NEW CASTLE, DEL. — Chicago-based REIT First Industrial Realty Trust (NYSE: FR) has leased the entirety of a 226,074-square-foot building in New Castle. The tenant was not disclosed. The building is the first to be developed within First Park New Castle and features a clear height of 40 feet. Dan Rattay and Colby Reeder of CBRE represented First Industrial in the lease negotiations. Construction of a second, 612,554-square-foot building is now underway within First Park New Castle.
UNION, N.J. — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Union. The facility at 1200 Springfield Road includes an 18,500-square-foot maintenance building with a clear height of 16 feet and five drive-in doors. Michael Klein, Max Custer, Nazario Paragano and Kevin Badger of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the buyer, New York-based investment firm Ridgecut Road. An undisclosed regional bank provided the loan.
THOUSAND OAKS, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $49.7 million in bridge financing for Lakeview Innovation Center, a R&D and office campus in Thousand Oaks. Jeff Sause, Josh Blank, Marc Schillinger, Alex Olson, Jalynn Borders and Danny Ryan of JLL secured the three-year, floating-rate financing through Forbright Bank for the sponsor, Alta West. Alta West Partners acquired Lakeview Innovation Center as a value-add investment opportunity at 50 percent leased in September 2024. Over the past 24 months, Alta West has brought the asset to 100 percent leased. Current tenants include Marvell Semiconductor, Laboratory Corp. of America, Equinox Fitness, Rawlings Sporting Goods and Anchor Loans. Situated on a 22.1-acre campus, the 275,000-square-foot property features office, lab and R&D space serviced by dock-high loading capabilities and 20,000 amps of power. Onsite amenities include an Equinox Fitness center, full-service café, two-story central atrium with media wall and dining areas, a pickleball court, walking trails and 24-hour onsite security personnel.
By Mary Lamie, Bi-State Development and St. Louis Regional Freightway The St. Louis region’s workforce, multimodal infrastructure and industrial real estate assets have long attracted manufacturers and logistics operators. Today, new analysis highlights another competitive advantage: its role as the anchor of the emerging I-44 Aerospace Supply Chain Corridor. Stretching approximately 650 miles from the St. Louis region through Tulsa and Oklahoma City and into the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area, the corridor connects one of the nation’s most concentrated networks of aerospace manufacturers, defense contractors, suppliers and maintenance providers. According to the 2026 St. Louis Regional Industrial Real Estate Market Indicators & Workforce Statistics Report, the corridor supports more than 1.6 million aerospace manufacturing and related jobs and generates more than $250 billion in economic activity. Perhaps most significant, one in five of those jobs is located in the St. Louis region, underscoring the area’s importance as a leading aerospace manufacturing and logistics hub. “The I-44 Aerospace Supply Chain Corridor is the logistics backbone of America’s aerospace industry,” says Doug Rasmussen, founder and CEO of Steadfast City Economic and Community Partners, which prepared the report for the St. Louis Regional Freightway. The data support that conclusion. Aerospace manufacturing jobs along …
HOUSTON — G&S Fasteners has signed a 19,200-square-foot industrial lease in northwest Houston. The supplier of industrial and construction equipment is taking space at the building at 7818 Kempwood Drive, which according to LoopNet Inc. is a 59,718-square-foot structure that was built in 1981. Stephen Golding of locally based brokerage firm Oxford Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Natalie Gilbert of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, a subsidiary of New York City-based private equity firm DRA Advisors.
NEW ALBANY, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of New Albany Tech Park 300, a 300,400-square-foot distribution center in the Columbus suburb of New Albany. John Huguenard, Sean Devaney, Ed Halaburt, Kurt Sarbaugh, Ross Bratcher and Will McCormack of JLL represented the seller, VanTrust Real Estate. Realty Income was the buyer. Completed in 2026, the facility features a clear height of 36 feet, 135-foot truck courts, 30 dock doors, four drive-in doors and a 3,600-amp power capacity. The asset is fully leased to a technology and artificial intelligence company on a long-term basis.
PLEASANT PRAIRIE AND WEST BEND, WIS. — Colliers has brokered the sale of two Extra Space-managed self-storage facilities in Wisconsin. Dan Lynch of Colliers represented Bruno Self Storage LLC in the sale to Inland Real Estate. Together, the properties total 171,825 square feet with 1,486 units. The transaction includes a 93,650-square-foot facility in Pleasant Prairie that was completed in 2020 and features 749 climate-controlled units. The other is an 82,175-square-foot property in West Bend completed in 2019 with 727 climate-controlled units.
HAMILTON AND ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. — Brooklyn-based development and investment firm MORVAY is nearing completion of two industrial projects totaling 113,000 square feet in Central New Jersey. Purveyor Kuser and Purveyor North Gold are both shallow-bay projects and are located in Hamilton and Robbinsville, respectively, that MORVAY acquired in June 2025 from an institutional owner that had secured approvals before shifting its focus toward larger-scale opportunities. Both projects are expected to be complete before the end of the year.
PHOENIX — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has negotiated the sale of a freestanding industrial building located at 2520 E. Rose Garden Lane in Phoenix. A private Taiwanese investment company acquired the asset from a privately held California company for $10.6 million. Situated in Phoenix’s Deer Valley submarket, the property offers 43,338 square feet of single-tenant industrial space, including 6,500 square feet of office space. Both the office and manufacturing areas are fully air conditioned. The building features a clear height of 18 feet, two dock-high loading doors and one ground-level loading door. Trevor McKendry, Chris Rogers, Parker Houston, Nick Reinhardt, Beau Citron and Nick Fajardo of DAUM represented the seller and procured the buyer in the off-market transaction.
ROCKLIN, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the purchase of an industrial property located at 4335 Pacific St. in Rocklin. Dees Burke Engineering Constructors acquired the asset from Kurt Steil, a private investor, for $8.2 million, or $202.67 per square foot. Edward Nelson and Eddie Nelson II of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, while Nathan Ballard of Keegan & Coppin and Rick Phillips of Gallelli Real Estate represented the seller in the deal. Built in 1984 on 2.9 acres, the property features 40,460 square feet of industrial space. The buyer plans to occupy all but 5,000 square feet of the property, which is currently leased to McCafferty’s Automotive.
