components. “It’s a military-friendly community that offers a lot of support for entrepreneurs and families just separating from their respective branches,” says Megan Mechikoff, an associate broker specializing in industrial real estate at NAI Highland Commercial Group. “That generates a lot of startups that work directly for the Department of Defense or attach themselves to a larger brand like Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman.” Colorado Springs attracts employers with its highly educated workforce, affordable cost of living and excellent quality of life, which includes mild winters on the protected Eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and proximity to outdoor activities and winter sports, Mechikoff says. What Colorado Springs lacks, …
GILBERT, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of an office building located at 1555 N. Fiesta Blvd. in Gilbert. The Commerce Insurance Co. sold the property to Graduation Solutions for $10.6 million. The buyer will relocate its business to the 29,000-square-foot second floor of the Fiesta Boulevard office building. Woodside Homes occupies the first floor of the property. Don Morrow and Dylan Whitwer of NAI Horizon represented the seller, while Julie Hance of Rick Brandt Real Estate represented the buyer in the transaction.